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This Year’s Faux Halloween Trauma Has Begun

Apparently, supermarket Halloween decorations are just too gruesome.

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Madeline Smith And The Vikings

The Hammer Horror and Carry On star appears in the sort of TV commercial that would not be allowed today.

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Mayhem Film Festival 2023: To Fire You Come At Last

Continuing our festival previews with a look at Sean Hogan’s relentlessly creepy slice of Folk Horror.

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Knocking Again At The Door Of The Last House On Dead End Street

Digging into the experimental underground horrors of one of the most unsettling films of the 1970s.

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Mayhem Film Festival 2023: River

Continuing our guide to the Nottingham festival’s highlights with a look at the most charming piece of time slip sci-fi that you’ll ever see.

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The Writing’s On The Wall: The Dying Days Of Bucks Fizz

The final gasp of the British pop darlings and Eurovision champions explored.

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The Unrelenting March Of The Awful West End Musical

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Contrived, cliched and full of instantly forgettable, dreadful songs – what on earth drives audiences to this endless stream of empty theatrical spectacle?

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Mayhem Film Festival 2023: Door

Opening our preview of Mayhem Film Festival highlights with a look at an extraordinary and forgotten Japanese study in obsession and psychosis.

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Sleepwalker And The Insomniac – Buried Treasures Of The Full Supporting Feature

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A once-lost, now beloved British short that is perhaps not quite the masterpiece that some would claim.

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The Weird World Of The International Film Poster

A collection of classic – and not-so-classic- artwork from the days when each country had unique and extraordinary film poster art.

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Vincent Price Hams It Up

The horror movie legend has fun behind the scenes.

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Bronson And The Punk Rock Creeps

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The cartoon punk street gangs of 1980s Hollywood and the ultra-obscure record that mocked it all.

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