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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...


RED RUIN BOOK RELEASE PARTY
Join me at Covenant Gallery, 2 Adelaide Road, Wellington on Thursday 18th of August from 5:30pm for the Red Ruin book release party. I...


OUT NOW: 'Red Ruin' in Paperback and e-Book
Today is the day. Our new book 'Red Ruin' has been released into the world like a hungry, shambling bloodthirsty ghoul. Here's what one...


Featherston Vinyl Club presents: The '80s.
Featherston Vinyl Club is taking you back to the 80s. The decade of big sounds, big hair, big shoulders, and big dreams. Dig out your...


BOOK REVIEWERS WANTED:
In the name of Beelzebub, Cthulhu & Paimon, I summon the armies of the night AKA horror book lovers / reviewers! Red Ruin is out next...


Rome Armed To The Teeth (1976)
Umberto Lenzi sends supremely angry cop Maurizio Merli flying around Rome beating and shooting the shit out of every criminal in the city...


BOOK REVIEW: The Regulators by Richard Bachman & Joyland by Stephen King
The Regulators by Richard Bachman • I have owned various copies of this book since it came out 26 years ago. I started reading a...


White Ibis / Maneater / Goons and Grease Paint
I’ve been reading some short novelettes / novellas / stories recently & these are three that I really enjoyed: White Ibis by Wendy...


Mad God (2022)
Holy Shitting Giants! Mere words are not sufficient to describe this film. Mad God is one of those transcendent experiences that are hard...


BOOK REVIEW: Welcome to Smileyland by Spencer Hamilton
There have been many books (and films) released that loudly proclaim to be a “modern slasher” which then go on to be a regular old...


Alligator (1980)
I first caught Alligator on the Sunday Horrors, a late night TV horror slot in the late ‘80s. I’d been meaning to rewatch it, but I never...


COVER REVEAL: Red Ruin
I am thrilled to share the cover for my next book, Red Ruin, co-written with my friend Ian J Middleton. The fantastic cover art is by...
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