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October 2023

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

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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

Christopher Lee: readers' tributes and memories

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