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Vampires have become the hot commodity on the market but what they’ve been turned into is a far cry from those of the past. They are now hunky and sparkly and everything that the horrifying Nosferatu was not. In this vampire dominated artistic culture it is hard to ferret out the good from the lousy. Fortunately, I was given the …

Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole – Kristi Petersen Schoonover In these chilling ghost stories set in Disney Parks, a thief is haunted by her sticky-fingered past. A woman wants an angry spirit to stop torturing her. A teenager demands her parents expel her wicked sibling. And a pilot wishes to unload his eerie cargo. But each will discover exorcism isn’t …

Steiger's passion for his subject matter is evident throughout the book, which makes for a pleasurable tour through the shadow-filled underworld that so many of his beloved creatures inhabit.

Ninety-Nine Souls is a terrific first novel, though, and a promising debut; it’s about small town conspiracies and the sins of our fathers, greed and corruption, supply and demand and the angst that accompanies them … and eventual comeuppance. It just so happens to be a very sinister horror novel as well.

CREEPY IMAGES – VOL #2 Published by Kessler & Benzel Gbr Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – 48 pages Price: $9.50 Are you a horror collector, enthusiast or just admirer of classic movie memorabilia? How’s you interest in stills and lobby cards that at times never even make the movie cut? I think I found the magazine for ya. Creepy …

SCREEM #21 is now available! Our cover by artist Daniel Horne celebrates the 50 year milestone of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. We then take a look at two under appreciated cult films, Slthis and Horror High, which have recently been unearthed on DVD in new special editions. Next, Tom Weaver interviews Mr. B.I.G. himself, Bert I. Gordon. They discuss 1957’s The …

Get ready for issue 2 as the world of Hotwire spins further into astral obscurity with a ghost filled word gone wild. Alice Hotwire is finally making a connection with the local police, after saving them from a nasty spectral cop killer. Things though are about to get much more interesting as we find out that a device exists called …

The Flock by James Robert Smith “A remote Florida pine forest has been targeted for theme-park development by the Berg Brothers Studio who would like to make the area into “the perfect American township.” Unfortunately for them, some of the forest’s inhabitants are none too happy. It doesn’t help that those residents are a colony of ten-foot-tall Titanis walleri—intelligent, prehistoric, …

This compendium of chills aims to satisfy the twisted desires of those who like their horror in short, scary bursts. Harking back to the glory years for short horror stories, when the Pan Books proved demand was high for both the genre and the format, the Black Books of Horror are now up to number seven in the series – …

Rue Morgue arrives on the stands with its 13th Anniversary Halloween issue. A familiar face per Anthony Perkins stares back with a sinister grin that has lurked in the minds of horror fans for generations past. Quite alot of content this month, not to mention the huge tribute to the Psycho film which turns 50. With a snazzy layout, RM brings …

Radical Publishing has really stepped up to the plate with bringing us cool, well illustrated comics that are clearly meant for an adult audience pushing the envelope for graphics novels. Abattoir is one such of the new lines htat I’ve been anticipating for quite some time. This issue is the first of a 6 series edition, so you can bet …

WHEN DRIVE-INS ATTACK- ISSUE#4 (COMIC) Author : Rich Stahnke Pencils: Rich Stahnke, Chris Moreno, Brian Wisniewski, Douglas Draper Jr. Colors: Rich Stahnke Letters: Ken Nuttal Publisher: Tin Star Studios Publication Date: 2009 Format: B/W – 32 pages Price: $4.50 When Drive-Ins Attack! #4 kinda took me by surprise. The description of the title “An anthology series featuring stories inspired by …

YOKAI ATTACK!: THE JAPANESE MONSTER SURVIVAL GUIDE (PAPERBACK) Written by Hiroko Yoda (Author), Matt Alt (Author) Illustrations by Tatsuya Morino Published by Kodansha International Publication Date: 2008 Format: B&W / Color – 192 pages Price: $14.95 Yokai Attack! The Japanese Survival Guide. So you say you want to educated more on the Asian culture? Your a fan of monsters and …

Like other fantastic books by Titan, this large hard covered volume is no exception. It’s  brilliantly constructed with a whole lotta of coolness going on. The Watchmen in itself was a pretty inspiringly odd film. It is superhero fan fare presented from a different era with a different take on life from within the comic book galaxy. As I reviewed …

WARLASH: DARK NOIR (PERFECT PAPERBACK) Written by Frank Forte Artwork by zymon Kudranski (Illustrator), Marcin Ponomarew (Illustrator), Steve Mannion (Illustrator), Bruno Werneck (Illustrator) Published by Asylum Press Publication Date: 2008 Format: Color / B&w – 56 pages Price: $3.95 Warlash is somewhat of a warrior, policeman, defender and all around bad ass. His tales usually consist of taking out demons …