It’s no coincidence that Richard Laymon’s Funland is one of my favorite novels and Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys is one of my favorite films: I flat-out love horror stories set on the beach. There’s something undeniably alluring about the classic contrast between nightmarish scares and the seemingly idyllic setting of a public beach. So, when it came time to pick the films we wanted to celebrate during this year’s Class of 1981 retrospective series, I couldn’t resist choosing Blood Beach.
Riding the wave of aquatic and animal-centric horror that flooded the big screen in the wake of Jaws (and Jaws 2), 1981’s Blood Beach cleverly inverts just about everything concerning the sharp-toothed threat of its greatest cinematic influence. If you want to know what you’re getting into when you watch Blood Beach for the first time (as I did preparing for this retrospective...
Riding the wave of aquatic and animal-centric horror that flooded the big screen in the wake of Jaws (and Jaws 2), 1981’s Blood Beach cleverly inverts just about everything concerning the sharp-toothed threat of its greatest cinematic influence. If you want to know what you’re getting into when you watch Blood Beach for the first time (as I did preparing for this retrospective...
- 8/20/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
As someone who is a sucker for summer horror and vampires, Glenn Rolfe’s Until Summer Comes Around sank its fangs right into me and didn’t let go until the very end of the story. Rolfe has written a bunch of different genre books over the years (and has more coming later this year and beyond), so I thought it would be fun to chat with him about this most recent work of his, and we discussed everything from favorite vampire stories to our shared love of Van Halen’s 5150 and more.
If you want to learn more about Rolfe and his work, you can check out his site Here, and to grab a copy of Until Summer Comes Around for yourself, head over to Amazon Here.
What was the inspiration behind the story you created in Until Summer Comes Around?
Glenn Rolfe: I’m a huge fan of coming-of-age stories.
If you want to learn more about Rolfe and his work, you can check out his site Here, and to grab a copy of Until Summer Comes Around for yourself, head over to Amazon Here.
What was the inspiration behind the story you created in Until Summer Comes Around?
Glenn Rolfe: I’m a huge fan of coming-of-age stories.
- 4/28/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Similar to Richard Laymon's One Rainy Night, precipitation is perilous in Netflix's new Danish seres The Rain, and ahead of the show's May 4th premiere in the Us, a new trailer takes viewers into a post-apocalyptic Scandinavia where signs of life are scarce and dangers lurk within the clouds.
"The world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wiped out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilization gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through abandoned Scandinavia, searching for any sign of life.
Set free from their collective past and societal rules the group has the freedom to be who they want to be. In their struggle for survival, they discover that even in a...
"The world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wiped out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilization gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through abandoned Scandinavia, searching for any sign of life.
Set free from their collective past and societal rules the group has the freedom to be who they want to be. In their struggle for survival, they discover that even in a...
- 4/25/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
In a world where precipitation carries a deadly virus, an umbrella isn't just an item of luxury, it's a necessary tool for survival. Calling to mind post-apocalyptic films and Richard Laymon's One Rainy Night (one of my favorite infection novels of all time), the new teaser trailer for Netflix's series The Rain may have you digging out your yellow slicker (just don't walk by any sewer drains while wearing it).
You can watch the teaser trailer below and read on for additional details before The Rain arrives this spring:
"The world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wiped out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilisation gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through abandoned Scandinavia,...
You can watch the teaser trailer below and read on for additional details before The Rain arrives this spring:
"The world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wiped out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilisation gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through abandoned Scandinavia,...
- 1/29/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Writer/director Andrew Barker is a man with a mission. For his first feature film, the stunning and gut-wrenching A Reckoning (review here), his mission is to get the film out to the fans who so desperately want to see this movie and for good reason - it's excellent!
From the seeds of an encounter with an abandoned Raf base in Nottingham, England, Barker came up with the story of a lone man (Leslie Simpson) and the questions people will be discussing and debating long after the film is over: Is this a post-apocalyptic film? Has The Man removed himself from society and now prefers to live like a hermit? Or is The Man simply insane?
Dread Central recently interviewed this amazing director to try and get some more insight into his polarizing film which very few have seen…yet.
DC: Hello, Andrew, and thank you for taking time to...
From the seeds of an encounter with an abandoned Raf base in Nottingham, England, Barker came up with the story of a lone man (Leslie Simpson) and the questions people will be discussing and debating long after the film is over: Is this a post-apocalyptic film? Has The Man removed himself from society and now prefers to live like a hermit? Or is The Man simply insane?
Dread Central recently interviewed this amazing director to try and get some more insight into his polarizing film which very few have seen…yet.
DC: Hello, Andrew, and thank you for taking time to...
- 4/27/2011
- by thebellefromhell
- DreadCentral.com
There was a time when the name Leisure Books was synonymous with horror novels. When it came to mass market paperbacks, Leisure ruled the horror world. Authors like Ed Lee, Craig Spector, Brian Keene, Richard Laymon, Graham Masterton, Jack Ketchum, and even Stephen King have published with Leisure, which was owned by Dorchester Publishing.
Under other lines Dorchester publishes romance, thrillers, westerns - you name it. However, in 2009 things began to go sideways at Dorchester. Within months the company as it was known was gone: sales and editorial staff fired, reports of shipments to stores and authors delayed, creditors piling up along with unpaid royalties to authors.
In mid-2010 Brian Keene (pictured right; Ghoul, The Rising, Urban Gothic) forged a deal with the company for the return of all publishing rights to his work in return for the forgiveness of all money owed to him by Dorchester. This was the...
Under other lines Dorchester publishes romance, thrillers, westerns - you name it. However, in 2009 things began to go sideways at Dorchester. Within months the company as it was known was gone: sales and editorial staff fired, reports of shipments to stores and authors delayed, creditors piling up along with unpaid royalties to authors.
In mid-2010 Brian Keene (pictured right; Ghoul, The Rising, Urban Gothic) forged a deal with the company for the return of all publishing rights to his work in return for the forgiveness of all money owed to him by Dorchester. This was the...
- 3/31/2011
- by Mr. Dark
- DreadCentral.com
Finally, one of my favorite and one of the best horror editors is back in the game. Don D’Auria was the former executive editor for Dorchester Publishing’s Leisure Books imprint. When Dorchester decided to restructure Don was shown the door. He has now been hired by Samhain Publishing to launch a new line of horror fiction. Don has worked with some of the best authors in the business; Brian Keene, Richard Laymon, Ramsey Campbell, Bryan Smith, Mary SanGiovanni, Gord Rollo, John Everson, to name just a few. This is really exciting news for the horror genre. Don is very well liked and respected in the industry and should attract some big names to Samhain. Nothing but good things can come from this and I am very excited to get some great new horror fiction from Don and Samhain. Related Posts:Literary Mayhem Original Horror FictionBook Review: Castaways – Author Brian...
- 1/21/2011
- by Peter Schwotzer
- Horror News
Finally, one of my favorite and one of the best horror editors is back in the game. Don D’Auria was the former executive editor for Dorchester Publishing’s Leisure Books imprint. When Dorchester decided to restructure Don was shown the door.
He has now been hired by Samhain Publishing to launch a new line of horror fiction.
Don has worked with some of the best authors in the business; Brian Keene, Richard Laymon, Ramsey Campbell, Bryan Smith, Mary SanGiovanni, Gord Rollo, John Everson, to name just a few.
This is really exciting news for the horror genre. Don is very well liked and respected in the industry and should attract some big names to Samhain.
Nothing but good things can come from this and I am very excited to get some great new horror fiction from Don and Samhain.
He has now been hired by Samhain Publishing to launch a new line of horror fiction.
Don has worked with some of the best authors in the business; Brian Keene, Richard Laymon, Ramsey Campbell, Bryan Smith, Mary SanGiovanni, Gord Rollo, John Everson, to name just a few.
This is really exciting news for the horror genre. Don is very well liked and respected in the industry and should attract some big names to Samhain.
Nothing but good things can come from this and I am very excited to get some great new horror fiction from Don and Samhain.
- 1/20/2011
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Back in the mid-80s, horror fiction had become more than a little complacent. In most people’s minds, what passed for cutting edge genre fiction was the work of word generators such as Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or Anne Rice. It was all spooky kids, rabid pets, daddy issues, and whiny, homo-erotic vampires.
By and large that was fine, but it is important to remember that the punk music scene had landed with both feet on the next of the public zeitgeist and stories of such archetypical monsters and mayhem didn't resonate with readers like they once did. The public had a new attitude and wanted a new breed of monsters to go with it...ones that better fit in line with their new nihilistic outlook.
Then, seemingly out of nowhere and to everybody’s surprise, came a group of young iconoclasts like Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, Jack Ketchum,...
By and large that was fine, but it is important to remember that the punk music scene had landed with both feet on the next of the public zeitgeist and stories of such archetypical monsters and mayhem didn't resonate with readers like they once did. The public had a new attitude and wanted a new breed of monsters to go with it...ones that better fit in line with their new nihilistic outlook.
Then, seemingly out of nowhere and to everybody’s surprise, came a group of young iconoclasts like Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, Jack Ketchum,...
- 11/17/2010
- by Carnell
- DreadCentral.com
Each month, Shock Till You Drop and Dark Delicacies - Burbank, California's premiere horror shop - offers you a look at the bestselling books in fiction and nonfiction. All titles below can be ordered up at DarkDel.com. There you'll also find details on upcoming signings and other events. Hardback Fiction (1) The Woods are Dark - Richard Laymon -- Cemetery Dance (2) The Devil Chair - Victor Rousseau -- Spectre Library (3) Hell is Murky - John Alfred Taylor -- Ash Tree (4) The Face that Would not Die - Ramsey Campbell -- Millipede (5) Dimiter - William Peter Blatty -- Forge (6) The Unseen - Alexandra Sokoloff -- St. Martins (7) The Death Dealer - Heather Graham -- Mira Hardback Nonfiction (1) Hollywood Monster - Robert Englund -- Pocket Books (2) Arbatel -...
- 5/9/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
This past weekend at World Horror Con in Brighton, UK, the Horror Writers Association revealed the winners of the 2009 Stoker Awards. The recipients list, for superior achievement in all aspects of horror writing, reads like a who's who, or at least a list of names you should know and will be seeing again.
Also presented was the Lifetime Achievement Award to Brian Lumley and William F. Nolan. The Specialty Press Award went to Ray Russel and Rosalie Parker of Tartarus Press. In addition, the Silver Hammer Award, for outstanding service to the organization, was presented to Kathryn Ptacek while the President's Richard Laymon Service Award went to Vince A. Liaguno.
The awards, named for Dracula scribe Bram Stoker, were special this year in that it was the first time they've been presented outside the North American continent, showing that the Hwa truly strives to be a worldwide entity for horror.
Also presented was the Lifetime Achievement Award to Brian Lumley and William F. Nolan. The Specialty Press Award went to Ray Russel and Rosalie Parker of Tartarus Press. In addition, the Silver Hammer Award, for outstanding service to the organization, was presented to Kathryn Ptacek while the President's Richard Laymon Service Award went to Vince A. Liaguno.
The awards, named for Dracula scribe Bram Stoker, were special this year in that it was the first time they've been presented outside the North American continent, showing that the Hwa truly strives to be a worldwide entity for horror.
- 3/29/2010
- by Sifu Scott
- DreadCentral.com
Top-notch horror rock trio Calabrese are ringing in the impending arrival of their new album Calabrese III – They Call Us Death. In the next few months, the band will unleash this hotly awaited follow-up to their critically acclaimed CD The Traveling Vampire Show (an excellent album which shares its title with the classic novel by the late, great Richard Laymon). They're taking preorders now... and you'll be signing in blood when you see the cool promotional stuff they're offering up with it. Get a bloody good taste below the fold! Not only is the band offering the creeptastic first single Violet Hellfire on their official MySpace, but they're also throwing in a series of postcard-sized prints called...
- 11/13/2009
- FEARnet
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