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Film Review: Deranged (1974)

August 19, 2013
11 mins to read

“Chock-full of wonderfully diseased invention” Ed Gein’s name will be instantly familiar to most horror fans; the necrophile’s activities in late 50s rural Wisconsin inspired a few of the most famous films in the genre. Although Gein cannot be classified as a serial killer, having ‘only’ murdered two women, his obsession with death and his …

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This Is Horror Chapbook Six: The Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones

August 15, 2013
2 mins to read

Last month we announced the fifth chapbook in the This Is Horror chapbook series and now it’s time to announce number six. We are absolutely delighted to announce The Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones as the sixth chapbook in the series. Having won Novel of the Year for The Last Final Girl in 2012 …

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Film Review: Scanners III: The Takeover (1992)

August 14, 2013
4 mins to read

“Zany!” This second sequel cuts all ties with the previous outing, and therefore with Cronenberg’s. The previous film had been a direct sequel to the first, and even attempted, not always successfully, to retain and even expand on that film’s more interesting ideas. Scanners III makes no such efforts. After a failed mugging unleashed her …

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This Is Horror Chapbook Five: Chalk by Pat Cadigan

July 24, 2013
2 mins to read

We are proud to announce the fifth chapbook in the This Is Horror Premium Chapbook series – Chalk by Pat Cadigan. Please (re)subscribe to the chapbook series here. We will announce details of the launch and pre-order soon. In the meantime, behold the wonderful cover art from Pye Parr and the chapbook’s blurb below. Can you find …