Category: Features

80s Horror Cinema: The Empire of the Eighties

  • January 16, 2013

  • 1 min to read

The release of Steve Kostanski’s quite marvellous Manborg, soon to be reviewed elsewhere on the This Is Horror site by my good self, has this month had me thinking about the movies that inspired it, and the circumstances under which I discovered them. Keep on reading…

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10 Must Read Horror Articles 14 January 2013

  • January 14, 2013

  • 5 mins to read

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror, the place to discover the best articles of the week. This week is a double edition with 10 must read horror articles:   Who do you think you AAARGH! – A Texas Chainsaw Family History On the set of the Evil Dead remake – Part One Behind The …

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Wide Open Fear: Australian Horror and Gothic Fiction

  • January 10, 2013

  • 1 min to read

In her introduction to Australis Imaginarium (2010), Tehani Wessely succinctly summarises an idea that has become something of a truism when it comes to discussing horror and dark fantasy stories with Australian settings… Keep on reading…

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The Fear of Rats – Musophobia (aka Suriphobia / Murophobia)

  • January 7, 2013

  • 1 min to read

This month, we take a look at rodents. Considering our cities are now supposedly infested with rats, it’s interesting to try and understand what makes these urban vermin so scary to some. Realistically, it all started in 1664… Keep on reading…

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