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 …
Read More »Book Review: Everyone Hates a Hero – Author Gregory L Hall
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 …
Read More »Book Review: Malpractice – Editor Nathaniel Lambert
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 …
Read More »Comic Review: Vampire Guardian Angels – Issue 5
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 …
Read More »Game Review: Magic 2012 Expansion
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 …
Read More »Book Review: The Rage Plague – Author Anthony Giangregorio
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 …
Read More »Book Review: Roman Hell – Author Mark Mellon
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.
Read More »Film Review: Within Hindsight (short film) (2014)
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 …
Read More »Film Review: Mother’s Day Massacre (2007)
Rate this Film 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 …
Read More »Film Review: Horror House on Highway Five (1985)
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 …
Read More »Book Review: Voices of The Damned – Author Barbie Wilde
Voices of The Damned By: Barbie Wilde SST Publishing 215 Pages Illustrations by Eric Gross, Clive Barker, Steve McInnis, Tara Bush, Daniele Serra Special Forward by Chris Alexander and Afterword by the Soska Sisters A collection of eleven delightfully, dark and depraved stories to challenge your perception of the unknown and feed your appetite for what lurks within. Sister Cilice: …
Read More »Book Review: Forever Man – Author Brian W. Matthews
FOREVER MAN By: Brian W. Matthews JournalStone Publishing The quaint town of Kinsey, Michigan has been overthrown to chaos as a young boy is found mutilated in the local woods after a high school dance. His date remains missing. After Police Chief Izzy Morris has been dispatched to the scene she realizes the very real terror no parent should have …
Read More »Book Review: The Pumpkin Man – Author John Everson
THE PUMPKIN MAN by John Everson (Delirium Books – June 2011) After her father’s gruesome murder, Jenn needed a place to get away from it all with some friends, to take her mind off her grief. The empty seaside cottage she inherited seemed perfect. Jenn didn’t know that the cottage held arcane secrets, mysteries long hidden and best left alone. …
Read More »Book Review: J-Horror – Author David Kalat
J-HORROR: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE RING, THE GRUDGE AND BEYOND (PAPERBACK) Author David Kalat Published by Vertical Publication Date: 2007 Format: B&W – 320 pages Price: $14.95 At long last an Asian horror book written for the consumers. Don’t get me wrong there are plenty of great Asians horror books on the market. However most of them are pretty …
Read More »Film Review: Experiment in Torture (2007)
Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: Lured by the smell of easy money, beautiful, exotic dancers agree to spend the weekend at the remote mountain getaway of a wealthy voyeur. Once there, the girls are drugged, tied up and slowly tortured to death with everything from a blowtorch to an electric drill by a killer who uses their bodies as a canvas for …
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