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5 Must Read Horror Articles 23 December 2013

December 23, 2013
4 mins to read

It’s that time of year again; the time for pulling toilet-paper tubes covered in gold paper because it’s tradition, a time when you don’t think twice about catching herpes beneath a hemi-parasitic plant because it’s the done thing, and a time when we all casually await a fat man who may or may not make …

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Three Things American Horror Story Got Right

December 19, 2013
8 mins to read

American Horror Story premiered in the United States in October 2011 as an anthological television series where each season told a different story with different characters, often played by actors from other seasons. Though, I don’t think that viewers knew that this unique quality of the series was planned. I know I was a bit …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 16 December 2013

December 16, 2013
4 mins to read

Christmas is almost upon us once again, but if you think all that merriment and silliness will stop us from finding the best horror articles of the week, think again. This week on Must Read Horror: Ho Ho Horrors – The Favourite Christmas Movies of Roger Corman, Mick Garris, Neil Gaiman, and More! Top Ten …

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Less is More: Short Horror

December 10, 2013
9 mins to read

My first column for This is Horror… hmm, what to do? I’m gonna go with ‘Less is More: Short Horror’ with the intention of focussing on short stories in the genre. As a kind of ‘getting to know each other’ piece, this first will look at the form and its suitability for telling dark tales, …