Considering the legacy of women writers in horror fiction

February is the shortest month of the year, noteworthy for Valentine’s Day and making the annual batch of pancakes (poorly, in my case, and to the detriment of my kitchen!) and for the last two years it has played host to Women in Horror Recognition Month. I may be a month too late but, as …

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Colin F. Barnes Interview

Colin F. Barnes is a writer of SF/Technothriller and horror. He’s influenced by his everyday life, and the weird happenings that go on in the shadowy locales of Essex, UK. Colin likes to blend genres and is currently working on a Cyberpunk/Techothriller series The Techxorcist. Colin also runs a micro-digital publisher Anachron Press specialising in genre …

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News Round-up Week Ending 29 March

Midnight Echo

Tom Six takes a short cut to hell Director Tom Six, currently filming The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) will be on the judging panel for the horror film competition 666 Short Cuts to Hell. Six will be joined on the panel by Total Film genre expert Rosie Fletcher and Horror Channel’s Emily Booth amongst …

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Quartets and Canaries: The Wild, Sexy, Scary World of Radley Metzger

I always relish a challenge, and so when our esteemed editor here at This Is Horror asked me if I might be able to write an article concentrating on the more horror-oriented aspects of the work of highly respected erotic movie auteur Radley Metzger, I jumped at the chance. Three of Metzger’s earlier adult works …

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