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News Round-up Week Ending 4 October

October 4, 2013
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Free screenings at Grimmfest The organisers of Grimmfest have announced free screenings throughout the festival. The screenings include Hansel & Gretel Get Baked and short films Out There and Sleepworking. The two short films will be screened together on Saturday 5 October at The Dancehouse Theatre in Manchester. Seats are available on a first come …

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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
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“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 …