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REVIEW: ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) (available on DVD as part of the After Dark HorrorFest series) After 9/11, people from the Mideast often found themselves being given a suspicious eye . That prejudice is still with us, and if anything, heightened, almost ten years later. Zombies of Mass Destruction (ZMD) takes this . . . → Read More: Movie Review: ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) Collaborators Christine Purcell and Stewart Sternberg sat down to share impressions of William Jones’ Pallid Light. Strange things are happening in Temperance, Illinois. Randall Clay, an ex-convict relocated from Chicago, is alone in his apartment when the power shuts down. Outside the sky glows an odd bluish-green as heavy rain and lightning saturate the . . . → Read More: ESP-Spotlight: Pallid Light Cthulhu Month is ending and tomorrow begins a month dedicated to survival horror. We’ll have interviews, reviews, and items of interest for the person seeking a path to the end of the world. We’ll look at survival fiction of the past and where it’s currently trending. We’ll take your comfort level and plant a . . . → Read More: September: Survival Fiction Month Dark Heritage: The Final Descent Cornerstone Films Released in 1989 Starring Mark LaCour, Clint Harrison, Tim Verkaik, Eddie Moore and Joan Parmelee DVD Review by Chris Welch So, when I stumble across a 21 year-old low-budget horror movie that I have never heard of, on DVD, and the back of the case says . . . → Read More: DVD Review: Dark Heritage: The Final Descent High Seas Cthulhu offers dark fiction on the open seas—or as the editor describes it, “Swashbuckling Adventure meeting Mythos.” Some of the tales are historical, and some more modern. Ferrel Moore’s contribution to the anthology, “The Bedlamite,” was set in the 1800′s. Heavy in atmosphere, the tale works hard to build suspense until . . . → Read More: Story Spotlight: “The Bedlamite” by Ferrel Moore Earlier, we discussed the first Lovecraftian work to be translated to film: “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.” The film was, of course, The Haunted Palace, directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. At that time we made the argument that few, if any, of the major studio films based on Lovecraft’s writings . . . → Read More: Looking Back at Die, Monster, Die! Mention director Roger Corman and horror fans immediately and correctly start thinking about the late Vincent Price. Together they gave us such Sixties cult classics as The House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven, The Tomb of Ligea, and of course, H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunted Palace. Wait. Weren’t all those aforementioned . . . → Read More: Looking back at The Haunted Palace Elder Signs Press will soon release a horror novel by New York Times best-selling author Lois Gresh. We thought people would enjoy a short Q&A . ESP) The upcoming ESP novel, Blood And Ice is a vampire story, but these aren’t your Twilight vampires, are they? How are they different? LG) The Blood and . . . → Read More: ESP: Reading the Future As luck would have it, during the open submissions to Horrors Beyond: Tales of Terrifying Realities, Tim Curran submitted the perfect opening story: “The Eyes of Howard Curlix.” At the time, the submission guidelines offered no direct mention of the anthology’s inspiring story, “From Beyond.” Yes, the guidelines danced around the topic, but I . . . → Read More: Story Spotlight: “The Eyes of Howard Curlix” by Tim Curran Calling August “Cthulhu Month,” means that some attention should be focused on Elder Signs Press’s various Cthulhu Mythos titles (it’s a coincidence that we choose August; it has no connection to “August Derleth”). However with Cthulhu Month comes a number of insider posts about ESP anthologies and novels. The blog will have Story Spotlights, . . . → Read More: Kicking Off Cthulhu Month |
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What To Do When You Meet Cthulhu: Fall 2010
Blood and Ice: Fall 2010
The Ravening: Fall 2010
The Spawning: Summer 2010
Ancient Shadows: Spring/Summer 2010
The Best of All Flesh
Pallid Light
Dark Wisdom
The Sleep That Rescues
