Cinematographer Kristof Brandl’s camera evokes the mood, lonesome silhouettes, isolating crowds, awkward intimacy. Le Bon exhibits a delicate if controlled touch to her tale of young love. Few topics are more oft tread in cinema, on stage, in print or in song. But Falcon Lake, though its honesty gives it the […]
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Tony Jones
Tony Jones has been a school librarian for thirty years and a horror fanatic for much longer. In 2014 he co-authored a history book called The Greatest Scrum That Ever Was, which took almost ten years to research and write. Not long after that mammoth job was complete, he began […]
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The Attachment Diaries – Movie Review
The escalating lunacy nearly tips to melodrama or even parody, but the duo at the center of it all manages to hold it all together somehow. The Attachment Diaries is a dark, bizarre mystery thriller that flirts with B-movie status in a way that somehow makes the experience richer than it had […]
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This World Belongs to Us – Book Review
Each of these stories is a lexical example of that meme daring you to put your hand in the spider’s nest: you know you shouldn’t do it, but something compels you to, just so you know what will happen. Read on, but maybe don’t ignore that buzzing in your ear. […]
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The Machine is the Gory Action-Comedy of the Decade
If you’re someone like me who loves Oldboy and The Hangover with equal fervour, you’ll have a whale of a time at Kreischer’s dynamic big screen debut. Bob Freville The Machine is the Gory Action-Comedy of the Decade Do you remember what a revelation Shaun of the Dead was when […]
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Beau Is Afraid – Movie Review
All told, Beau Is Afraid is a fascinating, gorgeously realized vision and I don’t think you’re going to like it. I can’t say I liked it. I admire it, am stunned by it, and kind of want to see it again. Maybe I do like it, I can’t tell. Beau Is Afraid […]
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COMPETITION – DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS
COMPETITION – DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDSUMMER PRESENTS A CHANCE TO WIN TWO FULL EVENT PASSES FOR FIVE DAYS OF FOLK HORROR ACTIVITIES! With folk horror undergoing a renaissance in 2023, DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS is proud to present MIDSUMMER, offering up five days of talks, interviews and writing workshops […]
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Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison – Book Review
Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison is reviewed by Cats Luv Coffee Book Reviews for the Ginger Nuts of Horror Book Review Website. With the ability to take clichéd tropes that have been used countless times before and infuse them with fresh and invigorating energy, I can’t wait to see what […]
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An Alternative YA Bram Stoker Award
Below you will find Tony Jones‘ alternative YA Bram Stoker Award listing. No website in the world provides as much coverage of YA horror/dark fiction as the Ginger Nuts of Horror and for the last number years, we have reviewed all the books featured on the HWA YA Bram Stoker […]
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Run Hide Fight: The Best Bloody Action Movie You Haven’t Seen
Sometimes the kangaroo court of mainstream critics can undermine a work of art by letting their emotions and beliefs blind them to the value of the story the film is telling. All too often, critics fail to publish reviews of films and opt instead to publish critiques of the people […]
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