Category: Horror
Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss sink teeth into Dracula for Netflix.
Dracula has been commissioned from the co-creators of drama series Sherlock – Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. It will be produced by Hartswood Films for Netflix. The three episode 90 minute-long mini-series is being written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and inspired by Bram Stoker’s vampire novel. Three feature length episodes will re-introduce the […]
Dead Indian Wars (Second in The Damnation Series) by Clark Casey (book review).
‘Dead Indian Wars’ is volume two of the DamnationSeries, Clark Casye’s paranormal western series. The story here, picks up from where ‘Dawn In Damnation’ left off which is after the huge battle with the werewolves, the residents of the only other saloon in town. Many of the cowboy residents, have been shot and gone to […]
By The Light Of My Skull by Ramsey Campbell (book review).
There is immense pleasure to be gained from reading stories by an author who knows how to shape words in to images, who can bring to life settings and characters and imbue them with a sense of menace. Ramsey Campbell is one such author. With his ‘By The Light Of My Skull’ anthology, he takes […]
Strange Nature (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
In the rural wetlands of Minnesota near Duluth, Nature appears to be changing in some most unnatural ways. People living near the water are disappearing and thought to be kidnapped. Other children are deforming and the as yet unborn are becoming deformed and monstrous. Particularly susceptible are the frogs born with extra limbs and misshapen […]
Lake Placid: Legacy (2018) (DVD film).
A group of alleged eco-warriors who get more out of achieving something than why are enticed a challenge and financial reward of 100 grand to visit Lake Placid by a small team already there. A place which has been taken off the maps and banned although none of them know why. They might be driven […]
Good Omens (Amazon Prime TV series: trailer).
Coming to Prime Video in 2019 as a TV series and based on the fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens follows the story of Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, who have formed an unlikely friendship spanning 6,000 years and have grown fond of life on earth. However, the end […]
The Way Of The Worm by Ramsey Campbell (book review).
Some authors have a very distinctive voice. Whatever they write the reader instinctively knows whose imagination has produced the text. Ramsey Campbell is one such. For anyone who has ever heard him read his work, the text of any of his novels will immediately conjure the dry wit and the voice of Liverpool. ‘The Way […]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (horror trailer).
Here’s a trailer for the Netflix version of the Sabrina TV series, now recast as the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. It looks a lot more serious than I remember the original series. This bad boy hits October 26th 2018 on the big N. The official blurb reads, Her name is Sabrina Spellman. Half witch. Half mortal. […]
Monsters You Should Know by Emma Sancartier (book review).
Now here’s a book for your under six year-old sprogs to read and keep them checking under the bed to make sure there are no monsters there. Emma Sancartier brings you some simply painted and minimal texted ‘Monsters You Should Know’ as a glossary to some 17 world-wide mythological creatures out there that are not […]
Trench 11: World War (1) Weird movie trailer.
Here’s another World War Weird horror flick following on the heels of Overload, this one is called Trench 11 and is set in the first world war.
