WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It seems that this spook-tacular month is turning into a tribute to directors that found their way on to the video nasties list, Tobe Hooper being one to have only a few in comparison to others but more on that later. What I like about Hooper is that he …
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Horror Directors: Dario Argento
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I wonder if people would consider Dario Argento as a “controversial” director as four of his films made the DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions) list of so-called “video-nasties” – including Tenebrae and Inferno which featured in Sections 1 and 2 respectively as well as Suspiria and Deep Red, which …
Horror Directors: Wes Craven
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers So, I think to a lot of people Wes Craven would probably be considered as the King of the Franchise when it comes to horror the fact that he was the director of the first 4 Scream films (I for one think that’s where they should have stopped), all …
Paul Newman (1925-2008)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 26th January 1925 Died: 26th September 2008 (aged 83) Paul Leonard Newman was born to Theresa Garth and Arthur Newman Snr. in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. From an early age he showed an interest in acting but did not get pursue his interest because of the onset of World …
Loki AKA Tom Hiddleston
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Now, I feel like a lot of people are going to disagree with me including Loki as a Marvel hero. Well, in my opinion – by Infinity War – he has become exactly that! He fights alongside his brother in Thor: Ragnarok and Infinity War actually opens with him …
Singer to Actor: Mos Def
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers This was an interesting one, as I have just found out that Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def, short for Most Definitely) was a child actor but this was mainly on TV. I’m going to be honest, I have listened to very little of his music so to …
Ornithophobia
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It’s crazy to think that birds have never been too far when it comes to horror in both films and literature. Take The Birds for example directed by Alfred Hitchcock or The Raven written by Edgar Allen Poe. Even Stephen King used sparrows in Dark Half as a symbol …
Jean Grey AKA Sophie Turner
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’m going to try not to be overly critical of Sophie Turner when it comes to her role as, let’s be accurate, the young Jean Grey but it was hard for me to look on her taking the role approvingly. Obviously I have grown up with Famke Janssen playing …
Lord Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 29th August 1923 Died: 24th August 2014 (age 90) Lord Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-Upon-Thames was born plain old Richard Samuel Attenborough to Mary and Frederick Attenborough in Cambridge. His mother was a founder of the Marriage Guidance Council and his father was a scholar who was …
Music of the Night
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Listen to the children of the night, what beautiful music they make…or whatever Dracula once said. I don’t know if anyone would consider this as sub-genre of horror but you know what, I’m going to and it’s one that is strangely pleasing to know exists. That sub-genre, my friends, …





