SYNOPSIS Jeffrey Knight is a down on his luck self proclaimed loser. He can’t keep a job, forced into hours of work in the hell that is retail. His only stable thing in his life was his relationship with his longtime girlfriend…that is until he catches her cheating on him. Now with nothing left, he […]
Fear for all
FLASHBACK REVIEW: The Troop by Nick Cutter
SYNOPSIS Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-day camping trip; a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story and a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder — shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry — stumbles upon their campsite, Tim […]
REVIEW: Ti West’s X: A Novelization by Tim Waggoner
SYNOPSIS Based on the film written and directed by Ti West When screams of X-tasy turn into cries for help! In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas. But when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their […]
REVIEW: When You Leave I Disappear by David Niall Wilson
SYNOPSIS USA Today bestselling author David Niall Wilson’s When You Leave I Disappear is a literary horror novella in which a bestselling author’s imposter syndrome draws her into a darker and darker world from which she may never escape. REVIEW And the Mindfuck of the Year Award goes to…..When You Leave I Disappear by David Niall Wilson! A […]
REVIEW: Reanimated Rex by Alex Ebenstein
SYNOPSIS Welcome to Prehistoric Park—Is something no longer said in these remote Michigan woods.After a freak accident took the life of the co-owner, the long-abandoned theme park grew wild. Home to little more than decaying structures, resin dinosaur statues, and a mythic recluse, converging outsiders hope to find opportunity, nostalgia, family, and vengeance in the […]
Review: Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Hell has never been so chilling Synopsis Summer, 1993 – a group of young guerrilla filmmakers spend four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror film. Steeped in mystery and tragedy, the film has taken on a mythic, cult renown, despite only three of the original scenes ever being released to the public. Decades later, a […]
REVIEW: Children of the Dark (Children of the Dark #1) by Jonathan Janz
SYNOPSIS Will Burgess is used to hard knocks. Abandoned by his father, son of a drug-addicted mother, and charged with raising his six-year-old sister, Will has far more to worry about than most high school freshmen. To make matters worse, Mia Samuels, the girl of Will’s dreams, is dating his worst enemy, the most sadistic […]
Review: The Fisherman by John Langan
Synopsis: In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other’s company and a shared […]
Charlie Battison’s Best Horror of 2023
And just like that another year goes by! To be selfish for just a second, 2023 has been a great year for me and my reading. I finally feel like my university hangover has come to an end and so I have read more than ever before! At the time of writing, that is 50 […]
Josh Hanson’s Best Horror of 2023
2023 strikes me as a year in which here were a shocking number of great debuts, but as I look back, the trend seems to be a year in which established writers in the horror scene have all of a sudden thrown down their very best work, many of them publishing books that I have […]
Navigating The Flanaverse: A Guide to Mike Flanagan on Netflix
As the dust settles on Mike Flanagan’s newest series The Fall of The House of Usher, so too does the dust settle on his time with Netflix. In December of last year Flanagan announced that he had signed a TV deal with Amazon Studios, and although I am sure there will be plenty of long […]
Review: Merciless Waters by Rae Knowles
Synopsis Aboard the ship Scylla, there is no future or past. Jaq, her fickle lover Lily, and their all-female crew exist in an endless present. It’s better this way. At least it keeps Lily by Jaq’s side, where she belongs. But the meddling gods care little for Jaq’s longing, and despite her protective rituals, their […]