5 Must Read Horror Articles 19 December 2016

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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: Horror And Social Conflict The Boxers Omen: A Forgotten Classic The Complete Exorcist Franchise Timeline Bill Moseley Reveals His Favourite Possession Movies Five Terrifying Christmas Legends For more articles …

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News Round-up Week Ending 16 December 2016

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Live reading of M. R. James’ Casting the Runes Nunkie Productions and Thomthom Films have collaborated to produce a filmed reading of M. R. James’ classic supernatural tale, Casting the Runes. Filmed in one take, by the light of …

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Book Review: The Feast of All Souls by Simon Bestwick

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“We can happily say that Simon Bestwick sticks the knife smoothly into his readers before he starts twisting it around.” In his latest novel, Simon Bestwick has taken what appears on the surface to be a traditional haunted house ghost story, and twisted it into something altogether stranger and unique. Something that in no way …

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Look Out For … Six Scary Stories selected by Stephen King

Look Out For … Six Scary Stories selected by Stephen King “The stories will make you think twice before cuddling up to your old soft toy, dipping your toe into the water, or counting the spots on a leopard.” Stephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and …

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TIH 124: Ray Cluley on Authentic Storytelling, Researching Locations and Short Story Writing

TIH 124 Ray Cluley on Authentic Storytelling, Researching Locations and Short Story Writing

In this podcast Ray Cluley talks about full-time and part-time writing, authentic storytelling, research for stories and much more. About Ray Cluley Ray Cluley has been published in Black Static, Interzone and Crimewave from TTA Press, Shadows & Tall Trees from Undertow Press, and Icarus from Lethe Press, as well as featuring in a variety of anthologies. …

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Injured Eyeballs: Old Time Radio Horror

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This month, it’s time to dim the lights and gather around the wireless for a midnight broadcast, as we look back on an age when some of the scariest stories ever written went out over the radio waves. When a whole nation was enthralled and appalled by Old Time Radio Horror. Old Time Radio, also …

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Book Review: Odd Man Out by James Newman

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“In the end we all bleed red.” Summer, 1989, The Black Mountain Camp for boys should be a place to make friends, go splashing in the lake and sit around campfires and create those bonds and memories that could last a lifetime. Part of that is true, but the memories that revisit Dennis are not …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 12 December 2016

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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: Survivors Series Five Creative Team Talk An Interview With Jennifer Brozek Stephen Lang On His Don’t Breathe Role Rob Zombie Talks Unmade Movies Tad Raimi Talks About Reprising An …

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News Round-up Week Ending 9 December 2016

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Award winning zombie movie Hell is Full now available on Amazon Written and directed by Steve Hodgkins, Hell is Full was included in Maxim’s ‘top 66 zombie movies you’ve never heard of’ and also won a Tabloid Witch …

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Book Review: An Other Place by Darren Dash

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“The story was full of some very weird and unique ideas and Dash handles the world-building in a competent manner.” Although he may be better known as Darren Shan, author of many horror novels in the YA field, such as the ‘Cirque Du Freak’ series and ‘Zom-B’ series as well as numerous standalone novels, Darren …

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