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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...


A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Everything is not going to be ok… • Richard Linklater at his best. Keanu at his best. Winona, Robert Downey & Woody at their kookiest....


Talking Campfire Tales on RNZ Nights
I was back on RNZ Nights with Bryan Crump tonight, talking campfire tales in horror cinema. We looked at The Fog, The Burning, Madman,...


Another Goddamn Horror Podcast
I had the distinct pleasure of talking all things horror with the gents from Another Goddamned Horror Podcast last week. It was such a...


Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
No one films insanity like Tobe Hooper. From the original Chainsaw through Eaten Alive and The Funhouse to this Cannon funded sequel, he...


Friday the 13th series reviewed (so far)
Here are some of my reviews of the Friday the 13th films from the last couple of years. I will keep adding new reviews as and when I...


Florian Habicht's Woodenhead Original Score by Marc Chesterman
Originally released in 2003, Florian Habicht’s debut feature film Woodenhead is a hypnotic and idiosyncratic adult fairytale, a surreal...


The House of the Devil (2009)
Ti West’s fourth film came after his notoriously shitty Hollywood experience on Cabin Fever 2, where the film got re-edited and re-shot...


Featherston Booktown 2022: Campfire Tales
I'm pleased to announce the event I am producing with Ricky Dey for this years Featherston Booktown: Campfire Tales (R13) Friday 10th &...

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