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Horror retrospective: Maniac (1980)

December 27, 2012
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Maniac (1980) is the unsung emperor of the stalker/slasher subgenre. It’s a gritty, low budget exploitation movie from the golden era of horror, and follows all the standard conventions of a stalker/slasher film: you have a disturbed male protagonist that kills a number of attractive women with a sharp implement (a typical phallic penetration metaphor …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 24 December 2012

December 24, 2012
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It’s that time again, folks! We’ve been scouring for the best horror articles the internet has to offer, and since Christmas is almost upon us there’s a festive inclusion this time around. This week on Must Read Horror: 10 horror games that deserve sequels Merry Bloody Christmas: Top 5 Yuletide horror films Reinventing The Mummy …

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With All My Love Always Always Forever XXX by Stephen Volk

December 24, 2012
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Fleet services was packed. It always was, on the run up to the holidays. They’d learnt to be patient over the years. They knew they might not see the right candidate for a while. But there always was one. Keep on reading…

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As Pure as the Driven Snow by BC Furtney

December 24, 2012
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Ev’rywhere you go… There wasn’t much holiday cheer going around the mean city, but there never was. Just another holiday, just another workday. Lindsay reached down to cup the fat bastard’s balls before he came. She knew he was going to, by the way his jelly bowl …