Title Fright: Deadgirl vs The Corpse of Anna Fritz!
Why pit Deadgirl (2008) against The Corpse of Anna Fritz (2015)? Well, they are both about young men who have sex with dead women…
Read MoreOriginal 1990s Splits leaflet
In the 1990s there was a major public health campaign about Scott-Lapidot Disease - AKA 'the Splits' - which aimed to clear up a number of persistent myths about the illness. I found an original leaflet from that campaign tucked down the back of my aunt's sofa. I've scanned it so I can post it up for anyone who's interested. Well worth a look, I think. It's pretty accurate about the symptoms even if it's got the root causes of Scott-Lapidot Disease (SLD) totally wrong.
Front of leaflet
Back of leaflet
How New York does Spooky
Yes, yes, yes, I know, Halloween is over. I've told my husband, who took these photos, all about news values but he says I'm just 'old media'. He is insisting I do this post so here goes.
Read MoreRewatching The Babadook
Rewatching The Babadook, it feels viscerally real, as if I've lived it.
Read MoreAnother Kuso Blog
My husband was shocked that I posted the trailer for Kuso in the blog post below because of the beaver shot on the freeze frame.
Read MoreScary mountains - Thin Air by Michelle Paver
I am a BIG fan of Dark Matter by Michelle Paver. Not much frightens me but even years after reading it, the central image still gets me in the viscera.
Read MorePaperback arrives
Just got the uncorrected paperback delivered.
Read MoreHorror writing - it lives!
I am MV Clark, and I'm about to join the maniacally rammed but seethingly alive world of horror writing with my novel The Splits. I hope there's room for one more.
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