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

  • August 15, 2013

  • 2 mins to read

The Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones

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

  • 4 mins to read

Scanners III The Takeover

“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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The Initiation

“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 …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 12 August 2013

  • August 12, 2013

  • 3 mins to read
Daylight videogame

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: Original versus Remake: The Amityville Horror Ten Things That Make Horror Films Unrealistic Rosemary’s Baby and the Politics of Women’s Bodies Six Things a Horror Game Needs Horror …

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