5 Must Read Horror Articles 18 January 2016

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week. So, without further ado: Charles Dickens and the Train of Death: The Story Behind the Classic Ghost Story ‘The Signal-Man’ Tall Man, Big Heart: A Tribute to Angus Scrimm Horror Writer Paul Tremblay on Deadlines, New England …

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News Round-up Week Ending 15 January 2016

Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Angus Scrimm Dies Aged 89 One story has dominated the horror world this week with the sad news that Angus Scrimm has passed away on January 9 aged 89. Best known for his fantastic portrayal of …

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The Cutting Room: Bunni

A group of teens explore an abandoned factory at the request of one of their friends. Little do they know he is leading them to a slaughter at the hands of his mentally deranged mother. Why we’re looking forward to this: Why we’re looking forward to this: We don’t need much convincing to sit down …

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TIH 075: James Everington and Dan Howarth on Hotel Horror and The Hyde Hotel

TIH 075 James Everington and Dan Howarth on Hotel Horror and The Hyde Hotel

In this podcast James Everington and Dan Howarth talk about their new anthology, The Hyde Hotel, and talk about the appeal of hotel horror.  About The Hyde Hotel The Hyde Hotel looks almost exactly as you’d expect it to: a faceless, budget hotel in a grey city you are just passing through. A hotel aimed at …

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Look Out For… The Last Weekend by Nick Mamatas and Split Tongues by Kristi DeMeester

Look Out For… The Last Weekend by Nick Mamatas “The Last Weekend is a typically riotous and inventive mix of the undead, dystopian fiction and paranoid conspiracy.” Vasilis “Billy” Kostopolos is a Bay Area Rust Belt refugee, failed sci-fi writer, successful barfly and, since the exceptionally American zombie apocalypse, an accomplished “driller” of reanimated corpses. …

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RIP Angus Scrimm. Long Live The Tall Man

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Angus Scrimm 1926 – 2016 Lawrence Rory Guy, also known as Angus Scrimm, and best known for this work in the cult classic Phantasm films by Don Coscarelli, passed away January 9, 2016. He was 89 years old, and still very active in the film and horror communities. Born in Kansas in 1926, the American …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 11 January 2016

Welcome to Must Read Horror, and a whole new year of great articles hand-picked for your reading pleasure from the internet. This week: The Geopolitics of Horror: Natalie Dormer and The Forest The Martyrdom of “HALLOWEEN RETURNS”: Why Dimension’s Loss is Michael Myers’ Gain Waxwork Records Underline Resurgence in Horror Comics Celebrating 21st Century Horror: …

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News Round-up Week Ending 8 January 2016

Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… TNT To Revive Tales From The Crypt With M. Night Shyamalan Great news for fans of the classic HBO anthology series Tales From The Crypt as TNT in the USA have announced that they are looking …

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The Cutting Room: You Are Not Alone

An idyllic summer day turns into a living nightmare… With school finally over, college graduate Natalie Wilner returns to her hometown to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend. But beneath the flags and fireworks lurks a dark, malevolent figure. After a night of drunken parties, she stumbles home and drifts off to sleep, only to …

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This Is Horror Awards 2015: Vote now!

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It’s that time of year again, friends. The This Is Horror Awards 2015 are now open. Please send your votes to awards@thisishorror.co.uk with the subject line ‘Awards 2015’. To cast a vote simply write the category and your vote for each award. You may vote for your top two in each category. For example: Award 1. First choice …

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