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News Round-up Week Ending 16 August

August 16, 2013
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Thirteen invades your ears Thirteen is an audio collection of horror stories from authors such as Kim Newman, Gary McMahon and Mark Morris. The stories are read by actors such as former Doctor Who companion Arthur Darvill and Byzantium star Gemma Arterton. The collection is available as an LP from the Spoken World website on …

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This Is Horror Chapbook Six: The Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones

August 15, 2013
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Last month we announced the fifth chapbook in the This Is Horror chapbook series and now it’s time to announce number six. We are absolutely delighted to announce The Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones as the sixth chapbook in the series. Having won Novel of the Year for The Last Final Girl in 2012 …

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Film Review: Scanners III: The Takeover (1992)

August 14, 2013
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“Zany!” This second sequel cuts all ties with the previous outing, and therefore with Cronenberg’s. The previous film had been a direct sequel to the first, and even attempted, not always successfully, to retain and even expand on that film’s more interesting ideas. Scanners III makes no such efforts. After a failed mugging unleashed her …

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Film Review: The Initiation (1984)

August 13, 2013
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“It really should have been a decent addition to the genre.” When sitting down to watch a slasher film from any decade, you shouldn’t expect to have your mind blown. What you should expect is blood, boobs, and bad acting. You see, while slasher films may not be wholly original thematically (often copy-and-pasting John Carpenter’s …