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OUT NOW: 20,000 Bloody Words - A Collection of Horror Flash Fiction by Denver Grenell

It was Saturday 9th June 2012…

Our friend ‘S’ had booked tickets to Prometheus in the Melbourne IMAX a month prior and had rallied the gang for the most anticipated...

Campfire Tales 2023 Authors Announced

Congratulations to SM Harris, Art Robinson, Kirsty Roby and Simon Lambert for having their stories selected for Campfire Tales 2023! You...

Giallo January

I managed to watch six films for Giallo January this year, mostly first-time watches. The tropes of the Giallo (black-gloved killer,...

CAMPFIRE TALES 2023 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

Campfire Tales is a live event as part of the 2023 Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival. We are looking for four horror / dark fiction...

The Case of the Scorpion’s Tale (1971)

Dipping my toes into the cool waters of #januarygiallo with this sweet little number from Sergio Martino, who knocked out a great run of...

BOOK REVIEW: This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

This debut novella had been getting a lot of hype ever since its release in September. Sometimes hype can do a disservice to a book or...

Top 10 Films from 2022

Here's the Top 10 new films I watched last year, not really representative of all that was released or all I watched as I missed a lot of...

20-Fkn-22 Wrap-up Y’all:

Not gonna lie, 2022 was a tough one. There were some transcendent highs, some crushing lows and everything in between. Below is a list...

2022 last quarter book review catchups

Holy shit it's the end of 2022, and I haven't posted my thoughts on the past few books I've read. So here is a quick sprint through my...

Mandy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Jóhann Jóhannsson

Panos Cosmatos’ ‘Mandy’ is a psychedelic horror film that is one part heartfelt love story and one part gnarly revenge film. Nicolas Cage...

Talking John Carpenter & Halloween on Radio NZ

I had a great chat with Karyn Hay about Halloween & John Carpenter on Nights on RNZ National. Listen here:

Deadstream (2022)

Best described as a YouTube Evil Dead, Deadstream is the good version of that description, thanks to the endearing performance of...

Thee Halloween Ball 2022

GREETINGS BOILS & GHOULS, VE VELCOME YOU ALL TO THEE HALLOWEEN BALL! (cue evil laugh) Featherston Vinyl Club invites you (requests your...

THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD Soundtrack

In honour of ‘Bay of Blood,’ where we watched ROTLD on the big screen at the Paisley Stage in Napier, I’m taking a listen to the...

Bliss (2019)

I’ve been aware of director Joe Begos for a while, having heard him on a few podcasts over the years, but this is the first of his films...

ON SALE: The Burning Boy turns ONE!

The Burning Boy & Other Stories’ turns one tomorrow so I’m having a SALE to celebrate: E-books $0.99 & paperbacks $5.59 (US) from now...

Razorback (1984)

It’s waiting outside and it can sense your fear. No nightmare will prepare you for it! Razorback, Russell Mulcahy’s mid ‘80s Ozploitation...

Glorious (2022)

The universe has a favour to ask. • Shudder continues its winning streak this year with Rebecca McKendry’s cosmic horror comedy Glorious,...

Red Ruin Book Release Aftermath

Big ups to the hardy souls who trudged through the wind & rain to Covenant - Underground Dark Art & Culture & Magick for the ‘Red Ruin’...

Chopping Spree by Angela Sylvaine

Chopping Spree is a fun, fast-paced slasher that cleverly pivots to something more ambitious and interesting. A group of teens are...