A Dark and Scary Place
November 23rd 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Reviews Added.
3 x Horror reviews - Dracula Untold, Ghost Story, and Evil Dead II (Special Edition). Quick Link Indexes have been updated.
November 16th 2024 *Update* 2 Horror Reviews Added & 1 Mainstream.
2 x Horror reviews - Dead of Night, and Night of the Demon. 1 x Crime/Mainstream - The Munsters Scary Little Christmas. Quick Link Indexes have been updated.
November 10th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Reviews Added.
3 x Horror reviews - Censor, The Haunting in Connecticut, and The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia. Quick Link Indexes have been updated.
October 29th 2024 *Update* 1 John Carpenter Review & 1 Book Review Added.
1 x John Carpenter review - Prince of Darkness, and 1 x Graham Masterton Book Review - Death Dream.
October 25th 2024 *Update* 2 Horror Reviews Added.
2 x Horror reviews - Sleepwalkers, and American Horror Story: Roanoke. Quick Link Indexes have been updated.
October 20th 2024 *Update* 3 Crime/Thriller Reviews Added.
3 x Crime/Thriller reviews - Skinner, The Strangers, and Desecrated. Quick Link Indexes have been updated.
October 13th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Reviews Added.
3 x Horror reviews - Stopmotion, Satanic, and Heretiks. Quick Link Indexes have been updated.
September 29th 2024 *Update* 1 Horror & 1 Suspense Thriller Reviews Added.
1 Horror review - Host. 1 x Crime/Thriller review - Prevenge. Quick Link Indexes have been updated. 6 x Dark Scary Collectables have also been added
September 22nd 2024 *Update* 2 Horror & 1 Suspense Thriller Reviews Added.
2 x Horror reviews - Bite, and XX.1 x Crime/Thriller review - You're Next. Quick Link Indexes have been updated.
September 12th 2024 *Update* 2 Suspense Thriller Reviews Added.
2 x Crime/Thriller reviews - Psycho, and Bates Motel. Quick Link Index has been updated.
September 8th 2024 *Update* 2 Horror Film Reviews & 1 John Carpenter Film Review Added.
2 x Horror reviews - The Amityville Horror, and Basket Case Trilogy. Quick Link Index has been updated. In-depth review of John Carpenter's Dark Star.
August 26th 2024 *Update* 2 Suspense Thriller Reviews Added.
2 x Crime/Thriller reviews - The Unseen, and Werewolf. Quick Link Index has been updated.
August 23rd 2024 *Update* 3 East Asian Horror Film Reviews Added.
3 x Horror reviews - The Eye (Original), Pulse (Original), and Ghost of Mae Nak. Quick Link Index has been updated.
August 16th 2024 *Update* John Carpenter Film Review Added.
In-depth review of John Carpenter's The Fog 4K Collector's Edition.
August 11th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews Added.
3 x Horror reviews - Cannibal Terror, Van Helsing, and Suck. Quick Link Index has been updated.
August 4th 2024 *Update* 1 Book Review & 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - Bubba Ho-Tep, A Banquet, and Vampyr. Quick Link Index has been updated. 1 x Book review - Prey, by Graham Masterton.
July 28th 2024 *Update* New Dedicated John Carpenter Category, With In-Depth Review of They Live.
July 23rd 2024 *Update* Crime/Mainstream Reviews Category Revamped.
Serial Killer, Crime/Thriller & Mainstream Reviews Category revamped in-line with the Horror Reviews and Soundtrack Reviews. A Quick Link Index has been added.
July 14th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - Jeepers Creepers Reborn, Grave Halloween, and What We Become. Quick Link Index has been updated.
July 7th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews & 3 Dark Scary Collectables Added.
3 x Horror reviews - The Devil Hunter, Green Inferno: Cannibal Holocaust 2, and The Grudge 2. Quick Link Index has been updated.
June 30th 2024 *Update* 2 x Graham Masterton Horror Book Reviews.
June 25th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - Jigsaw, Fanged Up, and Vampira. Quick Link Index has been updated.
June 19th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - The Nun, The Twin, and Belzebuth. Quick Link Index has been updated.
June 12th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - The Transfiguration, Hellraiser Revelations, and Under the Shadow. Quick Link Index has been updated.
June 7th 2024 *Update* 2 x Graham Masterton Horror Fiction Book Reviews.
A return to my marathon re-read of early Graham Masterton books (my favourite writer of horror fiction) - Ritual, and The Walkers.
May 29th 2024 *Update* 6 Dark Scary Collectables.
May 24th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - The Dark and the Wicked, The Power, and Mindwarp (aka Brain Slasher). Quick Link Index has been updated.
May 18th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - Annabelle Creation, Patient Zero, and The Mummy's Shroud. Quick Link Index has been updated.
May 12th 2024 *Update* Straczynski Unplugged (Detailed Book Review).
May 5th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - Next of Kin, The Evil Within, and Flatliners. Quick Link Index has been updated.
April 30th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - Insidious: Chapter 3, Skinamarink, and The Lodgers. Quick Link Index has been updated.
April 23rd 2024 *Update* 4 Horror Film Reviews.
4 x Horror reviews - Son, Leprechaun Returns, Frankenstein (2004), and When a Stranger Calls. Quick Link Index has been updated.
April 19th 2024 *Update* 2 Horror Film Reviews.
2 x Horror reviews - Insidious, & Insidious: Chapter 2. Quick Link Index has been updated.
April 8th 2024 *Update* 5 Horror Film Reviews.
2 x Horror reviews - Dead Night, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, Crucible of the Vampire Creeping Horror & V/H/S/99: VHS Goes to Hell. Quick Link Index has been updated. 1 x Science Fiction Review - RoboDoc - The Creation of Robocop.
April 2nd 2024 *Update* 2 Horror Film Reviews. 1 Science Fiction Review.
2 x Horror reviews - Resurrection of Evil & Wyrmwood Apocalypse. Quick Link Index has been updated. 1 x Science Fiction Review - RoboDoc - The Creation of Robocop.
March 24th 2024 *Update* 2 Horror Film Reviews. 1 Book Review.
2 x Horror reviews - The Exorcist Untold & The Canterville Ghost. Quick Link Index has been updated. 1 x Book Review - Iron Man 2: The Art of the Movie.
March 18th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - Creepshow Season 3; 976-Evil; Scare Me. Quick Link Index has been updated.
March 12th 2024 *Update* Soundtrack Review & New Soundtrack Quick Link.
1 x Soundtrack review - Music From the Terminator Movies. New Quick Link Index has been added for all Soundtrack reviews, and all Links recreated.
March 8th 2024 *Update* 5 Dark Scary Collectables & 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - Some Guy Who Kills People; The Toolbox Murders; Universal Terror: Karloff. Quick Link Index has been updated.
March 2nd 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - Pet Sematary (2019); The Rage: Carrie 2; Lust For a Vampire. Quick Link Index has been updated.
February 25th 2024 *Update* 2 x Graham Masterton Horror Fiction Book Reviews.
A return to my marathon re-read of early Graham Masterton books (my favourite writer of horror fiction).
February 17th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews & 3 Reviews Moved Category.
3 x Horror reviews - including Cabin 28; The House on Pine Street; The Hatred. Link; Pig Hunt; Chaw moved from the Crime/Mainstream to the Horror Category. Quick Link Index has been updated.
February 5th 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews & 3 Reviews Moved Category.
3 x Horror reviews - including Panic Button; Down a Dark Hall; Lake Placid Legacy. Fear in the Night; Demons of the Mind; Straight on Till Morning moved from the Crime/Mainstream to the Horror Category. Quick Link Index has been updated.
February 1st 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - including Creepshow Season 2; Voodoo Man; To The Devil A daughter. The Quick Link Index has been updated.
January 30th 2024 *Update* The Devil Rides Out Soundtrack Review.
January 21st 2024 *Update* 12 Horror Film Reviews.
6 x Horror reviews - including The Old Dark House Blu-ray; The Dark Half Blu-ray Reissue; Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde Blu-ray; The Howling DVD Reissue; Terrifier DVD, and Martyrs lane. The Quick Link Index has been updated. Plus six Horror reviews moved from the Mainstream category to Horror.
January 13th 2024 *Update* Alan Dean Foster SF Bibliography (1972 to 1991).
Link to feature via the Book Reviews category.
January 2nd 2024 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - including The Horror of Frankenstein Blu-ray; Blood from the Mummy's Tomb; Scars of Dracula Blu-ray.
December 30th 2023 *Update* 3 Horror Film Reviews.
3 x Horror reviews - including Frankenstein: The True Story Blu-ray; Dawn of the Dead 4K Special Edition; The Babadook 4K Limited Edition.
December 20th 2023 *Update* 6 Horror Film Reviews & 3 Book Reviews.
6 x Horror reviews - including Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell Limited Edition Collector's Edition Blu-ray; Asylum Blu-ray; The House That Dripped Blood Blu-ray; House of the Long Shadows Blu-ray; Caveat Blu-Ray, and Creepshow Season 1 Blu-ray. The Quick Link Index has been updated. 3 x Book reviews - including the Folio publication of Dune: Messiah; and Asaac Asimov's Currents of Space, and Forward the Foundation.
November 15th 2023 *Update* 6 Reviews & 4 Dark Scary Collectables Added + Coming Soon Projects.
6 x Horror reviews - including The Mummy Limited Edition Collector's Edition Blu-ray; Land of the Dead Blu-ray; The Masque of the Red Death 4K; The Boy Behind the Door Blu-ray; Terrified Blu-Ray, and The Last Thing Mary Saw DVD. The Quick Link Index has been updated.
November 2nd 2023 *Update* HORROR: Major New Review Category Added
6 x Things That Go Bump In The Night reviews - including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4K Collector's Boxset; The Changeling 4K Collector's Boxset; The Wolfman Blu-Ray; Dr Terror's House of Horrors Blu-Ray Boxset; The Terror: Infamy Blu-Ray, and They Live in the Grey DVD. I have also added a Quick Link Index.
October 24th 2023 *Update* The Outer Limits Anthology Series Article Added
October 4th 2023 *Update* 7 Reviews & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Book Reviews: we assess If I Have to be Haunted and The Book Eaters. In Crime/Mainstream: we appraise Teen Wolf/Teen Wolf Too. In Music Reviews: we check out Desert Storm, Asylums and Transatlantic. In Science Fiction/Fantasy: we size-up Samurai Reincarnation.
September 20th 2023 *Update* New Short Story 'The Chiller Cabinet' Part 4: 'Cult'. The Conclusion.
August 29th 2023 *Update* FREE Book Promotion for 'More Graveyard Horror Reviews' - 29/08/23 to 02/09/23
August 14th 2023 *Update* 7 Reviews & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Book Reviews: we assess Her Majesty's Royal Coven. In Crime/Mainstream: we appraise Creeping Horror and V/H/S/99. In Soundtrack Reviews: we check out Music From The Westworld Series and Infinity Pool. In Science Fiction/Fantasy: we check out The Invisible Man Series, and Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels.
July 31st 2023 *Update* FREE Book Promotion for 'Survival of the Thickest' - 01-05/08/23
July 24th 2023 *Update* FREE Book Promotion for 'Graveyard Horror Reviews' - 24-28/07/23
July 16th 2023 *Update* New Replacement Instagram Account @adarkandscaryplace2
June 20th 2023 *Update* 12 Reviews & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Book Reviews: we assess Clive Barker's Dark Worlds, Raymond E. Feist's Master of Furies, and the story anthology Multiverses. In Crime/Mainstream: we appraise The Hands of Orlac, Vampyr, The Hunchback of Notre dame, Karloff: Maniacal Mayhem, Karloff at Columbia, and Cursed Films. In Soundtrack Reviews: we check out She Will, and Music From The Terminator Movies. In Science Fiction/Fantasy: we check out Burning Paradise, Monstrum, and Encounter of the Spook Kind.
May 12th 2023 *Update* New Short Story 'The Chiller Cabinet' Part 3: 'Fractured'.
March 21st 2023 *Update* 9 Reviews & 3 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Book Reviews: we assess Tales From a Robotic World, and What Moves The Dead. In Crime/Mainstream: we appraise Cape Fear, A Banquet, This is GWAR, The Amusement Park, and The Most Dangerous Game. In Soundtrack Reviews: we check out She Will, and Music From The Terminator Movies.
February 1st 2023 *Update* Gerry Anderson's U.F.O. Series Feature Added.
January 10th 2023 *Update* 9 Reviews & 3 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Music Reviews: we assess Black Lab, Regent, Venom, Celtic Frost, Red Rot, and Pet Needs. In Book Reviews: we check out House of Silence, Isolation, and Silverweed Road.
November 21st 2022 *Update* Short Story Concept Art + Music Art & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
For a limited time only: Artwork drawn for old short story concepts & Music art.
October 7th 2022 *Update* 10 Reviews & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Music Reviews: we assess Gustaf, Savage Republic, Supreme Unbeing, These Arms Are Snakes, Tenebra, and I Am the Night. In Crime/Mainstream: we appraise Universal Terror: Karloff. In Soundtrack Reviews: we check out Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Resident Evil: The Series, and Crimes of the Future.
September 13th 2022 *Update* 8 Reviews & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Music Reviews: we assess Leprous, Premiata Forneria Marconi, The Ocean, MWWB, Dark Sky Burial, and Lustmord (Reconstructed). In Crime/Mainstream: we appraise Monster, and Munsters Go Home.
August 30th 2022 *Update* New Short Story 'The Chiller Cabinet' Part 2: 'Five-Pointed Star'.
August 1st 2022 *Update* 10 Reviews & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Music Reviews: we assess Drott, Year of No Light, Sun Atoms, Seims, a-tota-so, and Geese. In Soundtrack Reviews: we check out Spider-Man: No Way Home, Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City, and Peter Howell's Through a Glass Darkly. In Crime/Mainstream: we appraise Phantom of Death.
July 12th 2022 *Update* 10 Reviews & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Music Reviews: we assess The Brothers Keg, DMA'S, Dark Sky Burial, Tigercub, Utopia, and Swamp Coffin. In Book Reviews: we check out Sherlock Holmes and Dracula, The Children God Forgot, and The Tombs of Atuan. In Retro B-Movies: we have fun with The Creature Triple Feature (3 films in one review).
June 22nd 2022 *Update* New Short Story 'The Chiller Cabinet' Part 1: 'Windfall', and 12 Reviews Added
In Music Reviews: we assess Korokuma, Sepultura, The High 70s, Voronoi, Throat, Coil, Fourth Dimention, Paradise Lost, Frost, Darkthrone, Ungraven/Slomatics, and Underdark.
June 1st 2022 *Update* Excerpt from my book A Novel Way to Die (2nd Murder Scene), 4 Reviews & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Soundtrack Reviews: we assess Night Teeth, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Paura. In A Few of My Favourite Things: We view the excellent movie classic Westworld.
May 13th 2022 *Update* 8 Reviews & 6 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Soundtrack Reviews: we assess Death of Me, Coven, Separation, Army of the Dead, Van Helsing, and The Boy Behind the Door. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Pandemic. In A Few of My Favourite Things: We view the road movie classic Vanishing Point.
April 7th 2022 *Update* Short Story The Dark Portender, 8 Reviews & 12 Dark Scary Collectables Added
In Soundtrack Reviews: we assess Fear Street Parts 1-3, Held, Sasquatch, and Gaia. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Some Guy Who Kills People. In SF/Fantasy: We view Rise of the Shadow Warrior.
February 10th 2022 *Update* The Crypt teaser for Memories of an Ageing Rocker + 10 Reviews Added
In Soundtrack Reviews: we assess John Carpenter's Halloween Kills, Ghostbusters II, Thunder Force,The Green Knight, The Suicide Squad, and Wonder Woman 1984 Sketches. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review The Resident, and Tower of London. In Music Reviews: we listen to Maybeshewill, and Opeth.
January 23rd 2022 *Update* My Brand New Short Story , 'The Hospital Garden'.
December 7th 2021 *Update* 9 Reviews Added & 12 Dark Scary Collectables
In Soundtrack Reviews: we assess The Guardian, The Djinn, Wisdom Tooth, Killing Small Animals, Bad Dreams, The Crumbs, Shadow of the Wolf, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, and Golem 202020. A new category for Dark Scary Collectables, with 12 additional photos.
November 1st 2021 *Update* 11 Reviews Added
In the They Are Among Us! (retro B-Movies) we examine Mimic, and Orca: The Killer Whale. In Music Reviews: we listen to Arabrot, Lustmord, and Skegss. In SF/Fantasy: We view Xtro and The Incredible Hulk Collection. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Brides of Fu Manchu, Face of Fu Manchu, Vengeance of Fu Manchu, and Blood/Castle of Fu Manchu.
September 27th 2021 *Update* 12 Reviews Added
In the They Are Among Us! (retro B-Movies) we examine Piranha, Savage and Of Unknown Origin. In Music Reviews: we listen to Crown, Pet Needs, TV Priest, Thelonious Monster, Uniform and Derek Sherinian. In SF/Fantasy: We view Evil Aliens and A New World Order.
September 1st 2021 *Update* Brand New Humorous Fiction: The Plot Thickens + @darkscarycollectables.
June 20th 2021 *Update* 8 Reviews Added
In the They Are Among Us! (retro B-Movies) we examine Ghost Shark, and Village of the Damned (1995). In Music Reviews: we listen to Riverside, and Indica Blues. In SF/Fantasy: We view Twelve Monkeys. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review When a Stranger Calls. In the A Few of My Favourite Things category we assess Pan's Labyrinth. In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we suit-up with Judge Dredd: The Pit.
June 6th 2021 *Update* 9 Reviews Added
In the They Are Among Us! (retro B-Movies) we examine Q The Winged Serpent, and Arachnoquake .In Music Reviews: we listen to Mountain Caller, and Venom. In SF/Fantasy: We view Skinwalkers. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Straight on Till Morning, and Demons of the Mind. In the A Few of My Favourite Things category we assess Duel, and The Eye.
May 23rd 2021 *Update* 10 Reviews Added
In the They Are Among Us! (retro B-Movies) we examine Frogs, Swamp Thing, Black Sheep, and The Swarm . In the Monster Mash (1950/1960s B-Movies) category we check out The Reptile. In Music Reviews: we listen to Barbarian Hermit, and Phase Transition. In Soundtrack Reviews: we assess His Dark Materials Season 2. In SF/Fantasy: We view His Dark Materials Season 2. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Fear in the Night.
April 28th 2021 *Update* 1 New Category, Short Story 'Cavern' + 10 Reviews Added
In the new A Few of My Favourite Things category we celebrate Bubba Ho-Tep. In the They Are Among Us! (retro B-Movies) we examine Infestation. In the Monster Mash (1950/1960s B-Movies) category we check out One Million Years B.C. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): we read the Gary Numan Autobiography (R)evolution. In Music Reviews: we listen to Gungfly, and Touche Amore. In Soundtrack Reviews: we assess the Tenet - Special Edition. In SF/Fantasy: We view Alien Abduction. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Sleeping Bride. In Animated Superheroes: We enjoy Spider-Man: The New Animated Series.
April 6th 2021 *Update* 11 Reviews Added
In the Creature Feature (1960s B-Movies) category we study Village of the Damned & Children of the Damned. In the They Are Among Us! (retro B-Movies) we examine It Came From the Desert & Sand Sharks. In Music Reviews: we listen to Asylums & Riverside. In Soundtrack Reviews: we assess Doom Patrol - Season 2 & Wonder Woman 1984. In SF/Fantasy: We view The Hobbit 4K Trilogy & The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Link. In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we confront the Gorgon.
March 16th 2021 *Update* 2 New Categories + 10 Reviews Added
In the new Creature Feature (1960s B-Movies) category we study Mothra. In the new They Are Among Us! (retro B-Movies) we examine Big Ass Spider! In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we check out the re-issue of They Came From Outer Space. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): we read Junji Ito's Shiver. In Music Reviews: we listen to Possessor, and Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou. In Soundtrack Reviews: we assess John Carpenter's Lost Themes III - Alive After Death. In SF/Fantasy: We view the teatime classic Monkey. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. In Animated Superheroes: We enjoy The Dark Knight Returns - Part 2.
February 18th 2021
A CRY FROM THE INSIDE (New Book Published).
February 10th 2021 *Update* Monsters Anthology Series Feature + 10 Reviews Added
In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read Graham Masterton's The Manitou, and The Philosophy of Spider-Man. In Music Reviews: we check out PG.Lost, and Haken. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine Doom Patrol Season 1, and The Deceived. In SF/Fantasy: We view Doctor Cyclops and Emerald City. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review I Am Not a Serial Killer and Manhunter.
January 11th 2021 *Update* 'The Needs of the One' New Short Story + 11 Reviews Added
In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read Graham Masterton's The Heirloom, and Serial Killers at the Movies. In Music Reviews: we check out Ist Ist, and The Stooges Live. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine John Carpenter's Skeleton, and Rawhead Rex. In SF/Fantasy: We view V For Vendetta and Extraction. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review I Survived BTK. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we check out The Angry Red Planet. In Animated Superheroes: We check out The Dark Knight Returns - Part 1.
December 21st 2020 *Update* 7 Reviews Added
In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read George A. Romero's The Living Dead. In Music Reviews: we check out Pain of Salvation, and Young Knives. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine I Am Vengeance, and Lucifer. In SF/Fantasy: We view Dreamcatcher. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Hush.
November 24th 2020 *Update* 11 Reviews Added
In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read Graham Masterton's The Sphinx, and J. Michael Straczynki's Tribulations. In Music Reviews: we check out Paradise Lost, and Healthy Junkies. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine Stargirl, and She Dies Tomorrow. In SF/Fantasy: We view Chemical Wedding. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Chaw, and Pig Hunt. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we check out Ray Harryhausen's 20 Million Miles to Earth. In Animated Superheroes: We check out Deathstroke - Knights & Dragons.
November 3rd 2020 *Update* 14 Reviews Added
In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read Graham Masterton's Charnel House, The Illiterate Ghost, and Marvel Avengers - The Greatest Heroes. In Music Reviews: we check out Pure Reason Revolution, Caligula's Horse, and Arabnormal. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine Music From The Avengers Movies, and Antichrist. In SF/Fantasy: We view John Carpenter's The Thing and The Thing (2011). In the Crime/Mainstream category we review The Toolbox Murders, and Thriller. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we check out The Deadly Mantis. In Animated Superheroes: We check out Batman and Harley Quinn.
October 20th 2020 *Update* New Short Story Added
Brand new short story 'The Terror of God's Light'.
September 29th 2020 *Update* 'Religious Influences on Doctor Who' + 7 Reviews Added
In the Genuine Article category: We explore Religious Influences on Doctor Who. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We enter the worlds of Doctor Who with St Anthony’s Fire, The Ghosts of N-Space, Time of Your Life, and Dancing the Code. In SF/Fantasy: We buy a ticket for Doctor Who’s Carnival of Monsters, and boldly go to Doctor Who’s Frontier in Space. In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we listen to Jon Pertwee read Doctor Who’s Planet of the Daleks.
September 10th 2020 *Update* 14 Reviews Added
In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read Graham Masterton's The Devils of D-Day, Frankenstein: The Science Behind Making the Monster, and Writers on Comics Scriptwriting 2. In Music Reviews: we check out Thee MVPs, The Unfit, and BlackLab. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine Apparition. In SF/Fantasy: We view Splice and Stranded. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Tony: London Serial Killer, and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we check out The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, and The Man Who Could Cheat Death. In Animated Superheroes: We check out X-Men: The Animated Series (1990s).
September 4th 2020 - Brand New FREE Merchandise
A new stock of black ink pens in the choice of seven colours.
New blue ink metallic black pens engraved with the website address.
New A Dark and Scary Place drinks coasters in the choice of three designs.
(See the Merchandise page).
August 10th 2020 *Update* 13 Reviews Added
In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read Graham Masterton's The Wells of Hell, and Undead: Night of the Living Dead and Return of the Living Dead. In Music Reviews: we check out Envy, Embr, and Sky Valley Mistress. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine The Farm. In SF/Fantasy: We view John Carpenter's They Live and Pandorum. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Dario Argento's The Card Player, and The Stendahl Syndrome. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we check out It Came From Beneath the Sea, and Night of the Demon. In Animated Superheroes: We check out Batman - Mask of the Phantasm.
July 20th 2020 *Update* 15 Reviews Added
In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read Dance With the Devil - The Cozy Powell Story, Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgon, and Comics Creators on X-Men. In Music Reviews: we check out Wire, Drev, and Pharmakon. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine The Prodigy. In SF/Fantasy: We view Alien Vs. Predator and Cargo. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Awake, and Haxan. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we recoil from the The Blob, and House of Wax. In Animated Superheroes: We check out Justice League - Dark. In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we return to the beginning with the first Dark Maggs Audio Movie, Superman On Trial.
July 3rd 2020 *Update* Two Articles Added
In the Under Cover books category you'll find The James Herbert Bibliography, and in the Real Article category you'll find the feature "Insufficient Data!" - K-9 Help or Hindrance.
June 19th 2020 *Update* 14 Reviews Added
In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read Frankenstein or 'The Modern Prometheus', Menace of the Monster, J. Michael Straczynski's Othersyde, and Comics Creators on Fantastic Four. In Music Reviews: we check out Psychotic Waltz, and Astrosaur. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine Clickbait. In SF/Fantasy: We view John Carpenter's Memoirs of an Invisible Man, and Eden Log. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review New York Ripper, and Tattoo. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we recoil from the She-Creature, and The Creature Walks Among Us. In Animated Superheroes: We check out Spider-Man The Complete Series.
May 31st 2020 *Update* 15 Reviews Added
In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we experience the terror of William Gibson’s original script for Alien III, adapted, directed and sound designed by Audio Movie maestro Dirk Maggs. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read Planet of the Apes, Graham Masterton's Edgewise, and X-Men - Mutant Empire. In Music Reviews: we check out Video Nasties, and The Shaking Sensations. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine the Stephen King's sequel to The Shining - Doctor Sleep. In SF/Fantasy: We view Life, and The 7th Dimension. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Intacto, The Machinist, and Bone. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we recoil from the Devil Girl From Mars. In Animated Superheroes: We check out Batman - Gotham By Gaslight, and X-Men
May 12th 2020 *Update* The Twilight Zone Feature + 13 Reviews Added
In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) we experience Dirk Maggs's Batman The Lazarus Syndrome. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We read The Frightfest Guide to Ghost Movies, The Twilight Zone Guide, and Liberator - The Unauthorised Guide to Blake's 7. In Music Reviews: we check out Hammerhands, Deathtrip and Cult of Luna. In Soundtrack Reviews: we examine the BBC's Dracula. In SF/Fantasy: We view Memory: The Origins of Alien, and (the one with the giant ants) Them! In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Hawks and Sparrows and Pigsty. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we have a brand new in-depth review of Them!
April 25th 2020 *Update* 15 Reviews Added
In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we remember that Peter Cushing is Past Forgetting. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We discover that darkness reigns supreme in Sleeping With the Lights On, check the 'web' for Comics Creators on Spider-Man, rise to the fear of Small Ghosts, and Frankenstein The First Two Hundred Years has us in stitches. In Animated Superheroes: We make soup out of Batman Vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In Music Reviews: we knock Rat the Magnificent from his throne, discover if Wet Dreams are a nightmare, and we apply some cosmetics to Black Lips. In Soundtrack Reviews: we all scream for ice- Scream & Scream 2, we Love the Craft of The Music of Erich Zann, and steal the pea from The Whistler Origins. In SF/Fantasy: we help find Babylon 5: The Lost Tales. In the Crime/Mainstream category we go above and Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we ignore advice and visit the classic Forbidden Planet.
April 4th 2020 *Update* 13 Reviews Added
In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we make 'five times' certain with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Quintessential Phase. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We present the 'model' citizen that was Harryhausen The Lost Movies, and investigate Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic Tales. In Animated Superheroes: We dismiss the harbinger of Justice League: Doom. In Music Reviews: we sober-up Pist, see how Pile stacks up, and we catch up with Lags. In Soundtrack Reviews: we fly up, up and away with Ultimate Superheroes, we unlock the Vault of Horror Volume 2, and see the light with Aurora. In SF/Fantasy: we discover it's a very good place to start at Babylon 5: The Beginning. In the Crime/Mainstream category we make an appointment for The 24th Day. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we get a sinking feeling about The Atomic Submarine.
March 11th 2020 *Update* 15 Reviews Added
In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we thrill to the spiffing Adventures of Sexton Blake. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We sell a ticket for Stephen King at the Movies, find ghostly terror In the Night Wood, taste the Nights of Blood Wine, and risk insanity with Cthulhu and Other Monsters. In Animated Superheroes: We witness the birth of the Dark Knight in Batman Year One. In Music Reviews: The life of the notorious Elizabeth Bathory is explored by Cradle of Filth, and we clear out the belfry of Bats. In Soundtrack Reviews: we get bitten by The Hammer Legacy: The Vampire Collection, piece together The Hammer Legacy: The Frankenstein Collection, and slip into the future with The Hammer Legacy: The Science Fiction Collection. We also stop clowning around and discover what IT is. In SF/Fantasy: we find out what’s up with Down. In the Crime/Mainstream category we do battle with Knightriders. In the Monster Mash (1950s B-Movies) category we learn about a Monster on the Campus.
February 17th 2020
A NOVEL WAY TO DIE (New Book Published).
February 3rd 2020 *Update* Robin of Sherwood classic TV series feature.
In the Genuine Article category you'll find a detailed retrospective of the 1980s Robin of Sherwood series - starring Ray Winstone, Clive Mantle, Nikolas Grace, Michael Praed, and Jason Connery (son of Sean).
January 2020 Free Book Promotions.
Waves of Perception - Saturday 18/01/20 until Monday 20/01/20.
Memories of an Ageing Rocker - Saturday 18/01/20 until Monday 20/01/20.
New Graveyard Horror Reviews - Thursday 23/01/20 until Saturday 25/01/20.
December 11th 2019 *Update* 7 Reviews Added.
In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we visit the London Below in Neverwhere, and find out How the Marquis Got His Coat Back. Both of these Audio Movies by Dramatisation Supremo Dirk Maggs are based on literary works by international bestselling British author Neil Gaiman. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We check out the superlative Marvel Year By Year – A Visual History hardcover, develop a psychosis over New Fears, and let The Djinn (Graham Masterton) out of the bottle. In the SF/Fantasy category we recharge The Mighty Morphing Power Rangers Double Pack, and make soup of The Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles Double Pack.
October 31st 2019 *Update* 17 Reviews Added.
In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we throw some Kryptonite at two reviews of The Adventures of Superman. In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We clock The Time Machine London Folio Edition hardcover, order warrior princess Wonder Woman from Amazon, and escape from Kim Newman's Video Dungeon. In Animated Superheroes X marks the spot with another release of X-Men: The Animated series. In Music Reviews we suck out the poison from Venom, listen to MONO in stereo, and have a close encounter with Spielbergs. In Soundtrack Reviews we find out if All Hallows II is a trick or treat, shake the limb of The Body Tree, and piece together Jigsaw. In the SF/Fantasy category we question Tom Baker's SF Quiz, and experiment with the Mystery Science Theatre 3000. In 1950s Monster B-Movies we pop the pods from Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. In the Crime/Mainstream category we mop the brow of Sweat and perform emergency treatment on Trauma.
October 5th 2019 *Update* Interview.
In The Genuine Article category you'll find an interview with Audio Movie maestro Dirk Maggs on his dramatisations of the Dirk Gently Books written by Hitchhiker's Guide author Douglas Adams. There are already reviews of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul in the You Won't Believe Your Ears! category. Dirk Maggs, of course, is the genius behind such productions as Batman, Superman, Judge Dredd, The Gemini Apes, Neverwhere, Alien, The X-Files, and many more.
September 19th 2019 *Update* Doctor Who: Season Seven
In The Genuine Article category you'll find an in-depth feature on Doctor Who: Season Seven, from 1970 - in my opinion, the best era of the programme. Aside from the advent of colour and the debut of Third Doctor Jon Pertwee, the stories explored serious science fiction, ecological and social storylines.
August 28th 2019 *Update* 16 Reviews Added.
In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category we say "Boo!" to Ghostly Terror! and sink our teeth into Vampire Horror! In Under Cover (Book Reviews): We critique The Art of Horror and shake a piskie at Terror Tales of Cornwall. In Animated Superheroes X marks the spot with two releases of X-Men: The Animated series. In Music Reviews we meditate with Psychic Lemon, check out the birdsong of Wren, and hide our children from Herod. In Soundtrack Reviews we find out if You Might Be the Killer, go to see What Still Remains, and look into The Cradle of Fear. In the SF/Fantasy category we search for an antidote for Venom, and find a name for The Thing From Another World (my original review). In 1950s Monster B-Movies we identify The Thing From Another World, and crane our necks at The Colossus of New York.
August 7th 2019 *Update* Interview & Review
In The Genuine Article category you'll find an exclusive interview with British director Mark Duffield on his Thai legend supernatural tale, filmed as Ghost of Mae Nak. There is also a review of the film. And what a great film it is too.
July 17th 2019 *Update* Feature & Review
In The Genuine Article category you'll find a feature on the brilliant camp 1960s Batman series (starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith, Caesar Romero, Joan Collins, Roddy McDowell, etc.). In the SF/Fantasy category you'll find a review of the movie version of the series (Batman the Movie - 1966).
July 1st 2019 *Update* 13 Reviews Added.
In the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) category you'll find another two in-depth reviews of Audio Movie Maestro Dirk Maggs' Voyage, and The Amazing Spider-Man. Book Reviews: We look at the hardback London Folio presentation of The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories and Marvel: The Avengers Vault. In Animated Superheroes we explore Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. In Music Reviews we examine releases by Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard and Anti-Mortem. In Soundtrack Reviews we assess The Toybox and The Ritual. In the SF/Fantasy category we look at the Babylon 5 pilot film The Gathering and the Babylon 5 spin-off series: Crusade. In the Crime/Mainstream category we review Choke and Black Sun - The Nanking Massacre.
June 13th 2019 *Update* Feature/Interview & Reviews.
Exclusive Interview with Audio Movie maestro Dirk Maggs on his Hitchhiker's Guide projects. Also, in the You Won't Believe Your Ears (Radio Dramatisations) you'll find in-depth reviews of his An American Werewolf in London, Independence Day: UK, and Superman - Doomsday and Beyond releases.
June 2nd 2019 *Update* 13 Reviews Added.
1950s Monster B-Movie Reviews: We look at First Man Into Space, and Cat Girl. Book Reviews: We look at the hardback London Folio presentation of The Exorcist and Marvel: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know. In Animated Superheroes we explore Spider-Man (1994): Seasons 4 & 5. In Music Reviews we examine releases by Demon Head and Tangerine Dream. In Soundtrack Reviews we assess Mary Shelley and The Ritual. In Radio Dramatisations & Audio Book Reviews we study Doctor Who: Slipback. In the SF/Fantasy category we look at Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Doctor Strange (1970s).
May 7th 2019 *Update* New Review Category: Under Cover.
Under Cover incorporates book reviews and bibliographies. In this Ray Bradbury themed update you'll find a review of the new limited edition Folio hardback of his classic novel 'Something Wicked This Way Comes', a Ray Bradbury bibliography and, in The Genuine Article category, a feature on The Martian Chronicles TV miniseries.
April 9th 2019 *Update* 13 Reviews Added.
1950s Monster B-Movie Reviews: We look at The Land Unknown, and Superman and the Mole Men. We look at Crime Thriller Frailty (Bill Pullman) and Romantic Thriller Read My Lips. In Animated Superheroes we explore The Incredible Hulk Complete Collection. In Music Reviews we examine releases by Transmaniacon and Prong. In Soundtrack Reviews we assess Killer Klowns From Outer Space and Feral. In Radio Dramatisations & Audio Book Reviews we study The Darker Side of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Volumes One & Two. In the SF/Fantasy category we look at Hunter Prey and Natural City.
March 19th 2019 *Update* Feature/Interview & Reviews.
In The Genuine Article category you'll find Exclusive Interviews with acting icon Christopher Lee & Audio Movie maestro Dirk Maggs (The Gemini Apes). In the You Won't Believe Your Ears! (audio dramatisations) category you'll find an in-depth review of Dirk Maggs's The Gemini Apes, and a review of his adaptation of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase.
March 10th 2019 *New Merchandise*
Go to the Homepage to find out how you can obtain your FREE A Dark and Scary Place pen (while stocks last).
February 17th 2019 *Update* Feature/Interview & Reviews.
In The Genuine Article category, The Manga Phenomenon/Interview with Andy Frain, Managing Director of Manga UK. In the You Won’t Believe Your Ears! (audio dramatisations) category you’ll find an in-depth original review and a remastered CD review of the excellent Batman – Knightfall, by Audio Movie by maestro Dirk Maggs. In the Interstellar Landscapes (SF/Fantasy) category you’ll find reviews of the Complete 1970s/1980s live action series of The Incredible Hulk (Bill Bixby & Lou Ferrigno) on Blu-ray, and the three spin-off TV movies released in a DVD box set. To accompany them, in the Holy Animation, Batman category, there are reviews of the animated films Planet Hulk and Hulk Vs. Wolverine. In the What’s the Score category there are reviews of two very good film soundtracks, Ruin Me, and Grindhouse: Planet Terror. The Cosmic, Man! (Music) category has reviews of album releases from The Kut, and The Black Angels.
January 27th 2019 *Update* Interview & Reviews.
My first Interview with writer/producer/director of Radio/Audio Dramatisations Dirk Maggs (1995) in The Genuine Article category. Plus, reviews of his two Judge Dredd releases in the You Won't Believe Your Ears category.
January 3rd 2019 *Update* 13 Reviews Added.
1950s Monster B-Movie Reviews: We look at the classic Creature From the Black Lagoon, The Tingler (Vincent Price), The Amazing Colossal Man and its sequel War of the Colossal Beast. We look at Crime Thrillers Q & A (Nick Nolte) and High Crimes (Morgan Freeman). In Animated Superheroes we explore Spider-Man Unlimited: The Complete Series. In Music Reviews we examine releases by Airbourne and Circle of Reason. In Soundtrack Reviews we assess Jeepers Creepers 3 and The Strangers Prey at Night. In Radio Dramatisations & Audio Book Reviews we study Victor Pemberton's Dark, and Wolf.
December 16th 2018
MEMORIES OF AN AGEING ROCKER: NEW & UPDATED (Paperback) Published.
December 11th 2018
MEMORIES OF AN AGEING ROCKER: NEW & UPDATED (eBook) Published.
October 16th 2018 *Update* New Category Added.
The Real Article is a new category for features, interviews and articles. We begin with an in-depth feature and picture gallery, featuring my favourite film director of all time: John Carpenter.
September 17th 2018 *Update* 15 Reviews Added.
1950s Monster B-Movie Reviews: We look at two George Pal films (who made The War of the Worlds): Destination Moon (written by Robert Heinlein) and Conquest of Space. We also look at the timeless Japanese film Godzilla. Science Fiction & Fantasy Reviews: We look at Season Four of the excellent groundbreaking SF TV series Babylon 5. We also look at Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers, a TV movie and proposed spin-off series. Crime/Thriller/Mainstream Reviews: We look at the Crime Thrillers Reeseville (Mark Hamill) and Protection (Stephen Baldwin). Animated Superhero Reviews: We explore two releases from the quirky Superhero Squad. Music Reviews: We examine releases from the bands Brutus and Loom. Soundtrack Reviews: We assess Hammer Horror Classic Themes 1958-1974 and Happy Death Day. Radio Dramatisations & Audio Books Reviews: We return to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with The Tertiary Phase (based on the Douglas Adams book Life, the Universe And Everything. The reviews cover the CD and special DVD versions.
August 18th 2018 *Update* 17 Reviews Added.
Radio Dramatisations & Audio Books: We turn to Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and its follow-up Dirk Gently: The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul, starring Harry Enfield. Dramatised by Dirk Maggs from the books by Douglas Adams. Film Soundtracks: we turn to Vault of Horror - The Italian Collection and The Saw Anthology. Music Reviews: we examine releases from True Moon, Third Eye Blind, and Deathcrush. 1950s Monster B-Movie Reviews: we pay tribute to another classic, The Incredible Shrinking Man. We also look at the Hammer film X The Unknown. We also examine The Trollenberg Terror (which replaces the proposed The Thing From Another World - coming soon). Science Fiction & Fantasy Reviews: we look at Seasons 2 & 3 of the excellent SF series Babylon 5. Crime/Thriller/Mainstream Reviews: we evaluate William (The Exorcist) Friedkin's Sorcerer, and Crime Thriller Hell's Kitchen (Angelina Jolie). Animated Superhero Reviews: we turn to DC Comics with Batman Ninja, Superman: The Last Son of Krypton, and Justice League Unlimited: Saving the World.
July 14th 2018 *Update* 20 Reviews Added.
Two New Review Categories.
Radio Dramatisations & Audio Books: we begin this category with The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase and The Secondary Phase. These are the first two radio serials by Douglas Adams, following the stories of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant At the End of the Universe. Film Soundtracks: in the second of the new review categories we begin with The Stephen King Soundtrack Collection. The Soundtrack reviews which were already in the Music category have been moved to this new category. Music Reviews: we examine releases from the psychedelic Oranssi Pazuzu, rock mainstays Treetop Flyers, and Devil Gone Public. 1950s Monster B-Movie Reviews: we pay tribute to not only, arguably, the best example in this category, but an all-time science fiction classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still. We also look at Plan 9 From Outer Space, notoriously considered by many to be the worst film from this era. We also examine It - The Terror From Beyond Space, which is thought to have been the inspiration for Ridley Scott's Alien. Science Fiction & Fantasy Reviews: we look at my original review of The Day the Earth Stood Still (Michael Rennie) as well as the space drama, The Right Stuff (Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Sam Shepard) and the precursor to Gerry Anderson's UFO, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (Ed Bishop, Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry). Crime/Thriller/Mainstream Reviews: we evaluate the biopic The Kid Stays in the Picture, and Crime Thrillers City By the Sea, Ararat, and The Long Lunch. Animated Superhero Reviews: we turn our attention to the X-Men with four releases from the X-Men Evolution series.
June 20th 2018
*Update* 18 Reviews Added.
In the 1950s Monster B-Movie Reviews, we examine: The Monster that Challenged the World, The Man From Planet X and It Came From Outer Space. In the Science Fiction & Fantasy Reviews category we look at Equilibrium (Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Sean Bean), Pitch Black (Vin Diesel), and The Chronicles of Riddick - Dark Fury (Vin Diesel). In the Crime/Thriller/Mainstream section we review One Eyed King (William Baldwn), Taking Lives (Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland), Plain Dirty (Dominique Swain, Henry Thomas and Karen Allen), and The Guilty (Bill Pullman). In the Animated Superhero area we revisit the webhead with Spider-Man 5000 (Volumes 1 to 4). The Music reviews tab listens to releases from Europe, Five Finger Death Punch, and Death By Unga Bunga.
June 5th 2018
PSYCHOTICA (New Book Published).
May 3rd 2018
*Update*
Apologies to all those people expecting an update long before now. I've had stuff going on, but I'm back on track and intending to make my postings more regular.
This time there are reviews of a great EP by Heylel, a CD by Shotgun Rodeo, and another EP from Schizo Reject Asylum (in the Music category); reviews of the original series of The Outer Limits - Seasons 1 & 2, Death Race 2000, and Flash Gordon (in the Science Fiction & Fantasy category); reviews of the action thrillers, Breakdown (starring Kurt Russell), King of Ants (Daniel Baldwin), Sleepless Town and Deep End (in the Crime/Thriller & Mainstream Category); reviews of The Mighty Thor Complete 1966 series, The Fantastic Four Complete Animated TV Series (1978), and Iron Man Armoured Adventures (in the TV Animated Superheroes category); and (in the 1950s Monster B-Movie category) brand new reviews of The Leech Woman, The Mole People, Tarantula, and The Beast With a Million Eyes. Another 18 added reviews.
January 3rd 2018
Second update
The spotlight in two categories is on writer/director/musician John Carpenter. There are Reviews of Halloween - The Sound of Evil, the remastered vinyl of Christine, and the soundtracks to Dark Star/Assault on Precinct 13 and The Fog (in the Music category); Reviews of The John Carpenter Collection (seven films), plus individual reviews of Escape From New York, and two separate releases of Dark Star (in the Science Fiction & Fantasy category); Reviews of the comedies Brian Pern Series 1-3, The Man Who Sued God, Wilt, and Bless This House (in the Crime/Thriller & Mainstream Category); Reviews of The Incredible Hulk complete 1966 and 1982 serials and the Hulk and She-Hulk series (in the TV Animated Superheroes category); and (in the 1950s Monster B-Movie category) brand new reviews of The Killer Shrews, The Monolith Monsters, and The Mysterians. That's 18 added reviews.
November 1st 2017
*First update*
Includes: Reviews of the Superstars DVD, and Stratovarius and The Jokers CDs (in the Music category); Review of The Ultimate Matrix Collection, plus individual reviews of The Matrix Reloaded and the excellent The Animatrix (in the Science Fiction & Fantasy category); Reviews of the Fritz Lang movies Dr Mabuse the Gambler, and The Testament of Dr Mabuse, Plus One Hour Photo (in the Crime/Thriller & Mainstream Category); Four reviews to complete our examination of the Original 1967 Spider-Man animated series (in the TV Animated Superheroes category); and (in the 1950s Monster B-Movie category) brand new reviews of Robot Monster, Fiend Without a Face, and Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman. There is also an Introduction piece for this latter category - which you can access by clicking on the image.
September 25th 2017
Sent out batches of email and text notifications for new site.
September 21st 2017
Completed website. This has proved to be a fairy long process, partly because I kept changing my mind about the content and layout! I felt it better to build the site slowly over a number of days than announce it half-cocked, so to speak.
September 17th 2017
Created website email ty.power@adarkandscaryplace.com
August 28th 2017
Began planning layout of new website.
August 24th 2017
Set up domain A Dark and Scary Place.
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