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Fucked Up Stories to Read in the Daytime (Stories to Definitely Damage the Youth)

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Fucked Up Stories to Read in the Daytime (Stories to Definitely Damage the Youth)

  After a reading hiatus brought on by stressful circumstances, I craved something short and engaging. A compilation of short stories that grips you, leave you wanting more, and which lingers in your mind; the perfect remedy for a reading slump. Often in short story collections a few tales truly stand out, carrying the book […]

Gig of the Damned (Drag Queen Slasher Fiction)

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Gig of the Damned (Drag Queen Slasher Fiction)

  Oh, it’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed a book (literally)! This was a joy to bring me back to my good old hobby. Phrique took that slasher style read, where one crazy ass kills a whole bunch of people in a row, and added the most wonderful and fresh take on it. The […]

Maggie’s Grave (Paranormal Witch Horror)

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Maggie’s Grave (Paranormal Witch Horror)

  David Sodergren has once again blessed my Kindle with a brilliant folk horror tale. I loved The Haar, but I absolutely adored Maggie’s Grave. In the nearly deserted town Auchenmullan, with just 47 residents remaining, a dark tale lays dormant. Towards the top of a mountain, a singular grave lies. “MAGGIE WALL BURIED HERE […]

Mouth (Living Hole in the Ground Horror)

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Mouth (Living Hole in the Ground Horror)

  Did I ever think I’d read a monster story, about a hole in the ground, with layers of teeth that had different purposes, a mind of its own, and could communicate with his people by rumbling the ground? If you’d have asked me before I read this, the answer would’ve been most definitely not. […]

The Yellow Night (Brazilian Grind Art Horror)

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The Yellow Night (Brazilian Grind Art Horror)

  Stop me if you’ve heard this: a group of teenagers travels to an isolated island for a debauched graduation party weekend. Disregarding oblique warnings from vaguely menacing locals, they arrive at one of the teens’ family estate. When someone goes missing, it becomes evident that something terrifying lurks in the shadows enshrouding the island. […]

Blood Machines (Vapid Sci-Fi Horror Synth Cheese)

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Blood Machines (Vapid Sci-Fi Horror Synth Cheese)

  Those uninitiated in synthwave and unfamiliar with one of the forefathers of the genre, Carpenter Brut, can now be exposed to it all through bloody 80s nostalgia with the release of Blood Machines on Shudder. The three episode “epic” by Seth Ickerman involves the discovery of an entity who escapes her spaceship, turning into […]

DEATH CULT RITUAL – NIGHT OF THE FLESH-EATING FREAKS (Full CAPS Noise Horror)

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DEATH CULT RITUAL – NIGHT OF THE FLESH-EATING FREAKS (Full CAPS Noise Horror)

  Noise has for at least two decades been a case of you’ve heard one you’ve pretty much heard them all. The genre is constantly resistant to change and stagnancy reigns, mainly because it’s so damn easy to stomp a bunch of pedals and feign “scary” while tossing fake blood around and screaming into a […]

Bone Mother (Baba-Yaga Pronounced Correctly Folk Horror)

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Bone Mother (Baba-Yaga Pronounced Correctly Folk Horror)

  The horror industry should really dig into folklore more, from anywhere, and lose the jumpscares. I don’t mean dig in there, steal some stuff, and then claim it as one’s own, I mean let it reveal itself. Case in point this recent, animated, true-to-the-original short, Bone Mother, which draws on Russian folklore, in particular […]

La Noira (Broken Heart Horror by Carlos Baena)

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La Noira (Broken Heart Horror by Carlos Baena)

  La Noira received tons of praise before I even looked at it, and since my suggested viewing kept bothering me about it I figured “okay, fine.” Directed by mainstream (gasp) powerhouse Carlos Baena (ahem Jurassic Park III and Toy Story 3, among many others) La Noira (which translates to “The Ferris Wheel”) has been […]

Seeds (New England Insect Incest)

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Seeds (New England Insect Incest)

  Take a psychological creature-feature thriller and throw in inappropriate sexual desire so that it’s clear keeping it in the family is not always best and you get Seeds, a haunting debut from writer-director Owen Long. When a night of debauchery spirals out of control, a young man named Marcus retreats to the isolation of […]

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