Science — A Ghost Story for Our Time
A paranormal experience leads David Kerekes to consider two magazine subscriptions and ‘reality’ as a metaphor for the human condition.
The only biography of legendary scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, fully revised & updated.
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Since the earliest days of British television drama, scriptwriter Nigel Kneale has been a seminal figure. His Quatermass serials for the BBC were a seismic event in the 1950s, before finding international success when adapted by Hammer Films for the big screen. Later TV plays, such as The Road, The Stone Tape and The Year of the Sex Olympics, skilfully blend elements of science fiction and the ghost story. They remain classics and Kneale himself a great influence on popular culture.
Into the Unknown charts Nigel Kneale’s extraordinary career, from his childhood on the Isle of Man, to his fraught days at the BBC, strange adventures in Hollywood, and his status as legend to legions of fans. It draws on a wealth of research and many hours of interviews with Kneale himself, as well as prominent admirers. These include John Carpenter, Ramsey Campbell, Grant Morrison, Russell T Davies, and Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson of the League of Gentlemen.
Written with the co-operation of Nigel Kneale himself, and drawing heavily on extensive interviews with him, this new edition of Into The Unknown — fully revised and updated — features a wealth of previously unpublished material.
A pioneer in science fiction.
People have been riffing off him for a long time.
Nigel Kneale invented popular television.
A paranormal experience leads David Kerekes to consider two magazine subscriptions and ‘reality’ as a metaphor for the human condition.
The Dæmons is a Doctor Who adventure in which devils come to life. Discussing the Nigel Kneale influence and its place in weird children’s TV of the 1970s.
When the Movie of the Week ruled the airwaves!
Think you know British cinema? Think again.
The first serious critical evaluation of American shot-on-video horror cinema. By Vincent A. Albarano.
An introduction to the art of filmmaking for you, the budding filmmaker. It is also the very funny story of Smile Orange and VHS British filmmaking.
How porno chic became porno hell. The true, startling and hideously exploitative story of how conservative politics and ‘porno chic’ melded to form the so-called ‘snuff’ film.
The first and final word on the story of the horror film fanzine — a literary Wild West — from its roots in the mimeographed sci-fi mags of the 1930s to today’s prozines and blogs.
