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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News Round-up Week Ending 11 November 2016

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The Horror Channel has seven network premieres in store for November The Horror Channel has announce a powerful line up of seven network premieres for the month of November, featuring a mixture of recent releases and genre classics. The more recent releases include Antiviral (pictured above), Final Girl and Dead Snow 2: Red Versus Dead, …

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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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TOD 004 Weird Tales: Beyond Lovecraft, A Panel at the 2016 HP Lovecraft Film Festival

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the panel “Weird Tales: Beyond Lovecraft” from the 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. The moderator was Ross E. Lockhart (Word Horde Press), and the panelists were Jesse Bullington, Michael Griffin, Anya Martin, Edward R. Morris and Wendy N. Wagner. It was recorded live on Saturday October 7, 2016. …

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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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TIH 119: Mercedes M. Yardley on NaNoWriMo, the Poetry of Language and Beautiful Horror

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In this podcast Mercedes M. Yardley talks about NaNoWriMo, the poetry of language, working in fifteen-minute increments, beautiful horror and much more. About Mercedes M. Yardley Mercedes M. Yardley is a dark fantasist who wears stilettos and poisonous flowers in her hair. She is the author of the short story collection Beautiful Sorrows, the ‘serial killers …

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Book Review: Bones Are Made to be Broken by Paul Michael Anderson

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“Every tale has one thing in common: Anderson’s ability to craft a compelling, thought-provoking, dark and beautifully heart-breaking story displaying the darkest depths of the human soul.” Bones Are Made to be Broken is the debut collection from author, editor and journalist Paul Michael Anderson. And what a debut it is. Featuring two new stories …

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American Horror Story: Roanoke, Chapter 8: Blood and OxyContin

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The bloodbath has begun. With just ten episodes total and only three to go, there’s a lot of shit to wrap up. A lot of people who had better show up as ghosts. A lot of people whose skulls are still in need of cleaving (the disclaimer that “everyone died, we found this stuff” has …

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