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5 Must Read Horror Articles 1 December 2014

Welcome once again to Must Read Horror. With Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Bonfire Night well and truly behind us, there’s only Christmas to look forward to this year. That, and four more editions of Must Read Horror. This week: Hellraiser – Making Beauty Out of Body Horror Noteworthy Performances in Horror: Piper Laurie in Carrie The …

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The Cutting Room: Big Driver and The Stand

Big Driver Tess Thorne (Maria Bello), a famous mystery writer who gets sidetracked during a long drive home from a book signing. After deciding to take a shortcut, she becomes stranded on a lonely New England road when her tire blows out. Thorne encounters another driver (Will Harris) who turns out to be a serial …

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Terror Tots: Mikey

As we enter the run-up to Christmas, we’re all getting ready to see and hear the excited chatter of the nation’s children as they gradually get ever more stoked on the natural high that is the season. Letters will soon be sent off to Father Christmas, filled with the requisite lists of toys and (these …

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Look Out For… The Nickronomicon by Nick Mamatas and European Monsters

Look Out For… The Nickronomicon by Nick Mamatas “It’s a rare writer indeed who can write a Lovecraftian story that’s simultaneously funny and unnerving.” This vile tome collects thirteen blasphemous Lovecraftan tales of a certain scribe named Nick Mamatas. Warning: May contain shoggoths, martial arts, weirdness, Nyarlathotep, fish people from Innsmouth, and copious literary references. …

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