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14/7/2025

 
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Hell Tor, Exeter 2025 Guest Announcement

4/5/2025

 
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HELL TOR 2025 Special guest announcement - STEPHEN VOLK

"Stephen Volk has made a name for himself as one of the UK's leading purveyors of soul-chilling horror" - SciFi Now

Stephen Volk is a multi award winning Welsh screenwriter and novelist who specialises in the horror genre. He has written the screenplays for numerous horror films, including Ken Russell's Gothic, The Kiss, William Friedkin's The Guardian and 'The Awakening'. In 1992, Volk wrote the teleplay for the infamous BBC mockumentary Ghostwatch. Stephen attended the first Hell Tor in 2019 and we are over the moon to welcome him back.

Look out for more guest announcements soon. Tickets on sale in June.
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Scarred For Life

24/2/2025

 
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Based upon the hit book series, host Andy Bush and authors Stephen Brotherstone and Dave Lawrence are joined by their guests to talk about the dark side of the 1970s and 80s (and, hopefully, heal some pop culture-related childhood. 

In this episode they are 
joined by screenwriter, author and the man behind the legendary BBC film Ghostwatch - Stephen Volk. Having written the horror films Gothic (1986), The Kiss (1988) and The Guardian (1990), he also created the ITV series Afterlife along with writing several books, short stories and novellas.

​Based on the hugely successful Scarred for Life books, this is a weekly exploration of the things that scared people growing up and what those things say about us today.
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Coming soon...

13/1/2025

 
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Delighted to have a reprint of my short story "Hair" - a tale of Voodoo and surprises set in North London - in this new, upcoming anthology by Nepenthe Press - producers of gorgeous looking books. 
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PoppyHarp by Simon Avery

10/1/2025

 
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Afterimages Podcast End of 2024 Special

30/12/2024

 
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Harley Peyton, Stephen Volk, Jen Fawkes, Knut Larsson, William Boyle, and Brian Yuzna join us again for a special end of the year episode full of filmic treats!

Moving images discussed include:
Vortex, Colin from Accounts, Interview with the Vampire, The Savage Hunt of King Stakh (Valeriy Rubinchik), Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Ackerman), The Kingdom Exodus (Lars von Trier & Tómas Gislason), Victims of Sin (Emilio Fernández), Mars Express (Jérémie Périn), The Vourdalak (Adrien Beau), Brideshead Revisited, Fireworks (Apichatpong Weeasethakul), I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Shoenbrun), True Detective - Night Country (Issa López).
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Knock Once for Yes Podcast: Ghostwatch 30th Anniversary Special Episode with Stephen Volk

30/12/2024

 
In this episode from October 2022, Knock Once for Yes diverge from their usual content to bring you a special Halloween Bonus episode in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the 1992 BBC classic; Ghostwatch.

Join them on a trip down memory lane as we share our childhood memories and experiences of that infamous Hallowe'en night that would become part of our paranormal origin story, and hear an interview 30 years in the making, as we talk to the man behind the legend – Ghostwatch writer Stephen Volk.

So grab yourself some popcorn and maybe even a cheese and pickle sandwich for this one, it’s an unabashed and joyous celebration of 90’s Halloween nostalgia, and the genius and legacy of Ghostwatch.
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RIP Phil Rickman, author of Midwinter of the Spirit

30/10/2024

 
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Have just seen the very sad new that Phil Rickman, author of the Merrily Watkins series of supernatural/crime novels (and the one we got to do for television, MIDWINTER OF THE SPIRIT) has died. Merrily was a great character and Phil was wary of an atheist writing about a Christian, but I think I largely won him over. Anyway, I feel proud that we got a chance to put her on the small screen, thanks to ITV. It's only a pity we didn't get to do more. RIP
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Three Halloween Tales

30/10/2024

 
A Happy Halloween/Samhain to all our viewers and listeners, and to celebrate here are Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick, each with a macabre tale to tell. And this year they’re joined by a special guest, in the form of the one and only Stephen Volk!
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No Darkness But Ours

29/10/2024

 
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Delighted to have been a special pre-Halloween guest on the podcast No Darkness But Ours - the "ours" being my good pal Simon Bestwick (who also writes under the name Daniel Church) and the equally illustrious and luminous Gemma Files, who needs no introduction, blah blah blah! Between the three of us we shoot the breeze about horror, and about my kind of horror in particular. I do hope you enjoy!  May contain some tantalising hints about what to expect from me next... but don't hold your breath... 
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  • Feature Films:
    • The Awakening
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    • The Kiss
    • Gothic
    • Unproduced Films
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    • Baby on Board
    • The Deadness of Dad
  • Television:
    • Midwinter of the Spirit
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    • Afterlife S1
    • Cyclops
    • Massage
    • I'll Be Watching You
    • Ghostwatch
    • Unproduced Television
  • Books:
    • The Good Unknown
    • Lies of Tenderness
    • Under a Raven's Wing
    • Coffinmaker's Blues
    • The Dark Masters Trilogy >
      • Leytonstone
      • Whitstable
    • The Little Gift
    • The Parts We Play
    • Monsters in the Heart
    • Vardøger
    • Dark Corners
    • Gothic
  • Short Stories:
  • Plays/Audio:
    • Afterlife: Lost Loved Ones
    • The Chapel of Unrest
    • Don't Go There
    • The Hallowe'en Sessions
    • Answering Spirits
    • Other Plays
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Feature Films:
    • The Awakening
    • Octane
    • Superstition
    • The Guardian
    • The Kiss
    • Gothic
    • Unproduced Films
  • Short Films:
    • Baby on Board
    • The Deadness of Dad
  • Television:
    • Midwinter of the Spirit
    • Afterlife S2
    • Afterlife S1
    • Cyclops
    • Massage
    • I'll Be Watching You
    • Ghostwatch
    • Unproduced Television
  • Books:
    • The Good Unknown
    • Lies of Tenderness
    • Under a Raven's Wing
    • Coffinmaker's Blues
    • The Dark Masters Trilogy >
      • Leytonstone
      • Whitstable
    • The Little Gift
    • The Parts We Play
    • Monsters in the Heart
    • Vardøger
    • Dark Corners
    • Gothic
  • Short Stories:
  • Plays/Audio:
    • Afterlife: Lost Loved Ones
    • The Chapel of Unrest
    • Don't Go There
    • The Hallowe'en Sessions
    • Answering Spirits
    • Other Plays
  • Contact