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Film Review: It Follows (2014)

June 29, 2015
4 mins to read

“Does it deserve all of the praise lavished on it? The simple answer is both yes and no.” After an apparently innocent sexual encounter turns into something altogether more sinister, a young woman named Jay finds that she is being stalked by a relentless being that can assume the form of anyone, and that will …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 29 June 2015

June 29, 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: How Jaws Took a Bite Out of America Revisiting Firestarter by Richard Chizmar Constructive Storytelling: Why Horror is Good For You, Part Two The Fly: A Retrospective by David Moody The 12 …

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Book Review: ClownFellas by Carlton Mellick III

June 29, 2015
5 mins to read

“If Martin Scorsese and Ronald McDonald had a baby, this would be it. A must read whether you are a fan of bizarro or not.” Welcome to Little Bigtop, the notorious clown neighbourhood of New York, where clowns outnumber humans, or vanillas, ten to one. What was once a major tourist attraction is now a …

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News Round-up Week Ending 26 June

June 26, 2015
2 mins to read

Hannibal Cancelled Bad news for “Fannibals” and horror connoisseurs everywhere, NBC has this week pulled the plug on Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal. The third series, which is currently airing to rave reviews but minimal audiences, will be the last that the network produces. However, fear not, the internet is rife with speculation that one of the …