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5 Must Read Horror Articles, 21 January 2013

January 21, 2013
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, the place to find the best horror articles of the week. Once again we’ve searched the internet for interesting and notable articles for your reading pleasure. This week: If they made horror – Hypothetical horror films from 8 non-horror directors William Castle’s five top movie gimmicks Is it time to …

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Interview: Michael Kelly

January 18, 2013
1 min to read

What first attracted you to horror writing? Charles Beaumont! I spotted a book called The Howling Man in a bookshop while browsing. I picked it up and read Beaumont’s bio. He’d scripted a number of episodes of The Twilight Zone, which I loved, of course. Keep on reading…

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News Round-up Week Ending 18 January

January 18, 2013
2 mins to read

Grimm Up North Double Bills Grimm Up North bring January to a close with a trio of excellent double bills in Manchester. They include Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Last House on the Left on 23 January, Towerblock and Hollow on 26 January and Mon Ami and Chop on 31 January. Tickets are available from the Grimm Up North website. We Are Monsters Takes Shape US …

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Interview: Simon Maginn

January 17, 2013
1 min to read

What first attracted you to horror writing? I think the thing that first really grabbed my attention was The Amityville Horror (1979). I’d be about eighteen, and I was deeply fascinated by the dark house, the bad place: the grim outline on the hill in Psycho, the labyrinthine nightmare of Gormenghast, the abandoned pier in …