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KING COHEN (2017) Reviews and overview

King Cohen is a 2017 American documentary feature film written and directed by Steve Mitchell about writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen (It’s Alive; God Told Me To, Q: The …

DEAR, DON’T BE AFRAID (2015) Chinese horror

Dear, Don’t Be Afraid – Chinese: 亲, 别怕 or: 亲，别怕之鬼宅凶灵 – is a 2015 3D Chinese supernatural horror feature film directed by Yu Dange and Cao Anjun. The movie stars Du …

HAUNTED (2016) Overview

‘There are things we can’t control’ Haunted is a 2016 Italian supernatural horror film written, photographed and directed by Eros D’Antona (Clownery; Die in One Day). The movie stars Roberto D’Antona (Scary …

H.P. Lovecraft – author

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 …

Dan O’Bannon – screenwriter, director, actor

Daniel Thomas “Dan” O’Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American motion-picture screenwriter, director and occasional actor, usually in the science fiction and horror genres. Although his …

THE CATMAN OF PARIS (1946) Reviews and overview

The Catman of Paris is a 1946 American horror mystery feature film directed by Lesley Selander (Fury, The Vampire’s Ghost) from a screenplay by Sherman L. Lowe. It stars Carl …

Phil Hardy – writer

Phil Hardy, who died on 8th April 2014, was a film and music industry writer. Born in Yorkshire in 1945, Hardy studied at the University of Sussex and the University of California, …

Alan Ormsby – filmmaker

Alan Ormsby has been something of a jack-of-all-trades in the film industry: not only a highly successful and award-winning screenwriter but also director, actor, make-up effects technician and author. And …

EVIL EYES (2004) Reviews and overview

Evil Eyes is a 2004 American horror film directed by Mark Atkins (Haunting of Winchester House, Halloween Night) from a screenplay by Naomi Selfman (Mega Python vs. Gatoroid). It stars Adam Baldwin, Udo Kier (Blood …

Richard Matheson – author and screenwriter

Richard Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He may be known best as the author of I Am Legend, …

James Herbert – Author

James Herbert (8 April 1943 – 20 March 2013) was a best-selling British horror author. He originally worked as the art director of an advertising agency. A full-time writer, he …

Denis Gifford – author

Denis Gifford – 26 December 1927 to 18 May 2000 – was a British writer, broadcaster, journalist, comic artist and historian of film, comics, television and radio. In his lengthy …

Peter Tremayne – author

Peter Berresford Ellis (born 10 March 1943 in Coventry) is a historian, literary biographer, and novelist who has published over ninety books to date either under his own name or …