DS regular Neil Pettigrew is one of the main men behind the Paperback and Pulp Book Fair, which takes place as part of the Bloomsbury Book, Ephemera & Postcard fair on October 30th. The Pulp and Paperback fair will be occupying…
We all love a bit of VHS trash action, and if you live North of the Border you might want to get kilted up, er, kitted up, and attend the VHS Trash Fest, an event that should even appeal to…
October 16th sees the release of a great new Hammer box set from Indicator which includes the following titles: MANIAC (Michael Carreras, 1963) THE GORGON (Terence Fisher, 1964) THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY’S TOMB (Michael Carreras, 1964) FANATIC (Silvio Narizzano, 1965) Release date: 16…
Picture this scene: It’s the cold, grey hour before dusk, and a car approaches a lonely backwoods cemetery. Inside the vehicle are brother and sister Johnny and Barbara, who have travelled hundreds of miles to lay a wreath on…
As the nights draw in, it just means more time to enjoy October’s superb lineup from Arrow Video, including some wonderful Halloween treats in the form of a grindhouse classic, a box set collection of genre oddities, one of…
The BFI today announce STEPHEN KING ON SCREEN, a season of film and television dedicated to living legend STEPHEN KING, one of the most frequently adapted and versatile writers in history, and as formidable a cinematic force as a literary…
This just in from reader Daniel Thackeray, and well worth sharing. I’m a recent discoverer of your wonderful magazine The Dark Side. As a longtime horror fan (enough to have my own podcast about the films of Cushing and…
This just in from my old Redemption/Salvation buddy Nigel Wingrove. Great to hear that the BFI are releasing Salvations’s Orchard End Murder in a stunning new print with loads of extras. I watched it last night and will be reviewing…
At 73, outspoken genre legend, Michael Armstrong is creating history by being the first film-maker to publish his entire screenwriting output. With the original uncut screen plays published in paperback for the first time and peppered with a mixture of wildly entertaining…
This just in from long-time reader Mark Burns: I am a huge fan of the horror genre and am involved behind the scenes of a UK event called ‘Weekend Of The Dead’. We are bringing over to the UK some…
This just in from Dark Side reader James Close: I thought you might enjoy covering my recent TEDx talk about the undead. From a scientific perspective, it has it all: archaeology of zombies, anthropology of the undead, and the genetic…
Scotland’s international horror film festival returns from April 20 – 23, 2017, Dead by Dawn is at Filmhouse for its 24th edition with a tempting line-up of dark delights guaranteed to give you goose-bumps on your goose-bumps. All we need say…