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Look Out For… The Curse Of The Mummy by Maynard Sims and It’s Only Death by Lee Thompson

Look Out For… The Curse Of The Mummy by Maynard Sims “Captures the feel of black and white films but with modern storytelling flair.” A young actress attempts to revive a career shattered by the Second World War. The compromises she is forced to make pale into insignificance by the demands made on her by …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 19 January 2015

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: Revisiting Rage by Richard Chizmar A Response to The New Republic: In Defense of Horror Fans How New Horror Movies Use Cameras …

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Look Out For… Skin Trade by Tonia Brown and Death’s Realm

Look Out For… Skin Trade by Tonia Brown “Skin Trade provides a welcome antidote to the glut of generic zombie fodder.” The Great Undead Uprising of 1870 devastated the western frontier and destroyed the Indian Nations. Though the Army was able to contain the menace before it could devour the entire country, the United States …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 12 January 2015

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: Sci-Fi Artists: HR Giger’s Art Lives in Another Reality A Bloody Complicated Relationship With Horror Soundtracks: To Reissue or to Let ‘Em Rot Cannibalism and HP Lovecraft Top …

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The Cutting Room: Friday The 13th

Friday The 13th Jason Vorhees returns to terrorise more young adults who have had the misfortune to rock up to Camp Crystal Lake (or whatever it’s called these days). Expect running, screaming and teens being despatched in an ever increasing variety of ways. Why we’re looking forward to this: Stop anybody in the street and …

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Look Out For… Blockbuster by Lisa Von Biela and Trigger Warnings by Brian Keene

Look Out For… Blockbuster by Lisa Von Biela “A fast-paced thriller where the horror comes from human greed and corruption.” In the year 2025, survival of the fittest takes on new importance. Hungry for market share and driven by greed, BigPharma companies battle to produce the next blockbuster drug. And they will go to any …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 5 January 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Getting It On by Bev Vincent The Best (and Worst) Horror Flicks of 2014 The Benefits of Transition Horror In Defense of ‘Resident Evil’ (2002) Doctor Abrams’ House of Cinematic Sociopolitical Horrors: …

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The Cutting Room: Terror Tales and Krampus

Tales of Terror As well as directing many feature length movies based on the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Roger Corman also created several shorts based on the stories of the gothic author too. Collected here are three of those shorts, all starring Corman collaborator Vincent Price. In The Black Cat Price stars with Peter …

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Look Out For… The Hammer of Dr. Valentine by John Llewellyn Probert and The Black Magic Series by Dennis Wheatley

Look Out For… The Hammer of Dr. Valentine by John Llewellyn Probert “Promises to be even more gleefully deranged than the first book!” Two years ago, a series of horrific murders shocked the city of Bristol. These were killings so elaborate in their planning, and so outrageous in their execution, that they made national headlines …

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5 Must Read Articles 29 December 2014

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. The scent of turkey, sprouts, and Aunt Ada’s Baileys vomit still lingers in the kitchen, but that doesn’t mean we’re having a week off.  This week: Piece by Piece: “Christine” Lives Ghoulish Aesthetes: “The Hound” Horror Movies: Banned, Pulled and X-rated Toys of Terror #35 Disgusting’s Top 10 …

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