This Is Horror

News Round-up Week Ending 22 March 2024

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …

Available for pre-order now from editor Jonathan Raab and Muzzleland Press, Euroschlock Nightmares

The Eurohorror movement of the mid-to-late 20th century produced a stunning array of nightmarish, surreal, and memorable horror films. Spooky castles, rivers of blood, madmen in torture chambers, lavish color and light, sensual acts of violence, unstoppable armies of saucy vampires, and plaster-faced undead—these are the markers of the dreamlike European contributions to grindhouse horror cinema.

In Euroschlock Nightmares, contemporary North American horror writers pay tribute to the films of this fever-dream past. Dario Argento, Mario and Lamberto Bava, Jess Franco, Lucio Fulci, Paul Naschy, Amando de Ossorio, Jean Rollin, Michele Soavi, and more inform and inspire these visionaries to new heights of absurd violence, erotic subtext, spooky atmosphere, and drive-in depravity. Including tales of occult terror, sexy bloodsuckers, undead ghouls, fog-shrouded houses of despair, and more, Euroschlock Nightmares delivers a journey into the beating, bloodied heart of lurid continental horror. Available for pre-order now direct from the publisher, you can guarantee your copy here.


Arriving 9 April from author Radar DeBoard, A Year Spent in Horror

It’s time to let horror back into your daily life. Imagine a year spent in fear. A full year looking over your shoulder because you have the constant sensation that you’re being watched. An entire year filled with sleepless nights wondering if there is something monstrous lurking in the dark. A year of desperately hoping the things that you’ve read never become reality.
With 365 mini-stories, that’s exactly what this book aims to do. One story for each day of the year so that you can spend every season in the wonderful grips of horror’s icy embrace.And here you probably thought October was the only time you could enjoy something spooky. Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.


Coming 2 April from writer Carson Winter and Apocalypse Party, The Psychographist

The Hoyers are an American family. Two parents, two kids, a house they can’t afford, and a deep desire for more. When the black-clad, seemingly omniscient Mr. Cormorant comes to town, it seems that they might finally be able to cash in on their American Dream.

You see, Mr. Cormorant is a psychographist-an expert in consumer personas. And Mr. Cormorant is testing a Product. And Mr. Cormorant has selected the Hoyers for a simple task-test the Product. Live with it. Breathe it in. Abide by its demands.

In return? Riches. The cost? Immeasurable. Available for pre-order now in eBook and paperback editions, you can guarantee your copy here.


KEV HARRISON