5 Must Read Horror Articles – 9 September 2013

Blade Wesley Snipes

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: The Superheroes of Horror: The Good, The Bad & The Future 10 Failed Horror Movies Without a Single Scare When Hollyoaks Actors Do Horror Five Horror Classics That …

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Chalk by Pat Cadigan available to pre-order & Winner of the This Is Horror Chapbook Subscription

Fresh off her deserved Hugo Award, Pat Cadigan’s chapbook Chalk is now available to pre-order from the This Is Horror shop. The book will be released in October 2013. Keep checking back for more information regarding the chapbook launch. One of the benefits our This Is Horror Premium Chapbook subscribers enjoy is the opportunity to …

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News Round-up Week Ending 6 September

Hugo Award winners

Cadigan wins Hugo Award The 2013 Hugo Award winners were announced earlier this week at LoneStarCon, The World Science Fiction Convention. John Scalzi took home best novel while author of the forthcoming This Is Horror title Chalk, won best novelette for ‘The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi’. The full awards list is available at …

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Grimmfest 2013 Lineup Announced

Jugface

The guys at Grimm Up North have released the full schedule for this year’s Grimmfest which will run from 2 – 6 October at the Lass O’Gowrie and The Dancehouse in Manchester UK. Grimmfest enters its fifth year and promises to showcase the best in horror, sci-fi and cult films, with a number of special …

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H.G. Wells’ Manufactured Monsters

The Island of Doctor Moreau

This column has so far been preoccupied with the act of looking back. Not only in terms of its purpose – to unearth lesser-known works of eighteenth and nineteenth century authors – but also with regard to the stories themselves, which habitually focus on the echoes of the past disrupting the present. Continuing from last …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles, 2 September 2013

You're Next

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: William Gaines and the Birth of Horror Comics The Five Horror Trailer Trends That Always Work Nato and Remy’s Last Stand: Horror …

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News Round-up Week Ending 30 August

The Fall of the House of Usher

Thorpe Park ramps up the scares Thorpe Park theme park have teamed up with Lionsgate UK to produce Fright Nights, a number of horror themed nights that will feature live-action immersive horror events based on films such as The Blair Witch Project, The Cabin in the Woods and new horror flick You’re Next. With tickets …

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Meet The Writer Interview: Greig Beck

Greig Beck

Greig Beck is an Australian author residing in Sydney with his wife, son and oversized black German Shepherd. Beneath the Dark Ice was Greig’s first novel, now published internationally, and available soon on Audio format. For more information visit Greig Beck Online. What first attracted you to horror writing? “Write what you like to read.” …

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Film Review: The World’s End (2013)

The World's End

“Sharp, fun and chest-burstingly funny!” The World’s End is a nostalgic buddy comedy inter-spliced with surreal science fiction and firm nods towards extraterrestrial invasion films like The Invasion of The Body Snatchers. In true ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ style it is set in a seemingly harmless and quintessential English town with a – you guessed it – …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 26 August 2013

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: Ten Classic Horror Movies That Suck (According to the Internet) The Top 5 Takashi Miike Films Why the British Are Frightfully Good at Horror Freddy Vs. Jason – …

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