5 Must Read Horror Articles 19 May 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:

NightTide Magazine delve into the terror of the almost human

NightTide Magazine’s Mo Moshaty looks at films like House of WaxTourist Trap and Dead Silence and delves into the terror of the almost human.

The Lineup pick out eight horror books for people who loved Sinners

With Ryan Coogler’s Sinners breaking box office records for horror movies, The Lineup’s Kelsey Christine McConnell selects eight horror books perfect for fans of the film.

The Ginger Nuts of Horror look beyond the classic haunted house and find phantoms at the racetrack

While everyone knows a haunted house story, The Ginger Nuts of Horror’s Jim McLeod takes a tour of haunted racetracks and unveils some of horse racing’s dark past.

Dread Central map horrors enduring relationship with fairy tales through The Ugly Stepsister

Kate Robertson, writing for Dread Central, looks at Emilie Blichfeldt’s new Cinderella adaptation, The Ugly Stepsister, and uses it as a platform to consider horror’s enduring relationship with fairy tales.

The Horror Tree feature a guest post by author Joel McKay on the importance of the first line

Joel McKay, author of It Came From the Trees and Other Violent Abberations writes this guest post for The Horror Tree and discusses the importance of the first line.

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KEV HARRISON

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