Phantasmagoria Magazine

02/10/2026

Don't mess with the country folk and the old ways!

It's only CITIZEN FRAME's "Hallowe'en Month and a Half", you lucky, lucky people -- and what better way to kick off this year's annual frightfest than with a look back at the classic '80s Southern Gothic/folk horror PUMPKINHEAD (1988), SFX wizard Stan Winston's directorial debut, where vengeance is soon seeked out by Lance Henriksen after a bunch of dipsh*t teens who look to be in their forties accidentally run over the Milky Bar Kid, thereby resulting in the resurrection of the demon of the title via a hideous old crone in the woods . . .

Available from the link below and all the rest.

https://thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-pumkinhead/

01/10/2026

NornCon is returning in 2027!

More details and guest announcements etc. to follow.

01/10/2026

All good things must come to an end, and sadly that's also the case with CITIZEN FRAME's "Statham September" 😔

Fear not, however, avid listener, as we go out in style with Jason's return to his East End gangster roots in THE BANK JOB (2008), based on a true story and featuring lots of dodgy well 'ard cockney geezers, sleazy pornographers, bent coppers -- and an absolute tonne of well-known British soap and TV actors!

Available from the link below and all the rest.

(N.B. "Statham September" may be drawing to a close, but our annual "Hallowe'en Month and a Half" freak show is up straight after!)

https://thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-bank_joba8dx7/

01/10/2026

If you're in Glasgae next weekend for Fantasycon, enter the raffle, win prizes, join us for the launch!

30/09/2026

Scaly, webbed Deep Ones now hanging out in Forbidden Planet Belfast -- and I don't just mean me!

If you're not in Norn Iron, you can also find them via the usual online outlets!

29/09/2026

Jason Statham's "silent tough guy" screen persona has often been compared to that of Clint Eastwood's (it's true!), so it feels only natural that one day he would take on the Man with No Name's son Scott, specifically in Guy Ritchie's 2021 heist movie WRATH OF MAN.

Here, our man gets a new day job working for a security firm, but little do his co-workers realise that he's very pi**ed off and very out for revenge, with the usual ninja moves and shoot-outs to be expected, too, of course!

Join us on CITIZEN FRAME as "Statham September" continues . . .

Available from the link below and all the rest.

https://thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-wrath/

28/09/2026

Great video as always by Jules Burt reporting on the recent Innsmouth Literary Festival in Bedford, including interviews with Stephen Jones, Les Edwards and myself -- check it out!

The Innsmouth Literary Festival - September 19th 2026 - With Dorset...

26/09/2026

Now archived for historical significance in Queen's University's Seamus Heaney Centre -- THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF THE DEAD 2025 compiled by Stephen Jones.

You can also find it (and previous volumes) worldwide on Amazon and our website, plus Forbidden Planet Belfast.

26/09/2026

Discussing "Publishing Weird Fiction" and small presses today at "Doors into the Dark" in Queen's University's Seamus Heaney Centre with Brian J. Showers of Swan River Press, Hanna Nielson and Steph Ramsden.

23/09/2026

A brand new Mislaid Books title has just landed -- an edition of an extremely rare werewolf novel which you can now grab worldwide via the usual places (links in the comments section)!