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Dead And Read – Classic Horror Literature With A Heavy Metal Visual Style

A new project aiming to combine the visuals and merchandising of rock music with the literary classics of the past.

This Is Your Life, Boris Karloff

The legendary actor gets the celebrity life story treatment on USTV.

Eurovision Madness – Who The Hell Is Edgar?

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The ghost of Edgar Allan Poe is set to haunt the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.

The Classic Monsters Meet The Superheroes

In the outlandish and fantastical world of the superhero comic, it should come as no surprise that little is off-limits, even a foray into gothic and literary horror.

Family Ties: The People Under the Stairs

Class war and hidden secrets in Wes Craven’s twisted fairy tale.

Halloween Hammer: Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell

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Concluding our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at the last gasp of the traditional gothic horror and the final chapter in the Frankenstein saga.

Halloween Hammer: Scars Of Dracula

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Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at the lowest point of the Dracula series.

Halloween Hammer: The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires

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Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at their awkward but intriguing collision of the traditional gothic and the martial arts movie.

Halloween Hammer: The Evil of Frankenstein

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Continuing our look back at Hammer Horror with the company’s clumsy attempt to blend their style with the Universal Monster movie.

Halloween Hammer: Dracula – Prince Of Darkness

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Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at the second film in the iconic Dracula series.

Halloween Hammer: Rasputin The Mad Monk

Continuing our look at Hammer Films with their curious hybrid of historical biopic and gothic horror from 1966.

Halloween Hammer: Hands Of The Ripper

Continuing our look at Hammer Horror with one of the company’s most impressive works from the 1970s.