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The Cutting Room – The ReZort

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In the aftermath of an apocalyptic zombie outbreak, rich holidaymakers can visit a luxury theme park where every paying guest has a license to kill the captive undead in organised Zombie Safaris. Such Zafaris are the ultimate blood sport experience and for many much-needed therapeutic revenge for suffering horrendous family losses. When the security system …

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Injured Eyeballs: Who the Fuck are the Horror Mood Team? Part 1

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It’s been a while since I did a ‘Who the Fuck Is…? feature in this column, focussing on writers and comic artists who aren’t anywhere near as celebrated as they should be. This time around I want to focus, not just on an artist, but a whole line of black and white horror comics from …

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Look Out For … A Brutal Chill In August by Alan M. Clark and Uncertainties Volumes 1 & 2

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Look Out For … A Brutal Chill In August by Alan M. Clark “A Brutal Chill In August shows the human tragedy behind Jack the Ripper’s crimes.” We all know about Jack the Ripper, the serial murderer who terrorised Whitechapel and confounded police in 1888, but how much do we really know about his victims? …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 08 August 2016

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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: Why Aliens Is A Perfect Sequel How Well Do You Know Aliens? Five Unofficial Foreign Horror Sequels Dissecting Kiefer Sutherland Why Friday 13th Part VI Still Lives 30 Years …

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The Cutting Room – Let Her Out

Twenty-three years after her hooker mother tried to kill her in the womb Helen remains psychologically damaged goods—a mindset that gets worse when she suffers a traumatic head injury in an accident. Awakening in hospital, it’s discovered that Helen has a tumour growth in her brain causing her to experience dark visions, disembodied voices and …

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Look Out For … I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas and Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror

Look Out For … I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas “I Am Providence is whip-smart, darkly witty and a genuine page-turner.” For fans of legendary pulp author H. P. Lovecraft, there is nothing bigger than the annual Providence-based convention the Summer Tentacular. Horror writer Colleen Danzig doesn’t know what to expect when she arrives, but …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 01 August 2016

Pans Labyrinth

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: 10 Twisted Contemporary Fairy Tales Can You Recognize Horror Movies From A Single Frame? Spielberg’s Duel Reviewed As A Sonnet Jaws And Psycho Reimagined As 80s Video Games Rereading …

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Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: Weird Fiction—Past, Present, and Beyond

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Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: Weird Fiction—Past, Present, and Beyond. The Weird Renaissance. We hear that phrase thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? A renaissance is generally defined as a situation or period of time when there is a new interest in something that has not been popular in a long …

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The Cutting Room – My Father Die

Asher loses both his speech and hearing during an attack that leaves his brother dead. The assassin? Asher’s own father, Ivan, a tattooed monster showing no remorse. Jailed for the assault, but released two decades later due to prison overcrowding, pumped-up Asher wastes no time in seeking the ultimate retribution. Why we’re looking forward to …

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Look Out For … You’ll Know When You Get There by Lynda E. Rucker and Darker Battlefields

Look Out For … You’ll Know When You Get There by Lynda E. Rucker “Rucker’s fiction shows a mature and highly original understanding of what scares the bejesus out of us.” A woman returns home to revisit an encounter with the numinous; couples take up residence in houses full of sinister secrets; a man fleeing …

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