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First Shock Festival Winner Announced!

The first winner of our exclusive Shock Festival contest has been picked, and his film has been immortalized by the most badass poster artist in the last ten years, Stephen Romano! Read more to see if your idea made the cut!

Romano Wants to Make Your Poster!

You’re familiar with the work of Stephen Romano by now, no? If you say “no”, it ain’t our fault because we’ve been giving this multi-talented artist more love in the last few months than most of our significant others got all year. For once, said love has paid off for both us and you, the reader. I shall explain...

Barker Talks Dread, New Comics

Phil and Sarah, the incredibly well versed and intelligent owners of the official Clive Barker site, recently sat down with the man himself for their 21st exclusive, extensive interview. If you’ve never read through one of these, I highly recommend it; you really get a feeling for just what a diverse artist Barker really is.

The Horrors of Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons really has done it all, save for directing to date, and now he’s got another chance to shine and show how cool he is: Gene Simmons’ House of Horrors, a new trade paperback coming our way from IDW Publishing.

Exclusive: HUGE Shock Festival News & Exclusive Posters!

Great news, gorehounds! Stephen Romano's latest work Shock Festival has just been officially picked up by IDW Publishing, and you can pre-order yourselves a copy right now!

30 Days Goes Beyond Barrow

"After years of attacks, and several without, the citizens of Barrow have become united against random attacks on their city by the undead. Unfortunately the same does not apply outside of Barrow or the rest of the mysterious Arctic Circle."

Exclusive: Shock Festival Posters!

We first told you about author, screenwriter, and artist Stephen Romano's latest project Shock Festival ( "Welcome to the Shock Festival!" - January 2008) just a few days ago, and now we have some exclusive posters to show you that you won't see anywhere else!

Welcome to the Shock Festival!

Author, screenwriter and artist Stephen Romano wants to take us on a trip behind-the-scenes of 101 of the sleaziest films you've never seen! Impossible? Why, no sir! Nothing like this is beyond reach thanks to his new book Shock Festival.