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R.I.P James Herbert, 8 April 1943 – 20 March 2013

March 20, 2013
10 mins to read

I’ve just came home to learn of the passing of horror legend and influence to so many of us, James Herbert. I was fortunate enough to speak with the great man himself earlier last year. James was an absolute gentleman, an inspiration and one of the friendliest men you could meet. The world is a …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 19 March 2013

March 19, 2013
4 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror, the place to find the best horror articles of the week. Once again we’ve searched the internet for interesting and notable articles for your reading pleasure. This week: How To Make A Good Horror Anthology Movie Being Nostalgic: A Being Human Retrospective 10 Worst Horror Exposition Monologues Clive Barker In …

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The Bay (2012)

March 18, 2013
1 min to read

The found footage film is the cinematic equivalent of the abandoned manuscript or the notebook found in a deserted house. It’s an effective, potentially powerful way to add verisimilitude to a story (and get around holes in the budget), as The Blair Witch Project showed so effectively back in 1999, so it’s unsurprising that the last decade …

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Barbie Wilde

March 14, 2013
1 min to read

Barbie Wilde is best known as the Female Cenobite in Clive Barker’s classic cult horror movie Hellbound: Hellraiser II, as well as appearing in Death Wish III and Grizzly II: The Concert. She’s had four short horror stories published in four different anthologies over the last few years. In November 2012, Comet Press published Barbie’s first dark crime novel, The …