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There are but three certainties in life: Death, taxes, and the streets of Edinburgh’s Old Town being overrun with people flyering for shows during every Summer holiday. Yes, the Edinburgh Fringe Fe…
This October, Set the Tape will be celebrating ‘Spooktober’ – a month long exploration of horror movies famous and otherwise. Be afraid. Be very afraid…
Bloody hell Ken. Things have started to get spooky. You’re hearing footsteps on the stairs when there’s no one else in the house, seeing shadowy figures out of the corner of your eye, a…
For all of its iconography, Halloween has always lagged behind in terms of a shared cultural mythology. Hollywood, for its part, has done little to help, using the holiday as a backdrop to sell hor…
This October, Set the Tape is celebrating ‘Spooktober’ – a month long exploration of horror movies famous and otherwise. Today, Helen Balls and Shaun Rodger take us on a trip to T…
With Halloween fast approaching we are in full spooky mode here at Set The Tape, and we wanted to remind you that there is a whole other way to get your thrills and chills this October other than m…
It’s that time of year again when people start getting out their jumpers and hoodies, the leaves on the trees become all pretty and start falling, people drink pumpkin spiced lattes from thei…
There is a need with modern film writing to show itself through the prism of “wokeness”, to highlight itself at the right side of history and to obtain those sexy clicks and hits which …
I’m sure that there will be some of you who read the title and will immediately jump to saying that I’m wrong, that ‘of course horror isn’t good for kids, they’re just…
Tis the season to get scared! With Halloween fast approaching there’s been an increase in television channels showing spooky episodes of shows, and more horror films are arriving on the various str…
While cinema and books, ever since their inception, have given us some of the most famous moments to chill the blood and frighten audiences, it’s easy to forget that the small screen has also been …
For as long as I can remember, Halloween has held a special place in this cold, dead, horror loving heart. As the nights draw in and October rolls on for another year, I want to share why horror fi…