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Horror Director – Lucio Fulci

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It’s interesting to think that Lucio Fulci is referred to as the “Godfather of Gore” when I honestly don’t find any of his films, the ones that I’ve seen of course, especially gory. What I did notice however is that he seems to have a fascination with focusing on …

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Horror Director – Tobe Hooper

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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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Footballers on Film

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers We all remember that 30 seconds of David Beckham in King Arthur right? Well, let’s just say that is the only thing I remember about the film. Unfortunately that didn’t seem to spark off much of a career in the film industry for him but he isn’t the first …

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Who’s Behind the Mask?

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers The idea of the masked killer has been a staple of horror throughout the decades. Come on, three of what would be considered as cult horror films are centred around them – Friday 13th gave us Jason Voorhees in his hockey mask, Halloween had Michael Myers and then there’s …

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Jeepers Creepers Quadrilogy

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It’s a shame to say it, but of this set of films I’ve watched the 2nd more often than any of the others. I don’t know what it is but there’s just something about that film that makes it better than the rest! Anyway, there’s been long discussion about …

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Father’s Day From Hell

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Two years in a row, I have discussed films focusing specifically on mothers and I thought it’s about time that we shone the spotlight on some of the fathers in horror! Especially as it’s Father’s Day in a couple of days for those of us here in the UK. …

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There’s Something About the Babysitter

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Depending upon the generation reading this article right now I think there would be two different answers to the question – what/who do you think of when we say babysitter and horror? Some of you, like me, your first thought might be of Laurie Stroud, played by Jamie Lee …

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