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5 Must Read Horror Articles 7 July 2025

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 to Megan 2.0 and other examples of horror villains’ journeys to horror hero

Bloody Disgusting’s Daniel Kurland looks to Megan 2.0 and one Norman Bates to trace the paths of some horror villains to the role of horror hero.

The Ginger Nuts of Horror discover why  Frankenstein still haunts us today

Claire Fitzpatrick, writing for The Ginger Nuts of Horror, considers the mother of monsters that is Frankenstein, and unpacks why it still haunts us to this day.

The Lineup pick out eight viscerally revealing and reflective social horror movies

Horror has always had social bite and, in this article for The Lineup, Aviva Kaplan picks out eight of the most terrifying examples and explains why they are so effective.

What Sleeps Beneath catch up with writer Destiny King at week thirty of her pregnancy horror watch

What Sleeps Beneath’s Destiny King continues her project of watching pregnancy horror movies while pregnant and provides this update at thirty weeks.

She Reads sit down for an in-depth author interview with writer Wendy N. Wagner

Fresh from the release of her new novel, Girl in the Creek, author Wendy N. Wagner sits down with the team at She Reads to talk about the book and much more.

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KEV HARRISON