1984 was a good year for slashers. Not only did Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) claw his way onto the big screen for the first time, Jason Voorhees (Ted White) also burst through windows and slashed through teens in the franchise high Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. While Wes Craven was releasing his genre-defining classic […]
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This morning, Suntup Editions has announced a fine press limited edition of the 1971 novel Hell House by Richard Matheson, featuring new exclusive material including an introduction by R.C. Matheson, a foreword by Mike Flanagan and afterword by Nancy A. Collins. In his foreword, Flanagan reveals that had there been a third season of his […]
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One of the best horror sequels ever made, 1983’s Psycho II has received its own making-of book titled Oh Mother, What Have You Done?, BD has learned this week. Oh Mother, What Have You Done? is AVAILABLE NOW in both hardback and paperback through Amazon and at Terror Time (for copies autographed by Tom Holland)! […]
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We told you last year that Stephen King was writing a new short story set in the world of his classic horror novel Cujo, and now we know that you can expect to read it in early 2024. The short story, which is titled Rattlesnakes, will debut in Stephen King’s You Like It Darker, a […]
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Few people love slashers as much as NYT-bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones. Not only was his 2020 novel The Only Good Indians a slasher at its core, but slashers permeate every element of the Jade Daniels/Indian Lake trilogy that began with My Heart is a Chainsaw (our review). While that trilogy is poised to take a […]
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Many horror fans can recall reading at least one scary short-story collection during their formative years. Especially if they stayed up reading that book in the middle of the night rather than sleeping. These anthologies and omnibuses were designed to send chills down spines in under a few minutes. Some tales took the longer route, […]
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Bram Stoker Award-Winning author Adam Cesare released his original slasher novel Clown in a Cornfield in 2020, 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 setting just as eerie as […]
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Attack of the Jack-O’-Lanterns was originally published in October 1996 (Spine #48) and the series adaptation aired on Saturday, October 26, 1996 (runtime: 22 minutes). In their own way, every Goosebumps book felt like it was about Halloween. Just spooky enough to be exhilarating but never so much so that they ceased to be fun, […]
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Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Pet Sematary (2019) and Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023). In the Master of Horror’s vast collection, few stories cast a shadow so dark as Pet Sematary. Stephen King’s 1983 novel follows Louis Creed and his young family as they fall victim to the grim shadow of death lurking in […]
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I have fond memories of begging my parents to drive me to the library as soon as the first autumn leaves began to hit the ground. And while I’ve since grown out of R.L. Stine and Lemony Snicket, I still think there’s nothing better to welcome the Halloween season than a warm drink accompanied by […]
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Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary.” At this point in his career, there’s no telling how many nightmares Stephen King has caused. From the unnerving terror of The Shining, the grueling brutality of Misery, and the “Good for Her” horror of Carrie, the bestselling author specializes in every conceivable method […]
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A Night in Terror Tower was originally published in January 1995 (Spine #27) and the series adaptation aired on February 26, 1996 (runtime: 44 minutes – 22 minutes each). Centuries have a way of sanding down the sharp edges of the past, curbing terror, tragedy and the evils of man into palatable ghost stories that […]
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If you’re a fan of books about video games, you should be familiar with Bitmap Books. The UK-based company has been cranking out quality books ranging from the history of first-person shooters to video game box art for a while now, and now they’re set to focus on horror in video games with From Ants […]
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From Dustin McNeill, co-author of the comprehensive books Taking Shape and Reign of Chucky, comes House of Rejects, an in-depth look at Rob Zombie’s Firefly Trilogy. This exhaustive new exploration takes you behind the scenes of House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects, and 3 from Hell, and the book is AVAILABLE NOW! McNeill previews, […]
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David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy came to an end last October with Halloween Ends, and now an official companion book is set to slice deep into the entire trilogy. Releasing on October 17 from Titan Books and author Abbie Bernstein, Halloween 2018–2022: The Official Making of the Films reveals the method behind the terror. The […]
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