Category: Features

Hardwired for Fear: Why We Love to be Scared

Race With the Devil

  Can you feel it? That buzz in the air, as the temperatures start to fall and the leaves on the trees begin to decay? You can smell wood smoke on the breeze, wafting forth as the clouds part, revealing the witches moon and ensconcing Halloween firmly within the framework of the season. That tremor …

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Searchlight: The Occult

Tbe Occult by Colin Wilson

It’s impossible to dive into horror without at some point crossing into occult territory. God, the devil, angels, demons, ceremonial magick, pagan rituals—the eternal fight of good vs. evil—it’s all linked together with a history as long as mankind, and more diverse than you can imagine. Intertwined with religion and spirituality, the occult forms the …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 23 Oct 2017

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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: Indiewire looks at the top 20 foreign language horror movies of the 21st Century Gizmodo’s IO9 team offer up 10 obscure cult horror movies that horror connoisseurs  should be …

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Look Out For … High Moon, Vol. 1: Bullet Holes and Bite Marks

High Moon, Vol. 1

Look Out For … High Moon, Vol. 1: Bullet Holes and Bite Marks “If you’re looking for Weird Western Werewolf action, High Moon has got you covered.” Bounty hunter Matthew Macgregor rides into Blest, Texas. Drought and famine has hit the community hard. The temperature keeps rising, but at night, there’s something unnatural roaming and …

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