Category: Reviews

Book Review: The Sleeping Dead by Richard Farren Barber

August 13, 2014
4 mins to read

“A consummately told and brilliantly original story.” Before the age of modern medicine, insanity was viewed like any other illness – not as something internal but as a malady that could infect you from outside. Richard Farren Barber takes this idea and gives it a modern, post-apocalyptic twist in his tremendous new novella The Sleeping Dead. The …

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Film Review: Hungerford (2014)

August 6, 2014
7 mins to read

“The overall effect of Hungerford is one of intense irritation.” What the world doesn’t need right now is another low-budget zombie movie. What the world also doesn’t need right now is another run-of-the-mill found footage film. Writer, director and actor Drew Casson has given us a poor combination of the two. It’s been a troubling …

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Film Review: The Sacrament (2014)

July 24, 2014
5 mins to read

“Ti West has stepped outside his traditional, supernatural approach to tell a story about religion and manipulation!” The Sacrament is the latest film from director Ti West. Following on from The Innkeepers (2011) and The House of the Devil (2009), West has taken the plunge into the crowded world of found-footage films. The film focuses on …

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Book Review: Carnies by Martin Livings

July 15, 2014
5 mins to read

‘The reader is left firmly within the author’s grasp.’ The merits, or lack thereof, of utilising a prologue in a novel are a common topic of conversation on writing forums and study courses. However, when used well, as in the case of Carnies by Martin Livings, they can serve both to hook the reader and …