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The Cutting Room: The Witch

  • October 1, 2015

  • 2 mins to read

William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with their five children in the remote wilderness of 1630s New England. When their newborn son suddenly disappears and their crops fail, the family begin to turn on each other and soon find themselves being torn apart by a malevolent force of black magic. Why we’re looking …

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Book Review: Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories by Robert Hood

  • September 29, 2015

  • 5 mins to read

“Peripheral Visions explores twisted realities, life after death, and the phantoms of troubled minds.” Peripheral Visions is a vast, 44-strong collection of the collected ghost stories to date of Australian author Robert Hood. Hood may not be a household name amongst British horror fans, but the quality of the stories in this book (available as a …

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Top 5 of FrightFest 2015 – No. 1: Sun Choke

  • September 29, 2015

  • 4 mins to read

This Is Horror head of film and television Jason Hicks’ rundown of his personal top five films shown at Film Four Frightfest 2015 comes to a close as he reviews his favourite film of the festival — the visually beautiful psychological drama Sun Choke. “Sun Choke is a tense and sometimes uncomfortable piece of hallucinatory …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 28 September 2015

  • September 28, 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: Here’s Where to Start with the Scary Specter of TV Horror Series What Scares Cult Horror Writer Thomas Ligotti? The Great Stephen King Birthday Cinema Celebration! Psychology of TV Violence: A Look …

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