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:
- Bloody Disgusting look back at Urban Legend and horror’s effect on culture after the passing of director Jamie Blanks
- The Lineup pick out six horror movies based on real life urban legends
- Nightmare Magazine consider the powerfully dehumanising effect of beheading in The H Word
- Crime Reads provide a fascinating brief history of the female werewolf
- The Ginger Nuts of Horror sit down with author Hildur Knútsdóttir to discuss Dead Weight and more
Bloody Disgusting look back at Urban Legend and horror’s effect on culture after the passing of director Jamie Blanks
After director Jamie Blanks’ recent passing, Matt Konopka looks back to his first feature, Urban Legend and what the film says about horror’s effect on culture in this article for Bloody Disgusting.
The Lineup pick out six horror movies based on real life urban legends
Sticking with the urban legends theme, The Lineup present this listicle of six chilling horror movies based on urban legends, curated by author Gwendolyn Kiste.
Nightmare Magazine consider the powerfully dehumanising effect of beheading in The H Word
Following on from the discovery of a horrifying real life case related to ICE deportations of Haitian women, author Eugen Bacon writes this deeply uncomfortable issue of Nightmare Magazine’s The H Word about the severing of human heads.
Crime Reads provide a fascinating brief history of the female werewolf
Sam Beckbessinger, author of Femme Feral, writes a fascinating brief history of the female werewolf for Crimes Reads.
The Ginger Nuts of Horror sit down with author Hildur Knútsdóttir to discuss Dead Weight and more
In the latest of their author interviews, The Ginger Nuts of Horror’s Jim McLeod sits down with Hildur Knútsdóttir to discuss her latest book, Dead Weight and much more.
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