Ah, Troma. Most recognised as purveyors of some of the cheapest, most insane guerrilla filmmaking within the genre and home to classics such as The Toxic Avenger and Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., it’s often surprising to find them behind distribution of the odd serious horror flick. One such film is Max Kalmanowicz’s 1980 nuclear-horror The Children. …
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Look Out For… Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman “Combines childlike wonder with an adult’s understanding that all our stories end finally end with darkness.” In this new volume, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction-stories, verse, and …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Weekly 5: Five Things to Read Before The Scarlet Gospels Horror and the Sad Reality of Gender Discrimination The 15 Best Japanese Horror Movies of All Time Silent Hills vs The Evil …
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So what makes a good ‘monster’ in horror fiction/films? Why does one individual creation strike home with millions of readers/viewers to become a ‘classic’ with the passage of time, while others last only as long as the book’s/film’s length does and immediately plunge into obscurity? What qualities make for a nemesis that lingers on in …
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Look Out For… Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer “In a world of dull and derivative trilogies, The Southern Reach stands out.” For thirty years, Area X, monitored by the secret agency known as the Southern Reach, has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border– an environmental disaster zone, though to …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Regan’s Not-So-Absent Father: A Personal Tribute to Make-up Legend Dick Smith The Scary Future Of The Hollywood Horror Film Guest Author Ray Garton asks, “Is There No Empathy in Horror?” The Silence …
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Look Out For… The Curse Of The Mummy by Maynard Sims “Captures the feel of black and white films but with modern storytelling flair.” A young actress attempts to revive a career shattered by the Second World War. The compromises she is forced to make pale into insignificance by the demands made on her by …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, the place to find the best horror articles of the week. Once again we’ve searched the internet for interesting and notable articles for your reading pleasure. This week: Revisiting Rage by Richard Chizmar A Response to The New Republic: In Defense of Horror Fans How New Horror Movies Use Cameras …
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Look Out For… Skin Trade by Tonia Brown “Skin Trade provides a welcome antidote to the glut of generic zombie fodder.” The Great Undead Uprising of 1870 devastated the western frontier and destroyed the Indian Nations. Though the Army was able to contain the menace before it could devour the entire country, the United States …
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Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: Sci-Fi Artists: HR Giger’s Art Lives in Another Reality A Bloody Complicated Relationship With Horror Soundtracks: To Reissue or to Let ‘Em Rot Cannibalism and HP Lovecraft Top …
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