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News Round-up Week Ending 15 July 2016

The Booking Ramsey Campbell

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Dark Regions Press Release The Booking  by Ramsey Campbell The long awaited novella by the veteran genre author, The Booking, was released this past Tuesday 12 July. Available as a special edition hard back from Dark Regions …

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Let’s Play a Game – The Evolution of Fear in Video Games, Part II

Doom Screenshot

Continuing on from our previous piece on early horror themes in video games, This is Horror moves on to look at how the creepy, the startling and the downright gory began to fill gamers’ screens as the 16-bit console and PC revolution firmly took hold. A New Age of Atmosphere Before the age of 16-bit …

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Look Out For… Breaking Point by Kit Power and In The Shadow Of Frankenstein

Look Out For… Breaking Point by Kit Power “Fans of Jack Ketchum, Jasper Bark or Clive Barker will find much to admire here.” A Cyclist is knocked unconscious on his way home and wakes up in a nightmare… A devoted husband begins to suspect all is not well with his marriage…  A desperate family man, …

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News Round-up Week Ending 8 July 2016

Cell film

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… King’s Cell To Received UK Premiere At FrightFest The upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling Cell starring John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson is to receive its UK premiere at the London’s annual FrightFest on Thursday 25 …

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The Elvis Room Comes Alive in Creepy Celluloid Adaptation

The Elvis Room - Elevator ride

Hitting the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 25th, 2016, director Andrew Schwarz brings his vision of The Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones to the screen. This Is Horror published the chapbook of The Elvis Room in March of 2014 to rave reviews, and now fans will get a chance to see the short …

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Going Live with David Moody in 30 minutes

Just a quick post to let you know that we will be going live for episode 100 of the This Is Horror Podcast with David Moody in thirty minutes. Listen and comment in the chatroom and live feed here (why not go in early and make yourselves known). If you’re tweeting as part of the conversation …

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This Is Horror Livestream with David Moody Sunday 3 July, 5–7p.m. BST

David Moody on Episode 100

Tomorrow we chat live with David Moody on the This Is Horror Podcast. If you return to this link the embedded player will automatically play the recording, however if you click through to the This Is Horror Mixlr account you can take part in the ‘chat’. We recommend this as you can leave comments and ask …

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News Round-up Week Ending 1 July 2016

Frightfest 2016 poster

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Frightfest 2016 Line-up Schedule Announced As the 17th edition of horror and genre festival Frightfest draws ever closer, organisers have announced their 2016 line-up schedule, and as always it appears that we’re in for a treat. The …

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David Moody Livestream This Is Horror Podcast for Episode 100

David Moody on Episode 100

This weekend we celebrate one hundred episodes of the This Is Horror Podcast. It’s been a wild three-plus years of fun and we’ve interviewed so many wonderful writers, editors, creatives and industry experts on the podcast. We opened episode one with Jennifer Lynch and since then we’ve had conversations with Joe Hill, Ellen Datlow, Stephen Graham …

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News Round-up Week Ending 24 June 2016

The Walking Dead Rick and Negan

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… How The Walking Dead Plans To Keep That Big Death Under Wraps (Spoilers follow, so look away now if you’re not up to date.) There was much moaning among Walking Dead fans at the recent season six …

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