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Wolf Creek: The Franchise

January 30, 2014
5 mins to read

When the Aussie film Wolf Creek was first released, people didn’t know just what to make of it. Is it just another slasher flick, or is it something more? It seemed generic and cliché, but underneath that ‘just another horror film’ exterior beat the heart of a new dawn of Australian horror franchise. Some backpackers …

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Told Round the Peat Fire

January 29, 2014
7 mins to read

The intention of this column has always been to recall the forgotten or overlooked voices of horror, and what could be more at risk of being lost than our folkloric past. Part of an oral tradition, many of our oldest stories were passed from speaker to speaker, learnt by heart to entertain those gathered around …

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Board Game Review: City of Horror

January 28, 2014
6 mins to read

“A tense yet enjoyable game!” City of Horror is a survival-themed board game for three to six players, in the style of classic zombie apocalypse movies. The city is beset by a shambling horde of flesh-craving zombies and the players’ goal is to survive the onslaught until help arrives at daybreak. To do so, players …

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Film Review: Blood Glacier (2013)

January 27, 2014
7 mins to read

“Pretty enjoyable while it lasts.” There is an unspoken transaction that often takes place between creature features with a less-than-Hollywood budget and their viewers. The transaction goes thusly: the makers of said movie use good old fashioned, honest-to-goodness practical effects to create their monsters. This can be for many reasons; they could for example have …