African nasties and a different underground Nigeria and South Africa dominate a brief discussion on film from this part of the world
9/11, a foreign threat and present day US mainstream After the twin tower attacks horror changed. The birth of torture porn and the return to retro shocks. America...
Japanese influences In the 1990s what was, in Japan, a return to retro-styles of horror felt fresh for Western audiences. Vicious...
90s postmodernism, serial killers and the brief rebirth of the slasher From serial killers, to a new breed of slasher movie and to seeing dead people. The USA 90s horror...
China, India, Pakistan A trip to China shows the split between Hong Kong and the mainland, India is a Bollywood treat and...
The art of the British ghost story At Christmas time there’s plenty of reasons to be afraid. Here we look at the traditions of telling ghost...
Response to the 2011 riots I wrote this on TwitLonger back in 2011. I’m putting it here just so I don’t lose it as...
VHS Boom, nasties and the slow growth of the underground VHS brought democracy and freedom for film. It brought a new asthetic to horror too. Along with a flood...