The scream king

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The Scream King

SAM NEILL ON HOW HE BECAME AN ACCIDENTAL HORROR HERO

WORDS CHRIS HEWI

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Empire Magazine

23 October, 2025

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Cinema

GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE A meet-recruit story ...

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She is a live!

IT’S TAKEN OVER 90 YEARS, BUT FINALLY HERE COMES , AS MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL GIVES NEW LIFE – AND A VOICE – TO ONE OF UNIVERSAL HORROR’S MOST ICONIC CREATIONS FOR A FEMINIST, PUNK ROCK TALE OF AMOUR FOU

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Tales from kim's crypt

LEGENDARY AUTHOR AND CRITIC KIM NEWMAN BRINGS US HIS UNIQUE TAKES ON CULT CINEMA

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Neil jordan

Epic yet parochial: the director/writer discusses his first science fiction novel

Radio Times Magazine

Be very afraid

The genre has been knocking on the mainstream door for decades. Now, with a horror earning the most Oscar nominations of any film, we’ve let it in – and it’s here to stay...

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Game, set and murder

THE DIRECTORS OF READY OR NOT SET THE RULES FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF BLOOD-SOAKED MAYHEM

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