The Horror BiWeekly Bulletin serves to give you the highlights on horror for the current and previous week. Notes about new releases in books, movies, and games when possible. We also have a fresh guest post prompt every week.
A Horror Funny
Horror Movies
Ma
A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn’t get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis
Horror Books
The Plague Stones by James Brogden
14, May – 2019
Fleeing from a traumatic break-in, Londoners Paul and Tricia Feenan sell up to escape to the isolated Holiwell village where Tricia has inherited a property. Scattered throughout the settlement are centuries-old stones used during the Great Plague as boundary markers. No plague-sufferer was permitted to pass them and enter the village. The plague diminished, and the village survived unscathed, but since then each year the village trustees have insisted on an ancient ceremony to renew the village boundaries, until a misguided act by the Feenans’ son then reminds the village that there is a reason traditions have been rigidly stuck to, and that all acts of betrayal, even those committed centuries ago, have consequences…
Goodreads Giveaways:
Spree and other Stories by Lucy Taylor
Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
Terminal by Michaelbrent Collings
Horror News on the Web
If you’re interested in the giveaway for Terminal (above) you can check out GracieKat’s review here.
An awesome article on Octavia Butler and ditching the ‘sassy black woman’ trope
The University of Pittsburgh to receive George Romero’s archives
The Film Rejects’ list of Baddest and Raddest horror movie moms. We also have to add that Toni Colette in The Sixth Sense was a pretty great mom, as well.
Unabashedly ageing heroines in film are becoming ever more present, which is awesome
Horror Guest Posts Call
Horror Reader/Watchers: What is your one “Nope” when it comes to topics that might end up in your horror? 500+ words on it!
Horror Movie of the Week
GracieKat was the first co-host of Sci-Fi & Scary, Lilyn’s partner-in-crime, and sub-head of the Kali Krew. She reviews horror books, movies, and games for the site. She also does a weekly Focus on the Frightful feature, and is the site list-maker. She is also in control of the Sci-Fi & Scary podcast which will relaunch soon.
I’ve missed so much on your blog the past couple of weeks. Internet was down twice. Looks like some good horror and I love the funny. Those three are classics and I love their movies. Still watch them when I can catch them. The old movies had so much eerie atmosphere.
Glad you’re back!