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Tattered Tomes: William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist, Revisited

  • February 22, 2017

  • 7 mins to read

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The late William Peter Blatty’s masterpiece, The Exorcist, is a foundation of modern horror fiction. The film was my first experience with the story, albeit a censored version broadcast on television for the first time. I’d seen the book at the library, the paperback tattered and torn, spine-cracked and dog-eared, yet for some reason, I …

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News Round-up Week Ending 17 February 2017

  • February 17, 2017

  • 3 mins to read

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Special edition of Josh Malerman’s Bird Box to be released through Dark Regions Press First published in 2014, Josh Malerman’s Bird Box received glowing praise, as it told the story of a woman rowing her two children …

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News Round-up Week Ending 10 February 2017

  • February 10, 2017

  • 3 mins to read

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Crystal Lake to release Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest collection Crystal Lake publishing have announced what may be the broadest ever collection of short fiction and poetry on the topic of the mutant rain forest. Edited …

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News Round-up Week Ending 3 February 2017

  • February 3, 2017

  • 4 mins to read

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre Independent Italiand news that caught our eye during the last week … Shut In, starring Oscar nominee Naomi Watts gets VOD, DVD & Blu-Ray release Naomi Watts stars as Mary, a child psychologist who must find out what happened to a patient who has disappeared, in …

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