Something a little different today. My original plan was to use an extra Story Engine draw for #horror23 and these are the cards I got. I took these and wrapped them around the Corn Exchange in Leeds, which is an irrationally beautiful building I worked in for a while. A friend once described it as …
On Halloween 1992, TV presenters Sir Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith and Craig Charles hosted Ghostwatch, a live TV event exploring the apparently paranormal events surrounding two young sisters. The events that ensued scarred a nation. With FUN! Ghostwatch is a classic piece of TV close up magic. There’s a ‘by’ credit for writer …
This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you liked it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here.Last year I wrote this about the promising looking genre movies that never showed …
This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you liked it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here. I’m just going to leave this here. Be warned, if you read …
A quick collection of some fun links for you to women who make horror in all it’s forms. The Mary Sue with an excellent oral history of female Special Effects Artists Tiffany Blaze’s incredible and HORRIBLE special effects makeup (Click through at your own risk. Gorehounds, I figure you’ve already clicked) The Homicidal Homemaker-Where Horror …
Over the weekend Alex and I were guests on the Know Fear podcast. It’s a fantastic show, a weekly look at a horror text with the exact combination of enthusiasm and academic analysis that I love. And they asked us on to talk about Day of the Triffids! Killer plants, academic horror AND a podcast. …
PODCASTING: Alex and I talk Day of the Triffids with the Know Fear Podcast