💥NEW EPISODE💥
This week, we are thrilled to be joined by @tonyearnshaw.bsky.social to discuss the making of the 1978 classic 'The Wild Geese' and his new book all about it - 'Fifty Men in the Valley of the Shadow'!
Join us at the link in the post below! 👇
The Wild Geese manuscript is finished. Just needs a check and polish and it'll be off.
Word count: just over 111,000.
#TheWildGeese #mercenaries #RichardBurton #RogerMoore #RichardHarris #HardyKruger #JohnKani #EuanLloyd #AndrewVMcLaglen #DanielCarney #ChrisChrisafis #PaulSpurrier #GlynBaker
Neil Maskell and me channeling the Krays… Thanks to Horrorconuk for the interview opportunity, and for the pic. Fine actor, great bloke.
Neil Maskell and me channeling the Krays… Thanks to Horrorconuk for the interview opportunity, and for the pic. Fine actor, great bloke.
Thank you 🙏
I’m filling in the final gaps on my Wild Geese project, which is edging towards 108,000 words. The agreement for the book has now been signed. Completion set for end of May.
“Monumental” is how Ben Ottaviano describes the second massive edition of Salem’s Lot - Studies in the Horror Film from Centipede Press. This 736-page updated hardback includes much new material by Justin Humphreys.
Copies selling fast…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Hg...
It’s here!! The long-awaited second edition of Studies in the Horror Film: Tobe Hooper’s Salem’s Lot. A MASSIVE book packed with mouth-watering new material, much of it courtesy of Justin Humphreys. Limited to 750 copies. From Centipede Press.
www.centipedepress.com/studieshorro...
Thanks Dave. Happy to send a PDF if you’d like to read it.
I’m nominated for Best Interview in the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards: BRUCE CAMPBELL.
If you liked it, please vote for me.
Voting by email only.
Copy/paste the ballot at
rondoaward.com/rondoaward.c...
into an email, mark choices & send to David Colton at taraco@aol.com
Pls include your name.
Sleeper for me. Same scenario.
I’m nominated for Best Interview in the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards: BRUCE CAMPBELL.
If you liked it, please vote for me.
Voting by email only.
Copy/paste the ballot at
rondoaward.com/rondoaward.c...
into an email, mark choices & send to David Colton at taraco@aol.com
Pls include your name.
My Wild Geese project has topped 84,000 words.
Happy heavenly 85th birthday to the magnificent Sir John Hurt, pictured with me in Derby in 2014. Photo by Chris Smith. #JohnHurt
Ooh, I want that…
Watching…
Why is there no way to remove unwanted followers other than the block function…?
“Slice of long pig, anyone…?”
Fifteen years ago, filming The King’s Speech. I was so taken with that cape that I bought one - and was roundly ridiculed for it. I *may* still have it…
Available for people fancying some Xmas themed horror stories that provoke sounds like 'eek', 'urgh' and 'eew' as well as 'Ho Ho Ho'.
Find it on Amazon (make sure to click on Filters and choose All as there is some adult content) or message me if you're local to me as I have a spare knocking about.
I can't help it. It is a blatent plug. The short story collection I wrote with Hammer music expert David Huckvale is available from lulu.com. 50 tales of shattered nerves and cracked concrete, all set in abandoned spaces. #liminalspaces #urbanwyrd #horrorstories #hauntology #psychogeography
It never winked at me before!
This time last year I was finishing my stint with the online team at @itvnews.bsky.social in Yorkshire. It was great to go back; I started my TV career there in 1998! 📺
I was followed by the author William Boyd, but of course it wasn’t him. Beware, people…
Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorowe
I can confirm that Centipede Press will release the expanded and updated second edition of Studies in the Horror Film: Salem’s Lot in February 2025.
I’m not in a position to unveil the new cover art yet, so here’s the original from 2013.
He’s immense in Robin and Marian.
Best. Movie. Scream. Ever.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4pO2...
Apologies for being slow off the mark, but EXCITING NEWS! My BBC Radio 4 series Mythical Creatures is being repeated over the festive period. It will run on R4 on Tues & Thurs at 9.45pm from Dec 2nd to Jan 2nd. You can also listen to all episodes on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
The replies are superb…
Topped 74,000 words on the Wild Geese project tonight. Solid progress.