Film news and reviews: fantasy, horror, sci-fi and thrillers
The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) is the usual name given to each of four versions of a composition by Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910. The works show a figure with an agonized expression …
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The Hole in the Ground will be released in the UK on Blu-ray and DVD by Vertigo Releasing/Universal Pictures on 8 July 2019. A thirteen minute featurette, Inside the Hole …
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Creep 2 is a 2017 American horror thriller directed by Patrick Brice from a screenplay co-written with Mark Duplass, who also stars, alongside Desiree Akhavan. The film is a sequel to Brice’s …
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The bizarre practice of shrinking a human head has an extremely dark history. While numerous cultures have participated in the practice of headhunting, the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Peruvian Amazon Jivaro …
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The Raven is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It …
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‘We see you’ The Lodgers is a 2017 Irish gothic horror feature film directed by Brian O’Malley (Let Us Prey) from a screenplay by David Turpin (The Indecents) for Epic Pictures (Day of …
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The Conqueror Worm is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about human mortality and the inevitability of death. It was first published in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine in 1843, but quickly …
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The Haunted Curiosity Shop is a 1901 British silent short supernatural horror film written and directed by Walter R. Booth, a pioneer of trick films. It was produced by Robert …
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Howard Phillips Lovecraft aka H.P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only …
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Montague “Monty” Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost …
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In Chinese tradition, a ghost marriage (Chinese: 冥婚; pinyin: mínghūn; literally: “spirit marriage”) is a marriage in which one or both parties are deceased. Other forms of ghost marriage are …
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The Hellfire Caves – also known as the Hell-Fire Caves and West Wycombe Caves – are a network of man-made chalk and flint caverns that extend a quarter of a mile (500 metres) underground. …
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An iron maiden is a presumed, though likely fictional, torture device, consisting of an iron cabinet with a hinged front and spike-covered interior, sufficiently tall to enclose a human being. The …
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Borley Rectory was a Victorian mansion that gained fame as allegedly ‘the most haunted house in England’. Built in 1862 to house the rector of the parish of Borley, Essex, and …
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1904. The novel is one of his lesser …
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The Devil’s Chimney is a limestone rock formation that stands above a disused quarry in Leckhampton, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It is named for its peculiar shape, that of a …
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Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol [“The Theatre of the Big Puppet”] – known as the Grand Guignol – was a theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris (at 20 bis, rue Chaptal). From …
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Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination is a 2014 exhibition being held from October 3, 2014 to January 20, 2015 at the British Library in London. Press release: Two hundred rare …
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Noble Johnson (April 18, 1881 – January 9, 1978) was an African-American actor and film producer. He was one of the first black actors in Hollywood to achieve any meaningful level of fame and successfully …
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Witch House (original title: La maison ensorcelée) is a 1908 French comedy horror film written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Segundo de Chomón. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé …
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Le Diable noir (The Black Imp) is a 1905 silent short film by Georges Méliès. Méliès was a pioneer of the horror film, special effects and of cinema in general – …
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories – and the ongoing industry spun off from them – have a curious connection to the horror genre. The image of the master …
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The Monkey’s Paw is a horror short story by W. W. Jacobs, published in England in 1902. The story involves Mr. and Mrs. White and their adult son, Herbert. Sergeant-Major Morris, a friend …
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Vampire hunting kits first appeared in the mid-Victorian era, around the year 1840. They became even more common post-1897 with the publication of Bram Stoker‘s novel Dracula, appealing to both …
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The Sealed Room is an eleven-minute American film released in 1909. Directed by D.W. Griffith, the film’s cast included Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Pickford, and Mack Sennett. The film was also known as The Sealed …
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The Haunted Castle (French: Le manoir du diable which means “The Manor of the Devil”) is a 1896 three-minute-long French supernatural film by Georges Méliès. The film contained many traditional pantomime elements and was intentionally meant to amuse …
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