The problems in adapting a complex story for the screen laid bare in John Irvin’s messy, compromised version of Peter Straub’s magnificent novel.
Tag: supernatural
Great Websites We Have Loved and Lost: Succubus Hunter
Will the mystery of the man pursued by sex-hungry succubi at the end of the 1990s ever be solved?
Enter The Kingdom Of Lars Von Trier
The Kingdom, Lars Von Trier’s oddball and unsettling 1990s Tv soap opera.
Rod Serling Explores The Unknown
The Twilight Zone creator’s extensive involvement in the strange phenomena documentaries of the early 1970s.
Stories From The Club Of The Damned: Looking Back At British TV Series Supernatural
The BBC horror anthology serial is more interesting than the poor production values and theatrical performances make it seem.
The Horrors Of Dave Allen
The impressively creepy supernatural stories of the comedy legend.
Madmen And Monsters: The Films Of Val Lewton And Boris Karloff
Looking back at the films made with Borid Karloff by the reluctant horror film producer Val Lewton.
Musing On Chapbooks
Looking at a pair of stories that revive a grand old tradition of stand-alone short fiction.
The Monster Movie Magazines Of The Sixties
A complete visual history of the first explosion of horror movie magazines.
Glitterballs,Supersonic Saucers And Haunters Of The Deep: The Children’s Film Foundation Tales Of Science Fiction And Horror
How Britain’s child-friendly film studio ventured into the supernatural and space travel without scaring the nippers – or the censors.
