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Beyond Hammer Film Productions and the Horror Film in the Early 1960s
Although 1960s horror was supposedly dominated by Hammer Film Productions, Heffernan has pointed out that Hammer (and AIP) were both trying hard to break out…
Bram Stoker and the Creation of the ‘Dracula’ Novel (1897)
The aim of this article is to demonstrate how the famous figure of a vampire created by Bram Stoker in 1897 became, in fact, the…
Six Suggestions for Finding the Perfect Filming Location
Whether you are an aspiring or seasonal videographer, you want to ensure the perfect shot every time, and that is why the filming location is…
From the Entertainment Springs of Cinematic Horror Thrills
“Thriller” was a film that provoked the kinds of physical reactions that are usually associated with horror today, and a film would be described as…
A Life of Crime and the Thriller as Horror Film
Crimes and horror films were seen as a brilliant blending of established trends rather than as the creation of a new and distinctive trend
Psychological Horror, and Body Horror
Perhaps the most frightening of all horror films are those where there are no monsters and no demons other than the psychological states of the…
Horror Cinema and the Mad Science of Nature
Horror films capitalise on our increasing sense of alienation from the natural environment, an alienation embodied in a growing ecological crisis, and symbolised on film…
The Occult in Hammer Film Productions, and Ancient Traditions
This article argues that the portrayal of the occult in British horror films reflected contemporary realities of gender, class, race, colonialism and modernity as post-war…
