Books
BOOK REVIEW: Quiet Places
- By Dave Dubrow
When you pick up Jasper Bark’s short novel QUIET PLACES (and if you like horror you’ll do just that), know that you’ll be holding a stick of dynamite in your hands. It’s got a slow-burning fuse,… Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: Scouse Gothic
- By Zombie Rob
A 200 year old vampire, a hitman, a gangster, a homicidal old lady, a bereft & mourning gentleman, all on the piss/pull/hunt in a city that I’m all too familiar with. Yep, I’m IN!!!
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WIN a copy of Ronald Malfi’s BONE WHITE!
To celebrate the release of horror author Ronald Malfi’s BONE WHITE on July 25th, we have 2 paperback copies to give away in an exclusive competition!
A landscape of frozen darkness punctuated by grim, gray days.
The feeling like a… Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 2
- By Dave Dubrow
The overarching theme of YEAR’S BEST HARDCORE HORROR VOLUME 2 is quantity over quality. This doesn’t make it a bad book, but many of its stories sacrifice plot for rote, graphic imagery. Hardcore horror, as it’s… Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: Rites of Azathoth
- By Dave Dubrow
Frank Cavallo’s Rites of Azathoth is a fun read, if slow-moving; much of the novel is taken up with description, law enforcement procedure, and dialogue, so if those elements are your cup of tea, you’ll find… Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: We Are Always Watching
- By M Jones
Having just got over the worst flu I’ve had in over five years, Hunter Shea’s ‘We Are Always Watching’ became a feverish treat in my grip for the past week. Tense and atmospheric, this is a… Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: The Roger Huntington Saga
- By Dave Dubrow
The Roger Huntington Saga, a series of three horror novels by Ryan C Thomas, has more than enough spilled blood, severed body parts, and general mutilation for the most bloodthirsty reader. You want rape? It’s in… Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: Tough Guys
- By Dave Dubrow
If you’re familiar with Adrian Cole’s body of work, what I’m about to say about his collection of novellas TOUGH GUYS won’t come as a surprise. If you’re not familiar, then thank me, because I’m going… Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: Ugly as Sin
- By Michael Sellars
Nick Bullman, a successful wrestler has his career (and life) derailed after he is savagely mutilated by a couple of deranged grapple fans who have taken against his professional alter ego, The Widowmaker. Left quite literally… Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: I Have the Sight
- By Zombie Rob
We go straight into it, with our hero Edward King knocking at a door, which is opened by a terrified mother. Now why is this poor woman terrified? Her wee daughter is being ragged all over… Continue reading
Slaughtered Bird Films and Dragon Egg Media’s debut film collaboration, Burn, has received its first couple of online reviews, after a preview screening at the Triple Six Horror Festival in Manchester, May 27th.
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It’s not every day you get to speak to the lead actor in possibly your favourite horror film of all time. Especially on a Tuesday. Tuesdays are usually rubbish!
David Naughton should need no introduction to horror fans. Back in 1981, An American Werewolf In London had unprepared cinema goers laughing heartily one second and jumping out of their seats in terror the next. Its tale of two young American tourists coming face-to-teeth with a legendary lycanthropic beast perfectly married a genuinely funny script with razor sharp editing, groundbreaking special effects and a flawless cast to create a monster movie that is still many people’s benchmark today
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Read on...REVIEW: The Rizen
- By Dave Dubrow
THE RIZEN is one of those movies I desperately wanted to like so much that I did end up liking it, but the execution of the plot failed in many important respects. It may be that I’m simply getting more tetchy in my old age, so take what I say here with a grain of salt:
REVIEW: The Playground
- By MovieCritic NextDoor
In many countries, however different they might seem otherwise, teenagers all face much the same life or death crises -- what to wear, who to ask to the dance, and whether or not their parents will ever stop being hopelessly uncool. At first glance, the group of Polish teenagers in The Playground aren't any different as they gather for the last day of school, bringing flowers for their teachers, which is a tradition there.
1st ANNUAL FRACTURED VISIONS FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2018 DATES!
Having established itself as the premiere cult cinematic event in Cardiff, Fractured Visions is now expanding and are pleased to announce the launch of the Fractured Visions Film Festival!
Over the weekend of the 29th and 30th of September 2018 Fractured Visions will be bringing the best in independent horror to the BIG screen for a weekend filled with bloodshed, scares, laughs and downright terror!
Director Lowell Dean talks ANOTHER WOLFCOP!
A year has passed since the dark eclipse transformed hard-drinking Officer Lou Garou into the infamous lycanthrope crime-fighter. Although the evil that controlled Woodhaven were defeated, the small town is far from returning to normal.
INTERVIEW: Ashley Thorpe, director of Borley Rectory
- By James Pemberton
I sat down with Ashley Thorpe for a brief chat about the making of his film BORLEY RECTORY after its world premiere at Grimmfest (Sunday 8th October, 2017)...
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INTERVIEW: Tami Stronach
- By Chris Barnes
So, an introduction...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street fandom documentary FredHeads unveils poster & teaser
Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street is a global cultural phenomenon that has given eternal life to its legacy and its villain, Freddy Krueger. FredHeads is a documentary that shines a spotlight on the fervent fans within the Elm Street community.
Gil Valle, NYPD’s “Cannibal Cop”, Channels Fantasy into Fiction in His Debut Novel, A Gathering of Evil
NEW RELEASE FROM COMET PRESS
Gil Valle, the former NYPD patrol cop who rose to infamy in 2012 after he was wrongfully arrested by the feds for allegedly plotting to kidnap, cook, and eat women, fleshes out his fantasies in his debut novel, A Gathering of Evil, serving up a feast of gut-churning horror.
A Gathering of Evil is a graphic and disturbing story that will make even the most hardened fan of extreme horror squirm, including the Comet Press editors, who specialize in publishing extreme horror and hardcore dark crime:
WIN I-DEF-I's album In The Light Of A New Day & Bloodlust Casualty mini album
We're having a break from the norm today at The Slaughtered Bird and focusing on a local(ish) band that have caught our attention this week. Manchester based I-DEF-I have recently re-released much of their catalog directly from the band via New York based service DISTROKID.