Welcome to this week’s edition of Must Read Horror, your one-stop shop for the best horror articles the internet has to offer. This week: High Impact, Low Body-Count: Movie Killers Who Put Quality Over Quantity RIP Ray Harryhausen: Ten Of His Best Movie Monsters And Now The Screaming Laughter Starts! (When Your Horror Goes Horribly …
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News Round-up Week Ending 10 May
Stephen King’s Joyland: The Movie Stephen King’s upcoming novel, Joyland, isn’t released until June, but has already been optioned for a film. King has granted Tate Taylor (The Help) an option to adapt and direct, while John Norris will produce through his Wyolah Films banner. Stop-Motion Pioneer And Special Effects Wizard, Ray Harryhausen, Dies At …
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A case of nostalgia: The Evil Dead, Video Nasties and the gorehound in me
I’ve not seen the recent remake of The Evil Dead yet, but nevertheless it prompted me to remember that this was the first ‘modern’ horror film that I saw back in the day. Up until then, I was content to watch all those fabulous old Hammer, Universal, Amicus and Tyburn frightfests: after all, I had …
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Peter Tennant Interview, Part II
For those who missed part one with Peter Tennant just click the link, otherwise welcome back to our extended interview with Peter Tennant. Keep on reading…
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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 6 May 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: Why Are The French So Good At Horror Films? Classification Necessary: Problems With Horror What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? – A Retrospective Scary Movies Based On Common …
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News Round-up Week Ending 3 May
Ramsey Campbell To Step Down From BFS Ramsey Campbell has decided that now is the right time to step down as President of the British Fantasy Society an announcement from the BFS this week confirmed. A statement from the committee said, “Sadly, all good things end, and Ramsey has indicated that for various reasons he …
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Australian Women Writers of Outstanding Horror and Dark Fantasy: A Not Quite Top Ten
Last year, the infamous Snowtown bank – in which eight bodies were found decomposing in six plastic barrels – went up for auction. It was affordable, as I recall; on the market for less than $200,000. It came attached to a little, comfortable house. It wasn’t too far a drive from the city of Adelaide. …
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The Fictional Man by Al Ewing
Alongside his work in comics, Al Ewing has in recent years built up an exciting and original body of prose fiction, most notably for Abaddon Books with novels like El Sombra, Gods Of Manhattan, Pax Omega, Death Got No Mercy and I, Zombie. He has displayed a skill for spinning familiar pulp tropes into shapes …
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TIH 007: The Lords of Salem Review with Booked
In this podcast we review The Lords of Salem with our friends at Booked Podcast, Livius Nedin and Robb Olson. Topics [01:10] Introductions [01:55] Past experiences with Rob Zombie [05:50] The Lords of Salem synopsis [08:48] Revisiting the past/the witch trials [11:30] Expectations going into the film [13:30] Rob Zombie and originality [16:32] Music video …
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