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10 Must Read Horror Articles 14 January 2013

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

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)

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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Looking forward to 2013 (Peter Cushing style)

I am writing this on the first day of 2013 and, like many others around the globe, I am pondering what’s in store for the next 365 days. No doubt there are going to be millions of column inches devoted to forthcoming genre books, events and films plastered all over the internet in the coming …

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