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American Horror Story: Roanoke Season Recap: They Listened, Are You FINALLY Happy?

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Is coherency overrated? If it’s broken, but broken means an exciting and gorgeous dance in blood, cool characters, and retro/tribute mishmash, should you fix it? Since its inception, American Horror Story: The Beautiful Mess has been lauded and brutally criticized. Let’s do a little of the lauding before we get into the meat of my …

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Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: C. L. Moore

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Catherine Lucille Moore worked by day as a secretary in Indianapolis during the Great Depression. By night, she was C. L. Moore, writer of the dark fantastic. Though many literary scholars have tried to lump her work into the science-fiction and fantasy genres, there’s no doubt Moore used those strange landscapes as mere window dressing …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 28 November 2016

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: Interview with Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex Director Alexandre Poncet Anna Smith Spark Discusses The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen Q&A With Filmmaker Isaac Ezban Nick Pesce Talks The Eyes of …

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The Cutting Room: Train To Busan

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A harrowing zombie horror-thriller that follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak while trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train ride to Busan, a southern resort city that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes… or so everyone hopes. Why we’re looking forward to this: For the …

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American Horror Story: Roanoke Season Finale

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Have I been too kind? Too cruel? Too biased for or against certain episodes based on their inclusion or exclusion of Sarah Paulson, Leslie Jordan, or the anointed Evan Peters? You fucking bet I have. AHS is cotton candy, not a vegetable medley. Now let’s get on with this finale and see if the writers …

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Look Out For … The Spirits of Christmas by Paul Kane and Nightmare’s Realm

Look Out For … The Spirits of Christmas by Paul Kane “The Spirit Of Christmas shows the dark and ghostly side to our festive celebrations.” Tis the season for something spooky–and in this, the first of the Black Shuck Shadows series of micro-collections, The Spirits of Christmas abound! Pull up a chair by the fire, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 21 November 2016

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: Let The Right One In Showrunner Discuss The Pilot The Secret Of Long Lasting Horror Fiction Daren Shan Discusses Rebranding Himself Fede Alavrez And Sam Raimi Talk Don’t Breathe …

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The Cutting Room: The Passage

When terminally ill cancer patients get healthy after being bitten by bats in South America, the government conducts secret tests with human subjects to see if a virus can cure illness. Instead, it unleashes a swarm of bloodthirsty vampires out of the test subjects, which include death row inmates. Why we’re looking forward to this: …

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Tattered Tomes: Stephen King’s Pet Sematary Revisited

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Sometimes, dead is better, especially when you read Stephen King’s classic novel, Pet Sematary. The book King himself claims is his scariest is really one helluva story, certainly one of his best, and still relevant today. This marks the third time I’ve read this book, and damn if it just keeps getting better every time. …

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AHS: Roanoke Chapter 9: Mopping Up

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It has been a weird week, to put it mildly. If ever there were a need for good art, or at least good entertainment, now is the time! Not that AHS has ever promised us art–in the entertainment department, though, they can be top of the line, if they’re in the mood. Season 6 has …

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