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Showroom dummies are taking over the world! Once described as ‘highly coloured science fiction for older children’, David Kerekes takes a look at the nightmare that is Doctor Who, beginning with one of the most memorable shows.
We were recently prompted to dig out this short interview from the archives. SIMON MORRIS, perhaps best-known for his work with Ceramic Hobs, died earlier this year. In the interview below, conducted in 2012, Simon talked about Ceramic Hobs, mad pride, conspiracy theories, and Chilean miners. Simon’s first book, Consumer Guide, has recently been republished by Amphetamine Sulphate.
Scouring the Headpress shelves, Jennifer Wallis falls down the rabbit hole with probably the only book to bring together Clark Kent, Queen Victoria, and Alice in Wonderland.
Jennifer Wallis gives us a rundown of what’s playing on the Headpress screen this week, from vertigo-inducing documentaries to laconic sixties comedies.
The strange but true tale of drowning, dogs, and inflatable men. Ladies and gentlemen, Henry Silvester, the “practically unsinkable” man!
A horror comic leads David Kerekes to reflect on the ‘snuff’ film rumour mill of the 1970s, while at the same time facing a virus alert on his computer.
Do you like your horror homely? Jennifer Wallis picks her top three Thriller episodes and considers their nostalgic and aesthetic appeal.
Sweet and subversion – the combative cuteness of 90s pop duo Shampoo.
Trading cards are something of a US institution. Many feature sports personalities. Some don’t, such as the Terrorist Attack Educational Cards of the 1980s.
Stuck indoors, David Kerekes finds the time to do the little things, like revisit Joe Lansdale’s The Drive-In and consider ‘video nasties’ as an art form.
Is there such a thing as Sundayploitation? Where is the sound of horror? David Kerekes thinks he knows the answers in the first of his movie dumps.
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis, Joy Division frontman. We consider his iconic status and what, besides the music, helped shape it.
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
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