Jonathan Wood discusses his novella Washed Up on Dark Shores, the horror of extreme wealth, and why naming the monster is the first step to fighting it.
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Feed Review: Marco van Belle’s, Dearg Due Vampire Never Quite Bites
Marco van Belle’s Feed finally puts the Dearg Due, Ireland’s first vampire, on screen in a handsome indie horror. Grace Collender and Charlotte Bradley bring real texture, yet the film keeps slipping into familiar cabin territory instead of its own mythology. Our full review weighs a fresh premise against safe execution.
Big Baby Review: Spider One’s Horror Screenwriter Nightmare
Spider One’s Big Baby casts Brandon Lewis as a horror screenwriter who cannot stop listening to the podcast telling him to die. Krsy Fox supplies the film’s genuine tension, and the crying baby mask supplies the axe. Our horror film review looks at why the story inside Adam’s script leaves the whole thing curiously unsatisfying.
Zac Crook on Strikethrough: Demons, Obsession and Trauma
Zac Crook builds horror like a musician, one scene at a time. In this interview he opens up Strikethrough, his psychological horror novel about Harlem Ward, a man who thinks he understands himself and probably doesn’t. We talk demons, Shirley Jackson, and why he prints his own face onto a book cover.