The Enfield Poltergeist
K B Morris revisits the events of The Enfield Poltergeist, a notorious supposed late-70s haunting that continues to spark debate over its authenticity…
Other
Here is where you’ll find all the writing that doesn’t quite fit as snugly under one style. It may feature British horror films but not be explicitly about them, or it may reference a particular British horror television programme while being about something else entirely. In short, this is where the other stuff lives. And it’s really good…
How The BBC Created Hammer
Far from Hammer being the populariser of material from the stolid BBC, it was the adaptation of existing popular BBC shows that allowed Hammer to succeed, as Derek Johnston explains….
From a Dead Dog’s Eye: The Horror of The Beatles
Four clean-cut chaps from Liverpool are not an obvious fit for the genre of nightmares, but let R.P. Serin take us on a journey through the horror within the hits…
Fast! Fierce! Fantastic! A History of Action Comic
Andrew Screen digs into Action, one of the most controversial British comic series of all time…
The Female Experience of Fear, and an Un-quiet Revolution in Horror
The female experience of fear is a unique and insidious one, founded on the experiences, encounters and realities many women face on a day to day basis. Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Gemma Amor examines the complexities of female fear, charts the impact of these collective experiences in relation to the horror genre, and explores the unquiet revolution playing out on both screen and page…
Horror Top Trumps and Their Evil Progeny
Award-winning writer, Rik Hoskin, delves into the twin threats of the Horror Trumps, and how they inspired him to create his own cards…
Black Rainbow: Horror Theory, ZX Spectrums and Me
Dan Pietersen recalls the oft-forgotten majesty of the late Clive Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum and its myriad games, both horror and weird…
2:22 – A Ghost Story: An Interview With the Playwright, Danny Robins
Ellis Reed catches up with Danny Robins about his West End play, 2:22 – A Ghost Story, which premieres at the Noël Coward Theatre on the 3rd of August…
Horror: Helping to make sense of a senseless world
Alex Kronenburg looks at how horror, far from being a source of fear, helps us better understand the world around us (particularly in testing times)…
More Unease in a Suffolk Church: Did We Disturb the Dead?
Lori Graham discusses more strange and disquieting experiences while visiting churches in Suffolk in her latest article for Horrified…