Kew Gardens tour: Plant Horror for Halloween
Plants that walk, flowers that smell of rotting flesh, carnivorous flora, and fungi that penetrate insects to consume their insides… Join us for a tour of the plants and fungi that have evolved some spooky adaptations, many of which have inspired horror films, myths, and legends. You’ll get up close to plants that feature in…
Commentary for Hammer’s “Dracula”
I can officially tell people, and boy has this been an exciting secret! Hammer is releasing a Limited Collector’s Edition of their 1958 classic Dracula in 4K with tons of special features, including a new commentary by myself and historian John Hamilton. This lavish Limited Collector’s Edition features seven discs containing five versions of the…
“Incense for the Damned” Hammer Box-Set
The latest in my commentaries for Hammer is the genuinely original vampire horror Incense for the Damned. You haven’t heard of it? Probably because it didn’t have the best release, heading out years late on the bottom of a double bill, but the actual film and the idea behind it are fascinating. Imagine that ancient…
“X-The Unknown” Special Edition Box Set
Hammer Film’s latest release is the Special Edition box set of X The Unknown, and among the heafty special features is a documentary “Displaced and Damned” about director Joseph Losey, who was breifly attached to direct X The Unkown and went on to directg Hammer’s The Damned. In the documentary a handful of very clever historians, including…
Behind the Scenes of “Cosis”
Last weekend we were down in Canterbury filming the wrap-around for our next horror anthology: COSIS. If you’ve seen Darner, that short will ultimately end up in the anthology along with six other segments; all surreal experiences of psychoses taken to their horrific extreme. A picture is worth a thousand words, so I’ll leave you with some…
Natural Thorn Killers on the Horror Fam Roundup!
It’s always exciting to meet another horror-loving Lauren, and Lauren Spear, who runs the Horror Fam is a serious horror fan, and a huge supporter of indie horror. So we were thrilled to see that Natural Thorn Killers made it into this month’s horror roundup, right at the top of the “Indie Horror Books” list. If…
Working with Hammer Films!
I have been keeping this under my hat for a while, but I am delighted I can now say that a dream beyond my wildest has come true: I got to work with Hammer Films. Yes, I was interviewed for the Blu-ray extras for the upcoming collector’s edition release of X-The Unknown! Of course, I…
One Week until “Darner” is at Horror On Sea
Next week our unsettling short film “Darner” will be showing at the Horror-On-Sea Takeover day of the South-End Film Festival! The Director, James Edward Newton, will be there along with Tony and I. We will introduce the film at 11:00am and then screen it before the noon feature. Afterwards we will have a table in…
Book Party for Natural Thorn Killers
Over the weekend, we had the book party for Natural Thorn Killers: A Creeping Guide to Plant Horror. It was an absolute smash! The Cooper’s Arms was filled to the rafters (thankfully wiht air conditioning!) and the lovely Janina Faye of Day of the Triffids fame was there to help us kick it off. We mingled…
“Darner” Interview in Blazing Minds
Our creepy, bizarre horror short “Darner” is heading to the South End on Sea Festival in June! Ahead of the screening, the director, James Newton, and I did an interview with Blazing Minds to talk all about the film. From its very personal origins, through meetings with Adrienne King, and then actually being made and…
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