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5 Must Read Horror Articles 18 August 2025

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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:

The Horror Tree provide ethnographic horror inspiration via Turkmenistan’s The Door to Hell

The Horror Tree’s Yve Chairez has been scouring the earth for terrifying horror story inspo and discovered Turkemistan’s Darvaza Gas Crater – also known as the door to hell.

Bloody Disgusting pick out seven forthcoming horror novel TV and film adaptations to get excited about

Whether slated for TV, streaming or the big screen, this list of seven forthcoming horror novel adaptations presented by Meagan Navarro at Bloody Disgusting is enough for every horror fan to get excited about.

NightTide Magazine use three recent releases to examine the theme of child trauma in horror film

Mo Moshaty, writing for NightTide Magazine, uses three recent horror cinema releases to examine the trauma horror places on children and how the genre shows resilience and the heavy burden it leaves behind.

The Lineup present nine horror manga recommendations packed with gore and scares

The Lineup’s Aviva Kaplan picks out nine unmissable horror manga reads packed with gore and terrifying scares.

Nightmare Magazine delve into the waking nightmares of legendary sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick

While Philip K. Dick rightly sits among the royalty of history’s sci-fi writers, author and screenwriter David Agranoff digs into the horror tinged elements of Dick’s work and words in this article for Nightmare Magazine.

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KEV HARRISON