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Book Review: House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill

October 3, 2013
5 mins to read

“Scaled back ideas and scares!” House of Small Shadows is the latest book by one of Britain’s leading horror authors Adam Nevill. To date, Nevill has been called “Britain’s answer to Stephen King” by The Guardian and his output has loomed large over the British horror landscape for the last couple of years. Two of …

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Film Review: Escape (Flukt) (2012)

October 2, 2013
5 mins to read

“The ‘seen it all before’ feeling pervades much of the film!” Much like his foray into the realm of the slasher flick with Fritt Vilt (Cold Prey), the splendidly named Roar Uthaug shows absolutely no intention of deviating from the conventions of the genre he chooses to delve into here. While this approach worked reasonably …

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Buy Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey, review it and win a load of cool things

October 1, 2013
4 mins to read

To celebrate the launch of Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey on Amazon Kindle we’ve decided to offer a few incentives for all you readers that buy and/or review the story which Dread Central described as, “Like nothing you’ve read before. A frenetic, blistering bullet train of white-knuckle reflex.” Here’s what we’re doing: The first three people …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: Dementamania

October 1, 2013
3 mins to read

“Destined to become a cult classic!” The brilliant thing about FrightFest is its ability to unearth hidden gems of cinema and this is exactly what it’s done with Dementamania. With firm nods towards Cronenberg, a lead character who bares similarities to Patrick Bateman and a distinctly art-house feel to proceedings Dementamania is both original and …