This week, Ginger Nuts of Horror is marking the release of his new novel, Bad Things Happen Here, with three consecutive days of Mark Morris. Today, we are running our Top Five Mark Morris novels, five books drawn from across his career that show what he does when he is operating at full power. On Wednesday, Jim McLeod sits down with Mark for an in-depth interview. On Thursday, we publish our full review of Bad Things Happen Here.
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Vic Kerry Is Stuck in A Horror Franchise
Vic Kerry wakes up in I Know What You Did Last Summer—and he’s not scared. Between crushing on Jennifer Love Hewitt and exploiting Ben the Fisherman’s terrible wardrobe choices for a heat stroke victory, this horror interview template gets weird. Plus: why Velma needs Dr. House and Geordi La Forge.
Cover Reveal: Still Floating: Pennywise at 40 and Why He Won’t Die
Forty years after Stephen King published IT, Pennywise the Dancing Clown is still showing up: on HBO, in academic criticism, and now in Still Floating: 40 Years of Pennywise, edited by Bram Stoker Award-winner Tom Deady. The book brings together thirty contributors, including Stephen King expert Bev Vincent and co-author Richard Chizmar, to examine the cultural weight of a 1,138-page novel that never quite let go. This retrospective makes the case for why IT belongs in a different conversation than most horror fiction, and why that conversation is long overdue.
Cymera Book Haul: Nine Books, One Ghost Cat, and a Water Heater Closet That Goes Nowhere Good, and Loads of the Uncanny
Ginger Nuts of Horror’s Jim McLeod reviews his book horror haul from Cymera Book Festival: Stephen Graham Jones x2, Sunyi Dean, Charlotte Cross, Amy Jane Stewart. Dread, ghosts, and a water heater closet to nowhere. Full roundup at GNOH.
Scrappy-Doo: The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled Was Hiding Him in Plain Sight
The Scrappy-Doo plot twist buried inside James Gunn’s 2002 Scooby-Doo movie deserves a place among cinema’s great narrative subversions — here’s the case for taking it seriously.
Writing Horror as an Act of Resistance: Amy Jane Stewart on Her Debut Hex House
Writing horror as an act of resistance, Amy Jane Stewart unpacks how her debut Hex House uses Scottish folklore to confront violence against women.
Antony J Stanton on Horror That Shapes a Writer
What shapes a horror writer? Antony J Stanton credits The Devil Rides Out, a ghostly TV film from 1982, and a healthy obsession with Dracula. He also names Between Two Fires as the most underrated horror novel ever written.
Help Ginger Nuts of Horror Survive: 18 Years of Horror Reviews
For 18 years, Ginger Nuts of Horror has been a voice the horror genre refused to silence. Now we need your help to keep the server running. I’m Jim Mcleod, the founder of Ginger Nuts of Horror. I started this website on a whim while recovering from surgery, heavily medicated, … Help Ginger Nuts of Horror Survive: 18 Years of Horror ReviewsRead more
When Hollywood Gave Cockroaches Superpowers: A Loving Look at Bug (1975) and Damnation Alley
When Hollywood Gave Cockroaches Superpowers: A Loving Look at Bug (1975) and Damnation Alley Sci-fi horror in the 1970s had a peculiar obsession. After the ecological anxieties of the early part of the decade, filmmakers started looking at the insect world with fresh, paranoid eyes. Two films stand out for their commitment to … When Hollywood Gave Cockroaches Superpowers: A Loving Look at Bug (1975) and Damnation AlleyRead more
Follow the Dark: New Cerebral Horror Movie Explores Grief Through a Parallel Universe Labyrinth
Follow the Dark: New Cerebral Horror Movie Explores Grief Through a Parallel Universe Labyrinth How far would you go to save someone you lost? British production company Happy Sisyphus Productions prepares to launch its most ambitious horror feature to date. Follow the Dark, a cerebral horror film from director Matthew Tibbenham … Follow the Dark: New Cerebral Horror Movie Explores Grief Through a Parallel Universe LabyrinthRead more
The Archaeology of Dread: Finding the Ghost in the Gears by Aaron Norton
Fear leaves a residue. Some writers know how to read it. These childhood fears-the isolation of the library table, the sentience of the magic spool, and the demon eye of the basement-now manifest as the core of my writing. I don’t write about monsters in the the woods; I write … The Archaeology of Dread: Finding the Ghost in the Gears by Aaron NortonRead more
We Are For The Dark: Gretchen McNeil’s New Horror Novel Arrives September 2026
There is a specific kind of dread that comes from a map running out of road. Not the jump scare of a sudden noise, but the slow, sinking realisation that the ferry you took only runs one way, and the locals are not simply unfriendly; they are still. Gretchen McNeil’s We … We Are For The Dark: Gretchen McNeil’s New Horror Novel Arrives September 2026Read more
The Black Crow Book of Best New Horror Vol 1 is Heading Your Way – Exclusive Giveaway from Ginger Nuts of Horror
The Black Crow Book of Best New Horror Vol 1 is Heading Your Way – Exclusive Giveaway from Ginger Nuts of Horror Horror anthologies have a bloodline that stretches back more than a century. From the Victorian ghost stories collected by Montague Rhodes James to the paperback terror of the Pan … The Black Crow Book of Best New Horror Vol 1 is Heading Your Way – Exclusive Giveaway from Ginger Nuts of HorrorRead more
Lost horrors: how the eerie telly of the 1970s birthed liminal dread
Lost horrors: how the eerie telly of the 1970s birthed liminal dread The empty classroom after the last bell. The hotel corridor at 2 AM. That patch of torn concrete behind the grocery store, where no one goes but everyone walks past. These spaces don’t scare you. They wait for … Lost horrors: how the eerie telly of the 1970s birthed liminal dreadRead more
Havenfall: New Post-Apocalyptic Horror Thriller Lands from Indie Trio of Directors
Havenfall: New Post-Apocalyptic Horror Thriller Lands from Indie Trio of Directors Three people. One cottage. No good choices. The end of the world does not announce itself. It arrives with a knock on a cottage door. After civilization collapses under a relentless outbreak, a hardened survivalist (Jack) and a grieving … Havenfall: New Post-Apocalyptic Horror Thriller Lands from Indie Trio of DirectorsRead more