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Book Review: Contrition – Author Robert E. Hirsch

Posted on 07/03/2012 by Dave Gammon
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CONTRITION
By: Robert E. Hirsch
Journalstone Publishing

When a mysterious drifter is saved in a small town off the gulf coast of the Mississippi, strange things begin to transpire. Brother Joseph of The Holy Cross had saved the stranger, Tristan from certain drowning. He’s acquired a certain sense of amnesia knowing little about his past, how he’d gotten into his predicament or how he was stark naked. As The Holy Cross finds … Continue reading →

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Niagara Falls Comic Con/Macabre Con Event Coverage – Part 1

Posted on 06/30/2012 by Dave Gammon
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NIAGARA FALLS COMIC CON/MACABRE CON: Where Dreams Come True And The Occasional Nightmare Too

Friday June 8th:

What better way to spark the electric energy in the air, than a launch party of epic proportion Heavy Pickle style? Counting down the hours to the forth coming Niagara Falls Comic Con/Macabre Con spectators clambered to bash to get the festivities rolling. Hosted at the rustic Seneca Queen Theatre at 4630 Queen Street, Niagara Falls, entertainment from … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Rift (2011)

Posted on 06/29/2012 by Dave Gammon
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SYNOPSIS:

Jennifer Campbell an aspiring journalist works around the clock to exhume the horrific details of the infamous 2001 Town Creek Apartment murders. Allegedly based on actual events; a group of college kids were slaughtered under mysterious circumstances yet the killer was never caught and the case rendered by local police department as cold. Will Jennifer find the ultimate clues in solving this bizarre tale or will circumstances present the epiphany that some … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Creepozoids (1987)

Posted on 06/24/2012 by Dave Gammon
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In a post-apocalyptic setting billed as World War III a group of military deserters are on the lamb from the line of duty, the enemy as well as climactic conditions such as fatal acid rain. They encounter a deserted government research facility in the guise of a bomb shelter. Together they vie to survive the elements, regroup and investigate the quadrant’s contents. Oddities soon arise as they realize they’re far from alone.

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Film Review: Funeral Home (1980)

Posted on 06/21/2012 by Dave Gammon
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When a teenaged girl named Heather (Lesley Donaldson) goes to live and work in her Grandmother Maude’s (Kay Hawtry) newly opened bed and breakfast strange things begin to transpire. People disappear, seemingly vanishing off of the face of the earth. Continuous reassurance is offered to the youth. After all what could go wrong in a dwelling that used to reside as the town’s local funeral home?

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Directed By: William Fruet
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Film Review: Cellar Dweller (1988)

Posted on 06/13/2012 by Dave Gammon
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In spirit of the Tales from The Crypt, Terror Tales and The Beyond vintage comic books Colin Childress engages in some most macabre tales of horror. His most inspired illustrations are conceived within the remote bowels of a desolate rural home, aptly enough in his studio basement. As the artist delves into the occult to liven up his work, the drawings develop a life of their own, delivering their maker unto his … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Collapsed (2011)

Posted on 06/12/2012 by Dave Gammon
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The end of days has arrived in apocalyptic splendor. As cities lie in ruin and bodies scatter among ashes and blood stained streets the Weaver family clutches to hope and survival. While rioters and looters among scavengers scour the urban rubble Scott (John Fantasia) and Emily (Lise Moule) make the decision to flee across the dense brush with their teenaged children Aaron (Steve Vieira) and Rebecca (Anna Ross).With destination Dover’s Bend in … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Monitor (2011)

Posted on 05/24/2012 by Dave Gammon
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A newly single mother Anna grapples with her own sanity while protecting her son Andrew in a new start on life separated from her abused husband. Turmoil and deceit run amuck after she purchases a baby monitor and over hears another frequency of inevitable volatile circumstance.

REVIEW:

Directed By: Pal Sletaune
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Ovenild

Referred to in certain circles as Baby Call, The Monitor is a disturbing … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Rise of The Animals (2011)

Posted on 05/24/2012 by Dave Gammon
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SYNOPSIS:

In a suburb of anywhere, U.S.A. local teens discover that world as gone horribly awry as all creatures great and small begin to ruthlessly attack people unprovoked.

REVIEW:

Directed by: Chris Wojcik
Whacked-out Entertainment
Starring: Greg Hoople, Stephanie Motta, Adam Schonberg, Nikki Preston

Pizza delivery boy Wolf (Greg Hoople) and his pal Jake (Adam Schonberg) realize they’re going to miss the opening night of their favorite horror series they … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Off the Rails and Other Tales – Author Jason L. Liquori

Posted on 05/21/2012 by Dave Gammon
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OFF THE RAILS AND OTHER TALES
By Jason L. Liquori

A collection of delightfully depraved bone chilling terror is summarized by title as follows:

BANKER’S HOURS: A band of retired bank robbers plot one last heist and tend not to lichen they get more than what they’d bargained for.

NIGHT CRAWL: Walter, Harry and Rachel roam the dense brush in search of refugee in a remote cabin from the unearthly creepy crawly beetle … Continue reading →

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Interview: Marilyn Burns (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

Posted on 05/14/2012 by Dave Gammon
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TRAIL BLAZING WITH A TEXAS LEGEND An Interview with Marilyn Burns

DAVE GAMMON: I’d first like to extend a very warm welcome to scream queen and legend Ms. Marilyn Burns to Horrornews.net. For oblivious fans of the terror genre of course you’d played the dashing lead in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Sally. No stranger to Tobe Hooper productions compare and contrast in playing the lead role of Sally and the 1977’s Eaten Alive … Continue reading →

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Interview: Justin McConnell (The Collapsed, The Eternal)

Posted on 05/09/2012 by Dave Gammon
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HORRORNEWS: Welcome my very special guest Mr. Justin McConnell to Horrornews.net. It’s been well documented your trials and tribulations while making The Collapsed. What gives an independent producer and director the intestinal fortitude to persevere when arguably many others would have simply given up?

JUSTIN McCONNELL: Ah, ‘Intestinal Fortitude’. That also happens to be a good song by Nuclear Rabbit. In all honesty, I just think I’ve always had an attitude … Continue reading →

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Interview: Teri Mcminn (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

Posted on 05/07/2012 by Dave Gammon
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HOOKED ON AN ICON AN INTERVIEW WITH TERI MCMINN

DAVE GAMMON: I just wanted to extend a very warm welcome in a much anticipated interview Ms. Teri McMinn with Horrornews.net. Director Tobe Hooper had first discovered you in Austin, Texas in 1973 after seeing a local news paper article. Reflecting back on that fateful evening then flash forward to a precarious predicament of in the clutches of one Leatherface, did you have any idea … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Pazuzu’s Girl – Author Rachel Coles

Posted on 05/07/2012 by Dave Gammon
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Pazuzu’s Girl
By Rachel Coles

Pazuzu and Lugal are human incarnates of Mesopotamia with unearthly powers. An ancient tablet of destiny is stolen from the goddess Lamashtu. As a result the two are exiled to exist among humans as their infinite sentencing.

Gradually indication the two with supernatural powers can no longer keep up with their cleaver contemporary disguise. As nosey neighbours, meddlesome community members and the school system notice that something is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Woman Scorned – Author Angela Alsaleem

Posted on 05/05/2012 by Dave Gammon
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Woman Scorned – Angela Alsaleem

Camilla is raped and brutally murdered at the hands of a corrupt police officer. She wakes up dead, oblivious to the fact she’s crossed over into another realm of existence. As she collects herself, consumed in despair and distraught she begins to walk along the road side, hauntingly closer to her ultimate fate.

Libitina is an aspiring mortician in training and steals Camilla’s body from a nearby hospital morgue. … Continue reading →

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Interview: John Russo (Night of the Living Dead)

Posted on 05/02/2012 by Dave Gammon
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MACABRECON RENANIMATED AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN RUSSO

Generations of fright fiends have been struck with terror at the hands of conceptual genius John Russo. Co-Creator and collaborator of Night of The Living Dead, where our current zombie phenomenon had all began; Mr. Russo sheds some light on a dark genre that chills us to the bone yet captivates us, glued to our seats. I caught up with Mr. Russo recently while taking a … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide 2012 – ‘Niagara Falls Comic Can/MacabreCon’

Posted on 05/01/2012 by Dave Gammon
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WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE 2012 NIAGARAFALLS COMIC CON/MACABRECON COMES TO NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO CANADA

Reflecting back on my humble upbringing, it isn’t any mystery how my interests of today evolved. Life wasn’t easy growing up in the small rural town of Seagrave, Ontario. Our closest neighbour was over a kilometre away. With three older sisters, few friends and a bit of an eccentric misfit in school I was constantly in search of … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Unleashed (2011)

Posted on 04/20/2012 by Dave Gammon
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When Madison Kennard (Trisha Echeverria) returns to her home town after an eight year hiatus, a certain sense of harrowing anxiety is in the air. Estranged from her family, her mother’s passing prompts the reluctant visit in order to sell the house and get her affairs in order. Memories of an unsettling upbringing are overwhelming making the appearance a challenge to cope. Lindsay, (Jessica Salgueiro) her childhood friend soon arrives on the scene … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Loose Ends – Author WD Jackson

Posted on 04/19/2012 by Dave Gammon
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Loose Ends
By WD Jackson

When perpetual under achiever Jake Harper purchases a computer for a new office job it appears as though life is finally turning around. Encountering his next obstacle, he grapples with assembling and installing the PC so landlady/best friend Anna intervenes giving him a crash course in computer use 101. Getting online seemed to be the mandate of the hour as she sets him up with an email account … Continue reading →

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