Category: Reviews

Book Review: Sleeping with the Lights On by Darryl Jones

December 5, 2018
7 mins to read

“For the fan of horror, Sleeping with the Lights On is a great companion to discover aspects of the history of horror, to dig deeper into films and books you may not be aware of.” It has been mentioned numerous times, not least on this site, that horror seems to be in something of …

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Book Review: Elevation by Stephen King

November 28, 2018
7 mins to read

” … shows flashes of what King is great at; giving the strangest of ideas plausibility, digging into the tics and quirks of what makes us individual and all too human, putting his finger on the pulse of small-town life.” A new release from Stephen King is always an interesting prospect. First, it tends …

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Book Review: Strange Ink by Gary Kemble

November 21, 2018
6 mins to read

“A lovely mash-up of genres, Strange Ink is a great start to what promises to be a cracking new series.” Horror is a multi-faceted and chimeric beast. Though there are those who argue for narrow, limiting boundaries of what constitutes horror, there is no doubt its reach is wide and varied. It can be …

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Book Review: The Last Temptation of Dr. Valentine by John Llewellyn Probert

November 14, 2018
7 mins to read

“The Last Temptation of Dr. Valentine is a fitting end to the trilogy and a rare sequel that manages to equal and even surpass what has gone before.” A few years ago—2012 to be precise—an exciting novella called The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine by UK horror writer John Llewellyn Probert was published through a …