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A collection of curated encounters with the beautifully unsettling.
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Horror’s New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse
Read More: Horror’s New Wave: 15 Years of BlumhouseYou know you’ve truly made it when you release a book dedicated to nothing but your own brilliance. After all, if you’ve spent the last fifteen years turning micro‑budget gambles into cultural juggernauts across the horror genre, a little self‑worship feels practically modest. Consider it a public service.
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The Gallery is now Open
Read More: The Gallery is now OpenAfter an extended and entirely avoidable delay, the Gallery has finally reopened. A room set aside for artwork of the strange and the beautiful.
ODDITIES FROM THE HOUSE
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Reanimal: Because Apparently Valentine’s Week Needed More Trauma
Read More: Reanimal: Because Apparently Valentine’s Week Needed More TraumaEvery so often, a game appears that makes you squint at the screen and think, “Haven’t I been traumatised by this art style before?” Enter Reanimal.
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Mama: A Mother’s Love Is Forever (Whether You Like It or Not)
Read More: Mama: A Mother’s Love Is Forever (Whether You Like It or Not)A ghost is an emotion bent out of shape, condemned to repeat itself time and time again, until it rights the wrong that was done.
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Unlocking Netflix’s Hidden Horror
Read More: Unlocking Netflix’s Hidden HorrorNetflix is many things. Convenient, overwhelming, and occasionally determined to hide every horror film you actually want to watch. Fortunately, the House Keeper has recently discovered a little‑known workaround.
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Dark Secrets: A Survival Kit of Belief, Hiding Beneath Waterloo
Read More: Dark Secrets: A Survival Kit of Belief, Hiding Beneath WaterlooTwenty-seven rooms exploring Voodoo rites, Freemason temples, alchemical experiments, witchcraft, demonology, séances, and even the world’s largest collection of haunted dolls.
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A reminder that society can, in fact, get worse: 28 Years Later
Read More: A reminder that society can, in fact, get worse: 28 Years LaterIn case you missed it at the Cinema, you can now enjoy the chaos, panic, and the gentle reminder that society can, in fact, get worse, from the comfort of your own living room.
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The House of Last Resort, Christopher Golden
Read More: The House of Last Resort, Christopher GoldenThe House Keeper placed this on the list with a small, satisfied nod. “Homes like this don’t settle,” she said. “They wait.” Whether she meant the fictional house or ours was unclear. We decided not to press the matter.
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Routine: A good use of Space
Read More: Routine: A good use of SpaceThe only thing more unsettling than being alone, is being alone on the Moon.
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Hidden London: Guided descents into abandoned Tube stations
Read More: Hidden London: Guided descents into abandoned Tube stationsA decent into London’s underbelly.
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Read More: Stranger Things: The First ShadowBecause apparently the Upside Down wasn’t content with just haunting Netflix.
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Manifestations of your unresolved guilt: Return to Silent Hill
Read More: Manifestations of your unresolved guilt: Return to Silent HillNothing says “fresh year, fresh start” like voluntarily returning to a town that behaves like a psychological escape room designed by someone who personally hates you.
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Cling to the Darkness: Quiet Horror to Keep the Festive Glitter at Bay
Read More: Cling to the Darkness: Quiet Horror to Keep the Festive Glitter at BayWe’re still tethered to Halloween’s shadow, holding onto the last scraps of darkness before before December’s glitter seeps into the foundations and mingles with the dust. Call it denial – or just good taste before the season turns obnoxiously bright.
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The Hill of Bones, Bunhill Fields; 360 Years Forgotten
Read More: The Hill of Bones, Bunhill Fields; 360 Years ForgottenLondon isn’t short on cemeteries. With around 85,000 deaths recorded in the capital each year, we all have to end up somewhere. And yet, in a city founded nearly 2,000 years ago, burial space is running out.
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From Goosebumps to Gothic, The British Library Presents: Tales of the Weird
Read More: From Goosebumps to Gothic, The British Library Presents: Tales of the WeirdThere’s nothing more beautiful than a bookshelf filled with stories, and nothing more haunting than one where the covers all speak as one.
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Dark Castle Wasn’t On The Map, But Blockbuster Showed Us the Way
Read More: Dark Castle Wasn’t On The Map, But Blockbuster Showed Us the WayBack then, horror didn’t come to you. You had to go looking for it. We didn’t have Sky. No easy access to YouTube trailers. No algorithmic nudges. We had the Horror aisle of Blockbuster.
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The Architect of Oddity: Tim Burton’s Emotional Blueprints
Read More: The Architect of Oddity: Tim Burton’s Emotional BlueprintsCrooked lines, pale faces, and a kind of melancholy that feels oddly comforting. Like many, his worlds have always felt familiar to me. Instantly recognizable, and comforting in the most macabre way.
House of Solitude 