Tag: horror
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Manga / Anime Classics – Devilman [ デビルマン]
For historical /manga lovers, Devilman [デビルマン] is quite a famous (or infamous, depending on where you stand) feature. Authored by Go Nagai [永井 豪]…
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Pandorum (2009). A Review.
It seems that all SF movies I come across these days are mixed with strong – and, unfortunately, often sloppy, or unoriginal – horror…
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Grimoire Diabolique, by Edward Lee. A review.
A book that could have also been titled: all the gore you can stand (and more). To long-time horror fans, Edward Lee needs no introduction: this…
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The Apex Book of World SF – 4. A review
If you’re a regular SFF reader, Apex needs no introduction – they publish an amazing award-winner magazine in which every writer would kill to appear…
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The Damned by Andrew Pyper. Book Review
You can’t say Andrew Piper’s new novel has an original title. Checking on Amazon I have found a few books with identical or similar names…
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Apollo 18 (2011) – A review
“There’s a reason we’ve never gone back to the Moon.” This is how the opening line on the movie’s website, a American-Canadian SF/ horror…
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Shade of horrors: The Girl Next Door
I was recently discussing with some friends about our favourite horror novels and more precisely which specific kind of horror each one of us…
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Song of Kali, by Dan Simmons – Book Review
In SF fandom Dan Simmons is especially known for the Hyperion Cantos series, and with a reason: those books, especially the first two – Hyperion and…
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The Ruins by Scott Smith. A review
If jungles, unspeakable monstrosities and places in the middle of nowhere are regular components of your nightmares, search no longer: this is the horror…
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XXI CENTURY SCI-FI – Parasite by Mira Grant
Parasite (2013) by Mira Grant/ Seanan McGuire is an interesting blend of techno-thriller, horror and SF. It features a near-future humanity made virtually disease-free…
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Horror Classics – Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Written in 1983 and adapted into a movie in 1989, Pet Sematary is by any standard one of the more frightening books I ever put my hands on.…
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Horror Classics – The Fog by James Herbert
I read this novel (to be precise, and oddly enough, in its French edition) long time ago. I don’t remember what I thought at that…
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Classic ghost stories – M. R. James
I am not a great fan of supernatural per se, I have to say, and my favourite horror stories have generally a scientific explanation…
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Dangerous visions – a controversial SF anthology
In 1967, Harlan Ellison put together a short-story anthology titled Dangerous Visions. Mildly put, this collection made history and “almost single-handedly [it] changed the…
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Let the right one in – by John Ajvide Lindqvist. A review.
Vampires, we know, are a popular brand at least since John Polidori’s Lord Ruthven, allegedly inspired by Lord Byron during a fateful night at Villa Diodati I have…
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Zombification, a first-hand report. I Zombie I by JacK Wallen
Last weekend I decided I needed a few hours of distraction. Zombie stories always looked to me a good pick, because even when they are bad,…
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Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes: a review
It’s a given: on paper, this new book of Lauren Beukes is not one I would read. Mystery and thrillers I can do if…
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SF Classics – I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
I Am Legend (1954) by Richard Matheson is one of the most influential books written in speculative fiction. It is a SF/horror novel, featuring…
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Close Reach by Jonathan Moore – A review
(Note: I received this novel as an ARC from Random House, through Netgalley.) Being a Bram Stocker Award nominee and portraying an adventure on…
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A fascinating tale of unearthly violence and urban horror: Ladies Night, by Jack Ketchum.
Warning: This is a R-Rating book. Unsuitable for YAs and anybody with a delicate stomach – it’s extremely graphic, to say the least. However, it…
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The new zombie’s canon: Word War Z, by Max Brooks – book review
It has been rightly affirmed that the World War Z book and the movie share two things in common, the name, and the fact they were…
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Zombies, Reloaded / 2 – Apocalypse Z by Manuel Loureiro
It was by mistake that I stumbled upon Apocalypse Z. I was actually searching for Max Brooks’ Word War Z – I heard about…
