There’s no denying today’s fiction in any medium is character driven. The people that inhabit our fictional worlds must be relatable and compelling enough to allow the story to come to life. Yet, characterization is as complex as we are, covering a vast range of emotions and psychological factors with infinite degrees of latitude, not …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: IGN join the dots and explain the connections in the shared universe of The Conjuring movies Vanity Fair talk about The Terror and discuss how it diverges from classic horror tropes …
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“Exploring the themes in Camus’ original story, Chong thrusts his characters into the current political and cultural arena with exciting results.” It started with the rats dying in record numbers. Then other small animals began to die. When people start suffering from flu-like symptoms, they know something is wrong. Dr Bernard Rieux desperately searches …
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Long before he was melting faces with his blistering guitar solos for Metallica, Kirk Hammett was a lifelong horror geek. Through the decades, Hammett has amassed an impressive collection of horror memorabilia, including rare horror and science fiction movie posters. It’s Alive!: Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Movie Posters from the Kirk Hammett Collection boasts a …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Collider pick out ten psychological thriller movies guaranteed to mess with your head Cinema Blend sidestep the hits and pick out the misses in horror cinema Barnes and Noble …
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“Tem has this powerful ability to blend genres seamlessly while engaging the reader at a personal level with stories unlike anything you’ve ever read.” A father and son go on a strange downtown “fishing” trip, suburban backyard nightmare fuel with skinned rabbits, a young boy cannot escape his bad dreams of trees and his …
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When you run out of stories to read about a monstrous subject, sometimes it’s best to visit the folklore that fuels those tales. When it comes to the werewolf, there’s a ton of fiction out there, but not much of it is very good. Fortunately for us, the best werewolf fiction out there delivers the …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Thrill list feature eighteen must see 80s horrors The Verge preview forthcoming horror movie What Keeps You Alive and focus on the art that makes the film Nightmare Magazine has …
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“The Spirit Photographer explores a con-artist facing the supernatural, which opens the door for dark character development against the backdrop of the emotional lure of the chance for others to see their lost loved ones again.” Edward Moody is a con-man. Setting up shop in 1870’s Boston, he uses the new technology of photography to …
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Some writers thoroughly enjoy the editing process. They love going through their rough drafts and picking them apart line by line, word by word, polishing the draft to prepare it for submission. Other writers loath the necessary evils of editing. The creative process is their true joy in writing, and all that editing just feels …
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Look Out For … The Cut by C.J. Dotson "A woman on the run from a vicious ex-fiancé; a…
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