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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 August 2026

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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:

What Sleeps Beneath study the Manananggal and monstrous feminine, colonial Filipino identity in cinema

Writer and artist Harri Chan takes a look at the Manananggal in Filipino cinema and finds monstrous femininity, colonialism and Filipino identity, in this article for What Sleeps Beneath.

Crime Reads pick out eight outstanding horror novels whose setting is the ocean

Hannah Whitten, author of Reliquary, selects eight other horror novels whose setting revolves around the ocean in this article for Crime Reads.

NightTide Magazine share a thoughtful essay on AI in fiction writing, witch hunts and who they benefit

In this thoughtful essay for NightTide Magazine, author Elizabeth Broadbent unpacks the damage from the recent HWA piece on AI in writing and the witch hunts sweeping the creative world.

The Lineup dig into the folklore around the US Air Force presence in East Anglia during World War II

The Lineup’s Richard Clements digs into history and finds strange happenings and folklore around the US Air Force deployments to East Anglia during the second world war.

Author C. M. Rosens sits down with author Beverley Lee to talk about her latest release and much more

On her website, author C. M. Rosens sits down with fellow horror author Beverley Lee to talk about her latest release The Haunting of Wounded Birds and much more besides.

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KEV HARRISON