As some of you probably already know, Horror Channel has become the headline sponsor of the UK’s biggest genre festival, the one and only FrightFest, which has got to be one of the most exciting news of the year so far! It will now be Horror Channel across all the banners and with the festival …Read More

Being an Ambassador of the Horror Channel it is my role to keep you up to date with all your Horror needs via the little black box in the corner of your room. With the increasingly popular medium of live and interactive entertainment in the horror industry I thought I’d throw some news your way …Read More

All your horror cravings can be sated all in one place, and I’m the horror host with the most to give you the low down on all that’s bad and bloody this month – right in your living room on Horror Channel… As most of you know we like to spread our claws far and …Read More

Last month was a big one on the Horror calendar with ‘Women In Horror Month’ celebrating it’s 7th year and as I write FrightFest Glasgow unleashing gallons of the good stuff on the jolly Glaswegians over the last few days in February. With that in mind we at Horror Channel thought we’d make March a …Read More

The Horror Calendar is back with a vengeance this month with FrightFest Glasgow celebrating its 11th year with a very fitting ‘13’ titles and of course with Horror Channel providing the scares for those not able to head to Scotland, there’s a healthy splattering of the dark stuff to keep us Horror fans sated! So, …Read More

If you feel anything like me right now it would be pretty fitting to crawl beneath a rock and wait for the zombie – like state of foggy brain, toxic liver and dead eyes to wake up after weeks of hibernating and partying excess. While some want to kick start January with health regimes and …Read More

So as we hammer the last nail of 2015 into the coffin Horror Channel has some killer premieres this month including some superb antidotes to those unbearably cute Christmas movies over the holidays but it’s really 2016 we’re excited about as we rise from the grave with Xtreme Season in January; avant garde horror films …Read More

I genuinely feel we cover the entire spectrum of our beloved blood splattered genre at Horror Channel; I’ve often said we are equal parts high brow, low brow and sometimes even mono brow. This month’s offerings illustrate this to great effect with the highly controversial rape revenge remake I Spit on Your Grave at one …Read More

OK, I needn’t tell Scream readers what a big month October is for the horror genre it being the month we all celebrate Halloween (or Sam Hain as us pagans like to say) and Horror will be channeling the dead direct to your TV sets with a 2 week season of films celebrating the spooky, …Read More

As I dust myself off from the carnage of FrightFest 2015 and attempt to return my now square blood – stained eyeballs back to their former shape and colour, I’m preparing for another onslaught on the senses (as will you be) with a mammoth eleven film premieres showing on Horror Channel in September, so if …Read More

All Horror Hounds know the only place you need to be this coming Bank Holiday Weekend is FrightFest in London’s Leicester Square. Many hardcore veterans already have their tickets, some of you are wavering and some are total newbies wondering whether to take the blood soaked plunge and share 5 days of total mayhem with …Read More

The countdown to Film4 FrightFest has very much begun with the announcement of the opening and closing film premieres for the 16th annual film festival; the Irish rural nightmare ‘Cherry Tree’ and to finish the crowd pleasing ‘Tales of Halloween’ created by Axelle Carolyn. I will be there in full axe – swing covering the …Read More

Summer is officially upon us (yeah!) but here at Horror it’s more scream than ice cream with our superb Twisted Killers season every Saturday night in June as we delve into the dark hearts of those meticulous, gadget – loving killers who see death as pure art form. First up one for all those who …Read More

So, here I am typing up my column for SCREAM Magazine and trying desperately to crowbar a clever link between the fast approaching general election and the horror movies on the channel this month but ummmm while there are plenty of horrors that enjoy socio-political stings in their tails (Romero anyone?), I just can’t make …Read More

For many of us April is a time of fresh flowers, baby lambs, shaking off the cloak of winter and feeling frisky under the emerging sunshine. But of course, here, at Horror Channel HQ the darkness is always here… thankfully. As we look ahead to the future of our world it’s hard not to feel …Read More

March is looking good on Horror Channel with terrifying tornadoes, sadistic psychos, free running zombies, Mila Jovovitch, Quentin Tarantino, unfeasibly hot chicks and ummm Danny Dyer doing his best Danny Dyer. Our big premiere in March is Quentin Tarantino’s homage to Grindhouse ‘Death Proof.’ Most of us know this film was originally released as a …Read More

We are only into the second month of 2015 and the Horror scene is already hotting up! If you’re feeling cultural, enthusiastic and want to be one step ahead of the gore game then you should definitely go North to bonny Glasgow for the superb Film4 FrightFest Glasgow event kicking it’s 10th festival off on …Read More

So how was 2014 for you? For me it flashed faster than a slash from Michael Myers (and by slash I mean ‘of the knife’ not the toilet) but to quickly reflect, it has been a very experimental year for the horror genre. From Horns to The Babdook to Zombeavers every nook and cranny has …Read More

Just one of the many strengths of the horror genre is it’s ability to reflect and respond to the current tide of social ills and trends. You name it from political to economical to environmental, there’s a horror movie out there that can both entertain and provoke you on a deeper level to gain some …Read More

While October was a suitably scary Scream-fest all round what with Halloween festivities, November on Horror Channel has pagan offerings on the slab along with hillbillie cannibals, telekinetic children and ecclesiastical mysteries….. First up – who could forget the bottom-spankingly erotic scene delivered by a buxom Britt Ekland in one of the best British horrors …Read More

After the excitement of having my own short film Selkie premiere at FrightFest, this month I’m honoured to be a selected judge for the prestigious Shortcuts to Hell 2 competition which launched in July. The entries are all in, the three finalists announced and now it’s down to you to pick the winner by voting …Read More

Summer might be drawing to a close and what a dramatic time it’s been. I gave birth during a major heatwave (fun) and saw my first (written produced and starred in) short film get its world premiere at the one and only FrightFest! I just want to say a massive thankyou to the FrightFest boys …Read More

As all SCREAM readers no doubt already know, August is a big bloody and beautiful month for the Horror industry as one of Europe’s biggest festivals, FrightFest opens its doors for the 15th time to dish out gore from around the world to its discerning fans. This time with a brand new cinema venue VUE …Read More

Where would Horror be without the ‘teenager?’ Well it probably wouldn’t exist would it? Those pubescent years are an explosion of anger, torment, bodily change, sex, lust, rebellion, experimentation, confusion and ultimately the difficult transition from child to adult. Goodbye fantasy, goodbye innocence. These are fertile themes for the genre and you could write a …Read More

Have you ever looked at the careers of directors such as Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) Peter Jackson (Bad Taste), or perhaps more recently the success story of Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla) and thought, rather jealously, I could / should / would have done that if someone had taken my seed of an idea and turned …Read More

“Torture Porn” two words that tend to have horror fans either dribbling with deviant pleasure, or cringing at the moral panic the sensational term has created. To be fair it is a very apt and clever way of summoning up the famous Hostels, Saws and Captivities out there, a term coined (apparently) by David Edelstein; …Read More

Hello it’s your diva of the darkside here to deliver all you need to get your fantastical fix of horror movies and Cult TV all month, cos Easter Weekend is gonna get a lot messier than sticky chocolate believe me. So where can you get child eating monsters, mystical fauns, Daleks, Cybermen and face melting …Read More