YA Horror Roundup November 2024 Our latest roundup has ten books for you, a mixed bag of sequels, familiar authors and titles which drift into thriller and dark fantasy territory. I rarely review graphic novels but was captivated by Rosie Talbot and Sarah Maxwell’s Phantom Hearts, an LGBTQIA+ supernatural thriller … YA Horror Roundup November 2024Read more
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Free Horror Titles on WatchFree+ for November
Free Horror Titles on WatchFree+ for November Your friends from VIZIO want to give you more reasons to be thankful this holiday season…13 to be exact. Get your scream on with these 13 FREE terror titles on VIZIO WatchFree + this November! WatchFree+ has thousands of FREE premium movies and … Free Horror Titles on WatchFree+ for November Read more
Coming of Age – A Fright Club Podcast
Coming of Age – A Fright Club Podcast I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Teen Wolf. The Craft. Even Carrie. Horror moviemakers have long equated coming-of-age with otherness, monstrosity. Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes it’s tragic, but whatever the result —the witches of The Craft or the mermaid of Blue My Mind, the zombie of Maggie or the … Coming of Age – A Fright Club PodcastRead more
Tiny Threads By Lilliam Rivera – Book review
Tiny Threads brings together a psychological horror novel that deals with corporate greed, the fallout of gentrification, the marginalization of people of color, and the inherent misogyny in the fashion industry. Rivera summarizes it best. “The factories have been poisoning brown communities for decades while powerful men believe that their … Tiny Threads By Lilliam Rivera – Book reviewRead more
Visceral Discoveries by Villimey Mist – Book Review
With work as potent and unique as this, fans seeking to quench their literary lustmörd will be thirsty for more the moment the book closes. Yet for once there’s nothing to fear: a companion tome is slated for release later in the fall and, like this compendium, it will surely … Visceral Discoveries by Villimey Mist – Book ReviewRead more
Looking Back and Looking Forward with Filmmaker Zack Parker
Zack Parker is an American director and screenwriter known for his low-budget, high-concept films that often explore unsettling themes. The New York Times referred to him as a “one-man Hollywood.” Recently, Parker celebrated the 10th anniversary of his thriller Proxy at the 2024 Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio. The … Looking Back and Looking Forward with Filmmaker Zack ParkerRead more
Straight on Till Morning – Horror Movie Review
Straight on Till Morning, Directed by Craig Ouellette. A Horror Movie Review by Jim Mcleod Dani and Kaitlin are two dreamers falling for each other on a romantic road-trip. The future is theirs – until they cross paths with a twisted family who have something much, much darker in mind. … Straight on Till Morning – Horror Movie ReviewRead more
YA dystopian fiction: The lurking horror within YA dystopian fiction
The lurking horror within YA dystopian fiction: some top tips from ‘The YA Horror 400’ almanac Since Katniss Everdeen first picked up her bow and arrow back in 2008 she helped hustle both the zombie and paranormal romance crazes into the literary dustbin. In the period since, dystopian fiction has … YA dystopian fiction: The lurking horror within YA dystopian fictionRead more
The Devil’s Bath, Folk Horror Part 2: In Which We Restore Our Faith
The Devil’s Bath, Folk Horror Part 2: In Which We Restore Our Faith The Devil’s Bath (2024), directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala Check out Part 1 Lord of Misrule, folk horror, and why we’re still arguing about The Wicker Man Warning: if the death of a child is … The Devil’s Bath, Folk Horror Part 2: In Which We Restore Our FaithRead more
Jeff Strand, Putting the Splatter into Splatterpunk
Jeff Strand, Putting the Splatter into Splatterpunk By Lionel Ray Green Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jeff Strand is also a two-time Splatterpunk Awards winner, receiving trophies in 2018 for his short story “The Tipping Point” and again in 2022 for his short story “Next Best Baker.” Strand is known for … Jeff Strand, Putting the Splatter into SplatterpunkRead more
These Things That Walk Behind Me by David Surface – Book Review
The writing is crisp and confident and creates a real sense of atmosphere. Much of this is achieved by the use of sound; a subway suicide is heard, not seen in When the Circus; the hammering of the construction company in Little Gods to Live in Them and of the … These Things That Walk Behind Me by David Surface – Book ReviewRead more
Unveiled Sins: Lydia Graves Serves Up a Deadly Dose of Horror
Unveiled Sins: Lydia Graves Serves Up a Deadly Dose of Horror Attention, horror aficionados! Prepare to be tantalized by a sinfully delicious new series that’s about to hit the shelves. UK-based author Lydia Graves is set to unleash “Unveiled Sins,” a chilling exploration of the seven deadly sins that will … Unveiled Sins: Lydia Graves Serves Up a Deadly Dose of HorrorRead more
Brides, A Fright Club Podcast Episode
Brides, A Fright Club Podcast Episode Brides are terrifying. That is a simple fact. It’s just one of the reasons that weddings are so ripe for horror’s picking: emotions are high, the promise of a lovely future creates ironic tension, a lot of people are confined (and often drunk). And … Brides, A Fright Club Podcast EpisodeRead more
Haunted Houses, Tony’s top YA picks for Halloween
Haunted Houses Tony’s top YA picks for Halloween Halloween is the perfect time to take a closer look at some of my favourite YA horror novels featuring haunted houses or other spooky locations and buildings. Since Shirley Jackson wrote The Haunting of Hill House (1959) this popular sub-genre exploded and … Haunted Houses, Tony’s top YA picks for Halloween Read more
Change & Other Terrors by Jim Horlock – Book Review
Change & Other Terrors by Jim Horlock – Horror Book Review by Damascus Mincemeyer Quill & Crow Publishing; 184 Pages; Available Now on Amazo In an unstable and chaotic universe, the only constant is change. From the collapse of galaxies to the passing of seasons, the mutation of bacteria and … Change & Other Terrors by Jim Horlock – Book ReviewRead more