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Film Review: Psycho II – ‘It’s starting again’
This June marked the 60th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Psycho. It’s one of those films that I literally watch …Read More »
So Bad, They’re Good: Dreamcatcher
As I have mentioned before, Stephen King’s film and TV adaptations (unlike the source material) run the gambit of being …Read More »
Banned In The UK: Freaks
I am a child of the 80s, and one of my strongest horror memories is the “Video Nasty” witch hunt …Read More »
Hooked on Horror presents: Quizshow
Our friends at Hooked on Horror have put together an awesome online horror quiz with an incredible guest list! Get your …Read More »
Indie Horror Revisited: Dog Soldiers
Indie Horror Revisited is a new series of articles that take a retrospective look at some brilliant British indie horror …Read More »
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So Bad, They’re Good: Dreamcatcher
As I have mentioned before, Stephen King’s film and TV adaptations (unlike the source material) run the gambit of being either excellent, award-worthy productions, or as is quite often the case, complete trash. This film contains four life-long friends, arse … Continue reading
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Film Review: Doctor Sleep
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining has sat atop horror’s Mount Everest, like the Overlook itself, surveying all that has come after it for almost forty years. A horror icon that is perhaps the most transcendent of the genre; it is a … Continue reading
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So Bad They’re Good: Silver Bullet
There is no denying the phenomena that is Stephen King, but his adaptions range for Oscar-winning to, well, The Tommyknockers. And the 80s was a pot-pourri of King adaptions. But most fall into the ‘so-bad-they’re-good’ category. But let’s start with … Continue reading
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5 REASONS WHY I LOVE GARTH MARENGHI’S DARKPLACE
Welcome travellers to the world of Darkplace. A world created by the Dreamweaver, Garth Marenghi. A show that plays up the “brilliant but the executives don’t get it” clique. It was “lost” for decades before finally being shown in 2004. … Continue reading
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5 BEST 2018 HORROR TV SHOWS
We’ve had a 2019 horror TV shows preview but now I’d like to take a look back at the 5 best 2018 horror TV shows. The horror genre has once again defied borders and widened our understanding of it. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Blumhouse Productions, Bruna Foletto Lucas, Castle Rock, Ghoul, horror tv series, Into The Dark, stephen king, The Haunting of Hill House, TV series, TV shows, You
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