by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

This was the dullest episode of V I have watched yet. The best part of it was hearing Tyler say, “Faith is for nuns and amateurs” and the very last two minutes of it.

Diana’s got a new scheme cooking. She’s lifting a forcefield around Los Angeles. She needs Nathan’s help in installing a computer relay centre in the city so the forcefield can go up. Nathan agrees to help her because she will grant him a four-letter personal access code that will allow him…

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The new version of The Crazies is out, so I was thinking of doing a list on zombie movies. Problem is, The Crazies is not a zombie movie per se, even if it has many of the zombie tropes. So, I decided to expand my focus to encompass epidemic horror. You’ll find some zombie flicks here because most movies tend to present zombies as a source of infection as opposed to the traditional image of drugged slaves. But you’ll also see other flicks which do…

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Rumours are mushrooming that Heir of Dracula is getting a second season, and Frankenstein is joining the cast.

Portions of Heir of Dracula are shot in Innsmouth, which stands in for Whitby as the quaint fishing town menaced by evil. Innsmouth Central Cemetery has been featured prominently as the location of Lucy’s crypt. Actors Sebastian Predeaux and Kristy Ryder have also shot scenes at the Innsmouth Library and The Pledge.

Details about the second season are vague, but rumours are that a new character – in the…

By Carla Lee

It was difficult picking something to review this week, in part because some of the things which most piqued my interest are difficult to get in time to review them, but also because I wasn’t sure which actor’s oeuvre to pull from next. Choosing a Nina Dobrev movie to start my hiatus reviews was easy, because Elena is by far my favourite character. (At least, who hasn’t been killed off.) In the end, I’ve just followed IMDB’s cast list order, even though I…

by Marta Acosta

Today, we have a guest blogger visiting us: Marta Acosta author of the Casa Dracula series, which adds a Latin America flavour to ye olde vampire myth. Her next book, Haunted Honeymoon at Casa Dracula, will be released in October. Marta is here to defend the honour of the vampire, and set the record straight about the undead:

I just received a press release that claims, “Angels are the new vampires.” Last year, it was zombies and the year before, it was werewolves. People are always…

Orrin Grey’s story “Nature vs Nurture” can be found in the February 2010 fiction issue of Innsmouth Free Press.

Orrin Grey was born on the night before Halloween, and he’s been in love with monsters and marvels ever since. He has a BA in English and Philosophy from Baker University, and now he writes weird stories featuring mad monks, ape fiends and cursed books, among other things. His first chapbook novella, The Mysterious Flame, was recently released by Dead Letter Press. You can learn more at www.orringrey.com.

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