5 Must Read Horror Articles 25 January 2016

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week. So, without further ado: The Value of Nightmares: How The Academy Awards Continue to Ignore Horror Last Year’s Horror Cornucopia: Suffering in Style An Appreciation of Claymation Horror Expert Lee Hardcastle A Bloody Good Time: ABGT Face-Off: …

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News Round-up Week Ending 22 January 2016

Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Kane Hodder Dons The Hockey Mask Again (sort of) For Friday the 13th Game Kane Hodder, the man that many consider to be the quintessential Jason Voorhees, has stepped back into the Friday The 13th universe …

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The Cutting Room – 10 Cloverfield Lane

After a car accident, a young woman wakes up in an underground cellar, where most of the action takes place. She fears she has been abducted by a survivalist, who tells her he saved her life and that a chemical attack has left the outside world uninhabitable. Uncertain what to believe, she decides she must …

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Horrify Me Makes Your Bloodiest Nightmare Come True (NSFW)

We receive all kinds of emails at This Is Horror. Usually they are press releases for a DVD, or upcoming film festivals, and horror conventions. Occasionally though, something comes across the news desk that is a little out of the ordinary and deserving of its own special spot, so when we saw an email from …

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Look Out For… Ride The Dark Country by Benedict Jones and Cassilda’s Song

Look Out For… Ride The Dark Country by Benedict Jones “Ride The Dark Country presents stories of the Wild West filtered through a horror lens.” Ride The Dark Country is the new collection from Benedict J Jones, author of Pennies for Charon and Slaughter Beach. In these tales you’ll find cowboys and mountain men, ranchers …

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TIH 076: Simon Strantzas on Best Weird Fiction, The Secret to a Good Life and British Horror

TIH 076: Simon Strantzas on Best Weird Fiction, The Secret to a Good Life and British Horror

In this podcast Simon Strantzas talks about The Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 3, the secret to a good life and the British horror scene.  About Simon Strantzas Simon Strantzas is the author of Burnt Black Suns (Hippocampus Press, 2014), Nightingale Songs (Dark Regions Press, 2011), Cold to the Touch (Tartarus Press, 2009), and Beneath the …

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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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