Book Review: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

  • April 20, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

“A chilling indictment of modern society seen through the prism of ancient customs” In this day and age, it’s difficult to conceive that anything that went on in the world, particularly in America, would be able to escape the glare of the seemingly omnipotent social media network, and on the whole you’d be right. Thomas …

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Witches In Horror Cinema

  • April 20, 2016

  • 7 mins to read

Something wicked this way comes… With the recent cinematic release of Robert Eggers’ The Witch, we started to think about the history of witches in genre cinema and decided to take a look back. One thing that is very clear about witches on celluloid is that they seem to fall into two very distinct descriptive …

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Look Out For… The Doll Master & Other Tales Of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates and Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt

  • April 19, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

Look Out For… The Doll Master & Other Tales Of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates “The tight, controlled prose makes the emerging dread in these stories the more profound.” Six terrifying tales to chill the blood from the unique imagination of Joyce Carol Oates. A young boy plays with dolls instead of action figures. But …

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Book Review: Mojo Rising by Bob Pastorella

  • April 19, 2016

  • 4 mins to read

“There’s an intoxicating narcotic noir tone to Mojo Rising” The great thing about novellas is that they don’t have the luxury of easing the reader into the story, of gently introducing characters and situations before getting down to business. Instead they need to grab the reader by the lapels and pull them right in, and …

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