Category: Reviews

Film Review: Doc of the Dead (2014)

February 19, 2015
4 mins to read

What self-appointed horror fan doesn’t love a good horror documentary? We’ve been spoilt over recent years with the likes of Crystal Lake Memories and Never Sleep Again covering the adventures of Jason and Freddy, and film fans do love to find out little stories and bits of information from behind the screen. There have even …

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Book Review: Within The Wind, Beneath The Snow by Ray Cluley

February 12, 2015
4 mins to read

“Cluley’s prose is as stark as his setting, his haunting imagery sparkling like sunlight on ice.” The debut volume from Spectral Press’s new Theatrum Mundi imprint is an atmospheric piece of dark fiction from Ray Cluley. Within The Wind, Beneath The Snow tells the story of Gjerta Jørgensen, first female member of the Slædepatruljen Sirius …

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Film Review: Torment (2013)

February 10, 2015
4 mins to read

“Inoffensive enough to ingratiate itself with its celluloid brethren.” Newlyweds Cory (Dunne) and stepmother Sarah (Isabelle) take their son Liam (DaCunha) to their second home in the country for some much needed family bonding time. Liam is still struggling to come to terms with the loss of his mother and resents Sarah taking her place. …

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Book Review: Leytonstone by Stephen Volk

February 9, 2015
5 mins to read

“Leytonstone is another triumph.” For many readers, Stephen Volk’s Whitstable was one of the books of 2013, a gripping, affectionate and moving portrayal of Peter Cushing’s twilight years. Now Volk has written a spiritual sequel in Leytonstone, a novella about the early life of Alfred Hitchcock. If you’re reading this review simply to find out …