Meathook Cinema Archives- ‘Black Christmas’ (1974) UK lobby cards

Remember lobby cards?  Scenes from film displayed under the main cinema poster. I remember poring over these cards outside my local cinema (The Odeon in York, England) as a kid and trying to imagine the scenes depicted. I even had nightmares looking at some of the posters and lobby cards for certain horror films. And …

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Hanging On The Telephone- How The Telephone Has Been Used To Terrify In Film

The telephone has always held sinister connotations for me. I grew up in a time before mobile phones when everyone had a landline and telephone systems were positively archaic. This primitive system meant that calls couldn't be traced easily. This was perfect for every nutjob, crank or serial killer to call you. And this happened …

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