Tagged with: Horror
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Horror in the woods
James Robinson
Horror film 'curses' have a strong tradition in movie folklore, whether it's the death of multiple family members during the making of The Exorcist, or lightning striking Gregory Peck's plane on his way to film The Omen. I've always dismissed such stories as nonsense, so when we set about makin...
Horror on the radio: We Outnumber You
Jessica Dromgoole
Editor, Home Front
Could we do a horror on radio? Could we horrify people? Not an atmospheric, gothic spook with resonant chords and the whiff of damp tweed, but something actually scary. Something to make the audience squelch. That was the ambition. There's a mantra in Hollywood that to be effective, a screenpla...
Weird Tales: confessions of a horror nerd
Richard Vincent
I first came into contact with the world of HP Lovecraft aged thirteen, and it wasn't through his books. My elder brother, John, the two boys from next door and I were into role playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons, and when I say we were into it, I mean we were lost in it, obsessed, consu...
Weird Tales: recording episode two
Emma Stansfield
I have only done a few radio plays and still feel very much like a novice but I have to say all my experiences so far in the recording studio have been thoroughly enjoyable. I think the reason I enjoy it so much is because you aren't being watched. The director, producers and sound engineer are...
More Weird Tales
Stephen Hogan
Editor's note: Weird Tales is back. Three more uncanny stories inspired by the master of otherworldly horror H.P. Lovecraft. Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." Tonight's first programme, by Melissa Murray, is called Connected...
