Five Lessons from Horror on Having Children by Shannon Knight Lesson #1 Don’t have children if you don’t want to. Leslie J. Anderson’s folk and body horror The Unmothers begins with an angry reporter, deep in her personal grief, sent to investigate a ridiculous story of a horse giving birth … Five Lessons from Horror on Having ChildrenRead more
Horror Book Reviews
Hold Your Breath: A Chilling Horror Movie Review
Hold Your Breath, a horror movie review by Hope Madden During the region’s horrific dust storms in Oklahoma, a woman believes that a sinister presence is threatening her family. Initial release: 12 September 2024 Director: Karrie Crouse Distributed by: Searchlight Pictures Among the least examined perspectives in Westerns is the woman’s. In the … Hold Your Breath: A Chilling Horror Movie ReviewRead more
Where Dark Things Grow by Andrew K. Clark – Book Review
Dark Things Grow by Andrew K Clark Cowboy Jamboree Press; 308 Pages; Available Now on Amazon A Horror Book Review by Damascus Mincemeyer Rising from the coastal plains of the American Eastern seaboard, the Appalachians are made up of a broken chain of peaks, ridges and dissected plateaus extending from … Where Dark Things Grow by Andrew K. Clark – Book ReviewRead more
Stay in the Light by A.M. Shine – Book Review
Stay in the Light by A.M. Shine, a book review by Jim McLeod A.M. Shine first exploded onto my radar with his second novel of sheer Irish-based terror, The Creeper. I was so impressed by the story’s originality and the bone-chilling imagery that I had to check out his debut … Stay in the Light by A.M. Shine – Book ReviewRead more
Terrifier 3: The Return of Art the Clown in a Holiday Nightmare – Horror Movie Review
Terrifier 3: The Return of Art the Clown in a Holiday Nightmare – Horror Movie Review by Hope Madden After surviving Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre, Sienna and her brother struggle to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave … Terrifier 3: The Return of Art the Clown in a Holiday Nightmare – Horror Movie ReviewRead more
CJ Leede, as The Maeve Flies Through the American Rapture
CJ Leede, as The Maeve Flies during the American Rapture CJ Leede is a horror writer, hiker, and Trekkie. She is the author of Maeve Fly and American Rapture. Her debut novel Maeve Fly won the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award and Splatterpunk Award, and earned a Bram Stoker … CJ Leede, as The Maeve Flies Through the American RaptureRead more
Denna Undone by Debra K. Every
Denna Undone by Debra K. Every, A horror book review by Lydia Graves The Story Deena Bartlett, an actress in her fifties, is caring for her dying aunt Agatha in a rehabilitation centre. Their relationship has always been complicated, but Deena feels obligated to help. However, strange and terrifying events … Denna Undone by Debra K. EveryRead more
Last Night of Freedom by Dan Howarth – Book Review
Last Night of Freedom by Dan Howarth – Book Review Debut novels always make for interesting reads, not least because you half-expect the author to throw down a glove with an almost “Follow that!” attitude which shall make them feared and beloved by readers. Or if not that, you expect … Last Night of Freedom by Dan Howarth – Book ReviewRead more
V/H/S/Beyond
V/H/S/Beyond, A Horror Movie Review by Hope Madden V/H/S/Beyond, A Horror Movie Review by Hope Madden It’s that time again. Time to blow into the cassette basket, ignore the blinking 12:00 and press play on another found footage anthology, V/H/S/Beyond. The seventh installment in the series focuses (mainly) on left-behind evidence … V/H/S/BeyondRead more
Molly Macabre Is Cultivating a Dark Bloom
Molly Macabre Is Cultivating a Dark Bloom Molly Macabre has been writing since middle school, working in genres that explore the dark crevices of mental health. After years of writing short stories and poetry, her debut novel released in 2024. A lover of all things spooky, Molly enjoys horror movies … Molly Macabre Is Cultivating a Dark BloomRead more
The Medusa Psalms by Kyle Toucher
Cross The County Line, Crystal Lake Entertainment Presents The Medusa Psalms by Kyle Toucher Last Friday, Crystal Lake Entertainment released Kyle Toucher’s horror masterpiece, The Medusa Psalms: Welcome to Walpurgis County. Toucher is the former frontman for the band Dr. Know and an Emmy-award-winning visual effects artist—he’s won eight awards, … The Medusa Psalms by Kyle ToucherRead more
Bryan Smith, Putting the Splatter into Splatterpunk
Bryan Smith, Putting the Splatter into Splatterpunk by Lionel Ray Green Bryan Smith is one of the modern masters of extreme horror, writing some of the best novels in the subgenre like Depraved and The Killing Kind. Since the inception of the Splatterpunk Awards seven years ago, Smith’s works have … Bryan Smith, Putting the Splatter into SplatterpunkRead more
The Jetty by Izzy Von – Book Review
The Jetty by Izzy Von, A Horror Book Review by Damascus Mincemeyer Transformation. In many ways it’s the theme common to all horror tales. Through film and the printed page, the human body—nude, dead, mutilated or deformed—has evolved into the oft-fetishized narrative centerpiece, whether it be a lycanthrope’s bestial metamorphosis, … The Jetty by Izzy Von – Book ReviewRead more
Dare to venture into the fictional village of Withered Hill
Dare to venture into the fictional village of Withered Hill… It’s as real as the pavement beneath your feet. Ambient Literature and Canelo offer a haunting immersive accompaniment to folk horror novel Withered Hill. In David Barnett’s Withered Hill, described by horror maestro Laird Barron as ‘the ultimate nightmare destination’, … Dare to venture into the fictional village of Withered HillRead more
Dissecting ‘William’ – How Andrew Pyper Foreshadowed His 2024 AI/Tech Thriller
Dissecting ‘William’ – How Andrew Pyper Foreshadowed His 2024 AI/Tech Thriller By Steve Stred If you follow me on social media, by now you’ll have probably seen that I’m a huge fan of Canadian and International Bestselling author Andrew Pyper. From discovering his modern classic ‘The Demonologist’ about a decade … Dissecting ‘William’ – How Andrew Pyper Foreshadowed His 2024 AI/Tech ThrillerRead more