Trains as a mode of travel seems old-fashioned nowadays, but in storytelling, they remain a persuasive setting for tales of unease and suspense. The endless railroad does wonders for Diane Hoh’s 1992 young-adult book aptly titled The Train. By placing her characters on a cross-country tour with no handy means of escape, the author underlines […]
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One Day at Horrorland was originally published in February 1994 (Spine #16). The series adaptation aired on Saturday October 25 & Saturday November 1, 1997 (runtime: 22 minutes). My eyes glossed over as they watched the trees thin through the car window and give way to seemingly endless stretches of farmland. We had only been driving […]
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Trapping characters in a single location makes for a compelling story. And having everyone be strangers certainly helps rack up conflict and drama as well. Sure, it’s an overworked formula at this point, but the results are undeniable. Eric Weiner, a ghostwriter for Fear Street Sagas, gave the recipe a whirl in his 1994 book […]
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Author, dream weaver, visionary, plus actor Garth Marenghi (Matthew Holness) is back! This time in novel form with the upcoming release of Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome. TerrorTome will release in hardback, e-book, and audiobook from Hopper Studio on November 10, 2022. Garth humorously describes his novel as: “Less a book, more a petrifying mind-realm, or ‘psych-zone’, […]
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According to the horror genre, summer camps are teeming with killers and other unusual dangers. These seasonal getaways designed for adventure and fun quickly turn into fights for survival. And it’s not just in the movies where a young camper’s sleeping bag doubles as their body bag; books also present camps as hotbeds of death, […]
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Guillermo del Toro is a fan and soon you will be too. Just wait until you see the art of Chet Zar, a former creature designer/makeup effects artist that worked on everything from The Blob to Darkman, Hellboy, and even TOOL’s music videos. Since, he’s become a fine artist in the genre of Dark Art. Bloody […]
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If you enjoyed Prey (now streaming on Hulu) and you’re hungry for more Predator franchise fun, the brand new official book Predator: Eyes of the Demon has just been unleashed! From Titan Books, Predator: Eyes of the Demon is a “brand-new anthology with fifteen exclusive short stories offering taut and dramatic tales set on Earth […]
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In spite of its title, Road to Nowhere has a conclusive ending. And a powerful one, at that. Christopher Pike’s 1993 novel puts its troubled protagonist behind the wheel and shadows her every move and thought as she drives along the California coast one fateful night. The path ahead of her is unclear, but one […]
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From Off Limits Press, As Dead Things Do is the debut novel from writer/director and award winning screenwriter Tyler Christensen (House of Purgatory), and it’s headed home for the Halloween season. In fact, As Dead Things Do will be available tomorrow, August 6th! In the brand new horror novel… “The land has been in the family […]
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Twenty-two people died one fateful Halloween in Wickburg, Massachusetts. And as far as the town is concerned, the killer is still on the loose. Robert Cormier’s In the Middle of the Night sounds like it has the makings of a slasher story based on that vague description, but this 1995 novel’s high body count is […]
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Casual fans of Goosebumps can usually expect to find some kind of supernatural creature or other bizarre baddie in these books, but R. L. Stine briefly changed gears toward the end of the classic series. The previous 58 entries covered a wide span of far-out villains and unique scenarios, with each one being weirder than […]
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With so many people passing through them over the years, it would only make sense for hotels to be haunted. T.S. Rue is one of many storytellers who agrees with the possibility, and starting in 1993, the young-adult author explored the goings-on at a ghostly getaway called Arcadia. Rue, who also goes by Morton Rhue […]
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Whether nestled inside or stretched out under the sun, there are plenty of horror stories worth reading this summer for all ages and tastes. Brand new editions of familiar tales, true crime horror twists, slasher sequels, contemporary retellings of Gothic classics, and must-read genre-benders round out this summer’s reading list of the top horror books. […]
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Before Jennifer Love Hewitt and her castmates ever felt the sharp end of an ice hook, I Know What You Did Last Summer was a novel by Lois Duncan. The famed young-adult author proposed a dilemma like few others when she pursued an idea of dual identities and a curiosity about hit-and-runs. This seminal 1973 […]
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Joe Hill’s darkest short story comes to the big screen in Scott Derrickson’s latest film, The Black Phone. Derrickson reunites with Sinister co-writer C. Robert Cargill and star Ethan Hawke to expand and adapt the 7th story in Hill’s award winning collection “20th Century Ghosts.” Finney (Mason Thames) is a 13-year old boy struggling to […]
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