Look Out For… Tormentor by Willie Meikle and The Death House by Sarah Pinborough

  • February 10, 2015

  • 5 mins to read

Look Out For… … Tormentor by Willie Meikle “Knowing Willie Meikle, this is going to be even more messed up than we can imagine!” This story isn’t really about me. On the Isle of Skye, near the community of Dunvegan, sits a rustic old one-bedroom home, waiting for a new tenant. It seems like the …

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TIH 030: Asking For Forgiveness by Richard Thomas

  • February 10, 2015

  • 5 mins to read

In this podcast This Is Horror present an audio recording of ‘Asking For Forgiveness’ written and narrated by Richard Thomas. ‘Asking For Forgiveness’ first appeared on the Menacing Hedge website. You can read it here. About Richard Thomas Richard Thomas is the author of six books—Disintegration and The Breaker (Random House Alibi), Transubstantiate(Otherworld Publications), and two …

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Film Review: Torment (2013)

  • February 10, 2015

  • 4 mins to read

“Inoffensive enough to ingratiate itself with its celluloid brethren.” Newlyweds Cory (Dunne) and stepmother Sarah (Isabelle) take their son Liam (DaCunha) to their second home in the country for some much needed family bonding time. Liam is still struggling to come to terms with the loss of his mother and resents Sarah taking her place. …

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Book Review: Leytonstone by Stephen Volk

  • February 9, 2015

  • 5 mins to read

“Leytonstone is another triumph.” For many readers, Stephen Volk’s Whitstable was one of the books of 2013, a gripping, affectionate and moving portrayal of Peter Cushing’s twilight years. Now Volk has written a spiritual sequel in Leytonstone, a novella about the early life of Alfred Hitchcock. If you’re reading this review simply to find out …

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