Below, you will find a new short story, The Beach House, which in its original 350-word form was a finalist in the Australian Writer’s...

I watch more old films and rewatches than new releases in any given year. This isn’t due to any aversion to modern cinema, I just can’t...

I managed to read 30 books this year, less than last year but I’m fine with that - my only real goal is to read a good mix of books from...

Hey its Christmas already! So here is my Xmas horror story 'Night of the Yule Goat' which can also be found in my book '20,000 Bloody...

The latest novella from Marcus Hawke details the downward spiral of one Evan Grey after he finds an old CRT TV set, which begins altering...

Doom Asylum (1987) Wow, this piece of 80s trash is my kind of what the fuckery. A group of overacting teens (including Sex & The City’s...

The Strangers: Prey At Night (2018) Week three of Halloween month kicks off with this mean-spirited, neon-drenched throwback slasher with...

The Lords of Salem (2012) Week 2 of 31 days of Halloween begins with The Lords of Salem. I’ve always thought of Rob Zombie as a talented...

I was lucky enough to talk Aotearoa - New Zealand Horror on a panel discussion with fellow Remains To Be Told authors Dan Rabarts, Tim...

Week one of October's Halloween watchathon is done. This week was all about first-time watches. There are still a few newer titles I want...

50 years (50!) ago, William Friedkin’s horror classic The Exorcist was released upon an unsuspecting world, terrifying audiences,...

I'm thrilled to announce this event I have been working on with Lee Murray & Boneface Tavern as part of VERB Wellington. 'Dark Clouds: In...

This weekend I am back in my hometown of Ōtautahi / Christchurch for the Cheap Thrills market run by Evan from Dead Video. The market...

A few weeks back, I had my first article on Dread Central: 'The Stephen King Trifecta of 1983: ‘Cujo’, ‘The Dead Zone’, and ‘Christine’,...

So I’ve been wanting to put on a night of horror music for a long time now, ever since I started collecting horror soundtracks on wax....

Here it is, the book announcement / cover reveal for my new collection of flash horror fiction, 20,000 Bloody Words. I’m in love with the...

Girls School Screamers is nowhere as good as the various posters (funny that for a DTV 80s horror jam). The Vinegar Syndrome disc has 3...

New Oz horror classic lives up to the hype.

The Thing Blu-Ray from Arrow Video When it comes to my favourite films from years past, there are some I revisit more than others. These...

Everyone remembers the first time they saw Jaws. Whether in a packed cinema in 1975 or later on television or VHS, most people have a...