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There’s a special treat in store for fans of seventies classic horror, sitcoms and sexploitation when the gorgeous Françoise Pascal makes a special guest appearance at the London Film Memorabilia Convention on Saturday 26th January. Taking place at Central Hall, Westminster from 10am – 5pm read more

To celebrate February’s Women In Horror Month the Classic Horror Campaign is teaming up with Shock Horror Magazine and the Roxy Bar and Screen to present a classic horror double bill showcasing two very different performances from two great actresses. The Female Psychos Double Bill takes place read more

The great warrior Hercules is sent on a quest to retrieve the legendary Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the bowels of Hades. Accompanied by his companions Theseus and Telemachus, Hercules battles monsters, zombies and vampires in his efforts to defeat the plans of the evil King Lico and hi read more

After a fun-packed and successful 2012, the Classic Horror Campaign is looking forward to a whole host of classic horror events, festivals, film screenings, competitions and much more full gloss gore in 2013! First up is the special guest appearance of sexy Hammer Horror star Caroline Munro in detec read more

Sultry British actress Barbara Steele was born on December 29th 1937 and became famous for her roles in numerous European horror films in the 1960′s. Steele also went on to appear in David Cronenberg’s seventies classic Shivers (A.K.A. They Came From Within) and in the 1991 television re read more

With Christmas fast approaching, the Classic Horror Campaign is once again drawn towards an animated classic horror short – this time the 1953 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart, originally published in 1843. Narrated by British actor James Mason, this imaginative and at read more

Horror star Caroline Munro is no stranger to supporters of the Classic Horror Campaign but has made few movie and television appearances over the last few years. However, early next year (January 2nd to be precise!) the sexy Hammer Horror star makes a special appearance in top rated ITV1 detective s read more

What have classic horror film Night of the Demon, iconic British film company Hammer Films and a terrifying murderous mermaid all have in common? Multi-talented singer songwriter Kate Bush, that’s what! Over the years Kate has worn her classic horror influences on her sleeve many times and tod read more

The Classic Horror Campaign’s Cyberschizoid was lucky enough to be invited to the Horror Channel Winter Highlights Showcase in Soho a few nights ago and was delighted to see that they have some real classic horror treats in store for viewers over the cold winter months. Top of the list is Janu read more

  One of the most enduring Christmas traditions is the telling of ghost stories and the most famous of all frightening festive tales is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol originally published on the 19th December 1843. It tells the story of miserly business man Ebeneezer Scrooge and his read more

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There has always been a tradition linking ghostly horror stories with the festive season, particularly in Britain, and can be traced back to Victorian times and the ghost stories of Charles Dickens and M.R. James. Spectral Press looks set to continue that tradition with the first of their Christmas read more

With Christmas just around the corner, the Classic Horror Campaign is getting into the festive spirit by screening a couple of true creepy classic movies at the Roxy Bar and Screen in London this Sunday. Alongside Ealing ghost story compendium Dead of Night (1945) we are showing the ultimate seasona read more

Of all the rather strange films Hammer cranked out during their last few years (Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde, Dracula AD 1972 and The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires to name a few), Peter Sykes’ Demons of the Mind has a strong claim to being the very oddest.  The project started life as a vampire read more

Classic horror legend Boris Karloff would have been 125 years old today. Born William Henry Pratt on November 23rd 1887 he became a Hollywood horror star under the name of Boris Karloff with his portrayal of Frankenstein’s monster in the movie adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1 read more

Dead of Night (1945) is one of the ultimate classic British horror films, coming at a time (just after the second world war) when few horror films were being made in this country. Highly influential on the later Amicus portmanteau horror films, Dead of Night is screening as the first part of our Fea read more

    A solicitor called Renfield is enslaved by Dracula at the count’s castle in Transylvania. They travel to England on board a ship whereby Dracula slaughters the entire crew and infiltrates polite society, stalking Dr Seward’s daughter Eva whilst Renfield is incarcerated in read more

Have you noticed how dreadful todays movie posters are? Usually consisting of badly photo-shopped images of floating heads of the movie’s cast, lacking in both colour and imagination. We remember the days when movie posters were fully painted by talented artists – bursting with excitemen read more

The Classic Horror Campaign loves monster magazines old and new – especially those that focus on our favourite classic horror films! From Bedabbled! to Shock Horror and everything inbetween we take a look at the latest issues of those classic horror mags currently on newsstands and specialist read more