In Extremis: Jaws in the Third Dimension
Jaws 3D was a box-office success but heralded the beginning of the end for the franchise. Freddy Fenech recounts the story of how it all went wrong…
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Welcome to the Horrified Film page. Here, you’ll find writing including articles, essays, analysis, retrospectives, insights and love letters to everything British horror cinema…
The Monster Club: The Overlooked Portmanteau
Huw Lloyd presents his argument in defence of the 1981 horror anthology, The Monster Club…
Making films in the post-cinema/post-horror age: Sarah McGregor on making The Fable of Isabella
Filmmaker Sarah McGregor discusses the trials, tribulations and creative joy of making feature-length folk horror film, The Fable of Isabella…
New Musical Horror Express: An interview with Pat Higgins
Horrified’s Dean Newman interviews award-winning British horror writer and director Pat Higgins about his forthcoming horror musical, Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead…
The Innocents: Britain’s Ultra-Classy Ghost Story
Jane Nightshade looks back at possibly the best cinematic ghost story ever made, 1961’s The Innocents…
Laughing & Screaming: Comedy-horror and The House in Nightmare Park
Should comedy and horror ever occupy the same space? David Evans-Powell believes so and presents his case with a look at 1973’s The House in Nightmare Park…
The Duality of Aliens and Pregnancy: The Natal Terror of Inseminoid
Andy Roberts dives head-first into the schlock-and-gore of Norman J. Warren’s alleged ‘Alien knock-off’, 1981’s Inseminoid…
Exploring ‘Hoodie Horror’ and the Class Politics of Eden Lake
Eleanor Miller discusses ‘Hoodie horror’, Eden Lake and the media demonisation of British youth for Horrified…
Was It Magic Or Murder They Planned? Séance On A Wet Afternoon
Johnny Restall revisits drab, wet London for Séance On A Wet Afternoon, a 1964 psychological thriller with supernatural undertones…
Hammer Icons: Part Three – The One With Oliver Reed
In the final part of Jonathan Clode’s ode to Hammer films monsters, he looks at their one-and-done take on the werewolf legend with The Curse of the Werewolf…
