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The Simpsons to parody Japanese anime Death Note in new Halloween special

The latest Treehouse of Horror episode airs this Sunday

Manchester Evening News · Oct 27, 2022

How Charles Cullen killed 29 patients in 16 years: The true story behind Netflix’s The Good Nurse

Eddie Redmayne portrays the serial killer nurse in Netflix’s dramatisation of the case, while Jessica Chastain plays the coworker who helped stop him. Clémence Michallon reports on the case that rocked New Jersey

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Top 10 horror short stories

With Halloween looming, these tales by authors from Shirley Jackson to Stephen King are guaranteed to keep you awake as the nights close in

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022

Chapelwaite review – a wife blasting off her husband’s head is the only thrill in this Stephen King bore

Adrien Brody is fine as a widower who inherits a creaky old mansion in this short story adaptation. But no amount of worms or shackled bathtubs can turn this into great horror

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022

‘Uncompromising’ Indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby dies at 46

Writer-director Jeff Barnaby, who established himself as one of the leading lights of modern Indigenous cinema with the films “Rhymes for Young Ghouls” and “Blood Quantum,” has died at age 46.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 13, 2022

Top Halloween films to watch on Amazon Prime Video for every type of horror fan

It's the season for all things spooky and we have just the films for you

Manchester Evening News · Oct 13, 2022

The 5,000-year history of writer's block

Ann Patchett, who has written eight novels and five books of nonfiction, says that when faced with writer’s block, sometimes it seems that the muse has “gone out back for a smoke.”

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2022

From Elizabeth Strout to Stephen King, how Maine took over the literary map

Maine is the most isolated state in the continental US. Here, Amanda Whiting writes about how a place so small came to cast such an imposing shadow over American fiction

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022

‘It felt like the buildings were going to eat me’: The famous and their phobias

Whether it’s bugs, clowns, or even beards, there are a multitude of different fears out there – and no one is immune. Louis Chilton looks at some of the famous faces to have been gripped by irrational phobias, from Margaret Thatcher to Niall Horan

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Mr Harrigan’s Phone review – minor Stephen King gets minor Netflix treatment

Jaeden Martell stars as a teen who might be texting with a ghost in a languid tale that recycles familiar King tropes without adding anything new

The Guardian - US · Oct 5, 2022