The Leprechaun movie franchise is a bizarre and beloved pillar of 90s horror comedy. Starting in 1993, this slasher series introduced the world to Warwick Davis as the murderous, gold-obsessed creature, kicking off a run of sequels that defied logic and genre conventions at every turn. From a rural farmhouse … The Leprechaun franchise ranked! Are they a pot of gold or a crock of shite?Read more
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Wretch Review: Eric LaRocca’s Grief Horror and the Reverse Haunting
A grieving husband, an urban legend, and a descent into unforgettable darkness. That doesn’t stop it packing a punch though; if there’s one thing you can rely on from LaRocca, it’s that the killing blow isn’t action or gore, it’s the way you don’t realise he’s ripped your heart out … Wretch Review: Eric LaRocca’s Grief Horror and the Reverse HauntingRead more
The Butcher of Nazareth Review: David Scott Hay’s Violent Theological Masterpiece
What if saving the world meant killing its saviour? What happens when a man convinced he’s hearing the voice of God sets out to murder Jesus Christ before the ministry can begin? David Scott Hay’s The Butcher of Nazareth (check out our interview with David here) takes this provocative premise and … The Butcher of Nazareth Review: David Scott Hay’s Violent Theological MasterpieceRead more
Gothic Shadows and Stolen Voices: The Brides by Charlotte Cross.
A stunning debut of atmosphere and raw empathy. Cross understands that the deepest darkness often isn’t supernatural at all. It’s in the human capacity for cruelty, in the societal cages that predate any castle, and in the fragile, fierce love that fights to glow within them. She has written a … Gothic Shadows and Stolen Voices: The Brides by Charlotte Cross.Read more
The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru: A Novel of Ghosts and Exile in 1920s Paris
A ghost story about exile, family secrets, and the things we leave behind. Olesya Salnikova Gilmore’s third novel, The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru, trades epic mythology for something quieter and more potent: a ghost story about exile, a grandmother’s buried secrets, and a young woman learning that the dead … The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru: A Novel of Ghosts and Exile in 1920s ParisRead more
The Shetland Witch by Kate Macdonald: A Calm, Confident Debut of Myth and Sisterhood
The Shetland Witch by Kate Macdonald: A Calm, Confident Debut of Myth and Sisterhood When a book arrives that promises to mix Shetland folk magic with the Greek Fates and a dash of Norse mythology, you have every right to brace for impact. The Shetland Witch by Kate Macdonald is … The Shetland Witch by Kate Macdonald: A Calm, Confident Debut of Myth and SisterhoodRead more
Bless Your Heart Review: The Cozy Horror Novel That Serves Blood and Sweet Tea in Equal Measure
Forget what you think you know about vampire fiction. The Evans women run a funeral parlor, bury the dead, and handle the ones that won’t stay down. The thing about small towns is that they all have a family people whisper about. The ones who’ve been there forever, who run … Bless Your Heart Review: The Cozy Horror Novel That Serves Blood and Sweet Tea in Equal MeasureRead more
The Memory Shades Review: David Watkins’s Best Yet Blends Ghosts and Worms
What haunts you when you can’t remember what you did? That question drives The Memory Shades, the latest sci-fi horror novel from Devon-based author David Watkins. In this The Memory Shades review, we examine a story that blends creature feature terror with psychological depth. Prisoners on a distant planet, their … The Memory Shades Review: David Watkins’s Best Yet Blends Ghosts and WormsRead more
Hysterical by Amber Dean: When Obsession Eats Itself Alive
She’s Not the Final Girl. She’s Why There Isn’t One. Amber Dean’s debut burns with the kind of dark energy that doesn’t ask for permission. This is not a book for everyone. It will bother some readers. It should. The kind of female rage explored here is not the kind … Hysterical by Amber Dean: When Obsession Eats Itself AliveRead more
Cabaret in Flames, Consent, Consumption and Chattering Teeth: Hache Pueyo’s Return to the Monstrous
Some monsters wear sequins. Some wear scalpels. Hache Pueyo writes about both. We carry our childhood horrors in the strangest places. In the hitch of a prosthetic limb. In the way we flinch when someone touches us too fast. In the quiet acceptance that the monsters who broke us might … Cabaret in Flames, Consent, Consumption and Chattering Teeth: Hache Pueyo’s Return to the MonstrousRead more
A Review of Kirsten Kaschock’s An Impossibility of Crows: Motherhood, Monsters, and the Crows of Letort
What if love, pushed to its limits, creates the very thing it fears most? What does it mean to love someone so completely that you would reshape the natural world for them? And what happens when that reshaping becomes its own kind of violence? These questions sit at the heart … A Review of Kirsten Kaschock’s An Impossibility of Crows: Motherhood, Monsters, and the Crows of LetortRead more
A Gothic Burrows into the Brain: Inside T. Kingfisher’s Upcoming Horror, Wolf Worm
Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods—and it has a taste for human flesh. ‘Wolf Worm is going to burrow straight into your brain‘ – Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of The Library at Hellebore Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, an original … A Gothic Burrows into the Brain: Inside T. Kingfisher’s Upcoming Horror, Wolf WormRead more
I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movie, Heidi Honeycutt Rewrites Horror History
The definitive history of female horror directors that reads like a late-night conversation with your favourite film programmer Here’s the thing about horror film histories. They tend to circle the same corpses. A few familiar names surface in every conversation: Whedon, Craven, Carpenter, the usual suspects, and we’re supposed to … I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movie, Heidi Honeycutt Rewrites Horror HistoryRead more
Cover Reveal: CRONE by Keith Rosson– The New Horror Novel From The Author of Fever House
Crone by Keith Rosson First print run signed by the author with block-sprayed edges Keith Rosson, the author Stephen King hails as “exciting, suspenseful, [and] horrifying,” is set to return with a new novel that promises to be his most haunting work to date. For fans eagerly awaiting his next … Cover Reveal: CRONE by Keith Rosson– The New Horror Novel From The Author of Fever HouseRead more