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- The Lineup dig into the story behind True Haunting and revisit the world’s first televised exorcism
- Bloody Disgusting peruse the menu of cannibalism in contemporary horror
- The Horror Tree revisit the original holiday horror in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
- Dread Central provide a comprehensive history of the Ju-On franchise
- Nightmare Magazine consider the role of the sole survivor in November’s The H Word
The Lineup dig into the story behind True Haunting and revisit the world’s first televised exorcism
Writer Orrin Grey looks back at the world’s first televised exorcism for The Lineup, and finds the story behind Edwin F. Becker’s True Haunting, discovering that truth really is stranger than fiction.
Bloody Disgusting peruse the menu of cannibalism in contemporary horror
Bloody Disgusting’s Meagan Navarro covers the full spectrum of cannibalism in contemporary horror, from 90’s classics like The Silence of the Lambs, to recent release Bones and All.
The Horror Tree revisit the original holiday horror in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Author Rachael Tamayo, writing for The Horror Tree, revisits the original holiday horror in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and asks why we still love it.
Dread Central provide a comprehensive history of the Ju-On franchise
Dread Central’s Chad Collins rolls back to the very beginning of the Ju-On films and TV shows, in this comprehensive history of the franchise.
Nightmare Magazine consider the role of the sole survivor in November’s The H Word
Writer May Haddad considers the role of the sole survivor, drawing on her own life experiences, in this powerful essay for Nightmare Magazine’s The H Word.
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KEV HARRISON