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American Horror Story: Roanoke Season Finale

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Have I been too kind? Too cruel? Too biased for or against certain episodes based on their inclusion or exclusion of Sarah Paulson, Leslie Jordan, or the anointed Evan Peters? You fucking bet I have. AHS is cotton candy, not a vegetable medley. Now let’s get on with this finale and see if the writers …

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Look Out For … The Spirits of Christmas by Paul Kane and Nightmare’s Realm

Look Out For … The Spirits of Christmas by Paul Kane “The Spirit Of Christmas shows the dark and ghostly side to our festive celebrations.” Tis the season for something spooky–and in this, the first of the Black Shuck Shadows series of micro-collections, The Spirits of Christmas abound! Pull up a chair by the fire, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 21 November 2016

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: Let The Right One In Showrunner Discuss The Pilot The Secret Of Long Lasting Horror Fiction Daren Shan Discusses Rebranding Himself Fede Alavrez And Sam Raimi Talk Don’t Breathe …

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The Cutting Room: The Passage

When terminally ill cancer patients get healthy after being bitten by bats in South America, the government conducts secret tests with human subjects to see if a virus can cure illness. Instead, it unleashes a swarm of bloodthirsty vampires out of the test subjects, which include death row inmates. Why we’re looking forward to this: …

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Tattered Tomes: Stephen King’s Pet Sematary Revisited

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Sometimes, dead is better, especially when you read Stephen King’s classic novel, Pet Sematary. The book King himself claims is his scariest is really one helluva story, certainly one of his best, and still relevant today. This marks the third time I’ve read this book, and damn if it just keeps getting better every time. …

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AHS: Roanoke Chapter 9: Mopping Up

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It has been a weird week, to put it mildly. If ever there were a need for good art, or at least good entertainment, now is the time! Not that AHS has ever promised us art–in the entertainment department, though, they can be top of the line, if they’re in the mood. Season 6 has …

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Look Out For … Lost In A Pyramid & Other Mummy Stories and Literary Wonderlands

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Look Out For … Lost In A Pyramid & Other Mummy Stories “The tales of mummies, sarcophaguses and ancient curses here run the gamut from chilling horror to darkly comic.” ‘As he rushed madly and wildly through the night, he could hear a swift, dry patter behind him, and could see that this horror was …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 14 November 2016

5 Must Read Horror Articles 7 November 2016 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: What Happened With George Romero’s Zombies? Ink & Pixel: The Babadook Pinhead Discusses The Hellraiser / Halloween Movie That Almost Was …

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Brutality At Its Finest: Crossing the Line with Violence in Horror

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We all know the scene. The madman on a killing spree, dispatching victims with every weapon they can get their bloody hands on; knives, scalpels, machetes, power-drills, chainsaws, you name it, they’ve got it, and the blood spatters the camera lens and we cringe and hold our hands in front of our faces and as …

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The Cutting Room: Fantasma

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When a beautiful ballerina, Adriana Mena, lands the lead role in the upcoming Nutcracker performance, she’s forced to face her demons as jealousy and tension begin to provoke the supernatural. Why we’re looking forward to this: There’s nothing quite like a good giallo and so Fantasma, written and directed by Brett Mullen and Matt Cloude, …

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