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Special Report: Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966)

by Mike Richardson 29 February 2012

After a trip to the blood donors, the kindly nurses and doctors generally suggest taking it easy and drinking plenty of liquids, yet last Friday my post-donation time was spent in a disused crypt in the bowels of London Waterloo instead; in the company of Hammer Horror

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What would Danny say to The Iron Lady?

by Maryann O'Connor 6 January 2012

By Maryann O’Connor Remember back in 1996 when picturegoers happened across the fictional town of Grimley in Yorkshire (a thinly disguised Grimethorpe)? A group of soon to be ex-miners struggled to deal with the likely closure of their pit. We followed them from the coal mine, to the showers (ooer), on to the pub and to their community hall […]

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