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Last Saturday I had the pleasure of meeting some of the movie world’s most glamorous actresses at the London Film Memorabilia Convention at Westminster during a James Bond Goldfinger event. Of special appeal to classic horror fans was a trio of sexy stunners who between them have appeared in read more

We couldn’t be more excited here at the Classic Horror Campaign today as we look forward to the brand new Mark Gatiss documentary for BBC Four, Horror Europa! A follow-up to the hugely successful Mark Gatiss’ A History Of Horror three-part series of 2010, Gatiss now takes a personal look read more

Classic horror fans are going to love the upcoming Halloween issue of Rue Morgue, the world’s best-selling horror culture magazine as it celebrates 100 years of Universal Pictures, the home of Karloff’s Frankenstein, Lugosi’s Dracula, the Creature From The Black Lagoon and many mor read more

    Horror writer Stephen King is no stranger to classic horror film fans and today the Classic Horror Campaign wishes the master of horror a very happy birthday! Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21st 1947 and gained massive fame with the success of his best-selling horror novels read more

Devil worshippers, nude ladies and even Satan himself will all be attending the one Halloween party you won’t want to miss as the Classic Horror Campaign and Shock Horror Magazine join demonic forces to host a diabolic double bill at the Roxy Bar & Screen! On Sunday 21st October from 3pm w read more

King Of The Castle is one of the many cult British kids TV series which struck a chord with classic horror fans of a certain generation. Made in 1977 by HTV Wales and broadcast at Sunday teatime by ITV King Of The Castle is the story of a teenage boy named Roland (Philip DaCosta) who lives in a grim read more

Classic horror fans will no doubt be aware of Night Of The Demon, the 1957 movie adaptation of M.R. James’ spooky short story Casting The Runes which was originally published in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911) but there have been a couple of other adaptations over the years.  The read more

Fans of classic horror are in for a rare treat at the next London Film Memorabilia Convention taking place at Central Hall, Westminster on Saturday 22nd September. Although this month’s event is ostensibly a celebration of all things James Bond, Hammer horror star Yvonne Romain (Curse of the W read more

A yacht is ship-wrecked on a mysterious island leaving the crew stranded and at the mercy of mysterious forces. As the passengers squabble amongst themselves, strange creatures stalk them at night and they become tempted by the deadly mushrooms which grow all over the island… Matango, also kno read more

Alan Gibson is probably best known for two films he directed for Hammer: that masterpiece of kitsch Dracula A.D. 1972 and its much more sober sequel The Satanic Rites of Dracula.  Goodbye Gemini is an earlier Gibson effort that shares A.D. 1972’s setting of a swinging London past its best, but not read more

Lionel is a mummy’s boy who has the unwanted honor of having to look after his overbearingly evil mother. He ends up falling in love with a local girl who believes that they’re destined to be together but his mother is bitten by a mysterious creature that ends up zombifying her!  It̵ read more

Having escaped, Jason Voorhees is back, hockey mask and all, to continue his murderous rampage across Camp Crystal Lake, this time in glorious 3D! Friday 13th ripped off John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) and Mario Bava’s Bay Of Blood (1971) back in 1980 and launched a stalk’n'slash read more

The super-groovy Filmbar70 aims to keep us awake with an all-night horror movie marathon as part of the Scala Beyond cult movie festival starting Saturday 8th September from 11pm! Night Of The Bloody Pint Part Two will keep the monsters and gore comin’ at ya till 8am Sunday morning…and a read more

    “When there’s no more room in Hell…the dead will walk the Earth!” read the tagline of George A Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead (1978) the terrifying sequel to his seminal zombie classic Night Of The Living Dead (1968). This film pushed the boundaries in terms of read more

Cyberschizoid, Filmbar 70 and Shock Horror Magazine join forces tomorrow to present a unique horror double bill screening that will NEVER be repeated! From 4pm on Sunday 2nd September be prepared to be shocked by two classic movies that were considered so extreme that one was banned for over 20 year read more

As we come to the end of a triumphant British Horror Month we took some time to chat to classic horror and Hammer Films star Shane Briant about his career, horror films, the classic horror campaign and much, much more!   Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website read more

The best thing about Halliwell’s Film Guide is the capsule reviews that read like the work of a disapproving Victorian maiden aunt.  The verdict on Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly is my absolute favourite: “Revolting black comedy for masochists, representing the British cinema at its lowest ebb”.  read more

Classic horror fans are in for a thrill on Sunday 26th August at this year’s epic FrightFest horror film festival taking place in the heart of London’s cinemaland, Leicester Square. This year those wonderful FrightFest fiends celebrate the best of Hammer Horror by screening three restore read more

At the end of the 60s, ‘anti-psychiatrist’ R D Laing’s ideas about the family as an oppressive institution causing untold psychological damage to its members started to filter down into popular culture.  Makers of horror films took them up with particular aplomb, and in the 70s unhealthy family read more

As part of our British Horror Month celebrations, independent UK horror publication Shock Horror Magazine has offered to give away a one year FREE subscription to Shock Horror to one lucky winner! The magazine has gone from strength to strength over the last two years and despite its emphasis on bra read more