A Dreadful Fear of Clichés

  • March 13, 2013

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I have a confession. There are a few (well, many) horror tropes that I just cannot stomach at all. Not because they’re cliché – although, of course, they are – but because there’s something about them that’s actually, fundamentally, terrifying. Keep on reading…

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Death’s Apprentice: A Grimm City Novel by K.W.Jeter and Gareth Jefferson Jones

  • March 13, 2013

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The Brothers Grimm are responsible for some of the most terrifying fairytales ever committed to paper. Disney has also played a part in bringing them to the attention of children the world over, albeit in toned-down versions peppered with musical numbers and dancing forest-animals. Death’s Apprentice: A Grimm City Novel does the exact opposite, combining the original …

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Django Prepare A Coffin

  • March 12, 2013

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Sergio Corbucci’s Django (1966) is one of the all-time great spaghetti westerns. A film grimmer in tone than Sergio Leone’s classic Man With No Name trilogy, Corbucci’s film distinguished itself by being set in the muddiest, coldest, most forbidding town to be seen in a western for many a year; by set pieces that were as outlandish and atmospheric …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 12 March 2013

  • March 12, 2013

  • 3 mins to read

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: 5 Troma Films Every Horror Fan Must See In Defense Of Alien 3 Stealth Is Hanging Around, But Can Survival Horror Make A Comeback? John Carpenter’s The Fog: …

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