Retrospectives

And Now The Screaming Starts!

Amicus

A Retrospective

In this Amicus Productions retrospective, we cover all 24 films from 1965’s Dr Terror’s House of Horrors to the company’s swansong, 1977’s The People That Time Forgot… 

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Retrospectives

Warnings to the Curious:

A Ghost Story for Christmas

A retrospective on the long-running BBC series, essaying every episode from Whistle and I’ll Come to You to Martin’s Close…

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Whistle and I’ll Come To You (2010)

22/11/2020
The decision to re-adapt Whistle and I'll Come to You for 2010's A Ghost Story for Christmas divided fans of the series and M.R. James' original story. Jon Dear explores…
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A Warning to the Curious (1972)

13/11/2021
Perhaps the best remembered of the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas series, Daniel McGachey​ explains why A Warning to the Curious still retains its ability to unsettle...
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The Ghost Story for Christmas and the Christmas Ghost Story

30/11/2020
Dr. Derek Johnston introduces Horrified's retrospective with some thoughts on the ghost story for Christmas and the Christmas ghost Story...

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Retrospectives

A celebration of

Stephen Volk

From the terrifying and controversial BBC programme, Ghostwatch, to the exceptional poignancy of a mourning Peter Cushing in Whitstable, Stephen Volk is a master of genre writing. This retrospective explores his work…

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Studio of Screams – a review

30/10/2020
Studio of Screams, an Amicus-style prose portmanteau featuring novellas by several authors, including Stephen Volk, is reviewed for Horrified by Paul Gorman...​

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Retrospectives

The

Ramsey
Campbell

Weekend

A close look at the work of the horror maestro, Ramsey Campbell including reflections on his writing and reviews of several of the author’s novels and short story collections…

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Ramsey Campbell, Probably

25/09/2021
David Allkins ventures into the vault of Ramsey Campbell’s writing on himself, his work, and other books and creators going back to 1980s Britain...
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The Man Who Read Campbell

25/09/2021
In this very personal consideration of the work of Ramsey Campbell, Horrified’s Editor-at-Large, John J Johnston, discusses the short stories of the multiple award-winning author, editor, and critic’s extraordinary and…
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The Village Killings and Other Novellas

25/09/2021
William Brown discovers The Village Killings and Other Stories, an astonishing and unsettling collection of five novellas by Ramsey Campbell...

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