Category: Reviews

Book Review: The Monster Club by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

January 8, 2014
5 mins to read

“Buy the book.” Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes was regularly one of the top ten authors whose work was borrowed from British libraries throughout the seventies – so says Stephen Jones in his excellent introduction. In fact Jones does such a thorough job it leaves this reviewer with nothing new to say about the man or his work …

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Book Review: Renegades by Shaun Hutson

January 7, 2014
5 mins to read

“A novel so gritty, it’ll make your gums bleed!” Shaun Hutson’s classic ‘creature feature’ Slugs was the start of an illustrious career in 1982. The novel not only spawned a sequel, Breeding Ground, but also a film adaptation. Since then, Shaun Hutson has been the bestselling author of more than twenty horror and dark urban thrillers, …

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Book Review: Ammon’s Horn by Stan Timmons

December 17, 2013
4 mins to read

“Imaginative and well-written.” Danny Sullivan and Gemma Goode are a young couple fighting for survival in a pre- and post-apocalyptic America (and world) shattered by a viral threat like no other. Ammon’s Horn deals not with the usual zombie infestation, but with the results of a CIA-engineered, out-of-control virus that triggers paranoia in the Ammon’s …

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Film Review: Curse of Chucky (2013)

December 16, 2013
5 mins to read

“Hugely enjoyable old-school horror” It’s been a long time in coming, but in a world of vapid remakes and reboots, it’s actually nice to see a sequel to an original franchise for a change. Not that Curse of Chucky was that eagerly awaited by anyone. After the entertaining original, a fun sequel that featured both …