In this episode of Deadly Doses, international bestselling author, paranormal researcher and chair of The Horror Writers Association Irish Chapter Chris Rush, joins Doc Horror for a Carpenter themed discussion of the author’s favourite horror.
Exploring Rush’s extremely visceral style of writing, his views on the paranormal and his love of John Carpenter.
To conclude our show this week- Chris treats us to a snippet of his latest forthcoming book – “Folklore- Second Tale”
For more information on Chris Rush and his writing –
Website - https://www.chrisrushauthor.com/
Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chris-Rush/e/B077Q2JZZX?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1592828613&sr=1-2

Special Thanks
Special thanks to Sprinter for gifting us with our new theme music.
For more on his nostalgic synth beats check out his work on Soundcloud- https://soundcloud.com/sprinter_music
Films discussed include
•“Halloween” (1979) dir. John Carpenter
•“The Thing” (1982) dir. John Carpenter
Further information
•For more on The Horror Writer’s Association – www.horror.org
•For more on The Paranormal Researchers of Ireland - https://www.facebook.com/pararesearchersireland/
•Horror Café (1990) hosted by Clive Barker and staring John Carpenter, Roger Corman, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle and Pete Atkins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TosdCShzD4g

Further Reading
•“John Carpenter” (2011) by Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc.
•“The Films of John Carpenter” (2015) by John Kenneth Muir
•“Halloween” (2014) by Murray Leeder
•“Anatomy of the Slasher Film: A Theoretical Analysis” (2019) by Sotiris Petridis
•“Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986” (2002) by Adam Rockoff
•“Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film” (1992) by Carol J. Clover
•“Final Girls, Feminism and Popular Culture” (2020) by Katarzyna Paszkiewicz
•“Horror Films of the 1980s” (2010) by John Kenneth Muir