3 Gates of the Dead Jonathan Ryan Premier Digital Publishing 2013 Reviewed by Michael Collings Jonathan Ryan’s 3 Gates of the Dead, the first book in his 3 Gates Series, does not read like a novel…or, rather, it reads like the best kind of novel. There is much about...
Forsaken J.D. Barker Hampton Creek Press 2014 Reviewed by David Goudsward The premise of Forsaken is that horror writer Thad McAlister’s success has been brought about by the malevolent influence of the 17th century notebook his wife bought him as a gift. Although the...
Dark Screams: Volume Two Edited by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar Hydra March 3, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter The second volume in the Dark Screams anthology series from editors Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar is another success. It features stories...
I’ll admit I am no expert on Italian Horror films but as I read through the fantastic Italian Horror by Jim Harper, I was surprised at just how many of these films I had seen. I chalk that up to two things: First having a girlfriend in the 1980’s (who is...
There have been a lot of wonderful books released over the past decade on the subject of classic horror films of the 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s, with many coming from Mcfarland & Co., who are also the publishers of this book. While most of these books focus on the films...
Upon reading Damn Nation from Dark Horse Comics, it’s easy to deduce its myriad of influences: George Romero’s zombie films, “28 Days Later”, “30 Days of Night”, etc…but that doesn’t make it a bad, or unoriginal story....
