Category: Horror
The Ruins by Scott Smith (book review).
‘The Ruins’ is a horror novel by Scott Smith. It’s probably a fantasy horror novel but it might be Science Fiction, depending on how far you want to stretch science. The true nature of the menace is not revealed, just its terrible effects. Four young Americans go on holiday to Cancún, Mexico for a fun […]
The Stand (horror TV series from CBS: trailer).
Based on the dark post-plague horror-fantasy novel by Stephen King, CBS’s The Stand stars Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgård, James Marsden, Odessa Young, and Jovan Adepo. It’s about a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. Hmmm. Too soon? The handful of survivors establish a new social system and […]
Train to Busan: Peninsula (zombie movie: trailer).
Here’s the trailer for the zombie horror flick Train to Busan 2: Peninsula When the zombie outbreak swept the entire nation, Jung-seok (Gang Dong-won) barely escaped South Korea alive. While living a life of despair in Hong Kong, he receives an enticing offer to return to the quarantined peninsula. His mission is to retrieve an […]
Etched In Bone (The Others book 5) by Anne Bishop (book review).
Many people consider Homo sapiens to be the top predator. How wrong they are! Match man against tiger and the outcome is inevitable. The truth is that, like the rat, humans are opportunistic omnivores. They adapt their diet to circumstances. Writers of urban fantasy have speculated that there are more dangerous predators hidden amongst our […]
Monster Hunter (movie trailer).
Is there any monsters that Milla Jovovich cannot kill? Well, in the scifi horror action film Monster Hunter (based on the computer game of the same name), Milla finds herself back on the monster-bashing front line again.
Creepy Presents Alex Toth (graphic novel review).
Of the ‘Creepy Presents’ books, I was most sceptical when it came to buying the one focusing on Alex Toth, mostly because of his reputation of not suffering fools gladly. In his introduction, Douglas Wolk also points out that Toth was forever changing his style and never had a series directly associated with him. What […]
Fear the Walking Dead season 6 featurette (trailer).
The West Coast zombie action is back on track with the 6th season of Fear the Walking Dead, which, some fans, believe is superior to the original Walking Dead. Is that heresy or what? Here’s a little featurette to whet your appetite.
The Craft 2: Legacy (horror film: trailer).
The Craft: Legacy is a high-school witches tale of supernatural horror – and a sequel to the 1996 film The Craft, due to release on October 28th, 2020. Crikes, it’s hard enough being a student, without having the forces of darkness welling up inside you at the same time. Or maybe that’s just every highschooler’s experience, witches, […]
Helstrom (Marvel horror TV series: trailer).
Here’s the new Marvel offering on Hulu, Helstrom, where the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer, Daimon (Tom Austen) and Ana Helstrom (Sydney Lemmon), have to cope with some complicated dynamics, as they track down the worst of demon-kind on Earth. The character Daimon Hellstrom first appeared in Ghost Rider #1 […]
The Walking Dead World Beyond: behind the scenes (video).
Here’s a little video feature that looks at the new Walking Dead spin-off, The Walking Dead World Beyond. This will arrive on AMC on October 4th 2020.
