This is just a sample of the goodies that were on offer at Grimm Up North’s annual festival in Manchester in October 2013. There were far more films on show than This Is Horror were able to catch for review, but virtually everything we saw was excellent. First up, as a special pre-festival preview, was …
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Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: Author Tim Lebbon’s Top Ten Alien Moments 6 Iconic Horror Characters With Almost No Screen Time Invasion of the Body Snatchers: An American Commentary The Survival of Horror …
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Grimmfest premiere Banshee Chapter The good folks at Grimm Up North have announced that they are premiering new film Banshee Chapter at The Dancehouse in Manchester on 5 February. The film was originally screened at FrightFest where it won Total Film’s “Scariest Movie” award. Tickets are available from the Grimm Up North website. Get ready …
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When the Aussie film Wolf Creek was first released, people didn’t know just what to make of it. Is it just another slasher flick, or is it something more? It seemed generic and cliché, but underneath that ‘just another horror film’ exterior beat the heart of a new dawn of Australian horror franchise. Some backpackers …
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The intention of this column has always been to recall the forgotten or overlooked voices of horror, and what could be more at risk of being lost than our folkloric past. Part of an oral tradition, many of our oldest stories were passed from speaker to speaker, learnt by heart to entertain those gathered around …
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“A tense yet enjoyable game!” City of Horror is a survival-themed board game for three to six players, in the style of classic zombie apocalypse movies. The city is beset by a shambling horde of flesh-craving zombies and the players’ goal is to survive the onslaught until help arrives at daybreak. To do so, players …
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“Pretty enjoyable while it lasts.” There is an unspoken transaction that often takes place between creature features with a less-than-Hollywood budget and their viewers. The transaction goes thusly: the makers of said movie use good old fashioned, honest-to-goodness practical effects to create their monsters. This can be for many reasons; they could for example have …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, the place to find the best horror articles of the week. Once again we’ve searched the internet for interesting and notable articles for your reading pleasure. This week: Examining the Critical Reaction to The Thing 5 Horror Movie Endings That Defy Basic Logic Please Stop Killing the Dog Edgar Allan …
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There is a lot of talk amongst the Horrorati at the moment about Quiet Horror. A sub-genre that seems to mainly concern itself with timid vampires and shy werewolves whose worst crimes would appear to be dropping a thigh bone in the school library or letting one rip during the two minute silence on Remembrance …
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FrightFest Glasgow tickets on sale Tickets for the Frightfest event in Glasgow have been released at 10am this morning. The event will feature the films Wolf Creek 2, Almost Human and a conversation with Ti West among other screenings. Tickets are available from the FrightFest website now. William Meikle’s Samurai cuts readers Crystal Lake Publishing …
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