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Searchlight: Tom Weaver

November 7, 2017
3 mins to read

Wouldn’t it be cool to turn your love of horror into a career? That’s exactly what Tom Weaver has done. Author of over twenty books chronicling the history of horror, Weaver’s love of the horror movie has produced such classics as Attack of the Monster Movie Makers: Interviews with 20 Genre Giants, John Carradine: The …

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Book Review: Hasty for the Dark by Adam Nevill

November 6, 2017
6 mins to read

“These tales are dark, starkly violent, but also subtle and ambiguous, often at the same time.” Following 2016’s rather excellent collection Some Will Not Sleep, Adam Nevill returns with another output of his shorter fiction in the form of Hasty for the Dark. Once again published through the author’s own press, Ritual Limited, and matching …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 6 Nov 2017

November 6, 2017
3 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: The Guardian charts the decades-long relationship between heavy metal and horror Den of Geek explain why The Exorcist series is the best reboot since Hannibal Tor.com provide nine books …

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The Elvis Room: Heart Attack Hotel

November 3, 2017
3 mins to read

Every hotel has one. The room they keep free just in case a high-profile guest appears from nowhere, ready to sprinkle a little of their celebrity stardust onto the establishment. But what if you’re desperate? If you have nowhere else to go? The hotel would have to let you stay there, right? What could possibly …