DRAUG Directed/Produced by Karin Engman and Klas Persson Written by Klas Persson Odmarden Film Production, October 2018 Reviewed by Rick Hipson (Originally published with Hell Notes) Flexing its production value and utilizing some gorgeous settings from Sweden’s forested wilderness, DRAUG transcends past culture and language to deliver the most frightening aspects of its native folklore […]
Reviewing Highway Twenty by Michael J. Moore
Highway Twenty By Michael J. Moore A HellBound Books Publishing LLC Book Something awful is worming its way into Sedrow Woolley, a small hick town off (surprise!) Highway Twenty. Wasting no time, the opening chapter is a gut-punch, establishing Moore’s talent for making us effectively uncomfortable. Then we meet Conor Mitchell, a young mechanic pondering […]
Film Review: AMBITION
AMBITION Directed by Robert Shaye Written by John Rocco, Jenna Lyn Wright Reviewed by JP Andrika AMBITION is the latest from the producers of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. . Young Music student, Jude (Katherine Hughes), spends her days with her friends in a cozy house where she dreams of getting a spot in an […]
Interviewing Greg Lamberson, Writer/Director of WIDOW’S POINT
Hailed by Fangoria as the hardest working man in horror and confirmed by those who know him (does he even ever sleep?), Gregory Lamberson pulls no punches and tolerates no distraction when it comes to creating horror. First well known for cult classic SLIME CITY when he was just nineteen years of age, Greg has […]
Special Guest: Bob Freeman, Author, Occult Detective
Boneyard Baptism “‘Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.” — Shakespeare’s Hamlet I grew up in the country, on the northeast corner of my maternal grandparents’ sixty acre horse farm. Surrounded by ash trees, and with Turkey Creek cutting a path through […]
Announcing Bob Freeman’s Virtual Blog Tour!
Author: Bob Freeman Featured Book Release: Descendant: A Novel of the Liber Monstrorum November 18-25, 2019 Welcome to a blog tour that will bring you thrills and chills in the heart of the holiday season with the Descendant Blog Tour featuring the Occult Detective himself, Bob Freeman! A supernatural thriller that readers of horror will […]
A Conversation With LUNA Filmmaker, Ross Williams.
Ross Williams is an American filmmaker who’s been churning out short films from his meat grinder for over twenty years. Opting to create on the darker side of the screen, Ross’s latest short, LUNA, was inspired by his creepy daughter, Zoe, who stars in the film to award-winning effect. You can watch the film right […]
REVIEWING SEEING GREEN, A SHORT FILM DIRECTED BY CHELSEA STARDUST
SEEING GREEN Fun Size Horror productions Written by Danielle Bauman Directed by Chelsea Stardust This all women horror-comedy (Hor-Com? That seems wrong) combines campy wit with top-notch performances. It’s a blood-soaked romp following the misadventures of an unsuspecting bride-to-be and her two bridesmaids who gather at a specialty cake tasting appointment. Hazel (Vanessa Elese Garcia), […]
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond The Grave
For those who may have missed an episode of these strange stories, or missed the entire thing and don’t like having to click on several links to watch it all, I’ve compiled the article in its entirety here so you can read it all the way through in one go if you prefer. However way […]
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond
I got the impression Ray and his sisters didn’t often talk of their encounters with everybody, let alone with people they just met. As the fire danced behind us in the small pit, the warm night breeze carried their voices with tones of excitement and mysticism as they stood telling their incredible tales. When Kim and Kathy, in particular, spoke, I got the impression they were just as fascinated by what they had to say as I was to hear it. They took their paranormal experiences in stride as though it were a wondrous gift rather then a hindering curse.
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond
Episode Three The Chilling Door I asked my new storytelling friends if one of them had experienced more then the other. Ray said his sisters seemed to be much more sensitive to these sorts of things than himself and, thus, had more experiences to tell than he. However, that hardly meant Ray didn’t have a […]
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond – Episode Two
Luck Of The Irish One evening, Ray’s dad, then a young boy, sat in the kitchen of his home in Northern Ireland with his chair leaning against the main door, reading a book by oil light. Heard 2 bangs. Without warning, to large knocks banged against the door. Ray’s young dad bolted from his chair […]
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond
FIRE AND GHOSTS INTRO This article was originally published in the fall of 2005 for Insidious Reflections’ 4th print magazine. That seems like a really long time ago, so why am I posting this article here, now, after almost fifteen years since it was first published? For starters, I like to think I’ve gotten a […]
MURDER BALLAD | SHORT HORROR FILM | PRESENTED BY SCREAMFEST – Now Available To Watch For FREE!
After interviewing Sergio Guerra, filmmaker of MURDER BALLAD, which you can read HERE, I’m happy to announce you can now watch this 10 minute short horror film for free on YouTube! As an abused wife tends to the post-robbery wounds of her criminal ex-husband, they are visited by a mysterious — and malevolent — preacher. […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER SERGIO GUERRA, WRITER/DIRECTOR OF MURDER BALLAD
Sergio Guerra is a promising Latino filmmaker from Los Angeles bred on old school terror and suspense. I recently had a chance to check out his new short film, MURDER BALLAD, the review of which you can look out for at Hell Notes and should be able to read soon. The bottom line is I […]
Reviewing THE LAST CHRISTMAS by F. Paul Wilson – A Repairman Jack novel
The Last Christmas F. Paul Wilson Gauntlet Press We catch up with our favourite anti-hero, Jack, about a year after his last fix during Ground Zero in New York City. Not only did the last job leave the usual wake of collateral damage and suffering to the bad guys, but this time it left Jack […]
Reviewing: TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID
TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID Written and Directed by Issa Lopez Filmadora Nacional Peligrosa 2017 – Mexico 2019 – U.S. Canada Heart breaking and honest, writer/director Issa Lopez brings us a gritty slow burner centered around a group of orphaned kids bonded by the perils of violence. And, it’s clear these kids are far from alright. […]
Dark Bites Exclusive: A Conversation with John Urbancik.
Part how-to, part stream of thought, Urbancik describes his creative process with selfless abandonment. While occasionally straying from his own beaten path, it’s during these diversions we glimpse the writer’s mind.
Dark Bites Exclusive: A conversation with Thomas F. Monteleone, mutli award-winning author.
Night Train is the latest re-release from Multi award-winning (including the Horror Writers Association’s coveted Lifetime Achievement Award) author, Thomas F. Monteleone. You can check out my thoughts on the book from last week’s posted review HERE to find out why you should take a moment right now to order your copy before proceeding further. […]
Reviewing Night Train by Thomas F. Monteleone
Night TrainBy Thomas F. MonteleoneBorderland Press/Gauntlet Press 2019 Originally published in 1984, Night Train roars back to life for the first time in hardcover, rebooted to scare the crap out of a whole new generation. In an era where paranoia and end-of-the-world fears already run rampant, the inhabitants of New York are about to face […]
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