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5 Must Read Horror Articles 08 August 2016

Aliens movie

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

cosmic fiction

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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Busting the Mainstream: Portland’s Thriving BizarroCon Community

BizzaroCon Reading

I’m bored, and nobody loves me. That’s not exactly true, because I have a big family, so there’s always something I MUST do. But what can I do for fun? I think, generally, people do want to belong somewhere, to someTHING, and that is part of the reason why church services are often advertised as …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 25 July 2016

Elm Street remake

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: A Nightmare Of A Task: Writing The Elm Street Remake 10 Horror Films That Take Place Outdoors Why The Blair Witch Project Is An Important Movie Director Tommy Lee …

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From Out of Nowhere: The Phenomenon of Stranger Things

Stranger Things

From Out of Nowhere: The Phenomenon of Stranger Things A single mother’s youngest son vanishes into thin air. The desperate search begins, but with very little clues to go on, time is running out. The missing boy’s three friends decide to hunt for him, ignoring the police chief’s stern warning to stay out of the …

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