Book/Publication of the Week- Fangoria Magazine

It was in 1986 when I discovered Fangoria Magazine. A comic book store in a beat up shopping arcade in York in the UK had started stocking it on import from the US. I instantly began buying it and fell in love with the publication.  There was a brief time after that that Fangoria couldn't …

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Top 10 Horror Movies From 1981

There's a video of my choices on YouTube here. 10. The Burning One of the most notorious films involved in the Video Nasties debacle (but not the most notorious. That honour is reserved for another movie on this list), this was severely cut by the BBFC for cinema and video release. However, Thorn EMI Home …

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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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