Category: Features

Australia’s Most Terrifying and Haunted Places: South Australia – Grapevines and Ghosties

South Australia is renowned for its wines and churches, but a long history is reflected in all the hauntings that are reported around the capital, Adelaide, alone. Founded in 1836, Adelaide has the oldest record of an official city council in Australia (1840). It was originally planned to be the first settlement in the entire …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 March 2014

Welcome to this week’s edition of Must Read Horror, your one-stop shop for the best horror articles the internet has to offer. This week: Horror Cinema’s Scariest Killer Scarecrows Our Deepest Insecurities Served Up on a Plate Hannibal’s Feminist Take on Horror Joseph D’Lacey on Myth, the Written Word, and Mass Hallucination Shallow and Vacuous: …

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The Very Model of a Monster

This month, I am going to be indulging in some unabashed nostalgia. Why? I recently reached the grand old age of 51 and, as these things sometimes do, it prompted me to look back to my childhood and youth, to reminisce about the supposed joys of that era. Whilst I would never wish to go …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 10 March 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: NIGHTMARE ROYALE #11: Introducing “WOMEN IN HORROR CENTURY” 10 Celebrities You Forgot Were in Horror Films The Hate Outdoors On the Horror and Allure of Hannibal Lecter Kids …

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‘The Meat’ by Janice Galloway

Janice Galloway

Coming in at less than 400 words, Janice Galloway’s short story ‘The Meat’ is a very short story indeed, and like McHugh’s ‘Water’ explored last month this is a story that makes every one of its few words count. Have a read first and then I’ll tell you why I love it so much. (For those unfamiliar …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 3 March 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: Ten Years Later: Saw and the Torture Porn Genre Ten great Horror References From 90s Cartoons Sequels and Remakes: The Good, The Bad, and The Regrettable: NOTLD Joseph …

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In Defence of Beards!

Award-winning beardsman Jack Passion

I was a bit of a late starter when it came to facial hair. In fact I was over 30 before I had to start shaving more than once in a blue moon. I was actually quite upset by the sudden onset of face fuzz if I’m honest. It seemed like a definitive end to …

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Bad Things Come to Those Who Wait

Considering it is Women in Horror Recognition month, I thought it would be apt to celebrate a great American novelist and lady of letters, who wrote during a time when serious writing was considered “too inky for ladies”. Though Edith Wharton is renowned for her novels about American society and their sensibilities, such as The …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 February 2014

Can you believe it has been 604800 seconds since the last Must Read Horror? Dragged a bit, hasn’t it? Well, here it is once again, and if you prefer to just read the articles and ignore all this pointless banter, feel free to move on, I won’t take it personally. This week’s top five articles …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 February 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: The H Word: H for Honesty Top Ten Zombie Board Games How Kolchak: The Night Stalker Developed An Early Model for TV Horror Terrifying Love: Ken’s Ten Recs …

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