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The Cutting Room: The Cutting Room

College students Raz, Charlie and Jess are about to start work on their end of year Media Studies project… unaware of a malevolent force lurking deep below their sleepy town. A recent wave of apparent Cyber bullying and the disappearance of two local girls lead the group to an abandoned army barracks situated deep in …

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Look Out For… Skein And Bone by V.H. Leslie and The Russian Sleep Experiment by Holly Ice

Look Out For… Skein And Bone by V.H. Leslie “Likely to be one of the début short story collections of the year.” The stunning debut collection of supernatural and ghost stories from V.H. Leslie is an assured and masterful collection of lush and evocative tales that will send frissons through you. V. H. Leslie’s stories have appeared …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 31 August 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: A Brief History of Video Nasties in the UK Why the Zombie Apocalypse is the Hot New Horror Ellen Datlow: Five Things Learned Editing Best Horror of the Year A Short, Whispered …

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The Cutting Room: Knock Knock

When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse. Why we’re looking forward to this: Why we’re looking forward to …

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Look Out For… The Anniversary Of Never by Joel Lane and Supernatural Tales 30

Look Out For… The Anniversary Of Never by Joel Lane “The Anniversary Of Never gives us a chance to appreciate Joel Lane’s genius was one last time.” “It was like a black and white film, or someone else’s memory” — ‘Crow’s Nest’ Joel Lane’s award-winning stories have been widely praised, notably by other masters of …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 August 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: Inside the Underground World of Nightbreed: 25 Years Later Revisiting Danse Macabre Translating the Necronomicon May Be Hazardous to Your Health: Clark Ashton Smith’s “The Return of the Sorcerer” 10 Modern Horror …

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The Cutting Room: The Hallow

Deep within the darkness of secluded forest land in rural Ireland dwells an ancient evil. Feared by the nearby superstitious villagers as cursed creatures who prey upon the lost, their secrets have been kept from civilization and remain on their hallowed ground. But when a conservationist from London moves in with his wife and infant …

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Look Out For… The Wards by Alan Ryker and The Nameless Dark by T.E. Grau

The Nameless Dark by T.E. Grau

Look Out For… The Wards by Alan Ryker “Ryker’s work combines fast-paced, compulsive plotting with a steadily accumulating sense of dread.” Elizabeth doesn’t feel in control of her own life, which is probably why she enjoys the life-simulation game The Wards so much. In a dark room, she stares at a monitor watching a miserable …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 August 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: What Makes a Horror Film a Classic? The Great Stephen King Reread: Dreamcatcher Mind Meld: Exploring Fear in Fiction Horror Drive-In: Pros and Cons Toys of Terror #64 For more articles like …

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The Cutting Room: The Final Girls

Max is a high school senior who is mysteriously transported with her friends into a 1980s horror film that starred Max’s celebrated scream queen mother. Trapped inside the movie, Max finds herself reunited with her mom, who she lost in real life. Together with Max’s friends, they must fend off the camp counsellors’ raging hormones, …

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