Category: 31 Days of Horror
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31 DAYS OF HORROR #31: Kevin Lehane on HALLOWEEN (1978)
Spoilers Kevin Lehane – writer of monster movie Grabbers and co-host of The Best Bits pod – closes out our #31DaysOfHorror series by talking about the first film he ever saw… Before I turned six, I wasn’t really aware of films. I was growing up in Surrey, England, and watching TV on my dad’s lap…
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31 DAYS OF HORROR #30: Jed Shepherd on NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984)
Spoilers Jed Shepherd – co-writer of horror hits Host and this year’s Dashcam – takes it back to the 80s teen sci-fi horror which remains his favourite film of all time… I can’t recall the day, the month or year, but I can remember with supernatural clarity the feeling I had when I first watched…
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31 DAYS OF HORROR #29: Tim Coleman on IT FOLLOWS (2014)
Spoilers Moving Pictures editor Tim Coleman is sure someone’s following him – and getting ever closer – in David Robert Mitchell’s 2014 neo-slasher… A woman runs, terrified, from her house. She’s dressed in silky nightwear and heels, her eyes fixed on something – as yet – invisible. A neighbour asks if she needs help: no.…
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31 DAYS OF HORROR #28: Martin Gentles on ONIBABA (1964)
Spoilers Martin Gentles – producer of Netflix horror sensation His House – talks about Kaneto Shindô erotic 1964 folk horror, and the impact it’s had on his own career… When I was first approached to write a piece about my favourite horror film, I found it near impossible to decide which one to pick. There…
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31 DAYS OF HORROR #27: Jeremiah Kipp on CANDYMAN (1992)
Jeremiah Kipp – writer / director of recent festival hit Slapface – talks urban legends, liminal creatures and the art that lasts forever… “I am rumor. It is a blessed condition, believe me. To be whispered about at street corners. To live in other people’s dreams, but not to have to be. Do you understand?”…