GHOSTS of Genres Past with your HOST, Jed Shepherd
Andy Roberts explores the hotly-anticipated full-motion video game, Ghosts – the latest project from HOST co-creator, Jed Shepherd…
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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…
Yesterday’s Entertainment: The Hauntological Sounds of Ghost Box Records
Alexander J. Zawacki explores the hauntological majesty of Ghost Box Recordings, and becomes immersed in music both familiar and strange…
The Maypole Cycle: Folk Horror Afterlife
Chris Andrews discusses the resurgence of folk horror, its origins, and the notion of a ‘yearning for the past’ in a modern context…
‘Remember it’s a performance’: An interview with Ash Pryce, co-founder of the Edinburgh Horror Fest
Ellis Reed interviews Ash Pryce, the Edinburgh-based mentalist and spooky magician, about horror, the festival, and his own work on stage…
In Space, No One Can Deny The Nostalgia: Revisiting Alien Trilogy
Andrew Roberts revisits an old PlayStation classic from a British developer and wonders whether the dated FPS format and low poly graphics of Alien Trilogy still have the charm…
Would the Stones like Fries with That? Examining the Tension Between Modernity and Folk Horror in Children of the Stones
Sam Pheby-McGarvey examines the tensions between modernity and folk horror communities in Children of the Stones. Focusing on the interaction between the community and modern outsiders, the isolated nature of Milbury and its rejection of modern society and technology. What this tells us of our anxieties about modernity, and warnings about returning to pastoral life…
Holidays in a Haunted Country
When you love escaping from reality into horror, it is somewhat irritating when the tables are turned. You’re trapped and scared, it is time to plan a dark holiday. Tamar Newton explores the options…
Fairy Lore and its Influence on Arthur Machen and Some Other Contemporaneous Gentlemen
Thomas Kent Millar’s extensive ‘fairy history or chronology’ explores in detail how fairy lore influenced Arthur Machin and his contemporaries…
Drabness and Dread: On Robert Aickman
Alexander J. Zawacki discusses the life and work of author Robert Aickman, whose strange tales of dread and unease defy easy categorisation…
Unexplained and Strange Experiences in Suffolk Churches
Lori Graham discusses a number of strange and disquieting experiences while visiting churches in Suffolk in her first article for Horrified…