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Bring Classic Horror Back To Television – An Interview with Cyberschizoid
Steve: You are currently spearheading a campaign to bring back classic horror to UK BBC TV. What is your main motivation for this? How do you feel that the BBC is neglecting horror fans?
Cyberschizoid: My motivation behind the campaign is partly nostalgia and partly frustration.
Nostalgia for those lazy Summer evenings when I was a kid and first discovering my love of horror films thru watching BBC2′s Horror Double Bill seasons every Saturday night with my family and eventually by myself. Frustration at the fact that there are virtually no classic old horror movies screened on UK television anymore. I want todays kids to be able to experience classic horror, sci-fi and monster movies like I did and I know many older fans want these films back on their screens.The BBC is neglecting ALL film fans, not just horror fans by denying us the right to view these classics for free on television.
Steve: Your campaign is focussed on classic horror, the likes of Universal and Hammer, why have you chosen to focus on this sub-genre rather than horror as a whole? What is it about the classics that you think is worth campaigning for?
Cyberschizoid: The reason I’m focussing on the classics is partly because they are the movies originally screened during the Horror Double Bills and because of the reasons given above. These films are part of our cultural heritage and should be shown on tv where everyone can see them. It’s not just the Hammer and Universal films we want back on tv; it’s any horror movie made before the end of the 1980′s really. Cult films that never get aired – Amicus, RKO, Tyburn, AIP and the rest. These films are worth championing for many reasons, one of which is that they didn’t rely on awful CGI effects and many had an air of innocence that most of todays horror films lack.
Steve: Tell us a few of your favourite movies that you would like to see the BBC show and what it is about these particular movies that makes you think the general public needs them in their lives.
Cyberschizoid: I guess the obvious Universal classics like “Bride of Frankenstein”, “Dracula”, “The Wolfman” and suchlike should be screened purely because they are undisputed classic films and are still influencing horror fans and horror movies to this day. These classics never see the light of day on British tv screens anymore and todays younger audiences are missing out on a wealth of entertainment and cultural heritage. Just check out the comments on our petition to see how much this campaign means to people and why THEY want these movies back in their lives.
I would also love the BBC to screen all the classic Japanese monster movies of the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s such as the Godzilla series, Rodan and Gamera even though these weren’t initially aired as part of the Horror Double Bill seasons. These fun films have never really had much air time in the UK and would be great for kids just getting into the monster, sci-fi and horror genres as well as the older crowd who just want to see a bit of harmless fun on their tv screens! You have to remember that not everyone can afford to go out and buy these movies on dvd and many viewers probably aren’t even aware that most of these films even exist!
Steve: Do you think that there is a genuine demand for these kind of movies? The horror market is saturated with big budget remakes, 3D and computer effects and this seems to be what the majority want. Do you think that the current horror audience will embrace classic horror?
Cyberschizoid: There will always be a demand for great movies of all kinds. The reason these dreadful horror remakes perform so well at the box-office is because they are the only horror films being released into movie theatres. Kids don’t know any better because they haven’t had the opportunity to see the older horror movies. I think todays horror audience (certainly the real fans) are a very open-minded group of people who are willing to embrace the past as well as looking to the future. I have watched a few of the 3D horror films recently just because of the novelty factor and because the 3D does actually enhance what is usually a pretty average product. My favourite was actually a remake – “My Bloody Valentine 3D”!
Steve: How can our readers help the campaign?
Cyberschizoid: There are many ways that your readers can help our campaign!
First of all, SIGN THE PETITION! And please forward the petition to friends and other horror fans.
Secondly, write to the BBC and ask politely that they bring back BBC2′s Horror Double Bills. I have provided the email addresses for BBC Points of View and Radio Times TV listings magazine. Other BBC addresses can be found online.
Thirdly, write or email the various film magazines such as SFX, Sci-Fi Now, DVD & Blu-Ray World, Gorezone, Empire and any others you can think of to tell them about our campaign.
Join our Facebook Page “Bring Classic Horror Back to Television Alliance” to show your support and join in discussions about the classic horror movies.
If you’re on Twitter, tweet the links for the petition, Facebook page etc and use the hashtag #classichorrorcampaign
If you can think of any other ways to promote this campaign on websites, blogs, internet forums, local newspapers, podcasts, television – just go for it and let us know how you get on!
Thanks for all the support!
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Useful Email addresses – Get mailing!
- Radio Times – radio.times@bbc.co.uk
- BBC Points of View – pov@bbc.co.uk
- DVD & Blu-Ray World magazine – info@dvdworldmagazine.com
- SFX magazine – sfx@futurenet.co.uk
- Gorezone magazine – info@gorezone.co.uk
A Smattering of Butt-Kissery
I feel the need to make this post as I’ve been infected by the Kreativ blogger virus/chain-letter but I have been wanting to give some love to the plethora of remarkable horror bloggers that I have come into contact with (mostly via Twitter) and am also secretly quite proud that my site has been noticed! Yes I’m late but I’ve been quite busy procrastinating about life recently. I have to stress that choosing seven horror blogger that I feel the need to pass this onto has been one of the most arduous task that I have ever had since I started this site and I also feel very undeserved of being passed this “award” as I would never consider myself in the same league as the people about to get mentioned. But here’s what I’ve got to do:
- Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
- Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
- Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
- Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
- Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
- Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
- Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated
- Massive thankies to Bloofer Lady from Horror Crypt, I think you passed this on to me because you couldn’t think of anyone and I happened to tweet when you were writing your post, but I am ignoring that possibility and being proud and feeling honoured that you thought of me because you are an avid reader of my drivel. I love reading your articles and love your rebellious attitude, you have an awesome viewpoint and I frequent your site often. Also please don’t post “Guess the Movie” and then go to work as I am fed up of sitting in front of Twitter pressing F5 for eight hours wondering if I have guessed correctly!
- Done that ages ago.
- Shit… don’t wanna do this as I may lose that mysteriousness I have been credited with and have had enough wine to unleash a copious amount of “destined for regret” honesty… for but here goes…
- I started my site as a spam site to profit from Amazon Affiliates but as soon as I got a few compliments for my reviews I felt dirty trying to exploit my horror passion and canned most of it and now do it for the love of horror movies.
- I mostly listen to hip-hop and feel totally surrounded by metal-heads in the horror world.
- I have an honours degree in Computing and Mathematics and am a total nerd by day.
- The most influential movie in my life is “Fight Club”… and I consider it a bad influence.
- The first time I visited a physiotherapist I didn’t expect her to ask me to strip down to my boxers and soon regretted wearing “Mr. Blobby” Christmas underwear.
- I could totally beat Edward Scissorhands in a game of “Rock, Paper, Scissors”.
- I haven’t read horror fiction for over 15 years but I do read books about physics, genetics and mathematics. (NEEERRRRDDD)
- Nominate 7 blogs… this was tough… also I have been mentally battling as to what is considered a blog and a normal site. I understand from a technically-nerdy point of view but non-nerdy people have differing opinions so sorry if you are a blog and I have dismissed you because I consider you a website. (PS I consider Horror Extreme a website with a blog in it so personally I doubly don’t consider myself worthy of this award)… I nominate:
- Dollar Bin Horror is more than just a nicely written review blog, it is driven by a really cool concept of affordable horror for budgetary constrained horror fans. This concept is what makes it stand out for me. Follow DollarBinHorror on Twitter
- TheAvod is once again driven by a cool concept in that it is an audio blog. Count Vardulon and The DiveMistress also provide an immensely entertaining commentary on horror movies and TV and a cocophany of infectious giggling. Follow TheDivemistress and Vardulon on Twitter
- The Paradise of Horror is Mr. Johnny Sandman sometimes known as FreddysFingers is one of the first people to make me realize that the horror blogosphere was such a friendly place. He is also a blogging machine and maintains a very frequently updated, intelligent and creative blog and I would definitely credit him with having inspired me to take my website more seriously! Follow FreddysFingers on Twitter
- The Screamstress is another blogging machine with a passion for horror and the latest horror info that appeals to a person like myself, plus a self confessed Argento addict, so what’s not to love!!! Follow TheScreamstress on Twitter
- Yes, I’m gonna butt-kiss now but The Vault of Horror is one of the first blogs that inspired me to pursue the writings of horror fans on the internet proving to me that the real quality horror sites are created by the die hard horror fans. This guy also has an amazing horror community spirit and has highlighted to me a multitude of high quality horror blogs that I now frequent often. Follow b_sol on Twitter
- The Horror Digest is a witty and really enjoyable writer with a great taste in movies and an awesome attitude plus she has an amazing ability to think up post titles that make it impossible not to read the whole damn thing! Follow thehorrordigest on Twitter
- Zombies DON’T Run is another witty blog covering a whole host of horror related subjects with a really relaxed and comforting writing style. Awwww! Follow chuckconry on Twitter
- See Above… Will be giving you all a link in the links section if you ain’t there already (See Below)
- My modesty forbids me to go spamming these talented people, that could change next time I’m sat infront of Twitter with a bottle of Scotch wanting some attention… but for now… Shhhh! My new year’s resolution is to become a bit more interactive with these sites and I expect I’ll be leaving comments about articles rather than helping propagate the awards virus. Also as the internet is swamped with awards at the moment I don’t expect anyone to go through passing this on!
I have only scratched the surface of the massive amount of horror websites I have encountered since starting this little venture and am working hard on the links section on this site to show some more love but having 3 full time jobs to support my twelve children whilst maintaining a home for 100 orphaned kitty cats doesn’t leave me with much time nowadays. Some of that last sentence was a lie… I’m just really lazy!
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