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Here at the Grimoire of Horror, we were excited to take a look at the second volume of Halloween Girl, entitled Dead Reckoning. You can see our thoughts on the first volume here to see if this graphic novel series is one that piques your interest during this spooky season. The story takes place ten

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Silent Hill is certainly one of the most beloved survival horror series to come out of Japan, with dedicated fans from all over the world falling in love with its oppressive atmosphere and palpable body horror. Although it has been a long time since fans have had a new game to the series, we decided

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As they get older, many people decide to cut parents and other relatives out of their lives. No matter how justified their decision, they will inevitably encounter those who cite the pervasive 19th-century adage “Blood is thicker than water.” While some mean well, others undeniably invoke it to guilt people into continued contact with abusive or

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“Halloween Girl, Book One: Promises to Keep” by Richard T. Wilson is released from Mad Shelley Comics and features art by Stephen Mullan, Pietro Vaughan, Wanderer Luna, Charaf Mezioud, and Eleonora Garofolo. Art is divvied up by chapter, each retaining its own unique feel to the characters at play. ‘Death is a lot of damned

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Brandon Lutz is a screenwriter at Rogue Raven and the comic for Ascension is only one part of a much wider plan. He has worked on his development of a new Intellectual Property for several years and aims to create a highly successful television series. Early in his career, Brandon studied game design at the

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Trigger warnings for virtually everything, from child ab*se to r*pe, torture, animal ab*se, mutilation, and repeated mentions of c*ck vore. Yes, c*ck vore. And probably whatever you’re thinking, that too. Reader beware. Vitiators is a psychedelic Gedankenexperiment that makes the reader complicit in the horrors within. An exploration of the perils of rabid fandom and

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im hanged review

Marco Testa’s I’m Hanged, is a dark and morbid journey into an artist’s mind as he seeks deeper meaning, only to be picked apart and told his work is non-sensical. Not so much breaking the fourth wall, the work instead takes the reader on a morbid, horrific, crass, and often humorous adventure drenched in the imagery

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Shock Suspenstories Comic Review

When I found the EC Archives Shock Suspenstories published by Dark Horse Books, I had the most vivid memory return to me in my local comic book shop. I was ten again! As a child, I searched in the stifling heat of my Tio’s dimly lit garage. The smell of old dust of years past

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The name of Howard Phillips Lovecraft invokes various emotions among people today; adoration, disgust, interest, offense, suspense, and horror, to name a few. In my opinion, any talented author should have their audience feel these emotions. It is how we gain experiences that we usually would not have in our day-to-day lives. H.P. Lovecraft is

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As comic fans know, Fantagraphics has always been the go-to for something delightfully different, and Poison Flowers and Pandemonium is no different. This behemoth of a comic tome, ringing in at over 300 pages, compiles four new stories ranging in style and subject matter by the late and great Richard Sala. However, all of four

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