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 Lineup pick out nine space horror novels packed with extraterrestrial terror
- Crime Reads explain in this brilliantly frank essay why we need black horror now more than ever
- Dread Central make the case for Shyamalan’s The Village as the gateway film for elevated horror
- The What Sleeps Beneath team choose their favourite modern day scream queens to close WIHM
- The Ginger Nuts of Horror find out about LCW Allingham’s childhood fears
The Lineup pick out nine space horror novels packed with extraterrestrial terror
The Horror Librarian, Becky Spratford curates this list of nine terrifying space horror books to leave you sleeping with the lights on in this article for The Lineup.
Crime Reads explain in this brilliantly frank essay why we need black horror now more than ever
Writer, editor and activist Desiree S. Evans writes this in-depth, honest essay for Crime Reads on the present day importance of black horror.
Dread Central make the case for Shyamalan’s The Village as the gateway film for elevated horror
Dread Central present this article by screenwriter and director Gabriel Theis, where he explains why M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village was the precursor to the elevated horror sub-genre.
The What Sleeps Beneath team choose their favourite modern day scream queens to close WIHM
The What Sleeps Beneath team put their heads together to select their favourite modern day scream queens in this article to end their Women in Horror Month coverage.
The Ginger Nuts of Horror find out about LCW Allingham’s childhood fears
LCW Allingham, author of Muse, looks back at her childhood fears for The Ginger Nuts of Horror and recalls when she started talking to monsters.
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KEV HARRISON