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kjudgemental · 1 month

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The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires - Horror Novel Review

Author: Grady Hendrix Publisher: Quirk Books Country: USA Year: 2020 The last novel of Hendrix before his move to Titan Books for his next release (which would be The Final Girl Support Group) is, as he states in the introduction, a kind of companion piece for My Best Friend’s Exorcism, taking a look at the adventure of parenthood as opposed to the troubles of the teenage years. Here our…

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okayigetitifuckedup · 2 months

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Manifesting every Asshole Movie Critic in the world to have reoccurring nightmares of this Gromit with human eyes until they recant their reviews about good movies they only didn't like because they're grumpy from the lead poisoning.

#I'm doing this for all of us #Lisa Frankenstein #Cocaine bear #renfield #manifesting #they just don't like fun #why are you reviewing movies if you just want to see the same bullshit film over and over?#why can't we make something new?#and what is your BEEF with horror?#such fucking assholes

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bloodsplatteredcinema · 2 months

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Greetings, fellow Gorehounds!

In honor of the recently released Godzilla Minus One and the upcoming Godzilla X Kong, The Horror Guru has decided to dive into the original 1962 Toho classic: King Kong vs. Godzilla!

This fast paced movie riff/movie review is filled with bad puns, silly skits and a lot of behind the scenes info on the making of the movie!

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spookytuesdaypod · 3 months

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spooky tuesday is a (now not so new!) podcast where we’re breaking down all of our favorite slashers, thrillers, monster movies and black comedies on the new scariest day of the week.

february is all about the romance — and when you combine that with horror, too often you end up with something that looks a little more toxic. that’s why we’re dedicating these next few weeks to all things obsession, and we know just how to kick this theme month off. this week on spooky tuesday, we’re covering misery (1990), the kathy bates classic that introduced us to such famous phrases as “cock-a-doodie” and “bitchly cow corn.” and to help us discuss the movie all about what happens when fans go too far, we invited on aj, our #1 listener. what? it’s not like a little audience interaction ever hurt anyone before…

give spooky tuesday a listen on apple podcasts, spotify, iheart radio, or stitcher

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maybemockingbird · 11 days

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Early Reviews Are In!

My first indie novel "The Scientist, The Spaceman, and The Stars Between Them" - a queer, slow burn cosmic eco-horror story about a mortician and their husband - is in the hands of ARC readers! So far, I've had some really great feedback and amazing praise, and I had to share some of my favorites with you all!

You can get a signed copy of my novel from my publisher Timber Ghost Press - and doing so get you a bonus short story zine, too! You can also add it to your TBR on GoodReads! The book releases on May 24th, 2024!

#lgbtq books #lgbtq authors #queer stories #sci fi books #indie author #eco horror #sci fi romance #sci fi horror #indie books #small press #book launch #new books #arc review

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cyrereads · 7 months

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Someone Else's Horror Story by Rebecca Crunden - review

This was a lovely, spooky novella. I would totally watch a movie based on this or ever a full version. I recommend if you're in a slump and want to reach something spooky this October.

5/5 stars

Read it for yourself for just $1:

#novella #gothic horror #book review #book tumblr #horror #authors #new books #writers #books and reading #booklr #book recommendations

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mothric · 4 months

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happy new year!! I had a horrible nightmare that (check the tags before proceeding please) I had to get a surgery to release some kind of fluid buildup in my brain and the surgery involved drilling a hole into my skull and I didn't find out they weren't intending to put me under until I was on the operating table with the nurse hovering over me with a GIANT drill

she reassured me they gave me local anesthesia but i flailed and begged to go to sleep and tried to shove the drill away while the nurse basically forced me into position, and I kept tapping my skull trying to confirm that the local even did anything because I couldn't remember them administering it. before I knew it they were drilling into the side of my head and it wasn't painful, so I guess the stuff worked, but I could hear it and feel it the way you feel what the dentist is doing even when there's novocaine. eventually i stopped yelling and fell silent because the drill was so loud and what can you even do at that point.

when they were done they cheerfully showed me an x ray of the hole they made, which went ALL the way back to my spinal cord and brain stem and stopped just a millimeter short of touching them, and they acted like this was normal and they hadn't just gone within a hair's breadth of killing me, and then they gave me a flimsy paper towel and told me I'd just need to hold it over the fresh hole in my head for awhile until it healed.

bizarre and upsetting New Year's Day dreams are practically a tradition for me at this point but, genuinely, what the Fuck was that.

#tw medical #tw medical trauma #tw surgery #tw body horror #tw nightmares #cant decide if this is better or worse than the religious nightmare i had a handful of january firsts ago #my dreams #jan 2024 #happy new year!!! :) :) :)#trying to figure out what in my waking life could have possibly prompted this #it's probably a combination of stresses all rolled into one big awful thing tbh #i guess the thrust is i wanted to be fixed or cured of something but i didnt get to be in control of how that happened #and the solution felt archaic and the aftercare was nonexistent #and i mean that's. a sensible thing to be afraid of #it wasn't even clear in the dream if the procedure even helped #but i went to this clinic at the recommendation of someone i knew. whose input- in waking life- i dont especially trust. so #maybe there's something to unpack there #ive also had friends experience some really shocking malpractice this year #and i'm still paying off medical debt #and doing year in review has brought up some unpleasant emotions as i'm realizing this year was more stressful than i thought #like a major element of this dream was 'yes i did sign up for this but some Very Important Information was withheld from me' which HONESTLY #sums up a lot of my year >_>#AND on top of that i've been wrestling with faith stuff. not getting to pick the healing process and fearing the outcome... yea #at the end of the day it's just another stress dream. it just took a form it doesnt usually take so it stands out #blegh. we'll get through this

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himbohargreeves · 4 months

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River’s Top Ten of 2023

These aren’t in any particular order because it would take me too long to try and rank them. Honorary mention to Misery, The Tommyknockers, and the various short story collections I read which aren’t on the list because I don’t think Stephen King needs me to sell his books for him, but Misery was easily my favourite book of the year <3

1) The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Hidden across England and Scotland live six old Book Eater families. The last of their lines, they exist on the fringes of society and subsist on a diet of stories and legends. Children are rare and their numbers have dwindled, so when Devon Fairweather’s second child is born a dreaded Mind Eater – a perversion of her own kind, who consumes not stories but the minds and souls of humans – she flees before he can be turned into a weapon for the family… or worse. Living among humans and finding prey for her son, Devon seeks a cure for his hunger. But time is running out – for her family want her back, and with every soul her son consumes he loses a little more of himself…

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Woah it's vampires but with books! The world-building in this is so gorgeous and such an original creature design. I just wish it was a little longer as the ending felt a bit abrupt.

4.75 ⭐️

2) The Collector by Laura Kat Young

Sorrow is inefficient. It’s also inescapable. Lieutenant Dev Singh dutifully spends his days recording the memories of people who, struck with incurable depression, will soon have their minds erased in order to be more productive members of society. At night though, hidden in the dark, Dev remembers and writes in his secret journal the special moments shared with him--the small laugh of a toddler, the stillness of a late afternoon. The first flutter of love. But when the Bureau finds out he's been recounting the memories–and that the depression is in him, too– he’s sent to a sanitarium to heal. After all, the Bureau knows what’s best for you.

One of the best dystopias I've read for a while because of how believable the whole thing felt. Main character is really easy to root for and so real (love the way his toes are always cracking when he's trying to sneak around. me too brother.) The ending was a little bamboozling but I kind of like that.

My rating: 4.5 ⭐️

3) The House at Phantom Park by Graham Masterton

St Philomena's military hospital has been abandoned for over three years. Now Lilian Chesterfield is in charge of developing it into a luxury-housing complex. But as soon as she and her colleagues start work in the mansion, they hear screaming from wards full of empty beds and see faces peering at them from the mullioned windows. Lilian doesn't believe in the supernatural. But just when she's put her mind at rest by scouring the mansion from top to bottom, a warning arrives. The hospital is haunted. And it is haunted by something a thousand times more terrifying than ghosts...

I read a few books by this author but this was easily my favourite. A really unique take on the haunted hospital trope and the gore was splendid.

My rating: 4.25 ⭐️

4) Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst

Asra is a demigod with a dangerous gift: the ability to dictate the future by writing with her blood. To keep her power secret, she leads a quiet life as a healer on a remote mountain, content to help the people in her care and spend time with Ina, the mortal girl she loves. But Asra's peaceful life is upended when bandits threaten Ina's village and the king does nothing to help. Desperate to protect her people, Ina begs Asra for assistance in finding her manifest--the animal she'll be able to change into as her rite of passage to adulthood. Asra uses her blood magic to help Ina, but her spell goes horribly wrong and the bandits destroy the village, killing Ina's family. Unaware that Asra is at fault, Ina swears revenge on the king and takes a savage dragon as her manifest. To stop her, Asra must embark on a journey across the kingdom, becoming a player in lethal games of power among assassins, gods, and even the king himself.

Beatiful. Outstanding. Showstopping. I have no notes. I read Of Fire and Stars last year and really enjoyed it but this was even better. Every single character is compelling, the world is written beautifully, the romance hit me where I live. I cried about five times while reading.

My rating: 5 ⭐️

5) Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid

Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya's last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the city's amenities and revel in its thrills, particularly the recently established ballet theater, where Marlinchen meets a dancer who quickly captures her heart. As Marlinchen's late-night trysts grow more fervent and frequent, so does the threat of her father's rage and magic. And while Oblya flourishes with culture and bustles with enterprise, a monster lurks in its midst, borne of intolerance and resentment and suffused with old-world power. Caught between history and progress and blood and desire, Marlinchen must draw upon her own magic to keep her city safe and find her place within it.

This book is STUNNING. I don't even have anything else to add. There are some heavy topics so might be wise to seek out a trigger list before reading but I highly recommend.

My rating: 5 ⭐️

6) Leech by Hiron Ennes

In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron’s doctor has died. The Interprovincial Medical Institute sends out a replacement. But when the new physician investigates the cause of death, which appears to be suicide, there’s a mystery to solve. It seems the good doctor was hosting a parasite. Yet this should have been impossible, as the physician was already possessed – by the Institute. The Institute is here to help humanity, to cure and to cut, to cradle and protect the species from the horrors their ancestors unleashed. For hundreds of years, it has taken root in young minds and shaped them into doctors, replacing every human practitioner of medicine. But now there’s competition. For in the baron’s cold castle, already a pit of secrets and lies, the parasite is spreading...

The imagery in this book is so vividly well-written and horrible (pos) and I really hope the author writes more of this world in the future because there was so much more I want to explore. The evolution of the main character is so good and has you constantly switching between rooting for and against them.

My rating: 4.5 ⭐️

7) The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke

A deserted lighthouse Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island stands a lighthouse. Strange and terrible events have happened here. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing. A lost family Liv Stay and her children don’t believe in witches or curses. But within months of arriving on the island, her daughter Luna is the only one of them left. An impossible child Twenty years later, Luna’s missing sister turns up out of the blue. She is exactly the girl Luna remembers. Same face. Same smile. Same age. Faced with the impossible, it’s up to Luna to find out what really happened at the lighthouse all those years ago.

A really fun and creative take on changelings and a great story that kept me guessing right up to the end reveal! The character/timeline switches work really well, but I feel like the character povs being written in different tenses a bit jarring at times without adding much.

My rating: 4.5 ⭐️

8) Night Train by David Quantick

A woman wakes up, frightened and alone - with no idea where she is. She's in a room but it's shaking and jumping like it's alive. Stumbling through a door, she realizes she is in a train carriage. A carriage full of the dead. This is the Night Train. A bizarre ride on a terrifying locomotive, heading somewhere into the endless night. How did the woman get here? Who is she? And who are the dead? As she struggles to reach the front of the train, through strange and horrifying creatures with stranger stories, each step takes her closer to finding out the train's hideous secret. Next stop: unknown.

Very surreal with some great and creative gore elements. What does it all mean in the end? Couldn't really tell you, but man I had a great time reading it!

My rating: 4.75 ⭐️

9) Tender is the Flesh by Augusta Bazterrica (translated by Sarah Moses)

Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - only no one calls them that. He works with numbers, consignments, processing. One day, he's given a specimen of the finest quality. He leaves her tied up in an outhouse, a problem to be disposed of later. But she haunts Marcos. Her trembling body, and watchful gaze, seem to understand. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost - and what might still be saved...

Another really great dystopia though maybe a little less believable, and at times maybe going a bit too literal with the commentary on the meat industry but man. That fucking ending. My jaw hit the floor and I had to spend ten minutes staring at a blank wall afterward to recover.

My rating: 4.75 ⭐️

10) What Moves The Dead by T Kingfisher

When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania. What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves. Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.

Fall of the House of Usher is one of my favourite stories and this is easily the best take on it I've ever read. Really lovely imagery and just a great, creative spin on a classic. And there are mushrooms!

My rating: 4.75 ⭐️

#read list #book recommendations #book reccs #book review #horror #horror recs #river reads #fun new tag for us

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jimsmovieworld · 5 months

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THANKSGIVING- 2023 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A riot breaks out at a supermarket in Plymouth, Mass and several people are killed. A year later, a masked killer returns for revenge on those he deems responsible. All will be carved. And there will be no leftovers!

Brilliant new slasher. Insanely fun from start to finish. The whodunnit element of the killer felt lile a good throwback to 90s slashers. The killer had a great look, was a bit goofy but actually really worked. Excellent killer reveal. Liked the group dynamics. Very fun light hearted movie but still had some tense/scary moments or chase sequences like at the school or the diner. Brilliant kills. Loved the opening at Black Friday it was so over the top and cut to a great title card. Excellent way to start things off. What an excellent film, one of the best of the year.

Based on the fake trailer Eli Roth made for Grindhouse that came out back in 2007.

Directed by Eli Roth.