The Woman in Black (1989) reviews and Blu-ray news
The Woman in Black is a 1989 British TV movie and is the first adaptation of the Susan Hill novel that is better known as the source for the hugely …
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Carmilla (2019) reviews and overview
Carmilla is a 2019 British romantic mystery feature film about an adolescent young woman’s sexual awakening when a strange visitor comes into her life. Written and directed by Emily Harris, …
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A Werewolf in England (2020) preview with DVD release news
A Werewolf in England is a 2020 British horror feature film set in a remote 19th-century countryside inn besieged by raging lycanthropes. Written and directed by Charlie Steeds (Vampire Virus; …
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The Wax Mask – Italy, 1997 – reviews
The Wax Mask aka Wax Mask is a 1997 Italian-French gothic horror feature film directed by Sergio Stivaletti about a disfigured madman who populates his museum with the corpses of …
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Gwen – UK, 2018 – reviews and with Blu-ray and DVD news
Gwen is a 2018 British gothic horror feature film written and directed by William McGregor, based on his 2009 short. The Endor Film-BFI production stars Eleanor Worthington, Maxine Peake, Kobna …
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The Strange Door – USA, 1951 – reviews
‘Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterpiece of terror!’ The Strange Door is a 1951 American gothic thriller feature film directed by Joseph Pevney (The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries: ‘Voodoo Doll’); The Munsters – …
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The House of Violent Desire (2018) reviews and overview
‘Where desire becomes nightmare’ The House of Violent Desire is a 2018 British horror feature film written and directed by Charlie Steeds (The Barge People; Winterskin; Cannibal Farm). The Dark Temple …
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The Perfect Host: A Southern Gothic Tale – USA, 2018 – overview
The Perfect Host: A Southern Gothic Tale is a 2018 horror film directed by Derrick Sims (Come Morning) from a screenplay co-written with Alaina McClellan Sims. The Fabled Motion Pictures production …
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Hell Night (1981) reviews and overview
‘Pray for day’ Hell Night is a 1981 American slasher horror feature film directed by Tom DeSimone (Terror in the Jungle) from a screenplay written by Randy Feldman. The movie stars Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten …
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The Long Hair of Death – Italy, 1964 – reviews
The Long Hair of Death – I lunghi capelli della morte – is a 1964 Italian gothic horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti (Cannibal Apocalypse; Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes; The …
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Tomb of Torture aka Metempsyco – Italy, 1963 – reviews
‘Born murdered!’ Tomb of Torture – aka Metempsyco – is a 1963 Italian horror feature film directed by Antonio Boccaci [as Anthony Kristye] from a screenplay co-written with Giorgio Simonelli [as Johnny Seemonell]; it stars Annie …
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Harrow County – comic book
Harrow County is an American supernatural horror comic book, created by writer, Cullen Bunn and artist Tyler Crook. First published by Dark Horse Comics in May 2015, it was originally …
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Jezebeth (2011) reviews and overview
‘There is no God. There is only Jezebeth’ Jezebeth is a 2011 American horror feature film written, produced and directed by Damien Dante (Jezebeth 2: Hour of the Gun). It …
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The Lodgers (2017) reviews and overview
‘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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Frankenstein – ballet, UK, 2016
Frankenstein is a 2016 British ballet directed by The Royal Ballet’s Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett at London’s Royal Opera House. The ballet is a music and dance adaptation of Mary Shelley’s …
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Web of the Spider – Italy | France | West Germany, 1971 – reviews
‘A classic tale of horror!’ Web of the Spider – original title: Nella stretta morsa del ragno (“In the Tight Grip of the Spider”) – is a 1971 Italian-West German-French supernatural …
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Lake of Dracula – Japan, 1971 – overview and reviews
Lake of Dracula – aka Noroi no yakata: Chi o suu me (“Bloodthirsty Eyes”) is a 1971 Japanese supernatural horror feature film made by the Toho company but following in Hammer’s Gothic tradition. …
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Santo vs. the Vampire Women – Mexico, 1962
Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro is a 1962 Mexican horror feature film directed by Alfonso Corona Blake (The World of the Vampires; Samson in the Wax Museum) from a screenplay co-written with Rafael …
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The Nightmare – painting by Henry Fuseli
The Nightmare is a 1781 oil painting by Anglo-Swiss artist Henry Fuseli (1741–1825). Since its creation, it has remained Fuseli’s best-known work. With its first exhibition in 1782 at the …
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Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, Paris – location
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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The Sleeping Room – UK, 2014 – overview and reviews
‘Don’t wake it’ The Sleeping Room is a 2014 British horror feature film directed by John Shackleton. The movie stars Leila Mimmack, Joseph Beattie and Christopher Adamson. Funding for The Sleeping Room was raised …
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Les Baxter – composer
Les Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician and composer. Although he is best known as a practitioner of exotica music, he also scored several …
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Dave Allen – comedian
David Tynan O’Mahony (6 July 1936 – 10 March 2005), better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian and actor, perhaps best known for his 1970s BBC TV series, which …
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Penny dreadful – publication
A penny dreadful (also called penny horrible, penny awful, penny number and penny blood) was a type of British fiction publication in the 19th century that usually featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks, …
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Phantasmagoria – album by The Damned
Phantasmagoria – literally, a sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever – is the sixth album by punk/psychedelic/goth band The Damned, released by MCA Records in July 1985. After much …
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Hunchback of the Morgue – Spain, 1972 – reviews
Paul Naschy plays Wolfgang Goth, a hunchback with below average intelligence who works at the local morgue. He is in love with a sickly girl who happens to be the only …
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Gothic – UK, 1986 – overview and reviews
‘Conjure up your deepest, darkest fear… now call that fear to life!’ Gothic is a 1986 British horror feature film directed by Ken Russell, starring Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron, Julian Sands as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley, Miriam …
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