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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 January 2014

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: Examining the Critical Reaction to The Thing 5 Horror Movie Endings That Defy Basic Logic Please Stop Killing the Dog Edgar Allan …

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The Weird World of Bill Alexander

Bill Alexander

There is a lot of talk amongst the Horrorati at the moment about Quiet Horror. A sub-genre that seems to mainly concern itself with timid vampires and shy werewolves whose worst crimes would appear to be dropping a thigh bone in the school library or letting one rip during the two minute silence on Remembrance …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 20 January 2014

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: The Real Madame Lalaurie & Other Legends From American Horror Story: Coven The 9 Best Satanic Cults in History Nightmare Royale #10: Horror and Shit (On the Mind-Blowing …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 13 January 2014

Welcome to this week’s edition of Must Read Horror, your one-stop shop for the best horror articles the internet has to offer. This week: Horror-Loving Kids and the Parents Who Encourage It 10 Vintage British Horror Films You Can’t Afford To Miss Weird Menace: From Grandpa’s Torture Porn To Scooby Doo and Beyond Your Favourite …

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A Warning to the Curious

M.R. James

A natural enough follow-up to my previous column might have been to look at the work of Edgar Allan Poe, but a comment from David Surface last month got me thinking about M. R. James and, what with it being Christmas as I write this, well, it seems silly not to look at James instead. …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 6 January 2014

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. As we bid farewell to 2013 and usher in 2014, remove its coat, and force it into a corner with a stiff whiskey, you’ll be pleased to know that the internet is still teeming with fantastic horror articles, and that we will continue to force them upon you …

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Wolves in Outback Australia

Wolf Creek

 With Wolf Creek 2 about to be unleashed on the world, it may be time to look back at the career of writer/director Greg McLean. He has written, directed, and produced all his films except for Red Hill (2010). McLean first trained as a fine artist, but then went on to complete a graduate diploma …

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Off With His Head! Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Horror

My fascination with decapitation myths (should I admit that?) was sparked by the apocrypha stories of Salome and Judith. Salome’s ‘Dance of the Seven Veils’, a striptease of sorts for her stepfather, King Herod, was performed in exchange for the head of John the Baptist. Judith in comparison was a lot more hands on, stealing …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 30 December 2013

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: Haunted Holidays: Scary Lady Writers The Year in Horror: The Scariest Moments of 2013 Ghosts of Christmas Past: Why Were the Victorians …

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There IS A Sanity Clause – Proof Positive that Santa Really Does Exist

Silent Night Christmas Horror

I’m presuming gentle reader that, if you’re a regular visitor to the This Is Horror site, then you’re probably going to spend the best part of this season of ‘peace on earth and goodwill to all men’, watching as many of your fellow men get maimed, dismembered and murdered as is humanly possible. Can you …

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