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Scream and Scream Again… with HookJaw!

It’s a funny thing being dyslexic. Especially undiagnosed GenX dyslexic. Turns out that paradoxically, many writers are also dyslexic. And it’s kind of a super power now. However, in the 80’s, loving horror and wantin…

Chris Jones·24 September 2024·2 min

My first horror movie, ‘Necronomicon, book of the dead’

One of the reasons I LOVE Twisted soo much is that horror was, and still is, my first love… And it goes all the way back! So there I was in a geology class, when it hit me… I want to be a filmmaker. Now this is back i…

Chris Jones · 19 July 2024 · 5 min

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Writing Murmation and facing my own demons by Les Grice

From where I sat he looked seven foot tall and with his barrel-chest, his slicked-back black- greying hair and moustache, his heavy-framed glasses, ruddy complexion, crisp shirt and grey suit, he looked every inch lik…

Les Grice · 15 October 2018 · 5 min