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Dead Northern presents Christmas Evil, the ultimate festive cult classic at the unmissable pop-up event, Happy Horror-Days

As Halloween creeps closer and the nights grow darker, it’s time to revisit the films that make even the most seasoned horror fans squirm in their seats

Catch the hillariously dark cult classic, Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn, at this year's Dead Northern Film Festival.

Joining the Dead Northern Film Festival line-up this year is The Evil Dead, which remains one of the most genre-defining horror films of all time.

From backlash to cult classic: Revisiting A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 40 years on.

As The Descent turns 20, we explore the unforgettable creature feature that defined 2000s horror cinema.

The infinitely popular and highly respected Tales from the Crypt is a cinematic treasure whose history and legacy is a potent example of how horror films can last for generations and still remain as culturally influential as ever. This quintessential British horror is based on the EC comic series of the same name, which ran ...

Bob Clark’s 1974 classic, Black Christmas is undoubtedly one of the most beloved Christmas horrors, a bonafide slasher must-see and more often than not hailed as a true genre forefather, cementing the tropes we all know and love today. To phrase it simply, Black Christmas is an exceptional feat.  The chilling urban legend, often coined ...

Tony Todd’s extensive career traverses across film, television and theatre, with the actor surpassing over 100 credits. His remarkable decades-long career is a testament to his captivating, and at times chilling talents. His dedication for all things performance has crafted a devoted fan base who have followed his many powerhouse accounts in some of cinema’s ...

The Blair Witch Project opens with the infamous title card announcing the disappearances of three student filmmakers. What follows is the discovered footage of what went on during the fatal trip, culminating in their mysterious and unexplainable vanishings. Legend has it, the trio’s bodies have never been found… In 1993, film students Daniel Myrick and ...

The Crow is perhaps one of the best films of the mid-1990s. It wows audiences and critics alike and has cemented itself as a definitive classic for the ages. As the film celebrates its 30th anniversary, let’s dive into the turbulent world of grungy, vengeance-seeking chaos, gothic aesthetics, rocky sequels, and the tragic production of ...

To say that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) helped shape the horror genre as we know and love it today would be an understatement. The film essentially tore through the screen and cascaded its way into the veins of genre cinema and aided in its stellar, magnetising and polarising reputation. Although its 50th anniversary is on the ...