It's almost Halloween, when all the ghosts and ghouls come calling (usually for chocolate), when the evenings are dark and the air smell...

I have some exciting writing news that, to be perfectly honest, I'm chuffed to bits with.  As of last week, when I signed the contract, ...

In a new edition of the occasional series, I want to tell you about a book I've read and loved, which I think adds to the horror genre a...

In another edition of the occasional series, I want to tell you about a book I love.  This review originally appeared on the blog in 2013 bu...

In August 1986 ( a year I thoroughly enjoyed, as I wrote about here ),  INXS   released the superb  Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain...

This came out forty years ago (it really, really doesn’t feel it) - look at the range of terrific films it covered! Starlog wasn’t a maga...

Blimey, welcome to my 900th post!  After deciding to stick to a regular posting schedule (every Monday), I've thoroughly enjoyed working...

Regular readers will know I'm always fascinated by the  behind-the-scenes  process of films, especially special effects work with miniat...

To mark the publication of their new novel,  Ragnarok Rising , I hand over the blog to a guest post from my friends Benedict Jones and Antho...