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Horror Films
Why I love Night of the Demon (1957)
REN ZELEN reveals why Night of the Demon, aka Curse of the Demon, directed by Jacques Tourner, has made such an impression on her.
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years (2018) REVIEW
TERRY SHERWOOD takes a look at Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years (2018), which documents the final years of the great British horror studio, in this edition of Sherwood After Dark.
Tod Slaughter, England’s forgotten horror star
TERRY SHERWOOD looks at the life and film career of top English screen villain Tod Slaughter, in his new regular column for Spooky Isles, Sherwood After Dark
Magic (1978) Blu-ray REVIEW
RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES reviews the new blu-ray release of Magic (1978) with Anthony Hopkins
Dracula 1979 REVIEW
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Spooky Isles Videos
The X-Rays (1897) VIDEO
The X-Rays (1897) is one of the earliest British spooky films in existence
5 historic Sherlock Holmes/Conan Doyle places to visit in Portsmouth VIDEO
MATT WINGETT shows Spooky Isles around Portsmouth where Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes
Scrooge 1935 Full Movie VIDEO
Lots of versions of A Christmas Carol, but have you seen the first sound version - Scrooge (1935)?
Britian’s Haunted Roads: Interview with Peter McCue VIDEO
Dr Peter A, McCue talks to Spooky Isles about some his haunted roads and highways from across the UK
Creepy kids still haunt Hanwell Community Centre
Hanwell Community Centre is one of London's most haunted former schools...
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Glasgow: Top 30 Haunted Places to Visit
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Clophill Church: A sad case of desecration and myths
Clophill Church in Bedfordshire, England, is notorious for its hauntings and folklore, says NICOLA CARPENTER
Milton Keynes: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, is packed full of haunted places to visit. SELENE PAXTON-BROOKS picks some of her favourites.
Ireland’s Top 10 Haunted Hotels
Want to spend a night in one of Ireland's many haunted hotels? ANN MASSEY has picked the 10 spookiest to scare your bed socks off!
Carry On Screaming! 10 things you didn’t know
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10 chilling facts about Haunted Glamis Castle Scotland
KEITH COLEMAN reveals some secrets from the spooky halls of Haunted Glamis Castle in Scotland
Stevenage: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Haunted Stevenage author PAUL ADAMS picks five of the most spooky places in the Hertfordshire town to visit
Guest Articles
What do hands mean in cemeteries?
NICOLA CARPENTER describes the different meanings behind hands on cemetery monuments
What were the Death Tokens of Wales?
MJ WAYLAND looks back on a dark, mysterious time in Welsh history with the Death Tokens of Wales...
Ruthless Women: Could Jack really be a Jill?
Guest writer JOHN MORRIS continues his argument that Jack the Ripper was really a woman
Elizabeth Bathory: The Truth Behind Countess Dracula
Ingrid Pitt starred in Hammer's 1971 horror classic Countess Dracula. Guest writer MATTI BEAL goes behind the splatter and reveals the shocking real-life cruelty on which the film was based.
Plymouth: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
KEVIN HYNES takes us on a paranormal tour of Plymouth, showing us its most ghostly and haunted places to visit
The Enfield Haunting can’t be explained, says Ghost Club chairman
ALAN MURDIE examines The Enfield Haunting from the perspective of The Ghost Club, whose members Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playfair were central to the case
Is St Barts in London, Britain’s most haunted church?
Guest writer RICHARD HOLLAND researches haunted London for a new project and discovers the spooky past of St Bartholomew the Great Church in Smithfield
Turn The Tides Gently by Matt Wingett
TURN the Tides Gently, from writer Matt Wingett, explores subjects like psychiatric health, time travel and mermaids.
Blood on Satan’s Claw 1971 REVIEW
Guest writer CHARLIE ALBERTSON unearths the 1971 occult classic Blood on Satan's Claw
The Bloody History of British Witches
Guest writer NIXIE VALE takes a look at the history of witchcraft through the ages...
Jacqueline Pearce tribute: The Reptile on film, an angel in life
Guest writer JASON D. BRAWN pay a touching tribute to Hammer Horror legend Jacqueline Pearce
The Terrifying Big Grey Man of the Cairngorms
Does a Big Grey Man stalk the slopes of one of Britain’s highest peaks?
Laughter in the Dark: Funny stories from the paranormal world
While many people’s experiences with ghosts are laden with terror and fear, DAVID REES reports some stories are funnier than horrific
Who was St Patrick? We Profile Ireland’s Patron Saint
In this St Patrick's Day Special, Jacob Milnestein looks at the mystery surrounding Ireland's Patron Saint
Baobhan Sith: Are Scottish Vampires more deadly?
ROSE GARNETT reveals the terrifying Baobhan Sith - the Scottish brand of vampires that would leave their Transylvanian cousins for dead
Kiss of the Vampire (1963) REVIEW
Author CHARLES BUTLER reviews the 1963 Hammer classic, Kiss of the Vampire
Theatre of Blood 1973 REVIEW
SIR BLIMELY WINDY reviews the Vincent Price Shakespeare horrorfest Theatre of Blood
Riddle of Thornton Heath Poltergeist: Real or Urban Myth?
JOHN FRASER, author of Poltergeist: A New Investigation of Destructive Hauntings, goes hunting for the truth behind the Thornton Heath poltergeist…
Hell Hounds of Jersey and Guernsey
The Channel Isles have a long history of black dogs of death, says MB FORDE, author of Eerie Britain 1 & 2
Coronation Street (With Simon Gregson and Sue Cleaver), Most Haunted REVIEW
BRIAN LANGSTON takes his first look at Most Haunted with the 97th episode, Coronation Street (With Simon Gregson & Sue Cleaver)