Month: June 2012

Dark History

Occult

Doctor Faustus and Demonic Pacts: When Demonology was taught as Science…

Folklore

Saints

St Wilgefortis Crucified Because She Grew A Beard!

Film Reviews

Boris Karloff · Boris Karloff Films · Elsa Lanchester · Ernest Thesiger · Ernest Thesiger Films · Frankenstein · Frankenstein Films · James Whale · James Whale Films · Mary Shelley · Universal Horror Films · Universal Pictures

Bride of Frankenstein 1935 REVIEW

Literature

M.R. James

Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook: M.R. James begins to write the rules

Folklore

Derbyshire · East Midlands

Giant Ram of Derby’s Horrible Origins Revealed!

Film Reviews

Carmilla · Hammer Film Productions · Hammer Horror Films · Judy Matheson · Peter Cushing · Peter Cushing Films · Sheridan Le Fanu · Vampires

Twins of Evil 1971 REVIEW

Folklore

East of England · Executions · Hertfordshire · Saints

St Alban’s Eye-Popping Execution: The Gory Death Of Britain’s First Saint

Film Reviews

Carmilla · Hammer Film Productions · Hammer Horror Films · Jimmy Sangster · Jimmy Sangster Films · Sheridan Le Fanu · Vampires

Lust for a Vampire 1971 REVIEW

Film Reviews

Carmilla · Hammer Film Productions · Hammer Horror Films · Ingrid Pitt · Ingrid Pitt Films · Madeline Smith · Madeline Smith Films · Peter Cushing · Peter Cushing Films · Roy Ward Baker Films · Vampires

The Vampire Lovers 1970 REVIEW

Horror and Fantasy Films

Carmilla · Ingrid Pitt · Madeline Smith · Sheridan Le Fanu · Vampires

The Karnstein Trilogy: Hammer’s Sexy Vampires

Mysterious Creatures

Black Dogs

Yeth Hounds, Lost Souls of Dartmoor, born of blood and misery

Film Reviews

Christopher Lee · Christopher Lee Films · Freddie Francis · Freddie Francis Films · Peter Cushing · Peter Cushing Films · Tigon Films

The Creeping Flesh 1973 REVIEW

Music · Horror and Fantasy Films

Dracula · Vampires

White Noise, Black Mass, An Electric Storm In Hell, from Dracula AD 1972

Dark History

Aleister Crowley · Highland (Scotland) · Occult · Scotland

Aleister Crowley, The Beast Of Boleskine House

Ghosts and Hauntings

Staffordshire · West Midlands

Ford Green Hall, Stoke-on-Trent’s Oldest Haunted House

Film Reviews

Vampires

The Hunger 1983 REVIEW

Film Reviews

M.R. James · Occult

Night of the Demon 1957 REVIEW

Folklore

Devon · Saints · South-West England

Thieves Cut Off St Nectan’s Head, But He Kept Going!

Ghosts and Hauntings

East of England · Haunted Castles · Norfolk · Norwich

A Ghost Guide to Norwich Castle’s Dark and Haunted Past

Mysterious Phenomena

Death

Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?

Film Reviews

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde · Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Films · Silent Horror Films

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1920 REVIEW

Horror and Fantasy Films

Scotland

Scotland Serves Up The Horror Films

Film Reviews

Vincent Price · Vincent Price Films · William Shakespeare

Theatre of Blood 1973 REVIEW

Mysterious Creatures

Scotland · Vampires

Baobhan Sith: Are Scottish Vampires more deadly?