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Review – Blood Incantation: Timewave Zero

About a year ago I heard Blood Incantation for the first time. A good friend of mine showed me Hidden Histories of the Human Race and I fell in love with it. That album went places and moved me in ways that Death Metal normally doesn’t. The soundscapes, the melodies and the weirdness all combine […]

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1BR – Movie Review

Sarah (Played by Nicole Brydon Bloom in a great performance) moves to Los Angeles and gets a good deal on a 1 bedroom apartment. The description of this movie on Shudder is pretty vague so from hereon out there may be some spoilers.

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Book Reviews

Review – A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

  This one was a really fun read. A Head Full of Ghosts is a novel about the Barrett family and the tragedy that befell them. Their eldest daughter Marjorie begins displaying odd behavioural changes and after psychiatry doesn’t help, the father enlists the help of an exorcist. The Barrett family is also going through […]

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What We’re Listening To

Greetings from the Republic Idiots. Here’s our collaborative spotify playlist. Hopefully you discover a few gems.

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A Creepshow Animated Special – Review

2020 Animated Anthology Directed by: Greg Nicotero What a beautiful surprise to wake up to on a dreary and cold Thursday morning. Let’s get this review started. Survivor Type Starring: Kiefer Sutherland Since childhood I’ve had an irrational fear of being stranded and/or trapped places. Kiefer Sutherland plays a surgeon who crash lands on a […]

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Should I Watch Little Deaths on Shudder?

No.

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Day Of The Dead 2: Contagium

For a few years now I’ve been telling anyone who will listen that Dracula 3D is the worst film ever made. I was wrong. Day of the Dead 2 Contagium now owns the spot of “Worst movie ever made” in my heart and has been embedded into the very depths of my soul. God-damn it […]

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Goodnight Monsters – Dusty Evely

Friend of the website and former co-owner of horror-writers.com Dusty Evely has released his first children’s book, Goodnight Monsters. Featuring artwork from Bo Chappell, Goodnight Monsters is available now on Amazon. You can buy your copy here

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Movie Reviews

The Beach House

2019Cosmic HorrorDirector: Jeffrey A. BrownStarring: Liana Liberato and Noah Le Gros This movie wasn’t on my radar until an email from Shudder that described it as a Lovecraftian horror film. Instantly intrigued, I booted it up and pressed play. The Beach House is definitely in the sphere of cosmic horror. Fear of the unknown and […]

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Silent Hill — Guest post by Sairento Hiru

Originally published November 15, 2016 on horror-writers.com (This post contains massive spoilers for Silent Hill.) Flashback, 1999: I was working as an assistant manager at Blockbuster, diligently prepping new games for rental, when bright red lettering caught my eye on one of the cases.  “SILENT HILL” was written above a gray and white picture of […]