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British and Irish horror and fantasy cinema, from Gothic classics and Hammer Horror to modern films, filmmakers and cult favourites.

Boris Karloff: 18 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know

Horror and Fantasy Films

Boris Karloff: 18 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know

Jacqueline Pearce Tribute: The Reptile on Film, an Angel in Life

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Hammer Film Productions · Jacqueline Pearce · Obituaries

Jacqueline Pearce Tribute: The Reptile on Film, an Angel in Life

Boris Karloff in Canada before he was famous

Horror and Fantasy Films

Boris Karloff in Canada before he was famous

13 Things You Didn’t Know About The Making of Dracula 1958

Horror and Fantasy Films

Dracula · Hammer Film Productions

13 Things You Didn’t Know About The Making of Dracula 1958

Happy 60th Birthday to Hammer’s Dracula (1958)!

Horror and Fantasy Films

Dracula · Hammer Film Productions

Happy 60th Birthday to Hammer’s Dracula (1958)!

Ghost Stories 2018 REVIEW

Ghost Stories 2018 REVIEW

Bela Lugosi Haunted By Dark Past In Hungary

Horror and Fantasy Films

Bela Lugosi · Dracula · Universal Pictures

Bela Lugosi Haunted By Dark Past In Hungary

Why Christopher Lee Doesn’t Speak in Dracula Prince of Darkness

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Christopher Lee · Dracula · Hammer Film Productions · Jimmy Sangster

Why Christopher Lee Doesn’t Speak in Dracula Prince of Darkness

Maria Marten and the ‘Murder in the Red Barn’ on Film

Horror and Fantasy Films · True Crime

Red Barn Murder · Suffolk · Tod Slaughter · Tod Slaughter Films

Maria Marten and the ‘Murder in the Red Barn’ on Film

Terence Fisher book, a valuable introduction to Hammer horror master’s work

Horror and Fantasy Films

Hammer Film Productions · Terence Fisher

Terence Fisher book, a valuable introduction to Hammer horror master’s work

Making of Trog (1970) Recreated in ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’

Horror and Fantasy Films

Freddie Francis

Making of Trog (1970) Recreated in ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’

Top 5 Cosy British Horror Films

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Horror Film Lists · Horror Film Memories

Top 5 Cosy British Horror Films

Barbara Shelley Stakes Her Place in British Horror History

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Barbara Shelley · Hammer Film Productions

Barbara Shelley Stakes Her Place in British Horror History

The Canterville Ghost 1996 REVIEW

Oscar Wilde · The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost 1996 REVIEW

5 Greatest British Giant Monster Movies

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Horror Film Lists

5 Greatest British Giant Monster Movies

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square 1947 REVIEW

Comedy Horror Films · Ernest Thesiger · Ernest Thesiger Films

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square 1947 REVIEW

Oliver Reed’s 11 Best Horror Films To Watch

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Hammer Film Productions · Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed’s 11 Best Horror Films To Watch

Nicholas Vince’s ‘The Night Whispered’ gives us the shivers

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Nicholas Vince’s ‘The Night Whispered’ gives us the shivers

Wilderness 2006 REVIEW

Wilderness 2006 REVIEW

7 Horror stars Memorialised in Actors Church in Covent Garden

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Boris Karloff · Central London

7 Horror stars Memorialised in Actors Church in Covent Garden

17 Scream and Scream Again Facts You Must Know

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American International Pictures (AIP) · Amicus · Horror Film Lists

17 Scream and Scream Again Facts You Must Know

10 Things You Never Knew About Hammer’s Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

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Frankenstein · Hammer Film Productions · Horror Film Lists

10 Things You Never Knew About Hammer’s Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Tales From The Crypt 1972 REVIEW

Amicus · Amicus Films · Joan Collins · Joan Collins Films · Peter Cushing · Peter Cushing Films

Tales From The Crypt 1972 REVIEW

A Study In Terror 1965 REVIEW

Arthur Conan Doyle · Jack the Ripper · Sherlock Holmes

A Study In Terror 1965 REVIEW

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