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Searchlight: A Pictorial History of Horror Movies

July 4, 2017
4 mins to read

A fan of horror movies since childhood, probably one of my most treasured gifts was a book I received for Christmas when I was ten years old, A Pictorial History of Horror Movies by Denis Gifford. This book ranks extremely high on the inspiration scale, and with good reason. TV in my household in 1977 …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 3 Jul 2017

July 3, 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: Dangerous Visions Sci-Fi Season Coming To Radio 4 Eight Must Read Horror Reference Books Why Dr Sam Loomis Is One Of Horror’s Greatest Heroes Watch Neil Blomkamp’s New Sci-Fi …

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Book Review: Hard Sentences, edited by David James Keaton and Joe Clifford

July 3, 2017
7 mins to read

“…this anthology delivers some serious goods, like hard to come by contraband…” Hard Sentences is a collection of stories themed around those poor bastards serving hard time on the infamous rock known as Alcatraz and also the people and lives they left behind. The pain and sorrow in a place like that hangs around for …

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TIH 154: Nick Gucker on Advice for Artists, Yokai, and Conventions

June 30, 2017
4 mins to read

In this podcast Nick Gucker talks about yokai, conventions, and gives advice to artists. About Nick Gucker Nick Gucker’s art has appeared on the covers and the innards of numerous Lovecraftian, horror, and weird fiction publications. His illustrations embellish publications from Word Horde, Spectral, Deadite, Swallowdown, Eraserhead, Perilous, Splatterpunk, Blysster, Uncle Mike’s Woldwide, Ulthar, Eryx, Martian …