Two hundred years ago the Swedish island of Svalta was home to a colony; allegedly, due to plague, the isolated island was quarantined by the British under the
It was a curious missing persons case reported directly to Sergeant Neil Howie of the West Highland Constabulary, an anonymous letter stating that twelve year old Rowan Morrison
With over three hundred editions produced during the fourteen year run from 1970 to 1984, BBC’s Play for Today strand was conceived as immediate and contemporary, offering political
The backwoods trailer trash family has been a staple of horror through inbred decades, with variations told in Deliverance, The Hills Have Eyes and Wrong Turn among many
1973: Sergeant Neil Howie of the West Highland Constabulary arrives at Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of young Rowan Morrison, and is confounded by the attitudes of the
On Saturday 31st March, the Cameo Cinema in Edinburgh played host to Robin Hardy, best known for his landmark 1973 film The Wicker Man, as he attended a
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.