horror cinema

  • Natural Thorn Killers on the Horror Fam Roundup!

    It’s always exciting to meet another horror-loving Lauren, and Lauren Spear, who runs the Horror Fam is a serious horror fan, and a huge supporter of indie horror.  So we were thrilled to see that Natural Thorn Killers made it into this month’s horror roundup, right at the top of the “Indie Horror Books” list. If…

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  • Working with Hammer Films!

    I have been keeping this under my hat for a while, but I am delighted I can now say that a dream beyond my wildest has come true: I got to work with Hammer Films.  Yes, I was interviewed for the Blu-ray extras for the upcoming collector’s edition release of X-The Unknown! Of course, I…

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  • One Week until “Darner” is at Horror On Sea

    Next week our unsettling short film “Darner” will be showing at the Horror-On-Sea Takeover day of the South-End Film Festival! The Director, James Edward Newton, will be there along with Tony and I. We will introduce the film at 11:00am and then screen it before the noon feature. Afterwards we will have a table in…

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  • Book Party for Natural Thorn Killers

    Over the weekend, we had the book party for Natural Thorn Killers: A Creeping Guide to Plant Horror.  It was an absolute smash!  The Cooper’s Arms was filled to the rafters (thankfully wiht air conditioning!)  and the lovely Janina Faye of Day of the Triffids fame was there to help us kick it off. We mingled…

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  • “Darner” Interview in Blazing Minds

    Our creepy, bizarre horror short “Darner” is heading to the South End on Sea Festival in June!  Ahead of the screening, the director, James Newton, and I did an interview with Blazing Minds to talk all about the film. From its very personal origins, through meetings with Adrienne King, and then actually being made and…

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Lauren Jane Barnett