Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado:
- The Horror Tree analyse what makes horror video games scary and discusses how writers can transplant this into their stories
- Night Tide Magazine discuss how Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu eschews the romance of some other vampire films
- Nightmare Magazine’s The H Word reflects on the dead phenomenon of burying people alive
- Dread Central confront the unseen labour of black women as seen in horror’s saviour trope
- Crime Reads delve into the use of humour in the fear genres
The Horror Tree analyse what makes horror video games scary and discusses how writers can transplant this into their stories
The Horror Tree’s Stuart Conover starts with recent horror game Until Dawn before analysing a whole raft of horror video games for what makes them effective and explains how writers can transplant this into stories.
Night Tide Magazine discuss how Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu eschews the romance of some other vampire films
Nathaniel Muir, in this Sinister Screen article for Night Tide Magazine, discusses how in Robert Eggers’ new adaptation of Nosferatu, the director homes in on the monster and eschews the romance of other vampire films.
Nightmare Magazine’s The H Word reflects on the dead phenomenon of burying people alive
In the most recent iteration of Nightmare Magazine’s The H Word, writer and editor Priya Chand looks back at the phenomenon of burying people alive and wonders about the place between life and death in speculative fiction.
Dread Central confront the unseen labour of black women as seen in horror’s saviour trope
Writer and editor Mo Moshaty writes this insightful article for Dread Central’s Black History Month coverage on the unseen and unpaid labour of black women as seen in horror’s saviour trope.
Crime Reads delve into the use of humour in the fear genres
Author Ande Pliego, whose debut novel You Are Fatally Invited combines genres, discusses the use of comedy in fear genres like horror and thrillers, in this writing craft article for Crime Reads.
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KEV HARRISON
