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RIP HR Giger (1940–2014)

May 13, 2014
6 mins to read

Back in the heady days of my youth, the one thing I was determined to be was an artist. I loved drawing and painting (mostly the former), but the idea of actually doing those things for a living was nothing more than a nebulous concept in my head, something which was more of an unconcretised …

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Book Review: The Unquiet House by Alison Littlewood

May 13, 2014
5 mins to read

“Littlewood has the ability to make you care for characters within only a handful of pages!” The Unquiet House is Alison Littlewood’s third novel. It is also her most complex, with a multi-stranded narrative covering three distinct time periods with several brave choices which may mean it will be her most divisive and discussed story …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 12 May 2014

May 12, 2014
4 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we collect the week’s best horror articles in the hope that some of you can’t be bothered to search the internet for yourselves. This week: AICN Comics: Remembers EC Horror co-creator Al Feldstein If TV Horror is Having a Moment, Why is Hannibal Floundering? When Nature Attacks! Pulp Horror …

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News Round-up Week Ending 9 May

May 9, 2014
3 mins to read

John Carpenter season in Manchester Grimm Up North have announced tickets are available for their John Carpenter season which begins on 23 May with They Live. The other films featured in the season will be Escape from New York on 5 June, Big Trouble in Little China on 26 June and The Thing on 17 …