If you were a kid in the UK during the late 70s / early 80s then you would have owned some Top Trumps cards … It was inevitable. Your parents would buy a pack for a long car journey. Your Grandparents would come down to visit and thrust a pack in your hands as soon …
You wouldn’t even need to take more than one step inside my house to figure out that I’m a toy guy. Collecting toys is a hobby I’ve just never gone ahead and grown out of, and my walls and shelves are absolutely jam-packed with toys both new and old, out of the box and in …
In 2003 Pasadena, California played host to the ‘Halloween Returns To Haddonfield’ 25th Anniversary Convention … Living in the UK meant it was impossible for me to get there (financially) but I contacted a good friend who WAS attending and asked him to grab me as much merchandise and goodies as he could. When I …
We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images that I’ve stumbled across on social media this past week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! I don’t know how the weather’s been where …
He wears a lab coat and black-rimmed glasses. He’s often wielding a syringe, filled with a glowing green liquid. And all he wants to do is stick that needle into dead things and bring them back to life. He’s Re-Animator‘s Herbert West, of course, and he’s a bonafide horror icon, like Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers …
At the beginning of my first post, I mentioned collecting VHS tapes. At last count, I have over 100 tapes, mostly horror. The best part of this hobby is “The Hunt”. Yard sales, thrift stores & flea markets have become my Mecca for the dead format. eBay is a treasure trove of lost tapes and …
Welcome to the concluding part of my look back at ‘The Horror Collection’ a short lived magazine published by Eaglemoss during 2007. The first part of this trip down memory lane can be found here and gives an insight into how ‘Partwork’ magazines such as these have been a constant presence in British newsagents for …
One day during 2007 I casually walked into my local branch of WHSmith (a UK based newsagents) and instantly saw something truly wonderful sitting on a top shelf … NO, not porn! … It was a magazine sealed in a plastic bag, and attached to the cover was a small lead figurine of Mr Freddy …
We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images that I’ve stumbled across on social media this past week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! This first one comes from the Tumblr blog …
On Christmas morning a few years back, my brother gifted me with a blood-stained bathrobe, which turned out to be a screen used costume from Quarantine, the 2008 remake of the Spanish horror film REC. The highly unique gift was my introduction to The Prop Store, which houses the largest and most impressive collection of …
