tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28861426410931647312009-02-21T11:11:27.782ZA blog dedicated to all things horror - horror movies, horror novels and horror news.Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06934862300220685482noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886142641093164731.post-87817155641738813642009-02-01T00:21:00.003Z2009-02-01T00:30:57.183Z

Contrary to appearances, HorrorheadUK isn't actually dead. Due to other work commitments, it's just been asleep for a while. However, feeling strangely inspired and refreshed from a trip to the States, I'm back and dying to get posting again.I returned from my trip clutching a copy of Repo: The Genetic Opera, a bizzarely entertaining gem starring Anthony Stewart Head, Paris Hilton, Sarah

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If you live in Devon and dream of being one of the living dead, you might want to take a look at the new Lullaby of the Restless Dead blog. The writers and director of this low-budget zombie comedy (should that be zomedy?) are currently on the look-out for volunteers to get involved in their production.Lullaby of the Restless Dead will be a work of love from two blokes who love films (one of whom

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Rock star Jude Coyne has a fascination with the macabre, collecting rare objects like sketches by a serial killer, a witch's confession and a chessboard that used to belong to Aleister Crowley.When his personal assistant tells him that there's a ghost for sale on an internet auction site, Jude instantly knows that he has to buy it. A few days later, a heart-shaped box is delivered to Jude's home,

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According to horror movie website Shocktilyoudrop.com, Warner Bros is to start filming a screen version of Joe Hill's best-selling novel Heart-Shaped Box in January 2008.Hill, the son of master of horror Stephen King, is about to release a collection of short stories entitled 20th Century Ghosts. The collection will be available from 16 October 2007.

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The Wicker Man has gained cult status in the history of British horror and is viewed by many to be a masterpiece. Unfortunately, its frequent inclusion in documentaries and articles about the history of British cinema has led many critics to assume that everyone has seen the film, and recently there has been a tendency for them to reveal the ending, ruining it for the next generation of

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Horror Movies ca is one of the best horror related websites around, and is ideal for anyone looking for the latest news about up and coming horror movies and DVD releases. If you want to know whether a movie is in the process of being filmed, is in the post-production stages or is just about to be released, this is the site to check.You can view the lastest artwork for new horror movie posters,

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Something unpleasant is lurking under the streets of the North Yorkshire town of Leppington in Simon Clark's 1998 novel, Vampyrrhic. Unfortunately for the townsfolk, the creatures that have been hiding underground for centuries are about to surface.When Dr. David Leppington returns to his childhood home to visit his elderly uncle, he checks into the Station Hotel, owned by the intense Electra

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Filmed at Bray Studios between April and June 1965, and released in the UK on 21 November 1966, The Witches features Hollywood star Joan Fontaine in what was to be her last feature film. Fontaine had approached Hammer with an idea for a film based on the novel The Devil's Own, written by Norah Lofts (under the pseudonym of Peter Curtis), to which Fontaine owned the rights. Fontaine hoped that if

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First published in 2004, A Vault of Horror, by Keith Topping, is a great reference book and is packed with trivia about some of the classic British horror films.Topping covers 80 British horror movies that were made between 1956 and 1974, beginning with Night of the Demon (1956) and ending with House of Whipcord (1974). Films discussed also include Peeping Tom (1960), The Haunting (1962), The

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One of my aims in setting up this blog was to create a series of reviews of horror movies, both classic and contemporary. Therefore, over time, I'm aiming to review 100 horror and suspense films ranging from classic Hammer Horror and Universal monster movies, slasher movies such as Halloween, lighter suspense films such as The Skeleton Key through to contemporary Japanese and Korean horror films

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This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of British horror cinema. First published in 2000 and expanded and reprinted in 2006, English Gothic: a century of horror cinema traces the history of the horror film in the UK from its beginnings in the final years of the nineteenth century right up to contemporary films such as Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later and Neil Marshall's Dog

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Welcome to Horror Head UK. This blog will be focused on horror movies, horror novels and everything else connected to the genre and will feature reviews, news articles and more.

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