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News Round-up Week Ending 05 August 2016

August 5, 2016
5 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Luc Besson Found Guilty Of Plagiarising Escape From New York In a landmark legal ruling, Luc Besson’s story for 2012 film Lockout starring Guy Pearce was found to have plagiarised a number of significant elements from John …

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The Cutting Room – Let Her Out

August 4, 2016
2 mins to read

Twenty-three years after her hooker mother tried to kill her in the womb Helen remains psychologically damaged goods—a mindset that gets worse when she suffers a traumatic head injury in an accident. Awakening in hospital, it’s discovered that Helen has a tumour growth in her brain causing her to experience dark visions, disembodied voices and …

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TIH 104: John Skipp on Fight Scenes, Bizarro and Zombies

August 1, 2016
3 mins to read

In this podcast John Skipp talks about Fight Scenes, Bizarro and Zombies. About John Skipp John Skipp is a New York Times bestselling author, editor, film director, zombie godfather, compulsive collaborator, musical pornographer, black-humored optimist and all-around Renaissance mutant. His early novels from the 1980s and 90s pioneered the graphic, subversive, high-energy form known as splatterpunk. …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 01 August 2016

August 1, 2016
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: 10 Twisted Contemporary Fairy Tales Can You Recognize Horror Movies From A Single Frame? Spielberg’s Duel Reviewed As A Sonnet Jaws And Psycho Reimagined As 80s Video Games Rereading …