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carmillavoiez
Mar 7, 20172 min read
NOS 4R2, by Joe Hill, a book review
The yellow sticker on the front claimed this would be the most terrifying book I will read this year. I tend to be terrified by more...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 5, 20172 min read
Spook Lights 2, by Eden Royce, a book review
Eden Royce writes beautifully. Her descriptions are rich and evocative, and her tales magical and strange. Spook Lights 2, like the first...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 2, 20171 min read
Preacher, AMC 2016, review
Imagine a town so degenerate that it makes Twin Peaks look like an ideal place to settle. A town with a diseased heart, run by a murderer...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 1, 20174 min read
I <3 iZombie
With the season 3 hitting our screens next month I'm looking back at the first two seasons of this compelling TV show created by Dianne...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 28, 20172 min read
Felidae, by Akif Pirincci, a book review
There exist books that can show us deep truths about the human condition using animals as protagonists. Watership Down, Animal Farm and...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 25, 20172 min read
Mr Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt, a book review
Mr Splitfoot is a gorgeous and rich fantasy story set in contemporary America but managing a very old-world feel. It was listed in Barnes...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 20, 20175 min read
Celebrating the Evil Dead
The Evil Dead franchise has enjoyed a recent revival. Of course there was the remake of the 1981 film that replaced the comedy of the...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 19, 20172 min read
Book Review - Apartment 16, by Adam Nevill
I have read a lot of horror in my life, I mean a lot, but I honestly don't think I've read a better horror genre book than this one. It...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 11, 20171 min read
Book Review - The Ritual
This is the second novel by Adam Nevill I have read, but it won't be the last. Nevill's true skill seems to be in bringing us into his...
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carmillavoiez
Jan 29, 20171 min read
Book Review - Last Days
This was the first novel by Adam Nevill I have read, but it won't be the last. It was bloody brilliant horror and other than a slightly...
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carmillavoiez
Aug 11, 20161 min read
Crawling Chaos, H.P. Lovecraft, a review.
Short stories from fifteen years of Lovecraft's career. The tales often reveal the obsessive nature of Lovecraft's mythology through...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 12, 20161 min read
Consumed by Love, by P.K. Tyler, a review
Consumed by Love is a short story (46 pages) by P. K. Tyler. It looks at how a loving couple deal with the husband's transition after the...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 11, 20164 min read
Lucifer (2016) a review
Lucifer is based on the character created by Neil Gaiman in the Sandman comics and developed by Mike Carey for DC. The background to the...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 10, 20163 min read
Forbidden Fun - The Fascination of Erotic Horror
If you struggle to associate sex with fear you have probably forgotten what it was like to be a teenager. Horror, throughout history, has...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 13, 20162 min read
Lilith's Brood, Octavia E Butler - a review
I thought for a long while that I didn't like sci-fi. I now realise that I just don't like white-male-centric sci-fi. I love this book...
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