Category: Features

Searchlight: Supernatural Horror in Literature

August 29, 2017
5 mins to read

Most horror fans celebrate H.P. Lovecraft’s birthday this month—August 20th to be exact—as the recent NecronomiCon festival just ended in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft’s birthplace, with a massive celebration of all things Weird. Lovecraft’s fiction is rather polarizing, stemming from obvious racism in some of his works. My friend Gabino Iglesias, recently commented on social …

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In Memoriam: Tobe Hooper (1943–2017)

August 28, 2017
4 mins to read

William Tobe Hooper, legendary director, writer, and producer, passed away of natural causes 26 August, 2017. He was 74 years old. Hooper was directly involved in eighteen films and several television shows, but will always be remembered for his 1974 film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Considered one of the most influential horror films of …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 28 Aug 2017

August 28, 2017
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: Writer Robert Harders’ Original Pitch for Halloween 5 Incredible Rebound First Editions of Stephen King’s IT Bill ‘Choptop’ Moseley Reflects On Texas Chainsaw Massace 2 The Version Of Michael …

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Midnight Mix-Tape: August 2017 – Abiding Angels

August 28, 2017
5 mins to read

Uncle Jake’s here to hook you up with some of the latest and greatest horror short stories available online right now. Stories that will challenge, evolve, and redefine what horror is, and what it will become. These are themed mix-tapes of fear, dread, danger, and gore, lovingly curated just for your reading pleasure. I’ve got …