Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to.  Without further ado:

• The Lineup explore where the myths and lore around cursed date Friday 13th came from
• Bloody Disgusting look back twenty-five years to Kiyoshi Kurasawa’s classic film, Pulse
• Crime Reads pick out four noir novels which lean heavily into the supernatural
• NightTide Magazine look back at the career and life of Marlene Clark 
• The Ginger Nuts of Horror sit down with Alan Baxter for an author interview

The Lineup explore where the myths and lore around cursed date Friday 13th came from

Archita Mittra, writing for The Lineup, explores the folklore and myth behind the ultimate cursed date of Friday 13th.

Bloody Disgusting look back twenty-five years to Kiyoshi Kurasawa’s classic film, Pulse

Bloody Disgusting’s Patrick Brennan looks back to 2001 and Kiyoshi Kurasawa’s Pulse and finds an exploration of loneliness which is as effective as ever.

Crime Reads pick out four noir novels which lean heavily into the supernatural

Ahead of his new novel Dead First, author Johnny Compton picks out four noir novels which lean heavily into the supernatural and are all the mor effective for it, in this article for Crime Reads.

NightTide Magazine look back at the career and life of Marlene Clark 

Writer and podcaster Sharai Bohnnon looks back at the life and career of black horror cinema icon Marlene Clark and explains why she deserved so much more.

The Ginger Nuts of Horror sit down with Alan Baxter for an author interview

As author Alan Baxter returns from a third outing into his weird fictional town of Gulpepper, The Ginger Nuts of Horror’s Jim McLeod sits down with him for a wide ranging author interview.

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KEV HARRISON