The 1980s can be defined by many elements. Big hair and shoulder pads, bright colours, rampant consumerism. Cinematically, the decade saw the development of a particular type of action movie, a sub-genre that reconstituted American masculinity severely wounded by the Vietnam War with Reaganite assertion and nationalism. Indeed, the presidency […]
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Christina Ricci’s Monstrous Gets UK VOD release date
MONSTROUS is a unique supernatural thriller, brought to UK VOD on Monday 11 June by Koch Films. Directed by Chris Sivertson ( I Know Who Killed Me, All Cheerleaders Die ) and starring Christina Ricci, MONSTROUS will be available to download via Sky Store, Virgin Movies, Apple TV / iTunes […]
Scare Us (2021) The Pick and Mix of Anthology Horror (Review)
The anthology is an interesting sub-genre. Classics like Twilight Zone: The Movie, Trick ‘r Treat and more recent offerings such as Bad Candy, Ghost Stories and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark have demonstrated both the potential benefits and the pitfalls of telling multiple stories within a single overarching […]
Horror Channel continues to explore THE VINTAGE VAULT with four more Sunday night classic genre double-bills this June
This June, Horror Channel takes us on another journey into the history of genre cinema with THE VINTAGE VAULT, presenting double-bills of classic sci-fi and horror films every Sunday night. The first incursion into the vault takes place on Sunday June 5th with Nathan Juran’s Ray Harryhausen-inspired 20 MILLION MILES […]
New Horror Anthology, Scare Us, gets June Release!
New anthology set to SCARE US with UK release from Mon 13th June, courtesy of Koch Films. SCARE US, a new serial killer horror anthology of dark and vicious wickedness comes to the UK streaming on Monday 13th June, released by Koch Films. SCARE US will be available via Sky […]
Stewart Sparke – Book of Monsters (Interview)
14 May sees the UK TV Premiere of BOOK OF MONSTERS on Horror Channel. Ahead of this premiere, director Stewart Sparke discusses the influence of horror fans, his adoration of the Alien franchise and his collaboration with horror icon Nicholas Vince. Stewart Sparke on the set on BOOK OF MONSTERS […]
Dominic Brunt’s new horror movie, WOLF MANOR, enters post-production
First look stills revealed Dominic Brunt’s intense, gory werewolf horror-thriller WOLF MANOR has entered post-production. This tale of a film crew trapped in the jaws of a manor house’s resident werewolf was shot over three weeks across locations in Shropshire. This UK-produced film, written by Pete Wild and Joel Ferrari, […]
Mums and Sons: An Examination of Relationships (2022, Zine)(Review)
The Child (The Babadook, 2014) The Teenager (Hereditary, 2018) Adulthood (Psycho, 1960) The horror scholar and critic Robin Wood once wrote that the source of all horror is family. There is plenty of evidence for this, from the attempted ‘child’ of Victor Frankenstein to the family in The Texas Chainsaw […]
Horror Channel honours classic cinema with THE VINTAGE VAULT
May brings THE VINTAGE VAULT, a journey in genre cinema history from Horror Channel. Every Sunday night will feature a double-bill of classic sci-fi and horror films to provide chills and lessons in equal measure. We begin on Sunday May 1st with the screen debut of Claude Rains in THE […]
Horror Channel announces May 2022 TV slate!
Horror Channel brings you, lucky people, an array of Saturday night UK TV premieres in the month of May. These prime-time slots feature the award-winning dark comedic monster movie BOOK OF MONSTERS by Stewart Sparke, as well as Audrey Cummings’s grisly chortler SHE NEVER DIED, starring Olunike Adeliyi. May also […]