Syringes, Crucifixes and (Un)Therapeutic Whirlpools: The Social and Medical Horror of Saint Maud (2019)
Joe Howsin explores the ‘social horror’ of Rose Glass’ excellent British horror debut film, 2019’s Saint Maud…
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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…
Horror in the Britcom: The League of Gentlemen’s Metapocalypse
In the latest entry for his Horror in the Britcom series, writer A.J. Black explores the transition from beloved television comedy to the big screen with 2005’s The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse…
Kitchen Sink Horror: The Short Films of Ben Steiner
Ellis Reed examines Ben Steiner’s short horror films, available now via YouTube, and speaks to the British filmmaker about his work…
Subterranean Savagery: A Ride On The Death Line (1972)
Carriages, Cannibals & Corrupt Capitalism! Johnny Restall takes a ride through the Tube’s tunnels of terror with 1972’s Death Line…
‘From The Eternal Sea, He Rises’: 45 Years of The Omen
Johnny Restall celebrates 45 satanic years of British horror classic, 1976’s The Omen…
Does a horror film have to be scary? Revisiting The Awakening (2011)
Nick Bartlett returns to The Awakening, finding a subtle and affecting ghost story beyond the genre tropes…
‘Well, I’m dead, mother…but other than that, I couldn’t be better!’: Psychomania (1973)
Emily McQuade celebrates the absurd delights of the cultish, kitsch and unique Psychomania (1973)…
‘Sunlight and terror’: Commemorating 50 years of The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)
David Evans-Powell explores Piers Haggard’s 1971 folk horror classic, The Blood on Satan’s Claw, and offers some reflections on the more troubling aspects of the film…
Every Witch Way But Loose: Foreign Influence and Cinematic Reality in Norman J. Warren’s Terror (1978)
Andy Roberts enters the world of Norman J. Warren once again, this time exploring his 1978 descent into Terror…
The Making of To the Devil…a Daughter: Dennis Wheatley (Part three)
The last of three essays by K B Morris on occult writer Dennis Wheatley explores Hammer Productions’ final ’70s horror film, To the Devil… a Daughter, loosely adapted from Wheatley’s novel of the same name…
