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Boris Karloff: More than a Monster, Interview with Stephen Jacobs

14 January 202316 January 2012 by David Saunderson
Stephen Jacobs, author of Boris Karloff, More than a Monster

Interview with Stephen Jacobs, author of Boris Karloff: More than a Monster – a biography of horror star Boris Karloff

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Boris Karloff, Frankenstein, Universal Pictures Leave a comment

Flesh and the Fiends 1960 REVIEW

2 August 202315 January 2012 by Spooky Isles
Flesh and the Fiends 1960 REVIEW 1

Historical horror Flesh and the Fiends 1960 impresses with memorable cast and atmospheric and restrained re-telling of the infamous Burke and Hare story

Categories Film Reviews Tags Bodysnatching, Burke and Hare, Donald Pleasence, Donald Pleasence Films, Edinburgh, John Gilling, John Gilling Films, Mini Review, Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing Films, Scotland 1 Comment

Barbara Lowe, Interview with a Psychic Medium

26 July 202310 January 2012 by David Saunderson
Barbara Lowe, Interview with a Psychic Medium 2

We talk to a London psychic medium Barbara Lowe about the dangers of Ouija boards, Dick Turpin and how clearing ghosts can be hazardous to your heath!

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Ghost Hunting, Psychics and Mediums 2 Comments

An American Werewolf in London 1981 REVIEW

2 August 20235 January 2012 by David Saunderson
An American Werewolf in London 1981 REVIEW 3

Horror and comedy are mixed to perfection in An American Werewolf in London 1981, says DAVID SAUNDERSON.

Categories Film Reviews Tags An American Werewolf in London 1981, London, Werewolf Films, Werewolves 2 Comments

Girvan Old Street Burial Ground: Are ghosts of your family scarier?

19 February 202331 December 2011 by David Saunderson
Girvan Old Street Burial Ground

ARE the ghosts of your ancestors spookier than those of strangers? I visit Girvan Old Street Burial Ground to find out!

Categories Cemeteries and Burial Places Tags Ayrshire, Cemeteries, Scotland 1 Comment

Ghosts at Christmas BOOK REVIEW

18 December 202228 December 2011 by David Saunderson
Ghosts at Christmas

There is an inordinate amount of spookiness at Christmastime. DAVID SAUNDERSON reviews Darren W. Ritson’s Ghosts at Christmas.

Categories Literature Tags A Christmas Carol, Book Reviews, Charles Dickens, Christmas Leave a comment

The Curse of Frankenstein 1957 REVIEW

2 August 202321 December 2011 by David Saunderson
The Curse of Frankenstein 1957

Unlike Colin Clive’s sappy scientist in Frankenstein (1931), Peter Cushing revels in lust, cruelty and murder in The Curse of Frankenstein 1957

Categories Film Reviews Tags Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee Films, Frankenstein, Frankenstein Films, Hazel Court, Hazel Court Films, Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing Films, Terence Fisher, Terence Fisher Films 2 Comments

Nottingham Ghost Tour, A Visit To Rosie’s Playhouse

4 August 202320 December 2011 by David Saunderson
A gift for 'Rosie' and the Nottingham Ghost Tour

EXITING the cellar of the Ye Old Salutation Inn was the most chilling part of the Nottingham Ghost Tour.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East Midlands, Ghost Tours, Nottinghamshire 3 Comments

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952 REVIEW

8 October 202420 December 2011 by David Saunderson
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire would be long forgotten had it not been for Bela Lugosi’s appearance in this lacklustre British comedy.

Categories Film Reviews Tags Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi Films, John Gilling, John Gilling Films 3 Comments

Grenadier Pub London and its Ghostly Gambler

6 October 202319 December 2011 by David Saunderson
The Grenadier Pub London

The Grenadier pub London is one of the world’s most haunted places. Discover the haunting tale of its ghostly gambler

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Haunted London Pubs, Haunted Pubs, London Leave a comment

6 Surprising Christmas Carol TV Specials

16 July 202317 December 2011 by David Saunderson
A Christmas Carol tv adaptations

Charles Dickens could never have imagined how many adaptations A Christmas Carol would have spawned!

Categories Television Tags A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Christmas 1 Comment

Dracula 1958 REVIEW

25 July 202312 December 2011 by David Saunderson
Dracula 1958, Horror of Dracula 1958

The memories of watching Dracula 1958 aka Horror of Dracula 1958 are still with me, says DAVID SAUNDERSON

Categories Film Reviews Tags Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee Films, Dracula, Dracula Films, Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror Films, Michael Gough, Michael Gough Films, Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing Films, Terence Fisher, Terence Fisher Films, Vampire Films 1 Comment

Turn The Tides Gently by Matt Wingett

28 December 202011 December 2011 by Guest Writer
Turn The Tides Gently

TURN the Tides Gently, from writer Matt Wingett, explores subjects like psychiatric health, time travel and mermaids.

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Helen Duncan, The Fate of Britain’s Last Jailed Witch

4 August 20236 December 2011 by David Saunderson
Helen Duncan

Helen Duncan (1897-1956) was the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act 1735. We looked at how this happened…

Categories Dark History, Esoteric Arts Tags Divination, England, Hampshire, Occult, Portsmouth, South-East England, Witchcraft 2 Comments

Was Sawney Bean Fact Or Fiction?

30 August 20235 December 2011 by David Saunderson
sawney bean

Was Sawney Bean the Scottish cannibal real or just folklore? DAVID SAUNDERSON takes at look…

Categories Dark History Tags Ayrshire, Cannibalism, Sawney Bean, Scotland 6 Comments

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pub, A Ghost Walk Back In Time

6 October 20233 December 2011 by David Saunderson
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pub, A Ghost Walk Back In Time 4

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham purports to England’s oldest inn and one of its most haunted!

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags East Midlands, Haunted Pubs, Nottinghamshire Leave a comment

Oxford Martyrs Memorial Recalls A Fiery Past

4 August 202324 November 2011 by David Saunderson
Oxford Martyrs Memorial

The Oxford Martyrs Memorial recalls one of the darkest and bloodiest chapters in British history, DAVID SAUNDERSON says

Categories Dark History Tags Executions, Oxfordshire, South-East England 1 Comment

Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter 1974 REVIEW

2 August 202320 November 2011 by David Saunderson
Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter 1974

Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter 1974 feels more like an action TV show than a horror film, says DAVID SAUNDERSON

Categories Film Reviews Tags Brian Clemens, Caroline Munro, Caroline Munro Films, Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror Films, John Carson, John Carson Films, Shane Briant, Shane Briant Films, Vampires Leave a comment

Frankenstein 1931 REVIEW

2 August 202319 November 2011 by David Saunderson
Frankenstein 1931

Frankenstein 1931 made Boris Karloff a star. DAVID SAUNDERSON reviews the classic Universal horror.

Categories Film Reviews Tags Boris Karloff, Boris Karloff Films, Frankenstein, Frankenstein Films, James Whale, James Whale Films, Mary Shelley, Universal Horror Films, Universal Pictures 4 Comments
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