Horror

The Fall by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

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The novel “The Fall” by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan was published for the first time in 2010. It’s the second novel in the Strain trilogy and is the sequel to “The Strain”.

The heterogeneous group formed by professor Abraham Setrakian, epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather, his colleague Nora Martinez and exterminator Vasiliy Fet is trying to organize a resistance against the lethal virus that is causing an epidemic definitely out of the ordinary in New York. The infected are turned into vampires, part of the plan of an old master who wants to impose his power.

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

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The novel “The Strain” by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan was published for the first time in 2009. It’s the first novel of the Strain trilogy.

A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK Airport in New York but soon after landing communications are interrupted and no sign of life comes by passengers or crew. Dr. Ephraim “Eph” Goodweather, head of a team that deals with possible biological threats, is called to check whether it’s a case of bioterrorism and when he enters the aircraft its crew and passengers are almost all dead for no apparent reason.

The Fire Worm by Ian Watson

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The novel “The Fire Worm” by Ian Watson was published for the first time in 1988.

John Cunningham is a psychiatrist who has a kind of double life in which his alter-ego Jack Cannon is a horror writer. To maintain his medical reputation, he reveals no information about his true identity, not even to his publisher. However, his second identity is to him like a second personality.

The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman at Comic Con 2013

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The television channel AMC, which broadcasts the TV show “The Walking Dead”, has announced the start of the production of a spinoff titled “Spread the Dead”. Robert Kirkman (photo ©Gage Skidmore), the creator of the comic book “The Walking Dead” from which the TV show was adapted, will be the executive producer of the spinoff together with Gale Anne Hurd and Dave Alpert.

The DVD box set of The X-Files season 1

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On September 10, 1993 the TV show “The X-Files” made its debut in the USA. A celebration of the 20th anniversary already happened at the Comic-Con in San Diego with the show’s protagonists but surely today many fans will celebrate with meetings, parties and rewatching the pilot episode and possibly other ones.