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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

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.

Categories Literature

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

20 September 20256 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?

20 September 20255 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

20 September 20253 December 2011 by David Saunderson
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pub, A Ghost Walk Back In Time 1

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

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

12 September 202520 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

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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