Interviews
Joseph Renzetti: An Oscar and a Life in Film Music
Joseph Renzetti discusses his Oscar for The Buddy Holly Story, his horror scores and a life in film music in this interview with Lawrie Brewster.
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Interviews
Aaron Truss on Employee of the Dead: Friendship, Memory and the Filmmaker’s Ambition
Aaron Truss discusses Employee of the Dead with Lawrie Brewster: friendship, Rob Knox, the ambition to make films and the sincerity beneath horror comedy.
News
Megan Tremethick Reaches 60,000 Followers with a Distinctive Screen Identity
Megan Tremethick reaches 60,000 Instagram followers. Lawrie Brewster considers the British Horror Studio actress’s portraiture and artistic identity.
News
LUMIERE CINEMA SAVED AFTER DAY OF CRISIS
Lumiere Cinema in Romford has secured an eleventh-hour reprieve after an energy dispute threatened to close the home of the Romford Film Festival and Romford Horror Film Festival.
Essays & Opinion
SPOOKY TALES FROM THE BRITISH HORROR STUDIO
The British Horror Studio presents the six winning Spooky Tales selected from more than one hundred entries, together with an introduction to the writers whose macabre imaginations brought them forth.
Interviews
Mr Joel Haver and the Cinema Beyond Permission
Mr Joel Haver has built a large audience on YouTube and continued to make personal feature films without surrendering his independence. His conversation with Mr Lawrie Brewster examines distribution, festivals and legitimacy.
News
For We Are Many Returns with a Lovecraftian Sequel starring Megan Tremethick
A Kickstarter pre-launch campaign is now live for For We Are Many 2: Lovecraft, a new feature-length collection of tales starring Megan Tremethick inspired by the strange and unsettling fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.
Interviews
Megan Tremethick on the Actor’s Craft in an Age of Easy Access
Megan Tremethick discusses classical training, self-education and emotional conviction in a thoughtful examination of the actor’s craft in modern British horror.
Interviews
Jeff Barker on Screenwriting, Horror, Family, and the Human Condition
Presented here is the complete interview transcript of Lawrie Brewster's conversation with Jeff Barker on screenwriting, character, horror, and the enduring art of motion picture storytelling.
Interviews
Mr Jeff Barker in Conversation: On the Craft of Screenwriting, the Discipline of Story, and the Success of Obsession
Mr Jeff Barker speaks with Lawrie Brewster on screenwriting, psychology, Curry Barker’s Obsession, and the enduring craft of intelligent horror cinema.
News
Queen Ginnarra Starring Megan Tremethick Crowned in Major Rondo Award Victory
The British Horror Studio has received a notable distinction upon the international stage, with the announcement that The Reign of Queen Ginnarra starring Megan Tremethick has won Best Independent Film at the 24th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.
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Reign of Queen Ginnarra Receives Rondo Hatton Nomination
An ambitious production from the British Horror Studio, The Reign of Queen Ginnarra has secured a notable nomination at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.
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Megan Tremethick’s Spoiling You Attracts Wide Attention Following Trailer Release
Miss Megan Tremethick’s Spoiling You attracts more than one million viewings within forty-eight hours of its exclusive trailer release.
Essays & Opinion
On the Misreading of Wuthering Heights
A commentary on the modern framing of Wuthering Heights, arguing that Brontë’s Gothic tragedy is reduced when it is treated as mere “toxic romance”.
News
British Horror Studio Marks New Chapter in Independent Film
The British Horror Studio has announced the results of its inaugural awards season, an occasion which marks not merely an internal milestone for the organisation, but a notable moment in the continuing development of British independent horror cinema.
Interviews
Miss Sarah Daly on the Craft of Independent Filmmaking, as Interviewed by Mr Lawrie Brewster
In this exclusive profile curated by Mr Lawrie Brewster for the British Horror Chronicle, we turn our lantern upon the extraordinary Miss Sarah Daly. A quietly resolute force in the resurgence of British independent horror.
Interviews
A Singular Horror Vision: Mr Tony Mardon in Conversation with Mr Lawrie Brewster
Lawrie Brewster interviews Tony Mardon on the trials, triumphs and tenacity of independent horror filmmaking in this vivid profile of true cinematic persistence.
Interviews
Mr Lawrie Brewster Presents: A Profile in Indie Terror: Mr Andy Edwards and the Savage Renaissance of British Horror
In this exclusive profile curated by Mr Lawrie Brewster for the British Horror Chronicle, we shine a flickering gaslight upon the career of Mr Andy Edwards - a most singular figure in the new wave of British independent horror.
Essays & Opinion
Independent Horror Must Adapt or Perish, Declares Mr. Lawrie Brewster
Mr. Lawrie Brewster decries the decline of independent cinema, urging a bold return to studio-led production to rescue British horror from obscurity.
News
Mr. Lawrie Brewster Unveils Queen Ginnarra, A Gothic Allegory of Heretical Faith and Madness
Hex Studios Presents Mr. Lawrie Brewster’s Queen Ginnarra, a Grim and Majestic Fantasy Wrought with Prophecy, Political Intrigue and Otherworldly Dread.
Essays & Opinion
How Mr. Lawrie Brewster Defied the Odds and Built a Gothic Empire
From humble beginnings in Scotland, Mr. Lawrie Brewster recounts his ascent from obscurity to acclaim as a leading voice in Britain’s independent horror cinema.