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SALEM RECOMMENDS: SPIDER-MAN (1977)
Before there was any such thing as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or CGI, or Tobey Maguire, there was the Spider-Man live action TV series which ran from 1977 to 1979. The pilot episode was released theatrically in Europe so I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen at the formative age of…
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SALEM RECOMMENDS – TRICK OR TREAT
Trick or Treat, released in 1986, is billed as a horror movie but it isn’t really. It didn’t horrify me anyway, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t devilishly entertaining. Eddie is a high school loner, picked on by the jocks for being a metalhead, laughed at by the girls. One fateful day, he sees on…
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DEMON POSSESSED BY SPIRIT OF TEENAGE GIRL
Orobas, a powerful demon estimated to be tens of thousands of years old, has been possessed by the spirit of a teenage girl, according to doctors. The demon, who has the head of a horse and is also known as the Great Prince of Hell, now believes himself to be a fifteen year old girl…
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IS THIS THE REAL LIFE DEEP LEVEL?
In my debut horror novel DEEP LEVEL published by darkstroke books, four friends set out to explore a network of forgotten train tunnels beneath the streets of London. The network in my story was built in secret to serve the superrich of Victorian society, but the Low Level Station in Glasgow was no secret and…
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SALEM RECOMMENDS – FALLOUT by KARLA FORBES
If you like your thrillers brutal and uncompromising as well as tense and exciting, welcome to the world of Nick Sullivan. Nick is a high-flying banker with a beautiful wife, big house, nice car and a boat. Yes, he has it all, until he and his best friend stumble into the path of three psychos…
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SALEM RECOMMENDS – UTGARD BY ENSLAVED
People often ask what attracts me to the extreme metal scene. Quite simply, it’s because that’s where all the innovation is, and a fine case in point would be Enslaved. Enslaved’s entire career in music has been a journey, beginning in the frosty, twilit Norwegian Black Metal scene of the early 90s and culminating here…
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GOING DOWN – HOW DEEP LEVEL CAME TO BE
It all started with a nightmare. It was still there, raw and vivid, when I opened my eyes in the morning, and I knew it was too good to let fade. I knew that there was a story in it. And so I dragged my weary frame out of bed, staggered into the spare room…
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SALEM RECOMMENDS…VEROTIKA
I couldn’t help noticing that horror streaming service Shudder has been shouting about the fact they now have VEROTIKA available, so I thought now might be a good time to take another look at it. In case you are unaware, VEROTIKA is a horror anthology movie directed by Glenn Danzig, vocalist of the hugely influential…
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THE CHAMBER OF ART AND WONDERS
The sound of sirens filled the valley and, high in the overlooking hills, the idyllic peace was shattered. My first thought was that it was an air-raid warning. Then I realised that I was thinking as a Brit, and I wasn’t in Britain now. No, that piercing wail had nothing to do with air raids,…
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SALEM RECOMMENDS: IF IT BLEEDS by STEPHEN KING
In writing, you will often hear talk of “The Voice”. For the uninitiated, The Voice basically means the tone or style of the narration. Is it formal? Is it short and snappy? Is it ponderous? Does it engage you? Does it leave you cold? You get the idea. However, whenever I consider Stephen King, I…
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