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News Round-up Week Ending 25 October

October 25, 2013
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Horror reading in Birmingham This Is Horror event host Jasper Bark will be present at a horror reading in Birmingham at Halloween. The event will also feature readings from Dave Jeffery and Adrian Middleton. The event will run from 7pm until late at The Pat Kavanaugh, Moseley, Birmingham. Tickets are £3 and are available from …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: 100 Bloody Acres

October 24, 2013
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“It’s so bizarre it actually works!” Reg and Lindsay Morgan run a small organic bone fertiliser company in the outback. Business is thriving thanks to a special ingredient: human bodies. When Reg picks up three youngsters on their way to a music festival, it’s clear they’re not going to make it. Like the tonally similar …

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The Best British Fantasy 2013 (Edited by Steve Haynes)

October 24, 2013
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“An inconsistent start to the Best British Fantasy series which features some blistering dark highlights and mediocre filler.” The Best British Fantasy 2013 is a collection edited by Steve Haynes and published by Salt. Yet despite the ‘fantasy’ title, both the content and editor’s introduction indicate a far broader stroke of stories. There are plans …

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Eraserhead and Me

October 23, 2013
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I recently had the opportunity to watch David Lynch’s Eraserhead on Blu-ray. This was an especially momentous occasion, as I hadn’t seen this quite astounding surrealist nightmare of a film for many years. It’s a remarkable piece – definitely one of the strangest and most beguiling movies ever made, and I feel as if …