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5 Must Read Horror Articles 4 November 2024

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:

Lit Hub look into Dracula, vampires in general and what these stories say about our latent fears

Writer and academic Ed Simon digs into Dracula and the stories of his vampiric ancestors and discovers what they say about our latent fears in this article for Lit Hub.

The Ginger Nuts of Horror find the lurking horror in YA dystopian fiction

Horror Librarian Tony Jones of The Youngblood Library, takes a deep dive into YA dystopian fiction and finds lurking horror in this article for The Ginger Nuts of Horror.

Nightmare Magazine analyse Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw

In this article for Nightmare Magazine, author Joe Koch reanalyses Henry James’ famous ghost story, The Turn of the Screw.

Spoilers: What Sleeps Beneath delve into self-injury and societal violence in The Substance

What Sleeps Beneath’s Julia Betts analyses new film, The Substance and considers its portrayals of self-injury and societal violence.

The Horror Tree feature an interview with Australian writer Angela Slatter

The Horror Tree’s Paul StJohn Mackintosh sits down with Australian writer Angela Slatter to talk about the Australian gothic and much more.

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KEV HARRISON