Filmmaker and Fear Zone friend Larry Fessenden (watch our video interview with him), the creator of the films NO TELLING, HABIT, WENDIGO and THE LAST WINTER, is directing an episode of the upcoming NBC horror anthology series FEAR ITSELF, which is a continuation of sorts of Mick Garris's Showtime series MASTERS OF HORROR.

Fessenden's segment is called "Skin and Bones." Watch the series trailer, and here's a list of the episodes scheduled so far, which begin airing on on Thursday, June 5th:

"Eater" - Stuart Gordon

"Spooked" - Brad Anderson

"Community" - Mary Haron

"The Sacrifice" - Breck Eisner

"In Sickness and in Health" - John Landis

"Family Man" - Ronny Yu

"Something With Bite" - Ernest ... (more…)

Murdered by Human Wolves, nominally the beginning of Steven Wedel's Werewolf Saga, is once again available, sporting this gorgeous cover.

Who is Steve Wedel?

Watch him here.

Read about him here.

Listen to him here.

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My favorite thing about Nick Yak's THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW was its reverence for the xerox-and-staples sleaziness of the fanzines of yore. For a measly two bucks, it was possible to relive the 80s stink days of THE GORE GAZETTE, SLEAZOID EXPRESS, and Yak's own STINK. Of course, Nick covered horror fiction more than movies, but his efforts to keep his mind in the gutter were definitely appreciated.

Sadly, HFR has closed up (print) shop. Faced with the realities of small press mimeographing, Nick has moved HFR into cyberspace. I hate to see the switch, just as I hated to see the Horror Writers Association newsletter go this route, but this is the 21st century and we can't allow a ... (more…)

Nothing else needs to be said--

except that Richard Kelly, the writer-director-creator of the ultra cool original DONNIE DARKO is not involved.

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Jonathan Maberry, whose novel Bad Moon Rising is now in bookstores, sent along word that his next book, ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead, "will be released by Citadel Press (a division of Kensington Publishing) in August. I interviewed a total of 250 experts in forensics, law enforcement, medicine, science, the military, the legal profession, journalism, and pop culture for the book. It's a hell of a lot of fun."

Pictured is the bloody good cover and below is the skinny:

When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth....

And law enforcement is ready to take them down!

What if zombies were real? What would happen if, tomorrow, corpses across the nation began ... (more…)

Is it possible for you to think of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein without picturing Boris Karloff as the monster? Even with one hundred million dollars at his disposal, was Stephen Sommers able to make Arnold Vasloo as memorable as Karloff's Mummy? Does Lon Chaney, Jr.s "enhanced" visage come to mind when you hear "Wolf Man"? While many actors, writers and directors contributed to the classic films that have come to be known as the Universal Monsters, one man contributed to nearly all of them.

After Lon Chaney, Sr., "The Man of 1,000 Faces," Jack Pierce (1889 - 1968) is probably more responsible for creating classic cinema creature designs than any other man in history. A sampling of Pierce'... (more…)

Fear Zone wishes contributor Norman Rubenstein a speedy recovery following a pair of emergency surgeries he underwent in the last week. Norman has been one of our most prolific reviewers, and now has his own FZ column, Macabre Musings, which recently helped him qualify for membership in the Horror Writers Association.

Okay, in case you haven't figured it out, that's not's not a photo of Norman Rubenstein; it's a photo of Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in PSYCHO II. But we don't have any photos of Norman Rubenstein, and I'm sure the thought of being coddled by Meg Tilly will cheer our Norman up.

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The Horror Writers Association recently honored Robert Weinberg (interviewed by Fear Zone here) with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his lifelong contributions as an author, historian and bookseller. Unfortunately, Bob was unable to attend the award ceremony, which was held in conjunction with World Horror Con in Salt Lake City. Proving once again that some of the classiest people work in the horror field, Twilight Tales will host a celebration for Bob's award and achievements in his native Chicago on Monday, May 12th. The award will be presented by fellow icon Mort Castle (whom we also interviewed).

Bob told Fear Zone, "Twilight Tales is a Chicago literary institution and I'm proud ... (more…)

Finalists for the Shirley Jackson Awards, established this year to honour 'outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic', have been announced. The Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 20th, 2008, at the Readercon Conference on Imaginative Literature in Burlington, Massachusetts. Here's the full list of nominees; more information can be found at the Shirley Jackson Awards website.

2007 Shirley Jackson Awards Finalists
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* Baltimore, Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden (Bantam Spectra)
* Generation Loss, Elizabeth Hand (Small Beer Press)
* Sharp Teeth, Toby Barlow (William Heinemann Ltd)
* The Terror, Dan Simmons (... (more…)

Courtesy of MySpace, we now have a poster image for HATCHET JACK. (more…)