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Category: Horror

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Posted on 06/05/201502/07/2019 by FlexibleHead

Another in my sporadic series of interviews with indie horror directors. This one’s with Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, regarding his clever remake… Read more The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Ring

Posted on 06/05/201527/07/2019 by FlexibleHead

This is an overview of the complete Ring series so far, to coincide with the announcement of a third American instalment… Read more Ring

The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death

Posted on 02/01/201502/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

I wrote features for Empire and Fangoria about The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (the Americans added a 2… Read more The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death

Empire Review of 2014

Posted on 27/12/2014 by FlexibleHead

Various retrospective 2014 features and lists went up daily on the Empire website during December. The following are the ones… Read more Empire Review of 2014

Night Visions Festival 2014

Posted on 09/11/201419/12/2021 by FlexibleHead

This was my third year at Night Visions in Helsinki, and as usual I came back with a lot of… Read more Night Visions Festival 2014

Tony Todd – Candyman interview

Posted on 31/10/201414/10/2019 by FlexibleHead

My third interview of three for Empire‘s 2014 horror week, since deleted from the Empire site so now re-posted in… Read more Tony Todd – Candyman interview

Robert Englund

Posted on 31/10/201424/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

The second of three interviews for Empire‘s Hallowe’en 2014 horror week. Since deleted from the site so re-posted in full… Read more Robert Englund

Pet Sematary’s Zelda – Andrew Hubatsek interview

Posted on 31/10/201422/08/2019 by FlexibleHead

An interview with the actor Andrew Hubatsek, who played the properly terrifying Zelda in Pet Sematary and psychologically scarred a… Read more Pet Sematary’s Zelda – Andrew Hubatsek interview

Evil Dolls

Posted on 14/10/201405/09/2019 by FlexibleHead

A piece timed for the release of Annabelle, the spin-off from James Wan’s The Conjuring about a killer doll possessed… Read more Evil Dolls

Unbelievable Sequels 2

Posted on 20/03/201420/03/2014 by FlexibleHead

A sequel to a feature about sequels! These are another 30 lesser-known follow-ups that mostly went straight to video or… Read more Unbelievable Sequels 2

Don Coscarelli

Posted on 24/02/2014 by FlexibleHead

Another interview for the indie horror collection. This one’s with Don Coscarelli, director of the Phantasm series and, more recently,… Read more Don Coscarelli

Xan Cassavetes – Kiss of the Damned interview

Posted on 23/01/201410/09/2021 by FlexibleHead

Haven’t done one of these for a while, but this is a new entry in my indie horror directors series:… Read more Xan Cassavetes – Kiss of the Damned interview

Udo Kier

Posted on 20/01/201415/08/2019 by FlexibleHead

At long last, here’s my collection of rants, ramblings and gnomic utterances by Udo Kier  from last year’s Night Visions… Read more Udo Kier

Night Visions 2013

Posted on 06/11/201304/09/2018 by FlexibleHead

For the second year running I was invited to the Night Visions genre film festival in Helsinki, and for the… Read more Night Visions 2013

Iron Sky 2: The Coming Race

Posted on 06/11/201322/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

At the 2013 Night Visions festival I spent some drinking time with Timo Vuorensola, the director of the Nazis-on-the-moon epic… Read more Iron Sky 2: The Coming Race

666 Great Horror Characters

Posted on 25/10/201315/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

This colossal piece for the Empire website was a joint effort by me, Chris Hewitt and Simon Crook (and designed… Read more 666 Great Horror Characters

Folk Horror

Posted on 19/10/201325/08/2021 by FlexibleHead

This ended up in two places: it was commissioned by Kier-La Janisse for Fangoria, but she also then published it… Read more Folk Horror

Hellblazer / Constantine

Posted on 19/10/201321/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

I wrote the following feature for Fangoria in early 2013, marking the end of Hellblazer at its 300th issue. It… Read more Hellblazer / Constantine

Simpsons Horror Tribute

Posted on 12/10/201314/07/2019 by FlexibleHead

Guillermo Del Toro supervised the opening sequence for the 2013 Simpsons Hallowe’en special (Treehouse of Horror XXIV), and in the spirit… Read more Simpsons Horror Tribute

Dark Tourist

Posted on 31/08/201312/10/2013 by FlexibleHead

An interview with the director Suri Krishnamma about his bleak psychological drama Dark Tourist. (I also used a quote from… Read more Dark Tourist

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