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The Cutting Room: The Harvest

On Christmas Eve, a little girl is woken up by a noise. Thinking it’s Saint Nicholas leaving her presents, she walks through the darkness of the living room, only to find that something has taken over her house. Now, she must try to escape before this evil presence gets her. After last week’s gory Star …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 21 December 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Joe Hill Calls Bullshit on the Crazy Artist Cliché Zombie Apocalypse from Now On The Awesomely Twisted Films of Frank Henenlotter 80s Action Movies, Slasher Films, and their Parallels Forgotten Bestsellers: Burnt …

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The Cutting Room: The Empire Falls

The Empire Falls shows the reality of the Battle of Endor as the Empire faces the beginning of the end. Shot in a gritty, realistic style, Star Wars fans will see a more realistic portrayal of the conflict that they have previously encountered. It can’t have escaped your notice that there’s a brand new Star …

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Look Out For… Beneath An Oil Dark Sea by Caitlin R. Kiernan and X’s For Eyes by Laird Barron

Look Out For… Beneath An Oil Dark Sea by Caitlin R. Kiernan “An impressive collection from one of the most important writers of weird fiction in the last few decades.” In his Locus review of Two Worlds and In Between—the first volume of The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan—Gary K. Wolfe wrote, “…it makes you wish …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 14 December 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Deaditorial: The Art of the Horror Tie-in Are Horror Franchise Comics Worth Taking a Stab At? What We Learned From 2015’s Horror Movies The Rats And The Ruins: James Herbert’s Domain The …

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The Cutting Room: Killer Rack

Betty Downer thinks her life will improve when she gets breast implants from Dr. Cate Thulu. Her new assets attract attention, but Betty soon discovers her new boobs are man-eating, Lovecraftian monsters hell-bent on world domination— and only she can stop them. Why we’re looking forward to this: There are serious horror films, there are …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 7 December 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Footage at the Borderlands: Horror Writer Adam Nevill’s Cinematic Baker’s Dozen How Horror Saved My Life (And Why Writing Horror is Good for the Soul) The Top Ten Blumhouse Scary Movies The …

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Look Out For… Flowers In A Dumpster by Mark Allan Gunnells and Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies

Look Out For… Flowers In A Dumpster by Mark Allan Gunnells “Within you’ll find ghost hunters, possessed porn stars, serial killers and all manner of twisted darkness.” The world is full of beauty and mystery. In these 17 tales, Gunnells will take you on a journey through landscapes of light and darkness, rapture and agony, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 30 November 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Why is Lovecraft Still Relevant? – Seven Experts Weigh in A Night in the Most Terrifying Hotel on Earth The Psychology of Horror – Dissecting Fear Drive-In Dust-Offs: Willard Toys of Terror …

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The Cutting Room: Dead Of Summer

Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counsellors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns …

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