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5 Must Read Horror Articles 7 September 2015

September 7, 2015
3 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Stephen King: Can a Novelist Be Too Productive? Why I Love 80s Horror: Part One – VHS Covers Why Wes Craven Mattered to Horror Fans Something Rotten ‘The Strain’: Why FX’s Vampire-Apocalypse …

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News Round-up Week Ending 4 September 2015

September 4, 2015
5 mins to read

Wes Craven Dies Aged 76 Maestro horror film director Wes Craven has passed way on Sunday 30 August at the age of 76 following a battle with brain cancer. The respected director was undoubtedly best known as the creator of the A Nightmare On Elm Street and Scream series of films, but he was also …

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High Brow, Low Brow, No Brow

September 4, 2015
4 mins to read

Some of you may have read a certain online Guardian article recently, and, like me, I’m sure many of you fell into the trap of this obvious bit of trolling, expressing anger and dismay at such a joyless statement about the supposed worth of reading some books over others. The fact that the online Guardian …

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Obituary – Wes Craven

September 4, 2015
5 mins to read

Wes Craven: 1939–2015. Wes Craven, the maestro horror film director best known for creating A Nightmare On Elm Street and Scream, passed away on Sunday 30 August following a battle with brain cancer. He was 76 years old. Like many other horror film fans around the world, my perception of horror was forever changed by …