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5 Must Read Horror Articles 2 February 2015

February 2, 2015
3 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Weekly 5: Five Things to Read Before The Scarlet Gospels Horror and the Sad Reality of Gender Discrimination The 15 Best Japanese Horror Movies of All Time Silent Hills vs The Evil …

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Re(a)d Letter Day: What Makes a Monster?

January 30, 2015
8 mins to read

So what makes a good ‘monster’ in horror fiction/films? Why does one individual creation strike home with millions of readers/viewers to become a ‘classic’ with the passage of time, while others last only as long as the book’s/film’s length does and immediately plunge into obscurity? What qualities make for a nemesis that lingers on in …

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Look Out For… Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer and Dark Screams

January 27, 2015
5 mins to read

Look Out For… Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer “In a world of dull and derivative trilogies, The Southern Reach stands out.” For thirty years, Area X, monitored by the secret agency known as the Southern Reach, has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border– an environmental disaster zone, though to …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 26 January 2015

January 26, 2015
3 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Regan’s Not-So-Absent Father: A Personal Tribute to Make-up Legend Dick Smith The Scary Future Of The Hollywood Horror Film Guest Author Ray Garton asks, “Is There No Empathy in Horror?” The Silence …