Kev Harrison

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe … We Never See the Monster!

April 24, 2019
8 mins to read

Within horror fandom, there seem to be two schools of thought: show the monster or leave it up to imagination. The basic horror formula, three acts that expose the monster/evil near the end of the third act, was the standard for decades. And as long as there’s a payoff, it still works today. It doesn’t …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 22 Apr 2019

April 22, 2019
4 mins to read

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: Taste of Cinema pick out the ten most original horror movies of the twenty-first century to date The Independent asks whether horror cinema demonises the older woman Barnes & …

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News Round-up Week Ending 19 April 2019

April 19, 2019
3 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Night Shoot, the second novel by Scottish author David Sodergren, coming 9 May When a group of film students are running out of money, time and luck – and their lead actress has quit. In a …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 16 Apr 2019

April 15, 2019
3 mins to read

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 Guardian explains why exposing kids to horror films is not the disaster some think Bloody Disgusting feature the proposed sequel to the original Halloween, which was never made Post …