http://www.mathewfriley.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:30:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's something afoot this side of Christmas: dark skies over real-world book retailing, and a black vein of change for UK genre magazines. Maybe this change can be referred to as evolution, or as some might say, a devolution. But would anyone go so far as to think of the developing ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/11/challenging-times-for-uk-genre-magazines/ My day job is website design, build and strategy, although I'm not one of those talented designer/coder types - just responsible for the management and strategic approach of such projects. Happily I also get to work with several publishers. This week a few thoughts of mine are featured in The Bookseller, ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/11/viral-marketing-word-of-mouth/ You’ll no doubt have encountered the furore this movie has generated over the past few months and while I’m loath to add to the noise, I don’t think it’s possible to not have a debate over a film of this nature. Although divided into several chapters with titles including Grief, ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/11/film-review-antichrist/ A new independent British zombie film following in the footsteps of the adequate The Zombie Diaries, and the more polished, if unseen to date, The Dead Outside (will someone please give these guys a DVD deal? In fact, put all three movies into a cool little box-set please), Colin has ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/10/film-review-colin/ Another twist on the zombie genre - a neurological pandemic has swept the United Kingdom, but those with the infection don't die immediately, becoming increasingly incoherent, unstable and violent. The infection mutated, went airborne and the government's so-called vaccine only slowed down the symptoms. The result: the infectious period was extended ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/09/film-review-the-dead-outside/ As the post says, if you go to Horror Reanimated, the blog I run with Joseph D'Lacey and Bill Hussey, you can download a PDF version of the limited edition chapbook we gave away at our readings earlier in the year. Speculative Fiction Junkie has written a little piece and seems ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/08/download-horror-reanimated-1echoes/ Seeing this on the shelves was a joy to behold, not only because it's the latest in Abaddon's Tomes of the Dead imprint, (the previous tome I read, Al Ewing's I, Zombie was a successful if somewhat quirky amalgam of sf (alien invasion), noir crime (private investigator), horror (bucket loads ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/08/book-review-tide-of-souls-by-simon-bestwick/ The Gardener was published in the first issue of Necrography a couple of months back. I've just realised I haven't written anything about it on The Great White Space so here goes. The eerie illustration is by my friend and conspirator Owen Priestley. This is the colour version of the accompanying ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/08/the-gardener/ Red Sands is Alex Turner’s follow-up to the undeniably eerie Dead Birds, an American civil war period piece, involving a squad of soldiers coming across a terrifying house situated in a field of corn, haunted by vaguely Lovecraftian horrors. In Red Sands Turner takes the same set-up and updates it ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/07/film-review-red-sands/ A small budget movie with relatively big aspirations, Dead Wood was given a highly-rated review in DVD World recently - the same magazine that recommended Dead Birds a couple of years ago. I picked up Dead Wood hoping to repeat the satisfying experience of discovering a little known horror gem. ... http://www.mathewfriley.com/2009/07/film-review-dead-wood/