DISCLAIMER: This piece contains minor spoilers since it is near-impossible to discuss GoT without including specifics. Be warned! CAVEAT: I am a great fan of GoT and anticipate it being aired each week; even so, this article addresses an element of the show that has irked since Season One. There is, I’ll admit, something unsettling …
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Dark Entries by Robert Aickman “A very eccentric, British version of Kafka!“ Aickman’s stories are constructed immaculately, the neuroses of his characters painted in subtle shades. He builds dread by the steady accrual of realistic detail, until the reader realises that the protagonist is heading towards their doom as if in a dream. Dark Entries …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we collect the five best horror articles of the week, put them in no particular order, and then expect you to read them. This week: Why Today’s Best Horror Films Come From Australia Must See Horror Films of the 1970s – Part Two HR Giger: Against the Gigeresque Is …
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Reaping The Dark by Gary McMahon “What would happen if James Sallis wrote a Dennis Wheatley story?” A streetwise getaway driver… A drug raid that ends in bloodshed… A violent criminal hell-bent on revenge… A secret order of occultists… And something summoned from the darkest depths of nightmare. Who will survive this long, dark night, …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where you will find upwards of four (five, to be exact) great horror articles on a weekly basis. This week: The Problem With Horror Musicals is Everything is Louder Than Everything Else Zombie Zeitgeist: The Influences and Culture of Zombie Movies Sequels and Remakes: Return of the Living Dead HR …
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Back in the heady days of my youth, the one thing I was determined to be was an artist. I loved drawing and painting (mostly the former), but the idea of actually doing those things for a living was nothing more than a nebulous concept in my head, something which was more of an unconcretised …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we collect the week’s best horror articles in the hope that some of you can’t be bothered to search the internet for yourselves. This week: AICN Comics: Remembers EC Horror co-creator Al Feldstein If TV Horror is Having a Moment, Why is Hannibal Floundering? When Nature Attacks! Pulp Horror …
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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: You’re Killing Me: The Driving Factor Behind 1970s Horror Genre Gut-Punches: The Death of Laurie Strode Rubber, Road, Brains and Souls: 5 Killer Car Flicks That Will Never Be Forgotten Why Horror …
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I’ve been lingering of late, in hopes of bringing this column my thoughts on something new. The alternative was to go off on some shows I’m profoundly late to the party on. Thankfully, fortune shone on me in the form of two new series premieres. I was on Hulu the other night, looking for something …
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About a decade and a half ago Keith Tyson, a conceptual artist and childhood friend of mine (who would later go on to win the Turner Prize), invited me to one of his shows. It was in a boutique gallery in a trendy part of West London and the place was filled with just …
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This Is Horror Awards 2024: Public Nominations and… Hey, friends. Michael David Wilson, founder of This Is Horror,…
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News Round-up Week Ending 10 January 2025 Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news…
