This Is Horror

The Death of Fear: My Bloody Valentine

July 25, 2019
13 mins to read

My Bloody Valentine (1981) is everything you’d expect and want in a slasher. There’s blood, nudity, a younger generation who don’t take a threat seriously, a transgression, a love triangle, a mask, a weapon, and of course, a (sort of) final girl. So why remake it if it’s everything all little slashers grow up wanting …

Leave comment

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/the-death-of-fear-my-bloody-valentine/

Look Out For … To Rouse Leviathan by Matt Cardin

July 25, 2019
3 mins to read

“Cardin has forged his own way through the Weird, his work unpredictable and extremely personal.” Horror, art, and religion intersect in a malicious universe determined to destroy us all. Combining the spiritual and the cosmic, Matt Cardin’s terrifying vision is unleashed. “Let those sorcerers who place a curse on days curse that day, those who …

Leave comment

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-to-rouse-leviathan-by-matt-cardin/

TIH 290: Paul Tremblay on Creating Emotional Impact, Drafting Novels, and Humour

July 24, 2019
4 mins to read

In this podcast Paul Tremblay talks about creating emotional impact, drafting novels, humour, and much more. About Paul Tremblay Paul Tremblay is the author of the novels The Cabin at the End of the World, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, and A Head Full of Ghosts. His other novels include The Little Sleep, No Sleep till …

Leave comment

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-290-paul-tremblay-on-creating-emotional-impact-drafting-novels-and-humour/

Book Review: The Serpent’s Shadow by Daniel Braum

July 23, 2019
4 mins to read

“The Serpent’s Shadow is a tale that slithers under your skin and grips you until the last sentence.” Daniel Braum is no stranger to the genre, his stories have been featured in Cemetery Dance Magazine, Nightscript, as well as his own stand-out collections like Night Marchers and The Wish Mechanics. His latest effort, The Serpent’s …