William Peter Blatty - writer and filmmaker
William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer and filmmaker. The Exorcist, written in 1971, is his most well-known novel; he also wrote the screenplay …
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Robert Bloch - writer
Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917 - September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, horror, fantasy and science fiction, from Milwaukee,Wisconsin. Bloch is best known as the writer of …
Read More70s Monster Memories - book
70s Monster Memories is a 2015 British book from the writers of We Belong Dead magazine. The 400 page full colour soft back book contains over seventy chapters covering nearly every aspect of 1970s horror …
Read MoreH.P. Lovecraft - author
Howard Phillips Lovecraft aka H.P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only …
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Werewolf By Night - comic book
Werewolf by Night - birth name Jacob Russoff, legal name Jacob Russell, nicknamed Jack - is a fictional character, an anti-heroic werewolf in the Marvel Comics universe. The Werewolf by Night …
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M.R. James - author
Montague “Monty” Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost …
Read MoreNight Gallery - television series, USA, 1970 - 1973
Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an …
Read MoreSatan aka The Devil - article
Satan (Hebrew: שָּׂטָן satan, meaning “adversary”; Arabic: شيطان shaitan, meaning “astray” or “distant”, sometimes “devil”) is a figure appearing in the ancient texts of the Abrahamic religions who brings evil …
Read MoreOne of Us: The Making of Tod Browning’s Freaks Reimagined - graphic novel
One of Us: The Making of Tod Browning’s Freaks Reimagined, is a proposed graphic novel written by the acclaimed writer, Michael Kriegsman, which covers the previously uncovered tale of the …
Read MoreThe Unsubtle Art of Body Snatching - article
Body snatching is the secret disinterment of corpses from graveyards. A common purpose of body snatching, especially in the 19th century, was to sell the corpses for dissection or anatomy …
Read MoreHemlock Books - book publisher
British-based Hemlock Books was formed in 2007 by author and film historian Denis Meikle, whose own books include A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer (1996), …
Read MoreBrian Clemens - screenwriter and producer
Brian Clemens (1931 - 2015) was a noted British screenwriter and producer. Clemens is best known for his TV work, often in fantasy-based action series. His most famous creation is TV series The Avengers, …
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Fear - magazine, UK, 1988 - 1991
Fear was a British full-colour magazine published by Newsfield between 1988 and 1991. It was edited by John Gilbert and as well as covering just horror films, it also provided a …
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Royal Jelly - short story and ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ TV episode
“Royal Jelly” is a short story by Roald Dahl first published in the February 1983 issue of Twilight Zone Magazine. It was included in Dahl’s books Tales of the Unexpected, Kiss …
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H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos - article
Cthulhu is a fictional deity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft and first introduced in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu”, published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. …
Read MoreA Book of Monsters by Ruth Manning-Sanders
“The monsters in this collection are huge, hideous and ugly; they are hated and feared and people run screaming at the sight of them. Most of them are bad and …
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Dennis Wheatley - author
Dennis Yates Wheatley (8 January 1897 – 10 November 1977) was an English author whose prolific output of thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world’s best-selling writers from the 1930s through the …
Read MoreRichard Lewis - author
Richard Lewis was a novelist who emerged during the British horror fiction boom of the late 1970s, then vanished once that boom turned to bust. Over a few short years, …
Read MoreHorror Films by Alan Frank - book, UK, 1977
Horror Films, written by Alan Frank, was published in the UK in 1977 by Hamlyn Books. It was Frank’s third book on the genre, after Horror Movies and Monsters and Vampires, …
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Renowed and beloved children’s book author R.L. Stine talks to third through sixth-graders during a visit to School 3 in West New York, Thursday, March 12, 2009. — REENA ROSE SIBAYAN / THE JERSEY JOURNAL
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R. L. Stine - author
Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer and producer. Stine, who is referred to as the “Stephen King of children’s literature,” is the …
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein - USA, 1994
Frankenstein - aka Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein - is a 1994 American horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Robert De Niro and Branagh himself. It also stars Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese (Monty Python), Aidan Quinn and Richard Briers. Produced …
Read MoreKim Newman - film critic and author
Kim Newman (born in London on 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which …
Read MoreAlgernon Blackwood - author
Algernon Blackwood (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also …
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Richard Matheson - author and screenwriter
Richard Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He may be known best as the author of I Am Legend, …
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Darren Shan - author
Darren O’Shaughnessy is an Irish author - born 2nd July 1972 in London, England - who usually writes under the pen name Darren Shan. Darren Shan is the main character in his The Saga of Darren Shan young-adult fiction series. In January 2000, …
Read MoreJames Herbert - author
James Herbert (8 April 1943 – 20 March 2013) was a best-selling British horror author. He originally worked as the art director of an advertising agency. A full-time writer, he …
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The Werewolf of Paris - novel, 1933
The Werewolf of Paris is a 1933 horror novel as well as a work of historical fiction by Guy Endore. The novel follows Bertrand Caillet, the eponymous werewolf, throughout the tumultuous …
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David Pirie - author and film critic
David Pirie is a screenwriter, film producer, film critic, and novelist. As a screenwriter, Pirie has written numerous mysteries and horror-themed works, mostly for television, including the ITV series Murderland …
Read MoreCharlie Higson - author
Charles Murray “Charlie” Higson (born 3 July 1958), is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. Best known as a founder member of the 80’s punk-funk band The Higsons, a writer …
Read MoreSlights - novel by Kaaron Warren
Slights is a 2009 horror novel by Australian writer Kaaron Warren. It is her debut novel and is about a woman who withdraws from society and has near-death experiences in …
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