Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Beauty’s Edge – The True Nature of Jack Ketchum’s Off Season Taking a Stab at Black Mirror’s Next Technological Wave of Horror Cannock Chase: A Very British Werewolf Story The Dreadful Ten: …
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Adam Cesare is an American author of horror novels and short stories. He has attended Boston University, where he studied English and film. www.adamcesare.com What first attracted you to horror writing? I’ve been a horror fan (or at the very least morbidly attracted to horror) since before I could read, growing up in a household where …
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Day One Friday morning arrived with coffee, croissants and a nice hot shower. Aside from a fleeting feeling of standing wet, naked, and not quite alone, the morning was uneventful. The retreat space was feeling more homely with the busy-ness of breakfast bustle. The attendees arrived in dribs and drabs throughout the day. It was …
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In this podcast John C. Foster talks about his journey from screenwriter to novelist, marketing and how to engage with others on social media. About John C. Foster John C. Foster was born in Sleepy Hollow, NY, and has been afraid of the dark for as long as he can remember. A writer of thrillers and …
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In my last column I wrote about Michael McDowell’s career as a horror novelist and screenplay writer. In this column, the second of a three part feature on McDowell, I’m going to write about his novels. McDowell was a very fast and a very prolific writer. Before the sale of his first published novel The …
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Grimmfest Guests Confirmed The organisers of Grimmfest 2015 have announced a list of guests of honour that will be attending the film festival from 1-4 October 2015 in Manchester. The guests include Paul Kane, Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell and Shaune Harrison. For full details of the festival, check out the Grimm Up North website. Lovecraft …
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It’s day four of the biggest weekend of horror and genre film festival in the UK calendar and it’s time for yet another mixed bunch of new movies from around the world. Films this time around include Australian genre-bender Inner Demon, Anglo-French serial killer tale Road Games, disturbing Spanish speaking kidnap horror Scherzo Diabolico and budget …
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“For those who are prepared to engage with it The Shelter will run deep and resonate within for a long time after the credits have rolled.” If you’re looking for an easily digestible, exposition heavy, run of the mill horror flick, then move along because John Fallon’s feature length directorial debut The Shelter is not …
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Look Out For… Hungry Celluloid by Frank Duffy “Hungry Celluloid contains compelling, literate and disturbing pieces by a writer who knows exactly how horror works.” The new collection from Frank Duffy, author of The Signal Block and Other Tales and Unknown Causes brings together thirteen unsettling stories which push through the thin fabric of reality …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Wes Craven’s Horror Legacy: The Intelligent Slasher A Demon and a Gentleman: Dr Walpurgis and BBC’s The Vault of Horror Past and Future: Esoteric and Exoteric Philosophy in Weird Fiction Monster Mixtape: …
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