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Look Out For… Maps Of The Lost and Treatises On Dust by Timothy J. Jarvis

Look Out For… Maps Of The Lost “The stories on Maps Of The Lost are curiously matter of fact in tone and all insidiously creepy.” These are the maps to the lost places and the secret histories. Be cautious, though. If you follow them, you may become lost yourself. If you enjoy the knowledge and …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 30 May 2016

Wolf Creek

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: Wolf Creek vs Wolf Creek 2 Five Awesome Horror Movie Post Credit Scenes Can Cinema Go Too Far? Ten Films That Might Benefit From A Remake A Tale Of …

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The Top 10 Best Horror Collectibles

The Thing spiderhead replica

The Top 10 Best Horror Collectibles You may remember that we recently ran a piece about horror toys and collectibles (if not, go read it here) and in it we promised to run down what are, in our opinion, the ten best collectibles out there. So, in no specific order, here they are: Jaws: Orca …

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The Cutting Room – Mr. Mercedes

Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes

Mr. Mercedes centres on a demented killer who taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Brendan Gleeson plays Detective Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is driven …

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Why Let The Right One In is the Best Vampire Story of All Time

Let The Right One In film poster

Why Let The Right One In is the Best Vampire Story of All Time With the influx of glitzy overly-romanticized vampire books, movies and television shows—True Blood, Vampire Diaries, and everyone’s favorite sparkling diamond-esque vampire flick Twilight to name a few—I think we’ve lost sight of the disgusting horror that is vampirism. Drinking blood is, …

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Child’s Play: Entry Level Horror Films for Children

ParaNorman

Child’s Play: Entry Level Horror Films for Children You may have read that a US school teacher in Tennessee was recently suspended for showing his class the horror film Human Centipede 2. His reasons may have been pure—he claims he wanted to show them what to do if you’re bullied (er, sew people together, ass …

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Look Out For… Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales by Dorothy Macardle and My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Look Out For… Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales by Dorothy Macardle “Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales is an intriguing, interesting and timely reissue.” Originally published in 1924, the nine tales that comprise Earth-Bound were written by Dorothy Macardle while she was held a political prisoner in Dublin’s Kilmainham Gaol and Mountjoy Prison. The stories incorporate …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 May 2016

Deep Red film

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: Dissecting Kevin Bacon! What’s The Worst That Could Happen (To Your Body)? A Profound Look At Dario Argento’s Deep Red Inside Alien’s Chestburster Scene A Return To Stephen King’s …

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Blind as a Bat Outta Hell: Why We Don’t Need Another Jeepers Creepers Sequel

The Creeper in Jeepers Creepers

Blind as a Bat Outta Hell: Why We Don’t Need Another Jeepers Creepers Sequel In 2001, the face of modern horror cinema changed forever when American Zoetrope in association with Myriad Pictures and Capitol Films released Jeepers Creepers. Featuring virtually unknown actors, the film garnered several Saturn Award and International Horror Guild nominations, eventually raking …

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The Cutting Room – Cargo

Martin Freeman Cargo

Cargo tells the story of a father who, stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic and infected himself, desperately seeks a new home for his infant child and a means to protect her from his own changing nature. Why we’re looking forward to this: Though the zombie genre has arguably been …

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