https://www.signalhorizon.com/single-...Click here to read my full review at Signal Horizon Easily one of the strongest horror anthologies of the year, Lost Films benefits from an excellent theme of technological horror and powerful storytelling from some of the best up and coming horror authors. A must read for fans of short horror and a great introduction for horror cinema fans who aren't yet familiar with the wonders of the short horror format.

A great anthology about haunted media. The stories compliment each other nicely, and there is a wide range of tone and style and what constitutes "lost film" -- if you like creepy and haunted films, videos, VHS tapes, streaming and more, you will probably enjoy a bunch of the stories in here.(I posted some thoughts on individual stories in a twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Merc_Wolfmoor/sta... )

Anthologies. Am I right?Like all anthologies there are good and bad stories. Dips and twists and ups and downs. Most of the stories confined within these pages will at least give you pause (pun intended), while others will leave you wondering how they ever escaped the early draft stage in a 14 year old's notebook. Overall a great time with a few curation missteps.

Can I resist an anthology that starts with a new Brian Evenson story? No.The humorous title ("Lather of Flies", haha) hints that this might be a light-hearted affair. The familiar "looking for a lost film" frame (John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns, anyone?) is mostly an excuse for sly Evenson-ian scenes of social discomfort degenerating into dire outcomes. Highly entertaining.Update: I can't recommend any of the other stories.

This book took me a little longer to read than other anthologies. The first two stories didn't draw me in well. Because I very much liked only about half of the stories presented, I am unable to give it higher than a 3/5. However, the ones I liked, I really liked. The ones I liked:"This Cosmic Atrocity" by Andrew Novak"Elephants That Aren't" by Betty Rocksteady"Archibald Leech, the Many-Storied Man" by John C. Foster"The Fabulous and Tormented Life of a Serial Extra" by Chad StroupThe ones I rea...

This is a solid horror anthology. Each story deals with the film theme of the collection in its own original way. There isn't a bad story in the bunch.Highlights for me were:* In-a-godda-da-vida On 8Track - by Bob Pastorella* A Festival of Fiends - by Brian Asman* This Cosmic Atrocity - by Andrew Novak* Teeth and Teeth and Teeth - by Ashlee Scheuerman* The Fourth Wall - by Kev Harrison* Things She Left in the Woods - by Jessica McHugh* Stag - by Kristi DeMeester* The Fantastic Flying Eraser Head...

One of my favourite tropes in the Horror genre is the notion of the ‘haunted film’ or ‘possessed television episode or special’, some kind of cinematic or televisual content that, if viewed, will inevitably lead the unfortunate soul who watched it into some kind of mortal peril, usually resulting in the death of themselves and their loved ones. It’s been done in a number of films, perhaps most famously Ringu and the American adaption, The Ring, and it’s also quite prevalent in web-fiction, parti...

A collection of horror stories based on VHS tapes and films. Most of the stories were pretty good. I recognized the majority of the writers and found a few new ones to follow. Overall, a good read.🐱🐱🐱

A very solid anthology hosting a lot of talented writers. My favorites included The Church in the Mountains, A Festival of Fiends, Elephants that Aren't, The Thing in the Side Room, Archibald Leech, the Many-Storied Man, Stag, and The Fabulous Life of a Serial Extra. Good stuff in here!

Outstanding collection with some truly scary stories.

Fantastic anthologyMan, this book is awesome. So many creative riffs on the theme that a lower review just doesn't do it justice. It's a real page-turner. There's a bunch of top authors in here and the stories are gripping as hell. Great stuff.

I wanted to like it, I really did. I loved the concept and a couple of the stories were really good but overall it's kinda the embodiment of a shrug.

I loved this collection! Great idea and all the stories are different enough to keep it interesting. All the stories are strong but here is a list of my favorites:“Daddy’s in a Snuff Film” by Kelby Losack“A Festival of Fiends” by Brian Asman“I Hate All That Is Mine” by Leigh Harlen“The Thing in the Side Room” by Dustin Katz“The Cosmic Atrocity” by Andrew Novak“Elephants that Aren’t” by Betty Rocksteady“Teeth and Teeth and Teeth” by Ashlee Scheuerman“The Fourth Wall” by Kev Harrison“Things She Le...

I loved this anthology! This is a perfect example of the great work coming out from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing. Stellar fiction, all the time!I’ve selected the ones that I liked the most:LATHER OF FLIES by Brian Evenson. A great story to kick off this anthology. It really establishes the setting. With my appetite whetted, I'm ready to sink my teeth into this book.THE CHURCH IN THE MOUNTAINS by Gemma Files. This was a rather long story but so worth it. I love Gemma's work. I want to see

I liked some stories a lot, some stories a bit, and some stories not at all. I was very into the concept regardless, though.

Lather of Flies by Brian Evenson - 5/5A film student becomes obsessed with tracking down an obscure film. Evenson’s story maintains a creepy mood throughout. The story has that whole nightmare logic feel to it, where events happen in sequence but somehow things just don’t make one hundred percent sense. The ending is great.The Church In The Mountains by Gemma Files - 5/5A young woman with strange memories tries to write them down. She’s not sure if it’s a memory something she saw on tv a long ti...

4 stars--I really liked it. I love lost media in horror, so this story collection was right up my alley. I especially enjoyed the stories by Gemma Files (the queen of lost media horror), Leigh Harlen, Kev Harrison, and Kristi DeMeester.Lather of Flies: Brian Evenson. Love this title. 3 stars.The Church in the Mountains: Gemma Files. Gemma is so good at lost media fiction--one of my favorites. 4 stars.Daddy's in a Snuff Film: Kelby Losack. I liked the backwards storytelling, but the "film" part s...

Some very good stories in the first half but goes downhill rather sharply in the second with some exceptions. Worth it for the few that really work though.

Really great selection of stories! I enjoyed them all.

3.5 Overall, this is a pretty damned decent collection of short stories. I’m pleased I stumbled across it. I loved the theme of lost films—it’s got so much potential and so many different directions to go in. I gotta give credit to a collection that brings inspiration along with it. The stories vary enough in levels of horror and weird that the balance is quite satisfying. As with most collections, there are hits and misses—and those are going to vary from reader to reader. There were one or two...