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Count Dracula uses bank ATM (advert)
In 1985, British bank Abbey National advertised their Abbey Link cash/deposit machines with a slightly risqué advert that showed Count Dracula lusting after a young lady in a tavern with her cleavage...
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The Synth of Fear: Horror film soundtracks with synthesizer scores (article)
Keith Emerson’s sound-man at work… Electronically produced sound has been available to adventurous film composers since the silent era. Among the earliest electronic instruments were the Ondes-Martenot...
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Graduation Day
Graduation Day is a 1981 cult slasher film, directed by ex-rabbi Herb Freed (Beyond Evil) and produced by Troma Entertainment for Columbia Pictures. It stars Christopher George, Patch Mackenzie and...
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David Hess (actor)
David Alexander Hess was an American actor, musician and songwriter, best known for his appearances in a trio of extreme horror films in the 1970s, in which he played a variety of psychotic sex...
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Leviathan (1989)
Leviathan is a 1989 science fiction horror film about a hideous creature that stalks and kills a group of people in a sealed environment, in a similar vein to such films as Alien (1979) and The Thing...
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Mother’s Day (1980)
US one sheet Mother’s Day is a 1980 American horror-thriller film, directed, co-written and produced by Charles Kaufman, brother of Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, who served as an...
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Future-Kill
Future-Kill (aka Night of the Alien/Splatter) is a 1985 low-budget comedy science fiction-horror film directed by Ronald W. Moore, and stars Edwin Neal and Marilyn Burns from The Texas Chainsaw...
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Sweet Home (film)
Sweet Home (スウィートホーム Suwīto hōmu) is a 1989 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and produced by Juzo Itami. It stars Nobuko Miyamoto, Shingo Yamashiro and Nokko. Dick Smith supplied...
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Death Spa (aka Witch Bitch)
Death Spa (aka Witch Bitch) is a 1989 American horror film directed by Michael Fischa and starring William Bumiller, Brenda Bakke, Ken Foree and Merritt Butrick. Death Spa was Merritt Butrick’s...
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Nightbeast
‘If you have the guts – he wants them!!’ Nightbeast is a 1982 American science fiction/horror film directed by cult Baltimore director Don Dohler. It is a remake/sequel of sorts to Dohler’s first film...
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The Final Cut: The Modern Mythology of the Snuff Movie (article – updated)
“Snuff videos showing scenes of murder, mutilation and cannibalism were on sale alongside Disney films at a children’s comic fair… Trading Standards officers believe the video shows genuine footage of...
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Stephanie Beacham (actress)
Stephanie Beacham (born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, 28 February 1947) is an English television, radio, film and theatre actress. Her career began in modelling before she moved into television with roles...
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Royal Jelly (short story and Tales of the Unexpected TV episode)
“Royal Jelly” is a short story by Roald Dahl first published in the February 1983 issue of Twilight Zone Magazine. It was included in Dahl’s books Tales of the Unexpected, Kiss Kiss, and also...
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Aenigma (film)
Aenigma is a 1987 Italian horror film. It was directed by Lucio Fulci and stars Jared Martin, Lara Naszinsky, and Ulli Reinthaler. Plot teaser: Kathy is an outcast at an elite New England boarding...
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The Fly II (film)
The Fly II is a 1989 science fiction horror film starring Eric Stoltz (Haunted Summer; Anaconda) and Daphne Zuniga (The Dorm That Dripped Blood; The Initiation). It was directed by Chris Walas from a...
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Cannibals (aka White Cannibal Queen)
Italian Locandina Cannibals (also known as Mondo Cannibale, Die Blonde Gottin, White Cannibal Queen and Barbarian Goddess) is a 1980 French/Spanish/Italian cannibal film by prolific Spanish...
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Island Claws (film)
‘A terrifying creation of the nuclear age!’ Island Claws (aka Giant Claws) is a 1980 American horror film shot in Florida and directed by Herman Cardenas and starring Robert Lansing (4D Man; Empire of...
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Fear No Evil – film
Fear No Evil is a 1981 American horror film directed by Frank LaLoggia (Lady in White) and starring Stefan Arngrim, Elizabeth Hoffman and Kathleen Rowe McAllen. In the US, it was released by Avco...
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Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: The Bride of Dracula! – TV episode
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original...
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Inferno (1980)
Inferno is a 1980 Italian supernatural horror film written and directed by Dario Argento. It stars Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Sacha Pitoeff, Daria Nicolodi, Alida Valli and...
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