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The Cutting Room: Let The Right One In

Let The Right One In Twelve-year-old Oskar is lonely, bullied and badly in need of a friend when he meets Eli, a beautiful but strange girl who appears to be his own age and who has just moved into his apartment block. All is not quite what it seems, however, as bodies begin to pile …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 23 March 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: Carrie: Original Vs Remake Evil Eighties: The Hollywood Horrors of David J. Schow Friday the 13th Part III: How an ’80s Horror Franchise Bet It All On 3-D …

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The Cutting Room: Lost Soul

Lost Soul In 1996 an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1896 novel The Island Of Doctor Moreau was released to indifferent reviews, with many critics speculating that it could have been so much more. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau is the story of just how much more it could have …

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Antipodean Nights: What Is Horror?

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What Is Horror? Horror is an ancient art form. For as long as we’ve told stories around a fire, it’s likely a vast majority of those stories have been horror, or at least what we’d call horror today. Tales that terrify were probably used to educate the young in what danger lies ahead, and to …

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