In my last column I wrote about Michael McDowell’s career as a horror novelist and screenplay writer. In this column, the second of a three part feature on McDowell, I’m going to write about his novels. McDowell was a very fast and a very prolific writer. Before the sale of his first published novel The …
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News Round-up Week Ending 18 September 2015
Grimmfest Guests Confirmed The organisers of Grimmfest 2015 have announced a list of guests of honour that will be attending the film festival from 1-4 October 2015 in Manchester. The guests include Paul Kane, Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell and Shaune Harrison. For full details of the festival, check out the Grimm Up North website. Lovecraft …
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Film Four FrightFest 2015 Day 4 – Sunday 30 August 2015
It’s day four of the biggest weekend of horror and genre film festival in the UK calendar and it’s time for yet another mixed bunch of new movies from around the world. Films this time around include Australian genre-bender Inner Demon, Anglo-French serial killer tale Road Games, disturbing Spanish speaking kidnap horror Scherzo Diabolico and budget …
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Film Review: The Shelter (2015)
“For those who are prepared to engage with it The Shelter will run deep and resonate within for a long time after the credits have rolled.” If you’re looking for an easily digestible, exposition heavy, run of the mill horror flick, then move along because John Fallon’s feature length directorial debut The Shelter is not …
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