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What better birthday to celebrate during British Horror Month than that of Hammer Films’ horror hero Shane Briant! The handsome and brooding star of Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1974), Demons of the Mind (1972) and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) was born in London on the 17th read more

A Feature by Gary McMullan The horror comic book in the UK can trace its origins back to the days of the 19th century Penny Dreadful.  Lurid stories of highway men, pirates, cannibals and ghosts, stories which appealed to the baser human instincts. They were printed on cheap pulp paper and aime read more

We’re almost half-way through British Horror Month so we thought we’d take a look at a sub-genre the Brits really excelled at – the horror omnibus film. The first major production of multi-story British horror was the seminal classic Dead of Night in 1945 by the legendary Ealing read more

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations in this terrifying 1930′s adaptation of H.G.Wells’ classic science-fiction novel The Island of Doctor Moreau. Island o read more

Horror fans from all over the country had a fang-tastic day at Frighten Brighton 2012 yesterday at the Komedia, Brighton’s premiere live entertainment venue! Classic Horror Campaign events organisers Cyberschizoid and Scare Sarah alongside TV’s top horror host Emily Booth introduced film read more

1957: Dorothy Yates is committed to a mental institution for a series of sadistic murders involving cannibalism. Her husband Edmund (Rupert Davies) is committed for his part in covering up her crimes. 15 years later they are released, apparently cured, and they set up house in a farmhouse in the cou read more

To celebrate British Horror Month Rue Morgue UK has agreed to give away a FREE digital subscription to Rue Morgue, the world’s biggest selling horror magazine!  All you need to do is pop over to the Rue Morgue UK Facebook page and “like” it! Once the page has received 500 “li read more

Monster Memories by Dominic O’Brien It seems that with this weekend (August 11th) fast approaching, the lovely gents here at Classic Horror Campaign are gearing up for their Frighten Brighton Festival. All of this talk about classic horror has begun to make one reminisce about first Hammer read more

My horror-loving life was formed by British television, either by the programmes it made, or the films it broadcast. For about eight really important years while I was growing up the only horror I got to see was courtesy of the three channels beamed by a not-always very reliable aerial into the Prob read more

As part of British Horror Month we wanted to cover classic horror on television just as much as all the iconic British horror movies so here’s your chance to vote for the best British classic horror TV show! We’ve tried to include all the major series, serials and one-offs from the early read more

In association with Rue Morgue UK, Cyberschizoid and Spooky Isles the Classic Horror Campaign proudly launches British Horror Month! For the whole of August we shall be bringing you reviews, news, articles, tweets, trailers and much more focusing on the very best of classic British horror movies, TV read more

Police investigate a phony medium in this semi-sequel to Ed Wood’s earlier “classic” Bride of the Monster (1955). The scam artist is known as Dr Acula (I wonder where he thought that name up?) who cons gullible people out of their money by convincing them that he can contact their read more

Prepare to be shocked when the Classic Horror Campaign teams up with the Scala Beyond film festival and presents a controversial horror double bill that you don’t want to miss! Two films that  both courted controversy on their original release and still have the power to shock and corrupt! Fir read more

On Wednesday 22nd August 2012, classic horror, sci-fi and giant monster fans can catch this unique double bill of  King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) and Matango, Fungus of Terror (1963), both showing in their English language versions, at the Prince Charles Cinema in the West End courtesy of London̵ read more

The Classic Horror Campaign has run two polls this year which focused on movie adaptations of Bram Stoker’s seminal vampire novel Dracula.  Our first poll asked you to vote for The Greatest Dracula Movie Of All Time and the winner by an overwhelming majority with 32.35% of the votes was Hammer read more

The Classic Horror Campaign has a special and unique treat for you all today. Our resident artist, the multi-talented Mark Satchwill, has presented us with an exclusive painting to represent our upcoming Frighten Brighton Classic Horror Film Festival! Featuring our stunning special guest Emily Booth read more

In just a couple of weeks the Classic Horror Campaign launches British Horror Month! That’s right, for the whole of August we shall be focusing on the very best of British Horror in association with Rue Morgue UK and Spooky Isles – the films, the magazines, the television shows, movie po read more

Ingrid Pitt was internationally famous as Hammer Films’ Queen of Horror. Countess Dracula, Vampire Lovers, The House That Dripped Blood, The Wicker Man and many more genre movie appearances established her as an icon in the fantasy film world. Although Ingrid sadly passed away in 2010 she is f read more

Fans of classic horror films and cinema nostalgia are in for a real treat this Saturday 14th July when the long-running London Film Memorabilia Convention hosts another amazing day of stalls and special guests! Of particular interest to Classic Horror Campaign supporters are guest stars Fenella Fiel read more

With Hammer Studios once again making a huge impact on the world of horror with a combination of brand new theatrical releases like The Woman in Black and Let Me In and high profile Blu-ray releases of some of their classic horrors, The Darkside magazine devotes a hefty chunk of their latest issue t read more