BBC Archive shares a 1965 report on women’s professional wrestling in Britain and interview two wrestlers, Mitzi Mueller and Naughty Nancy Barton. “‘These are tough maidens… you can’t fix the floor–that stays hard, routines or no routines.’ Fyfe Robertson reports on a women’s wrestling match between Mitzi Mueller […]
Rachel Talalay talks about how bad shots happen and, in particular, how the Freddie explosion shot from Freddie’s Dead: The New Nightmare (1991) happened. “A tweet told me this is the worst shot allowed on screen. I discuss how these things happen and what went wrong here. This […]
MST3K fan Arthur Putie has found, digitized and shared a new episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 from its KTMA days! Watch Star Force: Fugitive Alien II here.
There’s a full documentary on horror in 1968 that you can enjoy on BBC Archive right now! It includes interviews with Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele, Terry Nation, Screaming Lord Sutch and Ray Harryhausen. “Many people enjoy being scared and will happily pay for the pleasure of being frightened […]
At BFI, Adam Scovell explores locations used in the classic BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas. “Particularly in the 1970s adaptations, location filming added to the atmospheric appeal. From windswept landscapes to haunted cathedrals, many a viewer’s Christmas was haunted by the evocative visuals of East Anglian plains and […]
BBC Archives has a 1964 Tonight piece on black magic in Norfolk. “Chris Brasher reports on three incidents involving what appears to black magic rituals in Norfolk. The incidents occured at three separate locations; the ruins of Castle Rising–where two human effigies and a sheep’s heart were nailed […]
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