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Interview: Guy Adams – Part II

August 10, 2012
1 min to read

Tell us a bit about your new version of Hands of the Ripper. How similar is it to the Hammer film of the same name? GA: The beats are the same but there are massive changes. Hammer Books were interested in setting a number of their novelisations in the present day and they asked how …

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News Round-up Week Ending 10 August 2012

August 10, 2012
2 mins to read

American Horror Story: Asylum The second series of the TV show American Horror Story is going to be set in an insane asylum. The new series will be named American Horror Story: Asylum. Creator Ryan Murphy explains, “We picked ‘Asylum’ because it not only describes the setting – an insane asylum run by Jessica Lange’s character which was formerly …

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Review: Monster Brawl

August 9, 2012
1 min to read

How do you review a film like Monster Brawl? We’re not even convinced that it qualifies as a film to be entirely honest. The concept is a bizarre one, combining the silliness of the world of wrestling with some of the most famous monsters of all time and mashing them together into the running time. …

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The influence of MR James on the horror genre

August 8, 2012
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On the 1 August this year Montague Rhodes James would have celebrated his 150th birthday. It would be very difficult to overestimate the enormous influence the quiet academic has had on the horror genre, inspiring authors like Stephen King and Ramsey Campbell. That influence continues to inspire newer writers such as Gary McMahon and Adam …