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Author: Steve Calvert

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Public Domain Text: Machaon by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Machaon is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in Hutchinson’s Magazine, in January 1923, and

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DVD Reviews Movie Reviews 

Psychomania (1971) DVD Review

Steve Calvert 70s Horror Movie, British Horror Movie

Psychomania is a British horror film from the 1970s, directed by Don Sharp. Although you are  unlikely to find any

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: James Lamp by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

James Lamp is a short story written by E. F. Benson. It was first published in Weird Tales (June 1930).

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Public Domain Text: Inscrutable Decrees by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Inscrutable Decrees is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in Hutchinson’s Magazine (April 1923). Hutchinson’s

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Movie Reviews 

Noroi: The Curse (2005) – Japanese Horror Movie Review

Steve Calvert Asian Horror Movie

Noroi: The Curse is a Japanese horror movie directed by Kōji Shiraishi. It’s filmed in the found footage style. The

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: In the Tube by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

In the Tube is a short story by E. F. Benson. Like so many of his stories, it was first

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Public Domain Text: How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery is a short story written by E. F. Benson. It was first published

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Public Domain Text: Home, Sweet Home by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Home, Sweet Home is a short story written by E. F. Benson. It was first published in his story collection,

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Public Domain Text: Gavon’s Eve by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Gavon’s Eve is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in The Illustrated London News (January

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Public Domain Text: Expiation by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Expiation is a short story by E. F. Benson. Like a number of his stories, it was first published in

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Public Domain Text: Corstophine by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Corstophine is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in Hutchinson’s Magazine (September 1924). Four years

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: Christopher Comes Back by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Christopher Comes Back is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in his short story collection

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Public Domain Text: Caterpillars by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Caterpillars is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in his anthology, The Room in the

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: Between the Lights by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Between the Lights is a short story by E. F. Benson. More a strange tale than a ghost story, Between

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Public Domain Text: Bagnell Terrace by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

Bagnell Terrace is a short story by E. F. Benson. Like many of his other stories, it was first published

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Public Domain Text: At the Farmhouse by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

At the Farmhouse is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in 1923. It was published

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Public Domain Text: At Abdul Ali’s Grave by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

At Abdul Ali’s Grave is a short story by E. F. Benson. Some sources say it was first published in

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Public Domain Text: And the Dead Spake by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

And the Dead Spake is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in Hutchinson’s Magazine (October

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Public Domain Text: And No Bird Sings by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

And No Bird Sings is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in Woman (magazine) in

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Supernatural Horror in Literature by H.P. Lovecraft

Steve Calvert H.P. Lovecraft

This is a long essay, split into 10 parts. Click here to go to the beginning of the essay X.

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Public Domain Text: A Tale of an Empty House by E. F. Benson

Steve Calvert E. F. Benson

A Tale of an Empty House is a short story by E. F. Benson. It was first published in Hutchinson’s

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The Book of Werewolves By Sabine Baring Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Book of Werewolves is a work of non-fiction by Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould. It was first published in 1865 and

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 1

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Introductory I SHALL never forget the walk I took one night in Vienne, after having accomplished the examination of an

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 2

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Lycanthropy Among The Ancients Definition of Lycanthropy—Marcellus Sidetes—Virgil—Herodotus—Ovid—Pliny— Agriopas—Story from Petronius—Arcadian Legends—Explanation offered. WHAT is Lycanthropy? The change of man

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 3

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Were-Wolf in the North Norse Traditions—Manner in which the Change was effected—Vœlundar Kvœda—Instances from the Völsung Saga—Hrolf’s Saga—Kraka—Faroëse Poem—Helga

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 4

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Origin of the Scandinavian Were-Wolf Advantage of the Study of Norse Literature—Bear and Wolf-skin Dresses—The Berserkir—Their Rage—The Story of

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 5

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Were-Wolf in the Middle-Ages Stories from Olaus Magnus of Livonian Were-wolves—Story from Bishop Majolus—Story of Albertus Pericofcius—Similar occurrence at

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 6

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

A Chamber of Horrors Pierre Bourgot and Michel Verdung—’Me Hermit of S. Bonnot—The Gandillon Family—Thievenne Paget—The Tailor of Châlons—Roulet  

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 7

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Jean Grenier On the Sand-dunes—A Wolf attacks Marguerite Poirier—Jean Grenier brought to Trial—His Confessions—Charges of Cannibalism proved—His Sentence—Behaviour in the

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 8

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Folk-Lore Relating to Were-Wolves Barrenness of English Folk-Lore—Devonshire Traditions—Derivation of Were-wolf—Cannibalism in Scotland—The Angus Robber—The Carle of Perth—French Superstitions—Norwegian Traditions—Danish

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 9

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Natural Causes of Lycanthropy Innate Cruelty—Its Three Forms—Dumollard—Andreas Bichel—A Dutch Priest—Other instances of Inherent Cruelty—Cruelty united to Refinement—A Hungarian Bather

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 10

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Mythological Origin of the Were-Wolf Myth Metempsychosis—Sympathy between Men and Beasts—Finnbog and the Bear—Osage and the Beaver—The Connexion of Soul

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 11

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Maréchal de Retz—1: The Investigation of Charges Introduction—History of Gilles de Laval—The Castle of Machecoul—Surrender of the Marshal—Examination of

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 12

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Maréchal de Retz—2: The Trial The Appearance of the Marshal—Pierre de l’Hospital—The Requisition—The Trial adjourned—Meeting of the Marshal and

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 13

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Maréchal de Retz—3: The Sentence and Execution The Adjourned Trial—The Marshal Confesses—The Case Handed Over to the Ecclesiastical Tribunal—Prompt

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 14

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

A Galician Were-Wolf The Inhabitants of Austrian Galicia—The Hamlet of Polomyja—Summer Evening in the Forest—The Beggar Swiatek—A Girl disappears—A School-boy

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 15

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Anomalous Case—The Human Hyaena Ghouls—Story from Fornari—Quotation from Apuleius—Incident mentioned by Marcassus—Cemeteries of Paris violated—Discovery of Violator—Confession of M. Bertrand

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The Book of Werewolves : Chapter 16

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

A Sermon on Were-Wolves The discourses of Dr. Johann Geiler—The Sermon—Remarks THE following curious specimen of a late mediæval sermon

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The White Flag by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The White Flag is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. It was first published in his short story collection A

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Public Domain Text: The Red-Haired Girl by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Red-Haired Girl is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. It was first published in The Windsor Magazine (December 1903).

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Public Domain Text: The Mother of Pansies by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Mother of Pansies is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. As is the case with most of his stories,

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Public Domain Text: The Merewigs by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Merewigs is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. It was first published in Baring-Gould’s short story anthology A Book

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Public Domain Text: The Leaden Ring by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The Leaden Ring is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Story was first published in Baring-Gould’s short story collection

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Public Domain Text: The “Bold Venture” by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The “Bold Venture” is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. The story was first published in The Graphic and was

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Public Domain Text: The 9:30 Up-Train by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

The 9.30 Up-Train is a ghost story. It was first published in  an 1863 edition of Once a Week. Once 

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Public Domain Text: Pomps and Vanities by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Pomps and Vanities was first published in Baring-Gould’s short story collection A Book of Ghosts (1904) A Book of Ghosts

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Public Domain Text: On The Leads by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

On the Leads is a haunted house story  written by Sabine Baring Gould. The story first appeared in the Hawke’s

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Public Domain Text: Mustapha by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Mustapha is a ghost story  written by Sabine Baring Gould. It was first published in his short story collection A

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Public Domain Text: McAlister by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

McAlister is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. It was first published in his short story collection A Book of

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Public Domain Text: Little Joe Gander by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Little Joe Gander is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. It was first published in his short story collection A

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Public Domain Text: Jean Bouchon by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Jean Bouchon is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. It was first published in his short story collection A Book

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Public Domain Text: H.P. by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

H.P. is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. The story was first published in his short story collection A Book

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Public Domain Text: Glámr by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Glámr is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. It was first published in 1963 in his book about Iceland—Iceland: Its

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: Colonel Halifax’s Ghost Story by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Colonel Halifax’s Ghost Story is a short story written by Sabine Baring-Gould. The story was first published in The Illustrated

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Public Domain Text: Black Ram by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Black Ram is a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. It was first published in his short story collection A Book

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Public Domain Text: Aunt Joanna by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

Aunt Joanna was first published in Baring-Gould’s short story collection A Book of Ghosts (1904) A Book of Ghosts was

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: A Professional Secret by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

A Professional Secret was first published in Baring-Gould’s short story collection A Book of Ghosts (1904). A Book of Ghosts

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Public Domain Text: A Happy Release by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

A Happy Release was first published in Sabine Baring-Gould’s short story collection A Book of Ghosts (1904) A Book of

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: A Dead Finger by Sabine Baring-Gould

Steve Calvert Sabine Baring-Gould

A Dead Finger is a short horror story by Sabine Baring-Gould. It’s a strange tale about a parasitic finger that

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Movie Reviews 

Night of Bloody Horror (1969) Movie Review

Steve Calvert 60s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Slasher Movie

Night of Bloody Horror is a 1960s slasher movie. I’m going to start this review by warning you it’s not

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Movie Reviews 

Night Gallery (The Complete First Season)

Steve Calvert

The Night Gallery first season box set contains 3 DVDs. Each DVD has its own slim-line case and all three

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Movie Reviews 

Mesa of Lost Women (1953) – Movie Review/Summary

Steve Calvert 50s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie

If you are looking for a good horror or sci-fi movie, you’s better keep looking, Mesa of Lost Women isn’t

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Movie Reviews 

Mark of the Vampire (1935) Starring Bela Lugosi

Steve Calvert American Horror Movie, Bela Lugosi Movie, Vampire, Vampire Movie

Mark of the Vampire is remake of the 1927 movie London After Midnight (now considered to be a lost film).

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Movie Reviews 

Abigail Haunting (2020) — Movie Review

Steve Calvert 2020s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie

Abigail Haunting is an indie horror movie about a young woman who falls out with bad company and returns home

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Public Domain Movies 

It! (1967): A Golem Movie Starring Roddy McDowall

Steve Calvert 60s Horror Movie, British Horror Movie, Roddy McDowall

It! is a 60s horror movie starring Roddy McDowall. At the time of this review It! was only available as

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Movie Reviews 

The Shuttered Room (1967): Film Review

Steve Calvert 60s Horror Movie, British Horror Movie

  The Shuttered Room is a British horror film based on a story written by August Derleth. Although all the

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Movie Reviews 

47 Hours to Live Movie Review

Steve Calvert 2020s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie

I’m going to start this 47 Hours to Live review by admitting I think it’s a pretty good movie. It’s

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Movie Reviews 

In the Woods (1999) Movie Review

Steve Calvert 90s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie

In The Woods is a low-budget American horror movie written and directed by Lynn Drzick. It’s a story about a

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Movie Reviews 

I Don’t Want to Be Born (1975) Starring Joan Collins — Movie Review

Steve Calvert 70s Horror Movie, British Horror Movie, Donald Pleasence Movie, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates

I Don’t Want to Be Born is a 70s horror movie with Joan Collins. It’s about a woman who gives

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Movie Reviews 

House on Straw Hill (1976) Starring Linda Hayden — Movie Review

Steve Calvert 70s Horror Movie, British Horror Movie, Linda Hayden Movie

Known as Trauma in the US, House on Straw Hill is a British horror movie from the mid-70s. It was

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Movie Reviews 

House of Voices (aka St Ange) |2004| Movie Review

Steve Calvert French Horror Movie

House of Voices is a supernatural thriller written and directed by Pascal Laugier. The story is set in the French

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Movie Reviews 

Review: House at the End of the Street (Starring Jennifer Lawrence)

Steve Calvert American Horror Movie, Jennifer Lawrence Movie

House at the End of the Street is a 2012, horror movie with Jennifer Lawrence in the starring role. Elisabeth

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Movie Reviews 

Hour of the Wolf (1968): Is This Swedish Horror Movie Any Good?

Steve Calvert 60s Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Swedish Horror Movie

Hour of the Wolf is a Swedish horror movie written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. With a title like Hour

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Movie Reviews 

Horror of Dracula with Christopher Lee (Review of the 1958 Movie)

Steve Calvert 70s Horror Movie, Christopher Lee, Dracula, Hammer Horror Movie, Peter Cushing Movie

Horror of Dracula is the first Dracula movie with Christopher Lee. It’s one of Hammer’s most successful early horror movies

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft (2013)

Steve Calvert American Horror Movie

Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft is an American movie directed by David DeCoteau and released straight to DVD in

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Half Light (2006)

Steve Calvert British Horror Movie

Half Light is a British horror movie written and directed by Craig Rosenberg. Demi Moore stars as, grieving mother, Rachel

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Movie Reviews 

Freaks (1932): Movie Review and Information

Steve Calvert 1930s Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie

Freaks is a 1932 horror movie set in a circus. The movie is based on the short story “Spurs” (written

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Fear in the Night (1972)

Steve Calvert 70s Horror Movie, British Horror Movie, Hammer Horror Movie, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing Movie, Ralph Bates

Fear in the Night is a British horror movie made by Hammer Films and released in 1972. If you are

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Episode 50 (2011)

Steve Calvert American Horror Movie

Episode 50 is a horror movie masquerading as a lost episode from a fictional TV show called Paranormal Investigators. As

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Dolls (1987) | Directed by Stuart Gordon

Steve Calvert 80s horror movie, American Horror Movie

Dolls is an 80s horror movie directed by Stuart Gordon. It’s a movie many horror fans may be unfamiliar with.

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DVD Reviews 

DVD Review: Children of the Stones (Children’s TV series -1977)

Steve Calvert

Children of the Stones is a seven-part, children’s TV series that aired in the 70s and is now available to

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Movie Reviews 

Dead of Night (1977): Movie Review

Steve Calvert 70s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Horror Anthology Movie

Dead of Night is horror anthology movie produced and directed by Dan Curtis, who many horror fans may best remember

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Movie Reviews 

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1991) a.k.a Cycle Sluts

Steve Calvert American Horror Movie, Zombie Movie

As the name suggests, Chopper Chicks in Zombietown is about an all-girl biker gang called the Cycle Sluts. When the

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Movie Reviews 

Christine (1983): Movie Review + Special Edition DVD Information

Steve Calvert 80s horror movie, American Horror Movie

This review of John Carpenter’s Christine movie has two parts. First, there is the movie review. Then there is little

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Cello (2005) (aka Cello hongmijoo ilga salinsagan)

Steve Calvert Asian Horror Movie, Korean Horror Movie

Cello is a Korean horror movie directed by Woo-cheol Lee. It’s about a former award-winning cello player who has turned

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Public Domain Texts 

Wailing Well by M. R. James (Full Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Two Doctors by M. R. James (Full Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard by M. R. James (Full Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Texts 

The Uncommon Prayer-Book by M. R. James (Full Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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The Treasure of Abbot Thomas by M. R. James (Full Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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The Tractate Middoth by M. R. James (Full Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance by M. R. James (Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Texts 

The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral by M. R. James (Public Domain Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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The Rose Garden by M. R. James (Public Domain Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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The Residence at Whitminster by M. R. James (Public Domain Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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DVD Reviews 

Count Dracula (BBC – 1977)

Steve Calvert Dracula

There have been countless adaptations of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Some of them are more watchable than others. Many border on

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DVD Reviews 

Whistle and I’ll Come to You (BBC -1968)

Steve Calvert A Ghost Story For Christmas, M. R. James, Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad

  Michael Hordern stars in this BBC adaptation of M. R. James’ classic ghost story “Oh Whistle and I’ll Come

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Movie Reviews 

Road Train (2010) Movie Review

Steve Calvert Australian Horror Movie

Road Train is an Australian horror movie about two young couples who go camping in the outback and find themselves

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Public Domain Texts 

The Malice of Inanimate Objects by M. R. James (Public Domain Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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The Haunted Dolls’ House by M. R. James (Public Domain Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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The Experiment: A New Year’s Eve Ghost Story by M.R. James (Public Domain Text and Summary)

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Diary of Mr Poynter by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: The Ash Tree by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: Rats by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: Number 13 by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: Martin’s Close by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: Lost Hearts by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: Count Magnus by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: After Dark in the Playing Fields by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: A Vignette by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: A View from a Hill by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: A School Story by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: A Neighbour’s Landmark by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Public Domain Text: ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’ by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James, Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad

In 1904, M. R. James borrowed the title from a Robert Burns poem and used it for one of his

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: An Episode of Cathedral History by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

An Episode of Cathedral History is a short story written by M. R. James. The story is told in retrospect

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Old Radio Shows 

Mystery in the Air: The Black Cat

Steve Calvert Mystery in the Air, Peter Lorre

This episode of Mystery in the Air is based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Black Cat. In Poe’s original

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

Steve Calvert Edgar Allan Poe

The Black Cat is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1843 in The Saturday

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: Radio Show Episode List and Information

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show)

Inner Sanctum Mysteries was and American old-time radio show broadcast over the Blue Network. The title of the show was

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Voice on the Wire

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show)

The Voice on the Wire is an Inner Sanctum mystery set on a long, narrow island. Mrs Geraldine Reeves lives

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Tell-Tale Heart

Steve Calvert Boris Karloff, Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show), The Tell-Tale Heart

Boris Karloff stars in The Inner Sanctum version of the Tell-Tale Heart. However, the dramatization has very little in common

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Steve Calvert Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart was first published in 1843 in The Pioneer. It’s the story of a madman who murders an

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Skull That Walked

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show)

The Skull That Walked begins by introducing Carl Cruise and his wife Lucille, who are busy digging a hole near

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Silent Hands

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show)

The movie star Mary Astor lends her vocal talents to this episode of the Inner Sanctum radio series. Astor, who

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Melody of Death

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show)

The Melody of Death is an original radio play that was broadcast as part of the Inner Sanctum radio series.

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Man From Yesterday

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show)

The Man From Yesterday is an original radio drama starring Ann Seymour and Myron McCormick. McCormick plays Dr Robert Rant

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Fog

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show)

The Fog is one of the creepier episodes of Inner Sanctum Mysteries. It’s set on a narrow island joined to

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Death Laugh

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show)

The Death Laugh is a story of revenge from beyond the grave. When a jury sentences a killer to life

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Colour Blind Formula

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show)

The Colour Blind Formula begins by introducing Richard Fenna, who is travelling on a train. Fenna has just been acquitted

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Old Radio Shows 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: Death Is a Joker

Steve Calvert Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Radio Show), Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre stars in this episode of Inner Sanctum Mysteries. It’s called Death is a Joker and Lorre plays actor

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Public Domain Texts 

The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs (Unabridged Text)

Steve Calvert John Kendrick Bangs

The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall is a ghost story by John Kendrick Bangs. It’s about a ghost that manifests

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Public Domain Texts 

The Spectre Cook of Bangletop by John Kendrick Bangs (Unabridged Text)

Steve Calvert John Kendrick Bangs

The Spectre Cook of Bangletop is a ghost story by John Kendrick Bangs. It’s an entertaining tale about a haunted

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Public Domain Texts 

The Speck on the Lens by John Kendrick Bangs (Unabridged Text)

Steve Calvert John Kendrick Bangs

The Speck on the Lens is a short and quite humorous story written by John Kendrick Bangs. It’s about a

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Public Domain Texts 

The Ghost Club by John Kendrick Bangs (Unabridged Text)

Steve Calvert John Kendrick Bangs

The Ghost Club is a short story written by John Kendrick Bangs. It’s about a man who is sent to

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Public Domain Texts 

A Quicksilver Cassandra by John Kendrick Bangs (Unabridged Text)

Steve Calvert John Kendrick Bangs

A Quicksilver Cassandra is a short story written by John Kendrick Bangs and originally published in his short story collection

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Public Domain Texts 

A Psychical Prank by John Kendrick Bangs (Unabridged Text)

Steve Calvert John Kendrick Bangs

A Psychical Prank is a somewhat humorous story written by John Kendrick Bangs. Its a short tale of unrequited love

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy Radio Show: Episode List and Information

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Dark Fantasy radio show first aired in November 1941 from Oklahoma City’s WKY radio station but was later syndicated

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: W Is for Werewolf

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

W Is for Werewolf was the 13th episode in the Dark Fantasy radio series and it was first broadcast on

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Dark Fantasy: The Thing from the Sea

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Thing from the Sea begins in a press room where the reporters are about to run a story about

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Dark Fantasy: The Thing from the Darkness

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

“The Thing from the Darkness” is a story about a pilot who is woken up by a late night phone

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Dark Fantasy: The Sea Phantom

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Sea Phantom episode of the Dark Fantasy radio series begins with a seaman finding an intruder in the captain’s

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: The Man with the Scarlet Satchel

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

“The Man with the Scarlet Satchel” is a rather basic tale of revenge from beyond the grave. The dead guy

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Public Domain Texts 

A Midnight Visitor by John Kendrick Bangs (Unabridged Text)

Steve Calvert John Kendrick Bangs

A Midnight Visitor is taken from John Kendrick Bangs’ short story collection The Water Ghost & Others (1894). About John

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: The Man Who Came Back

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Man Who Came Back is a dark tale of infidelity and murder with a supernatural twist. It’s the story

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Public Domain Texts 

The Uncanny Bairn: A Story of the Second Sight by Louisa Baldwin (Unabridged Text)

Steve Calvert Louisa Baldwin

The Uncanny Bairn was included in Baldwins 1895 anthology The Shadow on the Blind and other Ghost Stories. The word

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Public Domain Texts 

The Shadow on the Blind by Louisa Baldwin (Unabridged Text and Information)

Steve Calvert Louisa Baldwin

The Shadow on the Blind is the title story from Louisa Baldwins 1895 anthology The Shadow on the Blind and

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Public Domain Texts 

The Real and the Counterfeit by Louisa Baldwin (Public Domain Text)

Steve Calvert Louisa Baldwin

About The Real and the Counterfeit The Real and the Counterfeit was included in Louisa Baldwin’s anthology The Shadow on

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Public Domain Texts 

Many Waters Cannot Quench Love by Louisa Baldwin (Public Domain Text)

Steve Calvert Louisa Baldwin

About Louisa Baldwin Sometimes credited as ‘Mrs Alfred Baldwin’, Louisa Baldwin was an English novelist, poet, and writer of short

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How He Left The Hotel by Louisa Baldwin (Public Domain Text)

Steve Calvert Louisa Baldwin

About Louisa Baldwin Sometimes credited as ‘Mrs Alfred Baldwin’, Louisa Baldwin was an English novelist, poet, and writer of short

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Public Domain Texts 

The Spectre Bride by William Harrison Ainsworth (Public Domain Text)

Steve Calvert William Harrison Ainsworth

About William Harrison Ainsworth William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 — 1882) originally trained to be a lawyer, but this was not what

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Mezzotint by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: The Letter from Yesterday

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Letter From Yesterday begins in a library where loud-mouthed Adam Chase is looking for a book of Hydrokinetics. He

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: The House of Bread

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The House of Bread is an extremely weird tale. It’s also one of the more unusual episodes of the Dark

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: The Headless Dead

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Headless Dead is an original story written for the Dark Fantasy radio show by Scott Bishop. When Frederick Holman

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: The Edge of the Shadow

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Edge of the Shadow is an original tale of dark fantasy written by Scott Bishop. At the beginning of

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: The Demon Tree

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Demon Tree episode of the Dark Fantasy radio series begins by introducing four friends who are on holiday but

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: The Curse of the Neanderthal

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Curse of the Neanderthal is another strange story from the Dark Fantasy radio series. When artist, Amanda Loveland, pays

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: The Cup of Gold

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

The Cup of Gold begins at a golf tournament, where golfer Jan Mason hopes to win the golden cup from

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: Superstition Be Hanged

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Superstition Be Hanged is set in a circus. When a circus trapeze artist, Flyer Samson, introduces a new trick, his

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: Spawn of the Subhuman

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Spawn of the Subhuman begins by introducing Adella and Michael. The young couple has chartered a plane to fly to

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: Resolution 1841

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Resolution 1841 is one of the more unusual episodes of the Dark Fantasy Radio series. The Date is January 2nd

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: Rendezvous with Satan

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Rendezvous with Satan begins at a funeral where there is a bit of a commotion when somebody sees the corpse’s

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Dark Fantasy: Pennsylvanian Turnpike

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Pennsylvanian Turnpike begins with a stranger walking into a remote diner. He tells the owner of the diner, Joe Davies,

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: Men Call Me Mad

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Although there is a darker side to this story “Men Call Me Mad” is primarily a fantasy story. It’s the

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: I Am Your Brother

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Stephan Hamblin is dead. His friend Julius Zummek had known him since childhood. As a full grown man Stephan was

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: Funeral Arrangements Completed

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Alf Daniels and Eleanor Naylor Corin star in Funeral Arrangements Completed. They play Richard and Emily Longacre. Richard recently received a

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: Debt from the Past

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

This episode of Dark Fantasy features the vocal talents of the American Actress Jane Wyatt, who stars as Mary Billings,

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: Death Is a Savage Deity

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Death is a Savage Deity begins with the sound of music. Wanda is playing her organ. Her niece Dolores enters

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: Dead Hands Reaching

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

Dead Hands Reaching begins by introducing office worker, Alan Blaine. He is busy typing when he hears someone calling his

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Old Radio Shows 

Dark Fantasy: A Delicate Case of Murder

Steve Calvert Dark Fantasy (Radio Show)

A Delicate Case of Murder begins with a séance. The person conducting the séance is a lady called Laura Winstead.

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Screaming Skull F. Marion Crawford

Steve Calvert F. Marion Crawford

About F. Marion Crawford Francis Marion Crawford was a prolific American Writer. He was born in Italy in Bagni di

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Public Domain Text: For the Blood Is the Life by F. Marion Crawford

Steve Calvert F. Marion Crawford

About F. Marion Crawford Francis Marion Crawford was a prolific American Writer. He was born in Italy in Bagni di

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: The Visits

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

The Visits is a rather unusual ghost story. When he was 22-years-old, the narrator Roger James was a student at

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: The Thing in the Cabin

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight, F. Marion Crawford

The Thing in the Cabin is a dramatization of F. Marion Crawford’s short story The Upper Berth. The central character

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford

Steve Calvert F. Marion Crawford

About F. Marion Crawford Francis Marion Crawford was a prolific American Writer. He was born in Italy in Bagni di

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: The Signalman (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight, The Signalman

This episode of Beyond Midnight is based on Charles Dickens’ short story about a signalman who works on a lonely

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: The Room (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

“The Room” is based on H.G. Wells’ short story “The Red Room”. The story is about a man called Ronald

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: The Phantom Coach (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

This episode of Beyond Midnight is a dramatization of Amelia B. Edward’s short story “The Phantom Coach”. The year is

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Four-Fifteen Express by Amelia B. Edwards

Steve Calvert Amelia B. Edwards

About Amelia B. Edwards Amelia B. Edwards was born in London, England, in 1831. She was home-schooled by her mother

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: No. 5 Branchline: The Engineer by Amelia B. Edwards

Steve Calvert Amelia B. Edwards

About Amelia B. Edwards Amelia B. Edwards was born in London, England, in 1831. She was home-schooled by her mother

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards

Steve Calvert Amelia B. Edwards

About Amelia B. Edwards Amelia B. Edwards was born in London, England, in 1831. She was home-schooled by her mother

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: The Paxton’s House (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

“The Paxton’s House” is a dramatization of Amyas Northcote’s short story “Brickett Bottom”. It’s the tale of a hard-working city

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: Brickett Bottom by Amyas Northcote

Steve Calvert Amyas Northcote

About Amyas Northcote Amyas Northcote was the son of the politician Sir Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, who had

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: The Party (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

The central character in “The Party” is an actress named Laura Lane. The beginning of the story finds her fast

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: The Man Who Sold His Soul (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

While wandering in the woods a man finds the ruins of a once magnificent house and while he stands admiring

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: The House Was a Sphinx (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

A locked door can cause a great deal of curiosity, but some doors are locked for very good reasons. The

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: Something on His Mind (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

Something on his Mind is quite a nasty story. It’s set in Borneo, where planter George Thring discovers that his

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: Let Me See Your Face (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

When Englishman,  Simon Crutchley, goes to stay in France he takes a room at the back of the hotel D’Avignon,

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: Harry (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

This episode of Beyond Midnight begins with Mrs James sharing her fears with the listener, and explaining that the most

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: Dear Ghost (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

“Dear Ghost” is set in England during the summer of 1921 and the narrator tells the listener that it was

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Old Radio Shows 

Beyond Midnight: 40th Birthday (Episode Information and MP3 of the Show)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

With his 40th birthday drawing ever nearer Robert Holmes is feeling insecure about a great many things and one of

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Old Radio Shows 

Old Radio Show: Beyond Midnight (Episodes and Information)

Steve Calvert Beyond Midnight

The Beyond Midnight radio show was produced in South Africa in the late 1960s by Michael McCabe. The show was

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Wasp Woman (1959)

Steve Calvert 50s Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Classic Horror Movie, Roger Corman Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review The Wasp

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Vampire Bat (1933)

Steve Calvert 1930s Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Classic Horror Movie, Fay Wray, Vampire

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review – The

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Terror (1963)

Steve Calvert 60s Horror Movie, Boris Karloff, Dick Miller, Jack Nicholson, Roger Corman Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review The Terror

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Sealed Room (1909)

Steve Calvert Black and White Horror Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review The Sealed

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: La Grande Breteche by Honoré de Balzac

Steve Calvert Honoré de Balzac

About Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac (1799 — 1850) was a French novelist and, along with Gustave Flaubert, is

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

Steve Calvert Edgar Allan Poe

About Edgar Allan Poe Although Edgar Allan Poe is best remembered for his short tales of the macabre, he was

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Screaming Skull (1958)

Steve Calvert 50s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Peggy Webber

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review The Screaming

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

Steve Calvert 60s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Dick Miller, Jack Nicholson, Roger Corman Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review The Little

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Steve Calvert 60s Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Vampire, Vincent Price Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review The Last

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: Attack of the Killer Shrews (1959)

Steve Calvert 50s Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review: Attack of

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Public Domain Movies 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Starring Lon Chaney

Steve Calvert 1920s Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Lon Chaney Sr

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Movie Review The Hunchback of

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

Steve Calvert 1920s Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, The Fall of the House of Usher

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review The Fall

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

Steve Calvert Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

About Edgar Allan Poe Although Edgar Allan Poe is best remembered for his short tales of the macabre, he was

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Bat (1959)

Steve Calvert 50s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Vincent Price Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Horror Movie Review: The Bat

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Ape (1940)

Steve Calvert 1940s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Boris Karloff

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. The Ape (1940) – Boris

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Steve Calvert 60s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. The Amazing Transparent Man (1960):

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

Steve Calvert 1940s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Lynn Bari Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. The Amazing Mr X (1948)

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: Shock (1946)

Steve Calvert 1940s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie, Lynn Bari Movie, Vincent Price Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Shock – Movie Summary Shock

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: Scared to Death (1947)

Steve Calvert 1940s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Bela Lugosi Movie, Black and White Horror Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Scared to Death (1947) –

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Public Domain Movies 

Revolt of the Zombies(1936) Directed by Victor Halperin

Steve Calvert 1930s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Black and White Horror Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

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Public Domain Movies 

Public Domain Movie: White Zombie (1932)

Steve Calvert 1930s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Bela Lugosi Movie, Black and White Horror Movie

Your browser does not support the video tag or the file format of this video. White Zombie (1932) – Plot

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Bride of the Monster (1955)

Steve Calvert 50s Horror Movie, American Horror Movie, Bela Lugosi Movie, Classic Horror Movie

The opening credits of Bride of the Monster roll against a backdrop scene of a very spooky-looking house on a

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)

Steve Calvert 70s Horror Movie, British Horror Movie, Linda Hayden Movie

Blood on Satan’s Claw is a British Horror movie starring Patrick Wymark and Linda Hayden. The story is set in

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Biophage (2010)

Steve Calvert Zombie Movie

Biophage is a low budget zombie movie directed by Mark Rapp. Someone somewhere has released a biochemical agent that has

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DVD Reviews 

DVD Review: Beasts (British TV Series Written by Nigel Kneale)

Steve Calvert

Beasts is a British TV series that was written by Nigel Kneale and first aired in 1976. There were only

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Beast of the Alamo (2013) aka Chupacabra vs. the Alamo

Steve Calvert American Horror Movie

Beast of the Alamo is the UK DVD title for the American TV movie Chupacabra vs. the Alamo. The movie

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: Bangkok Haunted (2001)

Steve Calvert Asian Horror Movie, Horror Anthology Movie

I have a lot of respect for Asian horror movies, so I had high expectations for Bangkok Haunted. Sadly, the

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DVD Reviews 

DVD Review: A Warning to the Curious (1972)

Steve Calvert A Ghost Story For Christmas, M. R. James

A Warning to the Curious is based on a story written by M R James and, like The Signalman, it

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Public Domain Texts 

Public Domain Text: A Warning to the Curious by M.R. James

Steve Calvert M. R. James

About M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936) was a noted British scholar and expert on medieval manuscripts

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DVD Reviews 

DVD Review: The Signalman (1976)

Steve Calvert A Ghost Story For Christmas, Charles Dickens, The Signalman

Between the years of 1971 and 1978, the BBC ran a very popular TV series called A Ghost Story For

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Public Domain Texts 

Online Text: The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens

Steve Calvert Charles Dickens, The Signalman

About Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) When he was just twelve-years-old Charles Dickens was removed from school and sent to work

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Wolf’s Trap by W. D. Gagliani

Steve Calvert W. D. Gagliani

Wolf’s Trap is the story of Nick Lupo. He’s a good cop with an unusual secret. Nick is a werewolf

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike

Steve Calvert Christopher Pike

Like a lot of Christopher Pike books, Whisper of Death is not a particularly long book to read. In fact,

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Steve Calvert Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle is told from the viewpoint of 18-year-old Mary Katherine Blackwood. Most people—those who

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Weekend by Christopher Pike

Steve Calvert Christopher Pike

Weekend is the story of four guys and five girls who spend a weekend together at a luxury Oceanside mansion

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Movie Reviews 

Movie Review: An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Steve Calvert 80s horror movie

An American Werewolf in London is a cult classic comedy horror movie from 1981. It was directed by John Landis and,

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Vampyrrhic Rites by Simon Clark

Steve Calvert Simon Clark

Vampyrrhic Rites is Simon Clark’s sequel to Vampyrrhic and picks up the story original story three years later. In the

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Vampyrrhic by Simon Clark

Steve Calvert Simon Clark

Vampyrrhic is 441 pages long and the story is set in the North Yorkshire town of Leppington, which is not

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Unmarked Graves by Shaun Hutson

Steve Calvert Shaun Hutson

If you like stories with zombies in them you may enjoy Unmarked Graves. The story begins in Africa, but the

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Unholy Crusade by Dennis Wheatley

Steve Calvert Dennis Wheatley

The central character in Unholy Crusade is a man named Adam Gordon. He’s a Scotsman and because he has, at

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Undone by Michael Kimball

Steve Calvert Michael Kimball

I’d never heard of Michael Kimball until I saw his book Undone hiding next to the Stephen King books in

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Twice the Terror: THE HORROR ZINE (Volume 2) Edited by Jeani Rector

Steve Calvert Jeani Rector

Twice The Terror is a horror story anthology compiled by, Horror Zine editor, Jeani Rector. The book is 370 pages

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Book Reviews 

Book Review: Thieving Fear by Ramsey Campbell

Steve Calvert Ramsey Campbell

Ten years ago they were teenagers and went camping on Thurstaston Common: There were four of them: Hugh, who wanted

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Book Review: They Thirst by Robert McCammon

Steve Calvert Robert McCammon

They Thirst was first published in 1981. First and foremost, it’s a story about vampires, but the book also contains

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Book Review: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

Steve Calvert Iain Banks

The Wasp Factory is written in the first person and the viewpoint character is a sixteen-year-old boy named Frank Cauldhame.

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Book Review: The Unwanted By John Saul

Steve Calvert John Saul

The central character in The Unwanted is a young girl called Cassie Winslow. Her parents are divorced and she has

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Book Review: The Travelling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon

Steve Calvert Richard Laymon

Dwight Thompson is busy mowing his parent’s lawn when Rusty and Slim come over, and he has heard nothing about

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Book Review: The Town by Bentley Little

Steve Calvert Bentley Little

What would you do if you won the lottery? Or, perhaps, the question should be what wouldn’t you do? When

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Book Review: The Taking by Dean Koontz

Steve Calvert Dean Koontz

The Taking is not so much a horror novel as a cross-genre piece that melds horror and sci-fi. The problems

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Book Review: The Sucking Pit by Guy N. Smith

Steve Calvert Guy N. Smith

The Sucking Pit was first published in 1975 and, with a length of just 111 pages, the entire book can

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Book Review: The Sphinx by Graham Masterton

Steve Calvert Graham Masterton

The Sphinx is a little over 200 pages long, I found it a riveting read, and I am sure many

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Book Review: The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson

Steve Calvert Richard Matheson

The Shrinking Man is a Sci-fi story that is dark enough to appeal to fans of the horror genre. In

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Book Review: The Shee by Joe Donnelly

Steve Calvert Joe Donnelly

I’ve read a few of Joe Donnelly’s books. Most of them are set in Scotland, but The Shee is a

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Book Review: The School By T. M. Wright

Steve Calvert T. M. Wright

The School is a paranormal horror story about a middle-class couple who make a bad choice when choosing a new

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Book Review: The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert

Steve Calvert James Herbert

The Secret of Crickley was published in 2006. Six years later the BBC adapted James Herbert’s novel for a TV

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eBook Review: The Restless Dead by Steven Savile

Steve Calvert Steven Savile

The Restless Dead is a short horror story, written by Steven Savile and available in eBook format. It’s a decent

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Book Review: The Red Church by Scott Nicholson

Steve Calvert Scott Nicholson

The Red Church was Scott Nicholson’s first novel and it is so good it earned a nomination for a Stoker

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Book Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Steve Calvert Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in 1891. It was considered quite a shocking book at the time,

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Book Review: The Nameless By Ramsey Campbell

Steve Calvert Ramsey Campbell

Nine years after her four-year-old daughter, Angela, was murdered, Barbara Waugh has got her life back on track and learned

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Book Review: The Midnight Club By Christopher Pike

Steve Calvert Christopher Pike

The Midnight Club is not really a horror story at all. Not in the traditional sense anyway, but neither is

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Book Review: The Master by Guy N. Smith

Steve Calvert Guy N. Smith

The Master is a short horror novel written by Guy N. Smith. It was first published in 1988 and is

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Book Review: The Mailman by Bentley Little

Steve Calvert Bentley Little

Bentley Little’s novel The Mailman (not to be confused with Little’s short story “The Mailman”) is set in the small

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Book Review: The Husband by Dean Koontz

Steve Calvert Dean Koontz

The central character in The Husband is a gardener named Mitch Rafferty. He is a good gardener, but like many

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Book Review: The Hollower by Mary SanGiovanni

Steve Calvert Mary SanGiovanni

The Hollower was Mary SanGiovanni’s first novel and it’s truly excellent. The story is about a shape-shifting entity called the

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Book Review: The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

Steve Calvert Clive Barker

Clive Barkers The Hellbound Heart is a novella length book. It’s also the book the Hellraiser movie is based on.

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Book Review: The Heirloom by Graham Masterton

Steve Calvert Graham Masterton

Graham Masterton’s Heirloom is the story of an antique dealer who purchases a cursed chair. His name is Rick Delatolla

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Book Review: The Haunting of Toby Jugg by Dennis Wheatley

Steve Calvert Dennis Wheatley

The Haunting of Toby Jugg is a supernatural thriller set during World War 2. The central character, Toby Jugg, is

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Book Review: The Haunted Hotel – A Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins

Steve Calvert Wilkie Collins

With a title like The Haunted Hotel, you can be forgiven if you expect this book to be a ghost

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Book Review: The Glory Bus by Richard Laymon

Steve Calvert Richard Laymon