Zombie fan lobbies for undead

Zombie advocate Xavier Ricebury is aiming to mobilise the undead vote during the upcoming Australian election with with ZOMBIE07 campaign.

Dark fortunes for Australian horror

There are signs in the US and the UK that horror fiction is in the throes of a comeback but Australia is yet to follow suit.

Zombie Nutritionist Recommends All-Brain Diet

An Onion article from 2002 reports: In a dramatic reversal of decades-old medical wisdom, the late Dr. Albert Rossum, director of the O'Bannon Institute For Postmortem Nutritional Studies, recommended an all-brain diet for zombies Tuesday.

Endnotes: Lunar Park (2005)

Following the Million Little Pieces and Forbidden Love furores yet preceding the If I Did It hoo-haa, Lunar Park is Bret Easton Ellis's bizarre take on memoir.

Movie Minutiae: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

There's a close correlation between humour and horror - although the gags in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 may be lost on those with weak stomachs.

Taking a fresh look at horror

Tasmanian independent publisher Tasmaniac Publications is asking readers to set aside their preconceptions and take a fresh look at horror.

Endnotes: Rage (1977)

A look back at Richard Bachman's 1977 novel Rage.

Stephen King mistaken for vandal in Alice

One of the world's most famous authors, Stephen King, was mistaken for a vandal in an Alice Springs bookstore on Tuesday. Dymocks store manager Bev Ellis says a customer saw the horror novelist walk into the store.

Aust sf fan discovers 'new planet'

Australian speculative fiction writer and editor Alisa Krasnostein is inviting space pioneers to help populate the far-off world of New Ceres.

Articulate: Movie Minutiae: Alien (1979)

I can't believe Alien was once destined to be named Star Beast, starring Tom Skerritt! Read on for more Movie Minutiae madness.