If you have ever watched a movie and thought to yourself “Wow, I think that could happen,” then you certainly are not alone. Author Rod Glenn effectively portrayed that thought in his book SINema but took an approach most of us would not: mass murder. Han Whitman (short for Hannibal) is not his real name but one he produced to …

SYNOPSIS: It turns out that instead of being the kind and jolly fat guy that brings us gifts each year on Christmas that we all love Santa Claus is actually pretty much the Antichrist. You see, after going on a killing spree back in the day he lost a curling match to an angel (yes, you read that right) and …

SYNOPSIS: Riley searches for a cure to the virus that took over Samantha before it consumes him and the entire world REVIEW: Sexual intercourse has always been a major factor in horror storytelling.  Sometimes, as is the case in many vampire themed tales, the horror is romanticized.  More often, however, sex is used as a way to make something more …

SYNOPSIS: An academy coed (Virginia Madsen) discovers a faculty plot to achieve immortality with a serum made from students’ brains. REVIEW: “Zombie High” belongs to that particular little subset of school-based horror/thrillers wherein the teachers are villains and students are guinea pigs. Watching it I recalled such films as “Strange Behaviour” (aka “Dead Kids”), “Disturbing Behaviour” and, to an extent, …

Issue: The Fearless Zombie Hunters #3 Writer/Creator: Manuel Rios Sarabia Artist: Gared Campos Publisher: Sadhaka Studio Release Date: July 2011 Pages: 32 Price: $3.99 “The Fearless Zombie Hunters face off with the mysterious Boscarato and his undead ‘actors’. The Fearless Zombie Hunters is a black comedy about a trio of zombie slayers led by Professor Abronsius who is joined by …

SYNOPSIS: Documentary covering the highs and lows of 2000AD’s history, from its inception after the demise of Action to the present day. REVIEW: I originally saw this glorious documentary at a very early screening at the Broadway Cinema here in Nottingham, England a little while back and it absolutely blew me away. Had I written this review that night, it …

Traditional Tales of Tejano Terror Having lived in San Antonio for some time I have become intrigued by the haunted history behind the Alamo City. It was not until I began talking to an author who is from here in San Antonio, who wrote a book on stories of horror and mayhem. There are a lot of tales that are …

You probably know Greg Hall. He’s the Friday night piggy-petter and grand poobah of the no-pants zone who gives out 80’s headshots with the, ahem, personalized inscription stating that you are indeed his favorite writer. He gets some of the biggest names in horror on his podcast, the Funky Werepig, but never forgets to leave room for those writers struggling …

MALPRACTICE Edited by Nathaniel Lambert Published by Stygian Publications Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White Price: $15.99 Let me see them hands if you love yerself a good, old-fashioned trip to the hospital? That’s what I thought. There is something about those sterile environments filled with stoic, mask covered faces, reeking of antiseptic and a mild undercurrent of something much …

Vampire Guardian Angels: Rule of Blood Issue 5 The much anticipated issue of Lia Scott Price’s horror comic series Vampire Guardian Angels Rule of Blood Issue 5, has arrived and once more it leaves us in suspense of wanting to know what happens next. Horror comics are a thing of today. We come to terms with what is currently out …

Magic 2012 Expansion was released on September 14, 2011 for Xbox 360 and PC via Steam. The Magic 2012 Expansion adds new features and further expands the already popular game Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 that was released back in June of 2011. Among all of the new features the Magic 2012 Expansion adds, the biggest …

THE RAGE PLAGUE Written by Anthony Giangregorio Published by Permuted Press, Publication Date: 2009 Format: B&W – 252 Pages Price: $14.95 Horror fiction tends to come and go in cycles. One month or year vampires will be all that show up on store shelves, and once the fad wanes the subject du jour may well slide into ghosts or witches …

The story is nothing that experienced readers of horror will not recognize and it is nothing that those who enjoy the reading of mythology will be shocked by – it’s pretty straightforward in this regard. However, what is fascinating is the almost anthropological approach with which Mellon has chosen to tell his story. The book is meticulously researched and beautifully rendered with arresting images and insights into the ever day and commonplace as well as the pageantry and circus-like atmosphere that could have drenched that ancient city.

Within Hindsight is a new short film directed by Derek Cole 4 dead bodies, a serial killer on the loose, 2 detectives are at a dead end for determining who is responsible. A psychic by the name of “source” is called in to help them with the case. His ability to read the room and place himself within the setting …

SYNOPSIS: At the urging of his sort of girlfriend Doreen, Jim heads out to a small town with some friends to locate his birth mother. Once they get there they fall victim to a pair of mentally retarded brothers who get their jollies out of slaughtering innocent people. Some of them manage to survive the encounter but their ordeal isn’t …

SYNOPSIS: A van full of college students traveling down a highway is terrorized by a psycho killer in a Richard Nixon mask. REVIEW: Ok kids….this is gonna be a bit hard to follow, but let’s see how it goes. We have four college students working on a project for an on-line class. The professor (Phil Ward) conducts the class by …