THE DAWN on Prime Video
Directed and co-written by Brandon Slagle, THE DAWN (starring Jonathan Bennett, Stacey Dash, and Teilor Grubbs) tells the story of a young woman who, in the aftermath of World War I, enters a convent after the brutal murder of her family by her father. However, the...
Movie Review – THREE CHRISTS
Over at Daily Dead, Sara Clements reviews Jon Avnet's Three Christs: a star-studded flick featuring Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, and Julianne Margulies, based on the true story of unconventional psychiatrist Dr. Alan Stone (Gere) and, in this instance, his treatment...
Filming on Del Toro’s NIGHTMARE ALLEY Begins
Over at ihorror.com, it's reported that Guillermo Del Toro has begun filming on his next project, Nightmare Alley. The cast is known to include Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Michael Shannon, Rooney Mara and Willem Dafoe. Further details can be found at...
New and Upcoming Horror Movies of 2020
Over at FilmSelect Trailer, what's hot and what's to come for the first half of 2020.
New on Prime Video: THE SCIENTIST
An unconventional scientist, struggling to care for his terminally-ill wife, embarks on a journey to develop a cure for her....but how will it end? Directed by Derrick Granado and starring Kristin Keith and Robb Hudspeth, this film about humanity's possible extinction...
Short Story Review – “Ammonia” by William Holloway
Over at Miskatonic Review, a treatment of William Holloway's "Ammonia," the first story in The Abyssal Plain: The R'lyeh Cycle: Holloway’s story is largely effective, and accomplishes what it sets out to do: to tell the story of Cthulhu’s rising through the lens of...
JournalStone/Trepidatio Titles on Preliminary 2019 Stoker Ballot
StokerCon hits the UK this year, and the preliminary ballot for the 2019 Bram Stoker Awards® has been released. Look out for these books! Doorways to the Deadeye by Eric J. Guignard (First Novel) The Bone Weaver’s Orchard by Sarah Read (First Novel) The Worst Is Yet...
Book Review – WEEPING SEASON
Weeping Season Seán O'Connor Matador May 21, 2019 Reviewed by Ray Palen Irish author Seán O'Connor burst upon the horror scene in 2019 with the novella entitled The Mongrel, which was nominated for a Splatterpunk Award. I often wonder what it would be like to go back...
Trepidatio Authors Featured at Book Riot!
Gwendolyn Kiste's The Rust Maidens and Sarah Read's The Bone Weaver's Orchard get shoutouts in Katie McLain's READ HARDER: READ A HORROR BOOK PUBLISHED BY AN INDIE PRESS! Check out the full list at https://bookriot.com/2020/01/10/horror-books-from-indie-presses/
The Snowglobe – Movie Review
THE SNOWGLOBE Directed & Produced by Jake Hammond (2019) Reviewed by Rick Hipson We’ve all been there before, right? Chilling out in a car with our bestie when, from across the gas station lot, we spot creepy Santa staring back at us. Such is the case with Anna...
Vampyre Theatre – Book Review
Vampyre Theatre Nancy Kilpatrick (author) Baskerville Books (print)/Amazon Digital Services December 15, 2019 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale I believe it is safe to say that Nancy Kilpatrick is a vampire fan. Since I share a love of the mythical creatures, I am always...
New Release: Scott R. Jones’ SHOUT KILL REVEL REPEAT
You who read me, do you know what it is you read? On a mission to recover an ancient artifact, an amnesiac girl unlocks the terrible secret of humanity’s past and future. The implementation of a radical new technology sends an unlucky test pilot into a dimension of...
Movie Review – SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLUMBER PARTY
Slaughterhouse Slumber Party Dustin Mills Productions, 2019 Reviewed by Rick Hipson The raunchy fun starts with a scantily-clad woman puking in the crapper before psyching herself up to get back to the party. Hey, isn’t that how slumber parties are supposed to end,...
New Release: Justin Joschko’s WHITETOOTH FALLS
Homicide detective David Moore has never had a case quite like this: a series of savage murders targeting the family of Frank Ballaro, a mafia kingpin with half the city of Niagara Falls in his pocket. The killer strikes with inhuman violence, and always on the night...
New Release: Sarah Read’s OUT OF WATER
This is an invitation to drowning. These are the stories of things out of water—of sea bed deserts choked with ghosts; of the lonely, roving children of the fen. Here your garden grows belowground. You will be born into a cradle of your own bones, shadows will burst...
