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Book Review: No Monsters Allowed (Edited by Alex Davis)

March 19, 2014
8 mins to read

“A worthy addition to the themed anthology lexicon.” No Monsters Allowed editor Alex Davis has taken exception to the proliferation of zombies and vampires in genre and declared there will be no room for such well-worn tropes within his anthology. The title, as well as being a mission statement of sorts, is ironic; the stories …

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FrightFest Glasgow 2014 (Part One)

March 18, 2014
7 mins to read

With eleven films showing over just two days, FrightFest Glasgow is less gruelling than its southern counterpart, but only just. Not that any of the several hundred fans who gathered at the Glasgow Film Theatre on Friday 28 February and Saturday 1 March would complain. Along with the primary festival in London, and various all-nighters …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 March 2014

March 17, 2014
3 mins to read

Welcome to this week’s edition of Must Read Horror, your one-stop shop for the best horror articles the internet has to offer. This week: Horror Cinema’s Scariest Killer Scarecrows Our Deepest Insecurities Served Up on a Plate Hannibal’s Feminist Take on Horror Joseph D’Lacey on Myth, the Written Word, and Mass Hallucination Shallow and Vacuous: …

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News Round-up Week Ending 14 March

March 14, 2014
2 mins to read

Horror Channel app generates Nightmares Horror Channel have launched their own iOS app that will terrorise users in their sleep. The app features 3 original stories by K.R. Griffiths and a number of other stories. Users listen to the app before bed and when they fall asleep the app influences their sleep with subtle sounds …