Re-vamped: British horror film-makers Hammer and Amicus are back from the dead
The British studios, which filled screens with bloody fangs, gothic monsters and heaving bosoms, have been resurrected for the 21st century
August 2023
The fire and the fool: behind the scenes of The Wicker Man – in pictures
Short sharp shocks: the glorious return of the Amicus portmanteau horror film
June 2023
The Wicker Man review – brilliant conspiracy chiller is a one-movie genre in itself
The satirical masterpiece goes well beyond what one expects from folk horror, with Edward Woodward as the priggish cop sent to investigate a pagan island
October 2022
A monster calls: why the ‘horror universe’ is an idea whose time has come
Two innovative production houses are reinvigorating horror films. Is this the beginning of a Marvel-style expansion of the genre?
December 2021
Fellowship of the Ring at 20: the film that revitalised and ruined Hollywood
Peter Jackson’s first Lord of the Rings film was a stunning achievement but it introduced a new world of delayed and extended gratification
February 2020
Death drive: why Danny Trejo's doomed legend will live for ever
Zombies, cyborgs, mutant creatures, 50 Cent … you name it, Trejo’s been killed by it. Will his status ever be surpassed?
May 2019
BFI acquires three never-before-seen Christopher Lee scrapbooks
The actor had noted a story about his swordfight with Errol Flynn that went awry
February 2016
Christopher Lee honoured in Oscars ceremony
The late actor was remembered by the Academy in the annual memoriam montage
October 2015
Extraordinary Tales review – Edgar Allan Poe stories are best left to imagination
With Poe’s richly sinister writing and Christopher Lee’s talent, this film should be a treat – but it has the visual flair of a malfunctioning Xbox
June 2015
Christopher Lee's voice to grace Edgar Allan Poe anthology Extraordinary Tales
Johnny Depp pays tribute to 'noble and wise' Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee 1922-2015: an appreciation by Mark Kermode