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In 1973, director Robin Hardy, with minimal support from studio or distributor, created a film that would become a cult classic of British horror cinema, The Wicker Man.

The process of novelising a television or film script is unenviable, and while there are those who have made successful careers out of it, such as Alan Dean

Sixteen years after the grand finale of the Star Wars saga, The Return of the Jedi, George Lucas decided to take us on a fantastic journey to a

From Blair Witch through Paranormal Activity to Troll Hunter, “found footage” has become a become the genre of choice for low budget filmmakers seeking to make a splash,

First generation Trekkies such as myself (and I proudly scorn the Trekker label) know only too well how shamelessly Paramount-as-was kept putting out old wine in new bottles

Why do we enjoy horror?  Even if fear is a negative feeling, everybody likes to be scared. The modern world is a safe place where we don’t need

Hallowe’en is the time to revel in the scary stories of our childhood, and this year Guillermo del Toro is no different, producing a remake of a 1973

The reconfigured contents of two hard drives recovered from the wilds of Western Norway, a year spent investigating.  The conclusion: the contents are real. Well of course they

Marvel is assembling a mighty team. Under the guidance of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Joss Whedon, they will be unleashed upon cinema screens the world over in the

Three time Arthur C Clarke award winner China Miéville returns with a new novel of a new frontier, challenging both readers and himself as he pushes the boundaries