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Una O’Connor: Universal Horror’s Excitable Character Actress

19 December 20203 October 2020 by Terry Sherwood
Una O'Connor: Universal Horror's Excitable Character Actress 1

Una O’Connor’s shrieking is familiar to anyone interested in Universal Horror. TERRY SHERWOOD looks at the Belfast-born actress behind the screams

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Universal Pictures Leave a comment

Essex’s Top 13 Scariest Haunted Places

6 October 20232 October 2020 by Spooky Isles
Essex's Top 13 Scariest Haunted Places 2

Essex is a great place for ghost hunting and getting scared in haunted places. Here are 13 of the county’s top hauntings!

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East of England, Essex, Haunted Places to Visit in England 2 Comments

Lincoln: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit

6 August 20241 October 2020 by David Saunderson
Lincoln England

Discover haunted Lincoln in the East Midlands, one of England’s most historic and paranormally-active towns…

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East Midlands, Haunted Places to Visit in England, Lincolnshire Leave a comment

Bath: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

6 October 202330 September 2020 by Spooky Isles
Bath: 5 Haunted Places to Visit 3

Bath is Somerset’s biggest and probably most haunted city- here are five spooky places to visit!

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

Bodmin Moor: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

4 August 202329 September 2020 by Spooky Isles
Postcard showing Jamaica Inn in the 1950s

Bodmin Moor in Cornwall is synonymous with stories about smuggling and hauntings. Here are some of the most terrifying stories and haunted places across Bodmin Moor.

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

Dracula by the Purple Playhouse (1973), Canada’s forgotten vampire film

22 July 202327 September 2020 by Terry Sherwood
Dracula by the Purple Playhouse (1973), Canada's forgotten vampire film 4

Dracula by the Purple Playhouse wasn’t one of the CBC’s finest efforts, says TERRY SHERWOOD

Categories Television Tags Dracula, Live Performance, Vampires 1 Comment

Stratford Upon Avon: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

6 October 202325 September 2020 by David Saunderson
Stratford Upon Avon

Stratford Upon Avon is one of England’s most historic and haunted places to visit. Here’s a list of its most haunted sites!

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, Warwickshire, West Midlands Leave a comment

Hellfire Caves and The Ostrich Inn: Great British Ghosts (S1, E6)

4 August 202313 September 2020 by Christine Miller
Great British Ghosts

CHRISTINE MILLER takes a look at the sixth episode of Great British Ghosts centred on the Hellfire Caves, West Wycombe, and The Ostrich Inn, Slough

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Paranormal Reality TV, Television Tags Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Great British Ghosts, South-East England 2 Comments

Dream Demon 1988 REVIEW

28 December 20218 September 2020 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Dream Demon 1988 REVIEW 5

A very British 80’s alternative in dream-themed horror: RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks back on 1988’s Dream Demon.

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Ov A Fantasy by Kevin Patrick McCann BOOK REVIEW

10 March 20228 September 2020 by Guest Writer
Ov A Fantasy by Kevin Patrick McCann BOOK REVIEW 6

Ov A Fantasy, a new novel by Liverpool-based writer Kevin Patrick McCann, is reviewed by JANET KENNY

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Berry Pomeroy Castle: A Scary Ghost Guide

5 October 202429 August 2020 by Guest Writer
Berry Pomeroy Castle: A Scary Ghost Guide 7

Berry Pomeroy Castle, a haunted Tudor mansion in South Devon, is full of ghosts, Guest writer CHRIS HALL reveals

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Devon, Haunted Castles, South-West England Leave a comment

Lionel Atwill’s 7 maddest and baddest scientists

1 November 202227 August 2020 by Terry Sherwood
Lionel Atwill in The Vampire Bat 1933.

TERRY SHERWOOD delves into the career of Croydon-born Horror Star Lionel Atwill and picks his seven favourite portrayals of mad scientists!

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Galleries of Justice and Viaduct Tavern: Great British Ghosts (S1, E5)

4 August 202327 August 2020 by Christine Miller
Great British Ghosts

CHRISTINE MILLER takes a look at the fourth episode of Great British Ghosts centred on the Galleries of Justice, Nottingham, and the Viaduct Tavern, London

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Paranormal Reality TV, Television Tags Central London, East Midlands, Great British Ghosts, Haunted Prisons, London, Nottinghamshire, South-East England 1 Comment

George Hotel Crawley: A True Account Of Ghosts And Murder

6 October 202327 August 2020 by Guest Writer
George Hotel Crawley: A True Account Of Ghosts And Murder 8

Guest writer BIANCA reveals the hauntings of The George Hotel in Crawley, Sussex, now known as The Ramada by Wyndham

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Haunted Hotels, South-East England, West Sussex 1 Comment

Top 7 British Metal Bands Inspired by Horror, You’ve Never Heard Of!

27 July 202327 August 2020 by Ann Massey McElroy
Cloven Hoof - Age of Steel

ANN MASSEY tells us her top 7 relatively unknown horror inspired British metal bands and songs!

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Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor

4 August 202319 August 2020 by Guest Writer
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor 9

What was that mysterious creature guest writer BIANCA saw on her hike up Trewint Tor in Cornwall?

Categories Cryptozoology Tags Cornwall, South-West England Leave a comment

England’s Most Haunted Caves

6 October 202316 August 2020 by Kate Cherrell
Wookey Hole Caves

KATE CHERRELL goes deep underground to discover England’s most haunted caves

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags England Leave a comment

Moresby Hall: Most Haunted REVIEW

4 August 202316 August 2020 by Christine Miller
Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

CHRISTINE MILLER looks back on Most Haunted: Moresby Hall

Categories Paranormal Reality TV, Paranormal Research, Television Tags Cumbria, Most Haunted, North-West England Leave a comment

23 Mysterious British Holy Wells

30 August 202310 August 2020 by Spooky Isles
23 Mysterious British Holy Wells 10

Introducing the enigmatic Holy Wells of the UK, serene bodies of water that have served as a source of pilgrimage, solace, and social gathering for centuries.

Categories Folklore Tags Saints Leave a comment

Red Lion Hotel and Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker: Great British Ghosts (S1, E4)

14 August 202310 August 2020 by Christine Miller
Great British Ghosts

CHRISTINE MILLER looks at episode four of Great British Ghosts as Michaela heads to The Red Lion Hotel & Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Paranormal Reality TV, Television Tags East of England, Essex, Great British Ghosts Leave a comment

Haunted Gwrych Castle: There’s A Ghost… Get Me Out Of Here!

6 August 20239 August 2020 by Rick Hale
Gwrych Castle

RICK HALE looks at the paranormal residents of Gwrych Castle, near Abergele in Conwy, Wales, which will soon play host to “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here”

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Conwy, Haunted Castles, Wales Leave a comment

We Rank Amicus Horror Anthologies, From 1 To 8!

8 August 20238 August 2020 by Terry Sherwood
Jack Palance and Burgess Meredith in Torture Garden 1967

Amicus Productions was a stable of 1960s British Horror. TERRY SHERWOOD goes back to his childhood to rank the studio’s best horror anthologies

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Amicus 4 Comments

The Woman In Black 1989 Blu-Ray REVIEW

1 November 20222 August 2020 by Richard Phillips-Jones
The Woman in Black 1989

The Woman In Black 1989 Blu-Ray version is finally here with a very welcome restoration. RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES revisits a true classic ghost story.

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films, Television Tags Ghost Stories, Nigel Kneale, The Woman in Black Leave a comment

Ghosts of Littledean Jail: Horrors of Crimes Past

4 August 20231 August 2020 by Rick Hale
Littledean Jail, Gloucestershire

Visitors to Littledean Jail in Gloucestershire have reported being grabbed and shoved by a malevolent ghost, says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Paranormal Tags Gloucestershire, Haunted Prisons, South-West England Leave a comment
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