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News Round-up Week Ending 8 July 2016

July 8, 2016
5 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… King’s Cell To Received UK Premiere At FrightFest The upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling Cell starring John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson is to receive its UK premiere at the London’s annual FrightFest on Thursday 25 …

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The Cutting Room – Model Hunger

July 7, 2016
2 mins to read

Former pinup model Ginny had been cast aside by the heartless and exploitative modelling industry. Ginny didn’t take rejection well and grew into a revenge-seeking, bloodthirsty, broken woman. When her new neighbours Debbie and Sal move in, Debbie begins to notice strange things going on—Sal believes she is mentally unstable, but Debbie becomes determined to …

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The Comforts of the Coffin: Finding Solace in Horror Cinema

July 7, 2016
5 mins to read

The Comforts of the Coffin: Finding Solace in Horror Cinema There’s always something to worry about. If it’s not the political chaos caused by the recent referendum, there’s the fear that an asteroid could wipe out all life on earth, that a superbug will eradicate most of the population, or that the mega volcano under …

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The Elvis Room Comes Alive in Creepy Celluloid Adaptation

July 6, 2016
5 mins to read

Hitting the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 25th, 2016, director Andrew Schwarz brings his vision of The Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones to the screen. This Is Horror published the chapbook of The Elvis Room in March of 2014 to rave reviews, and now fans will get a chance to see the short …