Horror Channel is starting 2012 with a blood-splattered bang with a list of premieres that are guaranteed to thrill as well as chill you.

We have more classics from the Hammer studios, a grizzly creature feature and one of the most controversial science fiction movies ever made. Keep checking the online guide for broadcast times.

January 4th – And Now The Screaming Starts
Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee and Stephanie Beacham lead the all-star cast of Roy Ward Baker’s 1973 classic And Now The Screaming Starts. Newlyweds Charles and Catherine move into his family's castle where Catherine falls prey to a horrifying curse that sees her terrorised by ... »

We asked you via the Horror Channel Facebook feed for questions for Tom Six, director of the most talked about movie of 2011, The Human Centipede II [Full Sequence].

We weren't disappointed and if you go over to our Facebook page you can view Tom alongside THCII star Laurence Harvey being answering your questions with our very own Paul McEvoy.

Click the links below to view and to jump to some exclusive online interviews with some of the cast plus don't miss Tom Six on the Horror Channel this Thursday introducing three of his favourite movies in another of our exclusive Director's Nights events.

Tom ... »

All of us here at the Horror Channel would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

Don't miss our Hammer Glamour season which starts tonight at 11.10pm with Dr Jekyll And Sister Hyde, seasonal slaying tomorrow at 10.55pm in the original hack n' slash classic Black Christmas and then on Boxing Day at the same time there's more stalking shocks in Silent Night, Deadly ... »

We've already highlighted the devilishly good Hammer movies we're showing throughout December, but that' only a small selection of premieres we have this month. Below you'’ll find a cornucopia of classic and contemporary shockers including one that's credited for kicking off the golden age of hack and slash horror, Black Christmas (pictured). Keep checking the online guide for broadcast times.

December 7th - Killer Fish
Experience marine mayhem in the premiere of Killer Fish. Starring the Six Million Dollar Man himself Lee Majors it concerns an expert thief who stashes priceless emeralds in the depths of a reservoir where a horde of flesh-eating piranhas hungrily wait.

December 9th - ... »

You may have read about Horror Channel's Hammer Glamour season this December, but that’s not the only Hammer treat we have lined up for you.

We also have a pair of devilish titles to chill your blood near the festive period that star legendary actor Christopher Lee and are based on top selling titles from acclaimed author Dennis Wheatly. All films start at 10.55pm.

December 16th – The Devil Rides Out
Directed by Terence Fisher, The Devil Rides Out (or The Devil's Bride as it was known in America) stars Christopher Lee, ... »

Horror Channel's Stewart Bridle decided to take on the undead with the ultimate zombie-chase game, 2.8 Hours Later. Here he tells us of his experience. (Photo by James Koch)

When it comes to a zombie apocalypse I’m pretty much prepared. I've done my research, studied the Romero's, The Fulci's and even sat through Uwe Boll's House Of The Dead. Like any other genre fan I've thought about my survival plan and always keep one eye and ear on rolling 24-hour news channels for the first sign of any undead outbreak. But what happened when I was actually thrown into the situation 'for real', running for my life through the streets of London with slavering zombies hot on my heels as I prayed I’d reach my next safe-house...?

This isn't the set of a movie but »

The Horror Channel continues its celebration of Hammer cinema with a seasonal menu of blood and barely restrained cleavage in a celebration of those glorious 70s supernatural sirens.

Over four weeks, starting December 24th, you can share the Christmas season with Ingrid Pitt, Yutte Stensgaard, Martine Beswick and real-life twins Mary and Madeleine Collinson in a crop of 1971 Hammer favourites. All movies start at 11.10pm.

December 24th - Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
Starring Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick and Gerald Sim, Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde is a sexy take on the famous Jekyll and Hyde story. Dr. Jekyll makes a formula that turns him into a beautiful, yet evil, woman. However, he needs female hormones f ... »

Director's Night with Hobo With A Shotgun director Jason Eisener airs this Thursday from 9pm on the Horror Channel. He's chosen a terrifying trio of terror treats for you to enjoy and will be on hand to introduce them all.

Bruce McDonald's acclaimed horror Pontypool kicks off the event in fine style. Based on the book Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess it concerns a virus that turns people into ultra-violent maniacs. When it's discovered the condition is transmitted by language, will a shock jock shut up and hide, or spread the word? Tense, claustrophobic and truly frightening this is horror at its most pure and is memorable for all the r ... »

Prepare to be corrupted and depraved during November as Horror Channel will broadcast a selection of shockers that defined the Video Nasties phenomenon. Season Of The Banned will unleash the most brutal movies into your home and only the bravest should tune in!

Headlining this ground-breaking season is the world TV premiere of Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Videotape, which will be broadcast on November 4th at 10.55pm.

Directed by renowned filmmaker Jake West and produced by respected author and Video Nasties expert Marc Morris, this era-defining documentary features reflective interviews with filmmakers Neil Marshall and Christopher Smith as well as charting the heroic stand taken by journalist/author Martin Barker, who ... »

The Horror Channel is proud to announce that double-bills of the cult television series, Hammer House Of Horror will be showing on the channel starting October 1st.

All thirteen spine-chilling episodes of mystery, suspense and the occult from the classic Hammer House Of Horror series, which made a huge impact on the public when first broadcast on British television in 1980 will be shown and includes such memorable episodes as; The Thirteenth Reunion, Rude Awakening and The Silent ... »

The name Hammer is synonymous with quality, bloody and very British horror and during October the Horror Channel is celebrating its legacy with a season of its finest movies all with exclusive introductions from Kim Newman.

You'll find Dracula, Baron Frankenstein, a Mummy, the walking dead and a sinister curse.

All movies start at 11.10pm and keep checking the site as there's more to come from the house of Hammer here on the Horror Channel.

Scars Of Dracula - October 1st
The blood-sucking Hammer horror from 1970, Scars Of Dracula kicks off our season in style. Starring Christop ... »

Horror Channel will be adding a touch of Gallic spice to its schedules during September with the premieres of three of the most important French genre releases of recent years under the title Horror Horreur! This is a vintage decade for French horror cinema - as a new wave of filmmakers such as Gasper Hoe, Alexandre Aja, Xavier Gens and Pascal Laugier hit upon a blend of 'cynicism, menace, and grotesquerie'. In terms of controversy, urban grit and raw brutality, these Gallic masters of horror cannot be outshone. Each film is introduced by Jamie Graham from Total Film.

Switchblade Romance – September 10th
The season kicks off with Swi ... »

When Adam Green unleashed Hatchet at FrightFest 2006, I wager he couldn't have dreamt of the amazing reception the movie got from the audience. This old-school horror was just what hack n' slash movie fans had been waiting for and Victor Crowley, the psycho of the piece become an overnight anti-hero.

Green brought Crowley back to FrightFest last year with the anticipated sequel promising more gore and more thrills. To say he delivers on this promise is an understatement, Hatchet 2 is a wild ride of a movie that perfectly combines humour and horror with lashings of sex and blood-splattered shocks.

Following directly on from the first instalment it's a solid mixture of shocks, slaughtering and big laughs. Yes, you read that corre ... »

To celebrate this year's FrightFest event, Horror Channel is screening a selection of some of the best movies from previous years.

Every night at 10.55pm from August 15th to August 31st (apart from our Director's Night on the 25th) you can see such gruesome masterpieces as Rob Zombie's House Of 1000 Corpses, Pontypool, Miike Takashi's shocking Audition and the UK TV premieres of Jamie Blanks' yuppies-in-peril thriller »

The year is hotting up so the Horror Channel is preparing a list of movie premieres to chill your blood all introduced by Emily Booth. Yes, Emily is back in The Horror Booth with a block-bursting run of fast, funny and fear-filled intros.

The month is overflowing with Grindhouse promos, a torture classic and blood-splashed comedy, here's a quick look at the movies she'll be introducing: (Please check online guide for individual starting times)

Hatchet For The Honeymoon – Saturday 6th August
Hatchet For The Honeymoon is a 1970 spine-chilling Giallo from mas ... »

It began as an award winning "fake" Grindhouse trailer that embodied the genre and became an internet sensation via YouTube. Now, Hobo With A Shotgun, director Jason Eisener's affectionate and remarkably authentic tribute to the exploitation movies of the 1970s and 80s, is a full-on, no-holds-barred, kick-ass movie and due in selected UK cinemas on July 15th. Here Hollywood legend Rutger Hauer talks about his role in this, one of the most talked about movies of the year so far.

The reaction to Hobo With A Shotgun has been nothing short of phenomenal – and rightly so.

Rutger Hauer: I'm pleasantly shocked at how well the film's been received, because I really didn't see that coming. I knew that there was quite a following, but the fact that part of ... »

The Horror Channel is invaded by those archetypal screen baddies - the nasty Nazis in July with two titles receiving their UK TV premieres.

Puppet Master: Axis Of Evil – Friday 15th
Puppet Master: Axis Of Evil is wartime installment of the long-running and much loved horror series that started way back 1989. Made in 2010 it concerns a man who is desperate to join the war effort but uncovers a Nazi plot and takes up arms in the shape of deadly living puppets to fight the Axis forces. This is the tenth movie in the popular franchise and proves that the marionette's of mayhem have lost none of their inventive murdering ways.

Nazi D ... »

During the original run of the hit slasher series Friday The 13th, a television show bearing its name was unleashed onto an unsuspecting public. Cleverly entitled Friday The 13th - The Series, it was designed to be an anthology show that would be able to stand by itself and not be connected or confused with the movies that shared its name. A mad idea you might think, but when you sit down and watch the series, you forget any movie connection anyway as it's a smart and rather unique show which has obviously helped and maybe even inspire programs such as The X-Files and Warehouse 13.

Originally broadcast in 1987 it premiered between the cinematic releases of Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives»

July is an incredibly busy month here at the Horror Channel and we have a shed-load of premieres for you, all with one thing in common, Emily Booth is introducing them! Yes folks Emily will be in The Horror Booth for a block-bursting run of fast, funny and fear-filled intros. The month is overflowing with movie legends, buckets of blood and lashings of gore, here's a quick look at the movies she'll be introducing:

The Blood Beast Terror – Friday 1st July
A true classic of its era, Vernon Sewell's The Blood Beast Terror boasts a cast which includes Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng and the beautiful Wanda Ventham. ... »

Screen legend Christopher Lee stars in The Bloody Judge (left) and Eugenie: The Story Of Her Journey Into Perversion which are showing as part of the Eurotica Season coming to the Horror Channel in June.

Jesus Franco, now a physically frail Octogenarian living in Spain, is regarded as one of the world's best exploitation auteur directors and the Horror Channel is dedicating the month of June to showing four of the higher-budgeted Franco films made in 1969 and 1970, the period when British producer Harry Alan Towers was at the helm and Christopher Lee, who made five Franco films in all, was nearing the Vampiristic peak of his popularity.

The season i ... »

Emily Booth is back on Horror tonight to introduce Zombie Women Of Satan another movie in our Sexy Shockers season. She is joined by Victoria Broom and Victoria Hopkins, two of the stars of tonight's movie.

In the blood-soaked British horror/comedy Zombie Women Of Satan is chock full or guts, guns and girls! A group of nightclub performers fall foul of a sinister rural family's misdeeds when tortured half-naked women are turned into zombies. When you have a character named Pervo ... »

Things are hotting up on Horror during May with a short season of shockers that will have you hot under the collar whilst chilling your blood. Each of these steamy fright flicks (three of which are premieres) will be introduced by our Diva of the Dark Side Emily Booth who is joined by two of the stars from Zombie Women Of Satan, Victoria Broom and Victoria Hopkins. All movies start at 22:55.

Bad Biology – Saturday 7th May
Frank Henenlotter's outrageous sexual shocker Bad Biology comes to Horror this month. A woman with an insatiable desire for sex and a man with a drug-addicted member ... »

Freesat viewers have been invited to vote for their Channel Of The Year and Horror Channel is once again in the running. By registering your vote in this esteemed category you will be entered into a prize draw to win a Spa Day for you and a friend as well as a stunning new Echostar freesat+ box.

At last years ceremony Horror Channel won the prestigious award for Best Themed Channel with the judges commenting, "The Horror Channel won for a number of reasons. It has a great on-air look and feel, good British hosts and a lot of outreach in terms of its partnership with FrightFest, making mobile phone content and holding the 'CUT'! short film competition, all of which allow the audience to really live its pas ... »

We've already mentioned that respected journalist Alan Jones is back on the Horror Channel introducing more of Dario Argento's finest pieces of cinema during May. "But what else do you have for us fright fans?" I hear you ask. Well let me tell you, we have brutal relationship disintegration, messy orgasmic terror, beautiful burlesque undead, deadly charming chills and lashings of ghostly gruesomeness.

All movies start at 22:55 unless otherwise stated.

Blood River - Friday 6th May
If you like your horror to be of the nerve-shredding psychological variety then you won’t want to miss ... »

When renowned horror journalist, author and broadcaster Alan Jones met Dario Argento for the first time in 1982 on Tenebrae he had no idea he would become a permanent fixture in Dario's life, visiting all his subsequent film sets and writing the best-selling book Profondo Argento about his career and the enigma he still presents to the world.

As Alan says, "I promised Dario on the day we met that I would always make sure his fans were kept reliably informed on his movies and future plans. It's a duty I have solidly adhered to and one I know his legion of fans have appreciated. Hosting the Argento Season on the Horror Channel is yet another part of that commitment I made to bring his unique work to ... »

The small screen's most enduring female super hero is back! Smash hit comedy fantasy adventure series, Xena: Warrior Princess will be returning to British TV screens and will begin airing on the Horror Channel on weekdays from Monday 25th April.

On our screens for the first time since 2008, the show is a spin-off from cult favourite series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and stars Lucy Lawless as a powerful female warrior, supported by her trusty sidekick Gabrielle (played by Renee O'Connor). The ever-popular series follows the exploits of Xena as she travels her ancient world, atoning for the crimes of her warrior past.

The series also stars horror legend Bruce Campbell as ... »

During April the Horror Channel celebrates the best of contemporary British horror with a special season of UK TV premieres which showcases some of the finest home-grown directorial talent around.

You'll find sadistic killers, destroyed families, violent paranoia and self-destruction. Each movie is accompanied by a filmed introduction with the directors and keep tuning in as the season is being promoted on-air with some specially shot sequences presented by femme fatale Emily Booth.

Mum & Dad – Friday April 8th
Steven Sheil's debut feature Mum & Dad has been described as "one of the defining British horrors of its generation". Imbued with a terrifying ferocity, it centres around a young Polish immigrant who f ... »

The Horror Channel celebrates the films of iconic director Tobe Hooper with an exclusive interview plus screenings of some of his most famous cinematic work; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Eaten Alive and The Toolbox Murders. Horror Channel is also showing his critically acclaimed TV series Salem's Lot and the »

From March 8th – 17th the Birds Eye View 2011 Film Festival will take place at BFI Southbank, ICA & Southbank Centre. Part of this celebrated event includes a special horror retrospective entitled Bloody Women which looks at women's contribution to horror, from gothic origins to modern vampires. Horror Channel is proud to be associated with this event and our very own Emily Booth will be taking part in a panel discussion about the role of women in horror today.

To celebrate our association Horror is having a special season of movies where women are the main protagonists (see links below) running from the 5th March and on this site look out for exclusive interviews with ladies who have a lot to say about the horror industry.

For more informati ... »

March is an incredibly busy month on Horror. Apart from the Alien Invasion season we have a raft of premiers to tempt you with, plus some controversial contemporary shockers and it also sees the return of an old favourite. All start at 22:55 but do check the online guide for any last minute changes.

The Dark Lurking – Wednesday 2nd March
The action-packed survival horror The Dark Lurking gets its first showing this month and is a stark and sinister piece. In a secret underground research station something has gone horribly wrong and eight people must fight their way to the surface past rapidly mutating ancient creatures.

The Last ... »

Prepare yourself for close encounters of the intense kind this March as the Horror Channel introduces you to extra terrestrials that don’t want to phone home but to cause catastrophe.

We have other choice premieres during March too so look out for details of those next week.

Alien Fury: Countdown To Invasion – Friday 5th March
The invasion begins on Saturday 5th March with Alien Fury: Countdown To Invasion (2000) directed by Rob Hedden (writer, director Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan). This sci-fi drama pits aliens against a covert US defence agency and a surveillance satellite retrofitted with a nuclear warhead. Starring Dale Midkiff (Pet Sematary), Dondre Whitfield (Ghost Whisp ... »

It's another busy month on Horror, what with our special High School Horror season of movies and the action packed series Highlander starting on Friday February 11th.

But there's more to this month than corridors packed with wayward witches and streets heaving with sword-wielding immortals, there's a plethora of thrilling and shocking premiere's and fan favourites to keep your blood chilled and your nerves on edge.

All movies start at 22:55.

The Stuff – Friday 4th February
Larry Cohen's affectionate kiss to 50s exploitation The Stuff gets its first airing during February and it's a cult classic of the blob kind! This horror comedy charts the perils o ... »

Released in 1974, Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is without doubt one of the most influential horror movies ever made. Written by Hooper along with Kim Henkel (an actor who had worked with Hooper on his first feature Eggshells) it's the tale of a group of teenagers lost on a sun bleached highway who stumble upon a family of cannibals, one of whom wears a mask made from human flesh and likes to use a chainsaw to catch his food.

Darker, bloodier and more intense, Mirrors 2 takes the premise seen in the first instalment and ratchets up the gore score but also hits the viewer with an unexpected emotional level too.

Mirrors 2 stars Emmanuelle Vaughier (Saw II) and Nick Stahl (Terminator 3), and follows the story of Max, a recovering addict struggling to come to terms with the car crash which killed his fiancé and left him tortured with the memory of her death. Riddled with guilt and determined to try and make a new life for himself Max takes a job as night-time security guard in the Mayflower department store, but as his nightshifts begin he sees visions of a young, mysterious woman in the store's mirrors. Unsure as to whether he is hallucinating or these visi ... »

It's High School Horror all the way during the shortest month as we visit classes filled with wayward witches and wander corridors packed with lost souls in a season of movies all set in dubious places of education.

We have other choice premieres this month too so look out for details of those next week.

Return To Horror High – Saturday 5th February
The season kicks off with the network premiere of the comedy horror Return To Horror High (1987) (pictured) which marked George Clooney’s film acting debut as Oliver - an ambitious but unrated actor. The cast and crew who are shooting a movie about psychotic slayings at a high school, which is now the set of the film, fall foul of a ruthless killer. Memorable and t ... »

Of all the films to be caught up in the Video Nasty phenomenon of the early 80s, one title stands above all others, Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead.

Completed in 1981 and originally released in the UK (simultaneously in cinema and on video) in 1982 with 49 seconds of cuts, the film hit the Video Nasty list soon after and remained there for sometime. Eventually it was released on video in 1990 where an extra 69 seconds were removed. It wasn't until 2001 when the UK got its first official uncut edition.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. The story of The Evil Dead starts some years back, in 1978 when Raimi, alongside Bruce ... »

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