The Brit Crypt Archives | Spooky Isles

Here’s the archive of Richard Phillip-Jones‘ column The Brit Crypt (2014-2016), in which he looks back and ponders life growing up watching horror films and television in the 1970s and 80s.

The Brit Crypt articles on Spooky Isles

Doctors in Horror Films: They’re Four Kinds of Crazy!

25 October 2016

An Evening with Boris Karloff and Friends

An Evening with Boris Karloff and His Friends (1967) AUDIO

25 October 2015

Censored Again! Classic Brit Horror Hits Video

16 March 2015

Top 10 She Monsters in British Horror

10 March 2015

Censored! The Tale Of Britain’s X Certificate

8 February 2015

H For Horrific! The Forgotten Horror Film H Certificate

19 January 2015

British Werewolves on Film, A Beginner’s Guide

9 October 2014

Trip To The Local Horror Cinema, Circa 1970

5 September 2014

I am Legend by Richard Matheson

I Am Legend: Hammer Style

26 July 2014

A Game of Chance and Grain Drain

Farmhouse of Horror: Terrifying 70s Kids To Play Safe

12 July 2014

The Spirit Of Dark And Lonely Water

28 June 2014

5 Missing British Horror Films

14 June 2014

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES reveals how British horror films from the likes of Hammer and Amicus influenced Euro Horror fright flicks

A Cultural Exchange, Euro Horror Visits Britain

30 May 2014

Friday Night Frights

Friday Night Frights, Horror on 1980s TV

16 May 2014

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