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Zombies, Zombies, Zombies!

June 26, 2013
1 min to read

With the UK release of World War Z imminent, and the US Encyclopedia of the Zombie forthcoming (that I’ve written some essays for, namely on Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce, Hammer’s Plague of the Zombies and the Phantasm series of films), I’ve been on a bit of a zombie movie re-watch recently. The zombie has always been …

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R.I.P Richard Matheson: You Are Legend, 1926 – 2013

June 25, 2013
4 mins to read

It is with great sadness that we write of Richard Matheson’s passing. Matheson was the author of I Am Legend, Hell House, The Incredible Shrinking Man, countless episodes of The Twilight Zone and many other seminal works including Duel, originally a short story which was adapted into a film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 June 2013

June 24, 2013
3 mins to read

Welcome to this week’s edition of Must Read Horror, your one-stop shop for the best horror articles the internet has to offer. This week: Zombie Nation: A Gory History – From A to World War Z Horror Cinema’s Most Ridiculous Resurrections Horror Convention Questions Horror’s Conventions The Exorcist: The Real-Life Story Behind the 40-Year-Old Horror …

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David Moody VS Wayne Simmons, This Weekend

June 24, 2013
3 mins to read

We announced our David Moody VS Wayne Simmons event a few weeks ago but have a few more details to unveil as we prepare for the big day. Firstly, anyone travelling from over 100 miles away can get into the event for free. We know that a lot of our fans travel from all over …