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Django Prepare A Coffin

March 12, 2013
1 min to read

Sergio Corbucci’s Django (1966) is one of the all-time great spaghetti westerns. A film grimmer in tone than Sergio Leone’s classic Man With No Name trilogy, Corbucci’s film distinguished itself by being set in the muddiest, coldest, most forbidding town to be seen in a western for many a year; by set pieces that were as outlandish and atmospheric …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 12 March 2013

March 12, 2013
3 mins to read

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: 5 Troma Films Every Horror Fan Must See In Defense Of Alien 3 Stealth Is Hanging Around, But Can Survival Horror Make A Comeback? John Carpenter’s The Fog: …

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TIH 004: Joseph D’Lacey on Splinters, Planning and Recurring Themes

March 11, 2013
3 mins to read

In this podcast Michael Wilson and John Costello interview Joseph D’Lacey with a particular focus on his short story collection from Timeline Books, Splinters. Topics [0:33] Interview with Joseph D’Lacey [0:55] The selection process and how Splinters came to be [2:49] Splinters and the personal [4:00] Altar Girl [8:00] To plan or not to plan [9:00] The editing of the …

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Grimmfest Reviews: Snowtown & Sleep Tight

March 11, 2013
1 min to read

On February 21, Simon Bestwick was at the Dancehouse Theatre to catch the Grimmfest double bill of Snowtown and Sleep Tight. Today, Simon brings you his thoughts on both horror films. Snowtown review Sleep Tight review