Women Of Horror Retrospective: Pamela Franklin Simon Fitzjohn March 25, 2021 Editor's Choice, Women Of Horror I think it's a pretty safe assumption to say that Pamela Franklin is hardly a name that would trip off the tongue of most horror fans - certainly the younger ones at least. In fact, post some 1970s British...
Women Of Horror Retrospective: Mia Farrow Simon Fitzjohn December 18, 2020 Editor's Choice, Features, Women Of Horror Okay, so I know as far as 'modern-day' Mia Farrow goes, acting very much seems to be in the rear-view mirror - in fact it has been more than six years since she appeared on screen, instead now devoting her...
Interview: Barbara Crampton talks Reborn, directing and more… Simon Fitzjohn August 17, 2020 Editor's Choice, Interviews, Women Of Horror Ahead of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of Julian Richards’ REBORN, on Sat 22 August, actress, producer and genre icon Barbara Crampton reflects on how You’re Next changed the direction of her career,...
Women Of Horror Retrospective: Jill Haworth Simon Fitzjohn June 13, 2020 Editor's Choice, Women Of Horror When English actress Jill Haworth sadly passed away in 2011 at the age of 65, pretty much every printed obituary led on the fact she was ‘best known’ for her role as Sally Bowles in the original Broadway...
Interview: The Heiress star Jayne Wisener Simon Fitzjohn March 16, 2021 Editor's Choice, Interviews As supernatural horror film THE HEIRESS goes on digital release from March 15, lead actress Jayne Wisener talks about her love of singing, coping with lockdown and her new period drama, Glow &...
Frightfest Interview: Director Alexis Bruchon Simon Fitzjohn March 1, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Interviews Ahead of FrightFest’s UK special screening of THE WOMAN WITH LEOPARD SHOES at the Glasgow Film Festival, director Alexis Bruchon talks about his love of Noir, casting his brother and directing in his...
Arrow Video Frightfest Interview: The Stylist star Najarra Townsend Simon Fitzjohn October 20, 2020 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Interviews, London, London Interviews “I find that good genre films so often have the most intense complicated characters that are the most fun to take on” Ahead of the UK premiere of Jill Gevarguzian’s THE STYLIST, lead actress Najarra...
Arrow Video Frightfest Interview: Neil Marshall Simon Fitzjohn October 8, 2020 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Interviews, London, London Previews Ahead of the UK premiere of his latest film THE RECKONING, Neil Marshall talks about the desire for creative freedom, putting leading lady Charlotte Kirk through hell, his love for FrightFest...
From the Vault: The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972) Simon Fitzjohn April 15, 2021 Editor's Choice, Features, From The Vault 1 Comment Shirley MacLaine stars in this subtle shocker
From The Vault: City Under The Sea (1965) Simon Fitzjohn March 24, 2021 Editor's Choice, From The Vault Jacques Tourneur teams up with Vincent Price for a stab at Poe
From The Vault: The Phantom Of The Opera (1962) Simon Fitzjohn March 11, 2021 Editor's Choice, From The Vault Fitting neatly into that Hammer category marked ‘rarely seen or talked about’, 1962’s The Phantom Of The Opera is a slick, somewhat sedate offering. Originally brought to the studio by (and intended as...
Festive Frights: To All A Goodnight (1980) Simon Fitzjohn December 11, 2020 Editor's Choice, From The Vault Right, just where do I begin with To All A Goodnight? I suppose I could say that the first twenty minutes or so are absolutely terrible, with one of the lamest ‘pranks gone wrong’ sequences in horror,...
