Tag: horror

5 Must Read Horror Articles, 29 July 2013

  • July 29, 2013

  • 4 mins to read
The Conjuring

Welcome to Must Read Horror, the place to find the best horror articles of the week. Once again we’ve searched the internet for interesting and notable articles for your reading pleasure. This week: The Real Story Behind The Conjuring and Four Other Horror Movies ‘Based on True Events’ Ten Best Haunted House Horror Movies Mutants …

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Book Review: Every Shallow Cut by Tom Piccirilli

  • July 29, 2013

  • 3 mins to read
Every Shallow Cut by Tom Piccirilli

“The prose is sparse, the narrative voice is dark, and the journey is without remorse.” Noir fiction is, according to Wiki, a literary genre closely tied to hardboiled fiction, with the main difference being the protagonist is not a detective, but a victim, a suspect, or, more commonly, a perpetrator or criminal. Tom Piccirilli’s Every …

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TIH 010: Stephen McGeagh on Habit, Manchester and Creative Writing

  • July 26, 2013

  • 2 mins to read

Habit by Stephen McGeagh

In this podcast we interview Stephen McGeagh, the author of Habit, a brand new horror novel from Salt Publishing. Topics [3:02] The genesis of Habit [5:00] Working with Nicholas Royle [5:44] Sense of place and Manchester in Habit [7:20] Critical response and praise from contemporaries [9:19] Twisted Tales event [11:20] The blurring of genres within Habit …

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Getting Ready for Frightfest 2013

  • July 26, 2013

  • 8 mins to read
Curse of Chucky

It’s that time again. The sleepy queue has been duly survived, the festival passes have been purchased, and the free film viewed. This year it was James Wan’s paranormal investigator thriller The Conjuring, due out in UK cinemas in August. The movie has had good reviews stateside but I have to say that while it …

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