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The Cutting Room: Tusk and The Houses That October Built

Tusk When podcaster Wallace Bryton (Justin Long) takes a trip up to the north of Canada to interview a mysterious seafarer named Horace Howe (Michael Parks), he is taken hostage by the strange sailor who wants to turn him into a walrus (yes, you read that correctly). In the meantime his girlfriend (Genesis Rodriguez) and …

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Let’s Put An End to This Right Now

I’m going to start this month’s column with a little joke: “A guy walks into a bar with a midget riding a crocodile and a seven foot nun with a ring through her nose. He orders a pint glass full of pickled eggs for the midget, a shot glass full of pork scratchings for the …

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Look Out For… They Do The Same Things Different There by Robert Shearman and A Respite For The Dead by Lucy Taylor

Look Out For… They Do the Same Things Different There: The Best Weird Fantasy of Robert Shearman “Told with a dark wit and in beautifully controlled prose, if you’ve never read any Robert Shearman you’re in for a treat.” Robert Shearman visits worlds that are unsettling and strange. Sometimes they are just like ours—except landlocked …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 22 September 2014

Welcome to Must Read Horror. We search the internet for notable horror articles, so you don’t have to. This week: Summer of Sleaze: Guy Smith’s The Sucking Pit and The Walking Dead Horror: Does Cinema Have the Edge Over TV? The Books Behind Today’s TV Horror Resurgence Tales from the Video Store: The Babysitter Diaries …

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The Cutting Room: Overlook Hotel

In the Cutting Room this week, we’re going to take a look at an upcoming film that might just shine. Overlook Hotel The tragic events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when alcoholic caretaker Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy and his supernaturally gifted son Danny checked in for the winter are well known, but they …

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Look Out For… Consumed by David Cronenberg and Gifts For The One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall

Look Out For … Consumed by David Cronenberg “Promises murder, philosophy, strange diseases and an incredible variety of sex.” The debut novel by the iconic film director. Naomi finds herself drawn to the headlines surrounding Célestine and Aristide Arosteguy. Célestine has been found dead and mutilated in her Paris apartment. Aristide, suspected of the killing, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 15 September 2014

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: Summer of Sleaze: The Manitou by Graham Masterton Graham Joyce (1954-2014) The Horror Genius of Guillermo del Toro What Women In 70s Slasher Films Tell Us About Women …

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The Cutting Room: Monsters: Dark Continent and The Green Inferno

Monsters: Dark Continent Six years ago a NASA probe returning to Earth with samples of an alien life form crashed in Central America. As deadly creatures began to appear half of Mexico was quarantined as the military tried to contain the aliens in designated Infected Zones. Now the creatures have spread, taking over more of …

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Look Out For… Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix and The End by Gary McMahon

Look Out For … Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix “This is either going to be a work of genre-bending genius, or a honourable failure.” Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring wardrobes, shattered Brooka glassware, and vandalized Liripip sofa beds; clearly, someone or something …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 8 September 2014

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: 20 Great 80s B-Horror Movies That Are Worth Your Time Horror Sidekick Spotlight: Peter Lorre The Aural Aesthetics of Ghosts in BBC Ghost Stories – Part 1 (Introduction) …

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