Horror Writer and Historian
The London Horror Movie Club is back and all video! This month Chris and I watch the 2017 gothic “The Limehouse Golem” in which Inspector John Kildare’s investigation of a serial killer in Linehouse leads him to the trail of Lizzie Cree, an actress accused of poisoning her husband. The film had a high budget … Continue reading LHMC Watches: The Limehouse Golem
What films do you think of when you see “North London”? Shaun of The Dead? Hellraiser? What about Cherry Tree Lane? A poltergeist in The Conjuring 2? What might these have in common, and what stories lend themselves to the leafy outskirts of the Capital? My latest piece is out in Horrified Magazine, on the … Continue reading North London Horror article in “Horrified”
Drama, the Wrath of God, and Brussels Sprout liquour. This month we watch the psychedelic Vincent Price masterpiece The Abominable Dr. Phibes. As doctors and nurses are dying all over London in recreations of the Biblical plagues, the answer seems to lie in the graves of the recently deceased Dr. Anton Phibes and his wife. When … Continue reading LHMC Watches: The Abominable Dr Phibes
If I can stay awake long enough, I’m bound to go mad.” So begins my latest story – “Error 404” – in File Not Found, the latest anthology from Nat 1 Publishing. This anthology is filled with stories from across science-ficiton and fantasy, all taking a sideways glance at that familiar error message: File Not … Continue reading Story out in “File Not Found” Anthology
Tuesday 11 April 2023 A dream came true: I was on the film set of The Witches of the Sands. And I was going to be in front of the camera. Getting cattle-gunned in the head. Who could ask for more?
Lauren Jane Barnett 