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A Nightmare On Elm Street – Don’t Make Freddy Funny

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The demonic child killer Freddy Krueger, who is noted for combining murder with mirth, became one of the most memorable screen baddies in horror movie history. With his horribly burnt face, gangster-style hat, striped sweater and, of course, the most … Read More

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Bates Motel TV Series

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The notorious, mentally unbalanced killer from Psycho, Norman Bates, has been resurrected – or should I say, “re-enacted” – in a new TV series, which has just started showing on UK screens. The series is called Bates Motel and chronicles … Read More

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Terence Fisher and Hammer Horror

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Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British director and a prominent name in the English gothic cinema. He is most remembered for his work with Hammer films, where he presented gothic horror in full lurid … Read More

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Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds – The True Story

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Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 movie, The Birds, is truly a masterpiece of film making, and has often been listed as one of Hitchcock’s greatest films. Loosely based on the 1952 short story by Daphne Du Maurier, The Birds won the … Read More

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The Vampire Diaries and The Scare Factor

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The Vampire Diaries is undoubtedly a very popular TV show, especially with young people. Amid the current trend for making vampires more like glamorous pin-up idols than the monstrous, menacing creatures of the night they once were, The Vampire Diaries … Read More

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Halloween Costumes: Movie Monsters

As another Halloween approaches, with many of you contemplating doing a spot of trick-or-treating, or going to a Halloween party, you may be wondering what kind of Halloween costume you should wear – that is, of course, if you’re one

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The Return Of The Living Dead 1985 Review

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The Return of the Living Dead is a 1985 American horror-comedy written and directed by Alien’s Dan O’Bannon. The movie is most notable for popularising the notion in the public consciousness of zombies eating specifically brains, as opposed to just … Read More

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The House By The Cemetery Review

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I absolutely love Italian horror films, and The House By The Cemetery is definitely one of my all time favourites. So let us discuss this Lucio Fulci masterpiece from 1981, and the reasons why it made such a big impression … Read More

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Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds

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Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds is, for me, the ultimate animals-on-the-rampage movie. Loosely based on Daphne Du Maurier’s 1952 novella of the same name, Hitchcock’s 1963 masterpiece, brilliantly depicts the sheer tension and horror of what might happen if birds, suddenly … Read More

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The Green Inferno Review

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If you harbour the guilty pleasure of gory cannibal movies where groups of jungle explorers get captured, stripped naked and subjected to all kinds of hideous mutilations and deaths by hordes of uncivilised, flesh-hungry savages, then I am sure you … Read More

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