Dread, Desolation and Urban Isolation: Shadows of Fear
Andrew Screen tackles Thames Television’s early 70s anthology, Shadows of Fear, which eschewed the supernatural for more psychological horrors…
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Nigel Kneale’s Beasts (1976)
Andrew Screen, author of the forthcoming The Book of Beasts, explores a ‘touchstone of folk horror and hauntology’, the seminal 1976 series Beasts by Nigel Kneale…
Fast! Fierce! Fantastic! A History of Action Comic
Andrew Screen digs into Action, one of the most controversial British comic series of all time…
[Review] Babythump (2021)
Andrew Screen reviews 2021’s BABYTHUMP, the second horror short film from editor-turned-director, Ian Killick…
Stingless Stories: Scorpion Tales (1978)
Scorpion Tales occupies a lower tier in the pantheon of great British horror television of the 1970s, but did it deserve more than a single series? Andrew Screen investigates the programme’s six-episode run…
Runecaster – an interview with Jane Mainley-Piddock
Horrified’s Andrew Screen interviews Jane Mainley-Piddock about her forthcoming book, Casting the Runes: The Letters of M. R. James...
The Forgotten Terrors of The Frighteners (1972)
Long-neglected anthology series, The Frighteners (1972), utilised cultural concerns of the period in telling its pitch-black horror tales. Andrew Screen takes a closer look at the series’ 13 episode run…
All Things Bright and Beautiful: How The Mad Death (1982) ravaged TV
Andrew Screen explores the BBC’s chilling rabies outbreak serial, 1983’s The Mad Death…
Better Dead Than Bored: Urban Gothic
Andrew Screen encounters Channel Five’s early Millennium low-budget horror anthology, Urban Gothic…