The playground isn’t fun anymore in the upcoming horror novel The Black Slide, the latest from Twelve Nights at Rotter House and The Smashed Man of Dread End author J.W. Ocker. Over on Twitter this week, Ocker explains that he pitched the book as being “Hellraiser for kids,” teasing a kid-friendly tale that fuses together […]
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Not that he ever went anywhere, but Stephen King returns later this year with yet another brand new novel, this one titled Fairy Tale and set for release on September 6, 2022. What’s it about? Here’s everything we know so far… “Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this […]
Although R. L. Stine is best known for scaring younger audiences, namely with series like Fear Street and Goosebumps, the prolific children’s author has dabbled in adult stories from time to time. Sprinkled throughout his extensive oeuvre are the occasional grown-up tales of terror; four to be exact. In Stine’s third novel aimed at older […]
Much like movies, television, and streaming platforms, 2021 offered a robust year for horror books as well. Graphic novels, novellas, nonfiction, and fiction delivered no shortage of worthwhile reads for the genre fan. So much so that narrowing it down wasn’t easy. Whether you’re in the mood for supernatural chills or insight into your favorite […]
Before Cassandra Peterson’s Elvira there was Maila Nurmi’s Vampira. If you’re at all interested in horror history or even Hollywood history at large, this year’s book Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi is a must-read, telling Maila’s story in a greater depth than ever before. The book was written […]
Tragic news this Sunday morning as we’ve learned that Anne Rice, the prolific horror writer behind the iconic “Interview With the Vampire” and the entire “The Vampire Chronicles” book series, passed away last night due to complications resulting from a stroke. She was 80. “Earlier tonight, Anne passed away due to complications resulting from a […]
Before John Carpenter’s Halloween there was Bob Clark’s Black Christmas, an early slasher film that helped lay the foundation for the eventual arrival of horror movie icons like Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. After two remakes, Black Christmas is now getting its own definitive retrospective book, titled It’s Me, Billy: Black Christmas Revisited! Written by Paul […]
Sinister and Doctor Strange duo Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill return to horror with their brand new Blumhouse horror movie The Black Phone, an adaptation of Joe Hill‘s short story. The Black Phone comes to theaters on Friday, February 4, 2022, and the film features Ethan Hawke as a killer who wears a mask designed by Tom Savini and his team! The film’s screenplay is by Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister franchise), […]
Bram Stoker Award-Winning author Adam Cesare released his original slasher novel Clown in a Cornfield last year, which Bloody Disgusting’s own Meagan Navarro called “a great retro slasher in the guise of Young Adult horror.” Meagan added, “Cesare applies an ’80s style slasher to a modern setting, complete with social relevancy, making the small town […]
As important as the R.L. Stine-penned stories themselves, the artwork from Tim Jacobus for that original run of Goosebumps books helped moved the terror tales off shelves like hotcakes, and a brand new book headed our way this year will put the spotlight on that classic art. Dynamite Entertainment will release Beware: The Art of Goosebumps on November 30! “Featuring tons […]
While we wait for the franchise to return first with “Camp Cretaceous” Season 4 and then with Jurassic World: Dominion, a new book on the original Jurassic Park has just been unleashed. Written by James Mottram, Jurassic Park: The Ultimate Visual History is available now! “Jurassic Park: The Ultimate Visual History will be the last […]
If you’re looking to get something extra special for the horror fan in your life this holiday season, look no further than A24’s Horror Caviar, a fully horror-themed cookbook! I’m currently holding a copy of the book in my hands and it’s as much an art book as it is a cookbook, undeniably an A24 […]
Ahead of the January 11, 2022 release on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD (plus a Best Buy Steelbook!), David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills will be released Digitally on December 13, 2021, with an “Extended Cut” of the movie being previewed by Amazon. In all likelihood, this new extended version of the sequel to Halloween […]
At the time of writing this article I am 200 pages into writer Tim Waggoner‘s Halloween Kills, the official novelization of David Gordon Green’s sequel. As Waggoner recently explained in an interview with our own Jason Jenkins, “I was able to write it pretty much from the script,” which is usually how these sorts of […]
Much like Stephen King, R.L. Stine never stops writing, and while the Goosebumps franchise continues going strong, a brand new collection of spooky tales is on the way soon. Entertainment Weekly has announced Stinetinglers today, an upcoming book that’s packed with “all new stories by the master of scary tales.” Ten of them, in fact! […]