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The Silent Scream: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.7)

18 October 202318 May 2013 by Andrew Garvey
The Silent Scream: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.7) 1

ANDREW GARVEY reviews The Silent Scream, the seventh episode in Hammer House of Horror TV Series – the one with Peter Cushing!

Categories Television Tags Hammer Film Productions, Hammer House of Horror, Peter Cushing 1 Comment

What are Gargoyles, Chimeras and Grotesques?

4 August 202316 May 2013 by James Willis
What are Gargoyles, Chimeras and Grotesques?

JAMES WILLIS looks up at the grotesque gargoyles that look down on us from our ancient churches…

Categories Folklore Tags Buckinghamshire, South-East England 1 Comment

Charlie Boy: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.6)

18 October 202315 May 2013 by Andrew Garvey
Charlie Boy: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.6) 2

ANDREW GARVEY reviews Charlie Boy, the sixth episode in Hammer House of Horror Television Series

Categories Television Tags Hammer Film Productions, Hammer House of Horror 1 Comment

Doing the Haunted Lambeth Ghost Walk

3 August 202314 May 2013 by Guest Writer
Doing the Haunted Lambeth Ghost Walk 3

JAMES CLARK, the author of Haunted Lambeth, takes a look at three ghostly tales from the London Borough

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Theatres, London, South London Leave a comment

The Innocents 1961 REVIEW

30 October 202314 May 2013 by LH Davies
The Innocents 1961

The Innocents 1961 is a masterpiece of the ghost story genre, says L.H. DAVIES

Categories Film Reviews Tags The Turn of the Screw 8 Comments

The Haunting of Ham House, Richmond

4 August 20233 May 2013 by Ren Zelen
Ham House, near Ricmond

REN ZELEN investigates the haunted history of Ham House in Surrey

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags South-East England, Surrey 1 Comment

Covent Garden: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

4 August 20231 May 2013 by Jon Kaneko-James
Covent Garden: 5 Haunted Places to Visit 4

Covent Garden is full of haunted places to visit, as JON KANEKO-JAMES discovers on this stroll around central London

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, London, South-East England Leave a comment

County Galway: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

2 August 202329 April 2013 by Paul Moynihan
County Galway Postcard

PAUL MOYNIHAN looks at Ghoulish Galway, a Gateway To A Haunted Land!

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Connacht, Galway, Haunted Places to Visit in Ireland, Ireland 1 Comment

Oxfordshire’s 14 Top Ghosts and Hauntings

7 August 202328 April 2013 by MJ Wayland
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MJ WAYLAND investigates Oxfordshire’s most haunted locations and the hauntings attached to them

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, Oxfordshire, South-East England 2 Comments

The Evil of Frankenstein 1964 REVIEW

25 July 202327 April 2013 by Adam Scovell
The Evil of Frankenstein 1964

ADAM SCOVELL reviews the Freddie Francis-directed Hammer Horror The Evil of Frankenstein 1964

Categories Film Reviews Tags Frankenstein, Frankenstein Films, Freddie Francis, Freddie Francis Films, Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror Films, Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing Films Leave a comment

When Boris Karloff Came Home: The Story Behind The Ghoul 1933

6 October 202327 April 2013 by Stephen Jacobs
Karloff filming The Ghoul

STEPHEN JACOBS marks the 80th anniversary of Boris Karloff’s return to England to make his first British film, The Ghoul (1933)

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger Leave a comment

The Ghosts of Glasgow’s Provan Hall

27 December 202025 April 2013 by MJ Steel Collins
Haunted Provan Hall in Glasgow

MJ STEEL COLLINS uncovers the ghosts of Glasgow’s Provan Hall …

Categories Uncategorised Tags Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 2 Comments

Gothic Horror and British Identity

15 January 202323 April 2013 by Howard Jackson
Frankenstein is the epitome of British Gothic Horror

HOWARD JACKSON looks at why Gothic horror forms an important element in English literature that needs to be preserved

Categories Literature Tags Frankenstein Leave a comment

Werewolves of Wales: Everything You Need To Know

9 June 202422 April 2013 by Guest Writer
The Christmas ‘Were-Wolf’

RHEA SEREN PHILLIPS shines a light on the Werewolves of Wales!

Categories Mysterious Creatures Tags Wales, Werewolves 1 Comment

The Uninvited 1944 REVIEW

29 December 20218 April 2013 by David Saunderson
The Uninvited 1944

The Uninvited 1944 is one of Hollywood’s first forays into real paranormal phenomena, says DAVID SAUNDERSON

Categories Film Reviews Tags Ray Milland, Ray Milland Films 2 Comments

Lionel Atwill, Horror Star’s Hollywood Sex Scandal

8 December 20216 April 2013 by Stephen Jacobs
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STEPHEN JACOBS delves into the sordid 1940s Hollywood sex scandal that engulfed English Universal Horror Star Lionel Atwill

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Horror Film Memories, Lionel Atwill, Universal Pictures 5 Comments

Birkdale Palace Hotel, Southport’s Once-Glorious Haunted Hotel

4 August 20235 April 2013 by Elliot Davies
Birkdale Palace Hotel, Southport's Once-Glorious Haunted Hotel 7

ELLIOT DAVIES recalls the paranormal tales from the once-glorious Birkdale Palace Hotel in Lancashire

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Lancashire, North-West England 2 Comments

The House that Bled to Death: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.5)

18 October 20234 April 2013 by Andrew Garvey
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ANDREW GARVEY reviews The House that Bled to Death, the fifth episode in Hammer House of Horror TV Series

Categories Television Tags Hammer Film Productions, Hammer House of Horror 1 Comment

William Palmer, The Rugeley Poisoner

4 August 20233 April 2013 by Tressa Yeomans
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Rugeley’s least favourite sons, William Palmer was one of the 19th century’s most infamous murderers, says TRESSA YEOMANS

Categories True Crime Tags Staffordshire, West Midlands 1 Comment

As May 19th Approaches, Don’t Lose Your Head At Blickling Hall!

4 August 20232 April 2013 by Guest Writer
As May 19th Approaches, Don’t Lose Your Head At Blickling Hall! 10

ISABELLE KING is counting down the days until 19th May when the headless ghost of Anne Boleyn is said to appear at Blickling Hall

Categories Dark History, Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East of England, Norfolk, Royalty 1 Comment

Dr Terror’s House of Horrors 1965 REVIEW

21 July 202331 March 2013 by David Saunderson
Dr Terror's House of Horrors 1965 REVIEW 11

Dr Terror’s House of Horrors 1965 is the first of the Amicus anthology horrors, delivering a train ride of spooky fun, says DAVID SAUNDERSON

Categories Film Reviews Tags Amicus, Amicus Films, Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee Films, Freddie Francis, Freddie Francis Films, Michael Gough, Michael Gough Films, Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing Films 9 Comments

The Raven vs Dracula: A Comparison

26 July 202326 March 2013 by Howard Jackson
The Raven vs Dracula: A Comparison 12

Howard Jackson compares Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece Dracula with the equally terrifying work of Edgar Allan Poe.

Categories Literature Tags Bram Stoker, Dracula, Edgar Allan Poe, Vampires 1 Comment

Who was St Patrick? We Profile Ireland’s Patron Saint

20 February 202317 March 2013 by Jacob Milnestein
Who was St Patrick

In this St Patrick’s Day Special, Jacob Milnestein answers the question Who Was St Patrick?

Categories Folklore Tags Ireland, Saints, St Patrick 1 Comment

Growing Pains: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.4)

18 October 202311 March 2013 by Andrew Garvey
Growing Pains: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.4) 13

ANDREW GARVEY reviews Growing Pains, the third episode in Hammer House of Horror Television Series

Categories Television Tags Hammer Film Productions, Hammer House of Horror Leave a comment
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