Review: Chill

HP Lovecraft meets Jess Franco in this ultra low-budget homemade effort that uses the classic short story ‘Cool Air’ for its inspiration but throws in some topless prostitutes with their faces peeled off for good measure. Review: Chill

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Interview: Manon Delacroix

In the first of our ‘Meet The Artist’ interview series we hook up with Manon Delacroix. Manon is a self-taught artist who has been drawing monsters and characters since she was a wee person.  She recently studied with Imaginism Studios in Canada and has worked with Mamtor Publishing, Ilex Press, ImagineFX, Dare Studios and Murky …

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Sir Christopher Lee – 90th Birthday, Video Interview

Christopher Lee

Sir Christopher Lee has recently released a video interview to tie-in with his 90th birthday. Sir Christopher discusses his career and announces the release of the heavy metal single, ‘Let Legend Mark me as a King’. Let us know what you think in the comments section and please share your favourite films and moments from …

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Review: The Awakening

Finally bringing the traditional ghost story back to its spiritual home after several years sunning itself on the Iberian Peninsula, The Awakening is undoubtedly going to elicit comparisons with Spain’s recent contributions to the genre. The Awakening  

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China Miéville, Joseph D’Lacey and Mark Morris

Simon Marshall-Jones provides us an account of the January This Is Horror fiction event, from the perspective of the horror host. Event Report: China Miéville, Joseph D’Lacey and Mark Morris

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Review: Dead Heads

Films which mix horror and comedy are notoriously difficult to get right. The balance is tricky, and often a film will simply end up as a laugh-free mess rather than a carefully integrated mix of the two genres. Dead Heads manages to get more right than it does wrong, and the result is a surprisingly …

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Tim Marquitz speaks about Four in the Morning

A brand new collection from four new horror writers is set to land on June 1 2012. Four in the Morning will see a story from Lincoln Crisler, Tim Marquitz, Malon Edwards and Edward M. Erdelac. To commemorate the launch of this collection, This Is Horror have invited the writers to share their thoughts on …

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Meet The Reader: Jay Eales

Meet comic book aficionado Jay Eales: fan, writer, journalist and publisher. He recently moderated a comic-related panel at the 2012 Alt Fiction event, as well as giving a talk about small press comics at the States of Independence event in Leicester. Not to mention recently guest-lecturing a writing class on comic scriptwriting. You could, perhaps, …

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Happy 90th Birthday Christopher Lee

We wish Christopher Lee a very happy birthday 90th message with this special article, courtesy of Clare Huckett. Not only is it Christopher’s birthday but 27 May also marks the anniversary of Vincent Price’s birthday whilst yesterday it would have been Peter Cushing’s. Happy Birthday Christopher Lee

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Review: Break

In the horror genre, the hoary old theme of the ‘backwoods slasher’ never seems to go out of fashion. Every few years a new film of this type appears, and rarely do any of them bring something new to the table. Such is the case with Matthias Olof Ekh’s Break. Break

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