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5 Must Read Horror Articles 21 March 2016

March 21, 2016
3 mins to read

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: Five Great Folk Horror Novels The Monster in the Mirror: On Horror, Disability, and Loving Both at Once Hellbound: Hellraiser II: The Scariest Film of the 1980s (After The …

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News Round-up Week Ending 18 March 2016

March 18, 2016
8 mins to read

Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Dead by Dawn Festival Returns to Edinburgh in April The international horror film festival, Dead by Dawn is returning to Filmhouse, Edinburgh this April 21-24. This will be the 23rd Edition of the acclaimed festival, and …

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The Cutting Room – Shark Exorcist

March 17, 2016
2 mins to read

A demonic nun summons Satan to a small fishing village, where he takes over the bodies of a great white shark and a young woman. A chain reaction of evil grips the tiny community as shredded bodies wash ashore. A Catholic priest arrives, and he must fight both teeth and temptation on land and sea …

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Film Review: Backtrack (2015)

March 17, 2016
4 mins to read

“A worthy addition to the increasingly long list of good Australian supernatural movies.” Backtrack is an Australian film from the screenwriter and director Michael Petroni, who created (amongst other things) the short-lived and underrated US TV series Miracles. The film stars former antichrist Sam Neill as the mentor to Oscar-winning piano player and giant ape …