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…
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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…
Utter madness: exploring Hammer’s ‘mini-Hitchcocks’
Adam Jezard discusses how classic European psychological horror-thriller Les Diaboliques influenced Hammer’s series of psychological dramas…
Ten Classic British Ghost Stories That Need Onscreen Treatments
Jane Nightshade looks at 10 British ghost stories that deserve adaptation for the big (or small) screen…