We Are Monsters By: Brian Kirk Samhain Publishing 306 Pages “That’s the worst part of his disease. The voices that he hears? They lie.” “Everyone’s got some vice to help compensate for the fact they have to pretend to be someone else.” Things are not quite right within the confines of the Sugar Hill mental asylum. Since a new patient …
Read More »Film Review: Twice Dead (1988)
SYNOPSIS: The Cates family is thrilled to learn they have inherited the old mansion of the deranged, stage actor, Tyler Walker. They arrive to discover that the mansion has turned into a playground for a local street gang. But the gang is not all the Cates children have to worry about as Tyler’s ghost makes it known he is not …
Read More »Book Review: Girrrl – Author Devin Govaere
Girrrl By: Devin Govaere Samhain Publishing 91 Pages “Surrounded by fears. And all of them real.” Kelly Carter isn’t your typical ten year old girl. On the surface she may seem like your ordinary, everyday American youth. Yet some most prominent fears plague the girl’s mind. Fear of the dark, water, and monsters nearly cripple her for regular, healthy summer …
Read More »Film Review: The Encounter (2015)
SYNOPSIS: When Collin Bastrow is discovered naked, disoriented and alone in the forest he has an unbelievable tale to tell. After his group of friends had gone camping they are terrorized and stalked by extraterrestrial beings. Through Collins tale will the U.S. government be able to get to the bottom of what transpired that evening or will the truth remain …
Read More »Film Review: The Nightmare (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Eight individuals suffering from a rare disorder called sleep paralysis, where the person is rendered immobile, unable to speak, move or react when falling asleep or awakening are interviewed. Horrifying visions that share a common thread often appear to the sufferer’s in the form of shadow people. Vague, dark translucent entities that stalk the person’s worst nightmares are relentless …
Read More »Book Review: Agony – Author E. Michael Lewis
Agony By: E. Michael Lewis Samhain Publishing 45 Pages “I did it because they deserved it. I did it because I deserved it.” The Twin Lakes mall seems like your everyday, ordinary locale for browsers, teens and shoppers. Although the merchants grounds wasn’t always the site for serenity and spending. Thomas “Agony” Agonetti had once prowled the center, abducting young …
Read More »Film Review: Estranged (2015)
SYNOPSIS: While vacationing abroad with her boyfriend Callum, January sustains a tragic motor scooter accident that renders her with amnesia and confined to a wheel chair. The only suitable place for recovery is her family’s estate, the very same family that she’d been estranged from for over six years. Will January overcome seemingly insurmountable odds and see a full recovery? …
Read More »Book Review: Woman Scorned – Author Angela Alsaleem
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 …
Read More »Book Review: Revelation – Author Brian W. Matthews
Revelation By: Brian W. Matthews JournalStone Publishing 175 Pages “I’m too old to believe in coincidence,” Bartholomew Owens. When an ancient artifact shows up at collector Miles Knight’s home, something most monumental begins to unfold. The silk bag containing the article possesses qualities that challenge the very parameters of his perception. While a band of unearthly dwellers will stop at …
Read More »Book Review: Contrition – Author Robert E. Hirsch
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 …
Read More »Book Review: Nightmare in Grease Paint – Authors L.L Soares | G. Daniel Gunn
Nightmare in Grease Paint By L.L Soares & G. Daniel Gunn Part of the Childhood Fears Collection Samhain Publishing 83 Pages Some family legacies are best left buried.
Read More »Book Review: Winterwood – Author JG Faherty
Winterwood From the Childhood Fears Collection By: JG Faherty Samhain Publishing 74 Pages There’s nothing more Anders Bach loves than a good, gripping story with a moral. For years he’s shared his tales with his daughter and now his grandchildren. His old tales of Winterwood are intended more for a cautionary message rather than a morbid ghost tale. Anna, his …
Read More »Interview: Katharine Isabelle (88)
DAVE GAMMON: It is a sincere thrill and honour to welcome my guest at this time to horrornews.net the star of 88 Ms. Katharine Isabelle. Katharine I’d like to go on record as stating that 88 is one of the most surreal, lucid, compelling thrillers in recent times. In all of my years as a film critic 88 is only …
Read More »Film Review: The Barber (2014)
SYNOPSIS: All fingers seem to point at Francis Visser notorious serial killer as the body count rises and terror rules the night. While indictment seems inevitable the investigating detective botches the case and Visser walks free. Fleeing certain incarceration he adapts a new identity of Eugene Van Wingerdt, a small town barber. Someone isn’t so soon to forget the evil …
Read More »Book Review: Boom Town – Author Glenn Rolfe
Boom Town By: Glenn Rolfe Samhain Publishing 70 Pages The sleepy town of Eckert, Wisconsin is home to one of the most profound, mysterious UFO sightings in recent history. In 1979 the residents knew not what to make of the unworldly visitation paralyzed in awe as a blue beam blasted from the center of a saucer like craft into Hollars …
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