Category: Features

5 Must Read Horror Articles 30 Apr 2018

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Bloody Disgusting feature a piece in homage to the outstanding TV adaptation of Dan Simmons’ The Terror Kotaku ask why film adaptations of horror video games are almost always so …

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Look Out For … Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola

Hellboy Omnibus Volume One - Mike Mignola - cover

“For the first time, Mike Mignola’s iconic Hellboy comes to life in all new omnibus collections, told in chronological order.”    Summoned from the bowels of Hell by Rasputin during the end of World War II, a strange humanoid child arrives on Earth and is rescued by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm. Raised as a man instead …

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Film Adaptation of Nathan Ballingrud’s The Visible Filth set for 2019 Release

The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud

Signal Horizon described it as a “tightly-crafted, claustrophobic tale that explores how complacency and curiosity can both lead to bad ends.” It was clear that Nathan Ballingrud’s The Visible Filth was a novella that was quite special from the moment it came to life. It has gone on to become one of This is Horror’s best sellers …

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Searchlight: Deviant

Deviant by Harold Schechter

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho, Silence of the Lambs. These stories all share a common thread of DNA based on real-life events. While they differ somewhat in tone, there are similarities within the subject matter of these books and films. What connects them all is one man: Ed Gein. Think you know about Ed Gein …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 23 Apr 2018

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Film School Rejects pick out three horror films which will make you cry Rotten Tomatoes highlight some terrifying segments from horror anthologies Oxford University Press paints an analogy of …

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Look Out For … Corpsepaint by David Peak

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“Cosmic-pessimism is Peak’s speciality, and when you combine that with the brutal aggression of a black metal band recording an album with a strange cult act, you know things are going to get pretty weird.”    Don’t call it a come back. After years of bad decisions and a revolving door of musicians, black metal …

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Searchlight: Plot

Plot by Ansen Dibell

The Elements of Fiction Writing line from Writer’s Digest Books is hit or miss for a lot of writers. Much like any other kind of advice, you have to sift through a lot of points that may not apply to your style or way of writing to find suggestions that resonate with you on a …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 16 Apr 2018

A Quiet Place

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: The Guardian digs deep into the revival of horror in Hollywood and discusses the wider implications for the film industry Bloody Disgusting offer up ten of the scariest made-for-TV …

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Look Out For … Compulsory Games by Robert Aickman

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“While all Aickman’s stories are excellent, it’s high time for a volume containing the best of the best.”     Robert Aickman’s fiction is in a class by itself. His self-proclaimed “strange stories” are indeed among the strangest tales ever written. Within the pages of his stories, you will not find the common tropes we …

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Tattered Tomes: Volume Two of Clive Barker’s The Books of Blood, Revisited

Books of Blood, Volume 2 by Clive Barker

Already smitten by the first volume of Clive Barker’s Books of Blood series, when volume two hit the streets it was an instant purchase. The book was a treat to myself, a present for raising my GPA enough to justify my parents paying for my college education. The book couldn’t have come at a better …

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