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Horror on Steam contest

Greetings all,   Now that I’ve made my (not so) triumphant return to the website, I’m feeling generous. Use our newly installed comment section to tell us what your favorite horror video game is and why. It’s that simple. I’ll pick a winner and that person will receive a copy of a horror game on […]

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SXTAPE

I’m pretty tired of found footage but every now and then a movie will come out and completely blow away any and all preconceived notions I have of these types of films. SXTAPE was not that film. There is so much potential with this concept that it was frustrating to watch SXTAPE fail again and […]

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Thanatomorphose and Contracted. A Body-Horror 2 for 1

Well, well, well. I have returned from my long-standing self imposed sentence, dancing in and out of consciousness staring at strings of code and cursing the day that X-Pages became a thing. For those who are unfamiliar with me, I started this website in February of 2013 and watched it grow in to a community […]

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Welcome to the new Horror-Writers – Beta

Hello folks,   Welcome to the beta version of the new  horror-writers. Here’s Changelog 1.0 from the previous version. We’re now going forward with the Disqus commenting system. We’ve had a lot of people ask us to turn commenting back on and after researching it, this seems like the best way to weed out spam […]

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Penny Dreadful Episode 3: 10 Thoughts with Shawn

Before I get started on this allow me to proclaim my undying love for Eva Green. There. I said it.   1. -I was wrong – I mentioned last week that this is going to be a hit or miss show from episode to episode and if the quality keeps up, I’m going to look like a […]

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Penny Dreadful Episode 2: Séance

This episode was infinitely more enjoyable than the first one. With the exception of perhaps the ending, I found the pilot episode to be incredibly slow. Beautiful, but slow. This episode ups the intensity and does a much better job of making me care about what happens to these characters. A huge stand out to […]

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Penny Dreadful Episode 1 –Shawn thoughts

I was a little late in watching this but I’m really happy that I finally gave it a chance. This may be a strange way to start this, but of all the Horror shows currently on TV this one has my favorite costuming.  There’s something about the Victorian feel and setting that I’ve always been […]

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Hen’s Night

Award winning Ottawa, Ontario filmmakers, Kristian Lariviere & Jennifer Allanson, have launched a fundraising campaign for their original, women centric feature film debut, HENS NIGHT. HENS NIGHT is a female powered horror comedy centered around a bachelorette party gone wrong. “People always think horror films are a male driven genre, but the reality is that […]

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Interview with Lauren Davish of Ingloda

How long have you worked in the film industry? What was your first experience making a movie like? I have been taking acting lessons for about three years now, but Ingloda was my first feature film. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. It was awesome being surrounded by so many creative people so […]

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Interview with Brian Targett of Ingloda

Ingloda comes out on DVD May 6th. This is a project that I’ve been paying attention to for the better part of a year.   Brian Targett, who is the Writer/Director was kind enough to answer some questions for us which you can read after the trailer.     How long did it take you […]