The Wild Geese manuscript is finished. Just needs a check and polish and it'll be off. Word count: just over 111,000. #TheWildGeese #mercenaries #RichardBurton #RogerMoore #RichardHarris #HardyKruger #JohnKani #EuanLloyd #AndrewVMcLaglen #DanielCarney #ChrisChrisafis #PaulSpurrier #GlynBaker

Neil Maskell and me channeling the Krays… Thanks to Horrorconuk for the interview opportunity, and for the pic. Fine actor, great bloke.

I’m filling in the final gaps on my Wild Geese project, which is edging towards 108,000 words. The agreement for the book has now been signed. Completion set for end of May.

“Monumental” is how Ben Ottaviano describes the second massive edition of Salem’s Lot - Studies in the Horror Film from Centipede Press. This 736-page updated hardback includes much new material by Justin Humphreys. Copies selling fast… m.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Hg...

It’s here!! The long-awaited second edition of Studies in the Horror Film: Tobe Hooper’s Salem’s Lot. A MASSIVE book packed with mouth-watering new material, much of it courtesy of Justin Humphreys. Limited to 750 copies. From Centipede Press. www.centipedepress.com/studieshorro...

I’m nominated for Best Interview in the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards: BRUCE CAMPBELL. If you liked it, please vote for me. Voting by email only. Copy/paste the ballot at rondoaward.com/rondoaward.c... into an email, mark choices & send to David Colton at [email protected] Pls include your name.

I’m nominated for Best Interview in the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards: BRUCE CAMPBELL. If you liked it, please vote for me. Voting by email only. Copy/paste the ballot at rondoaward.com/rondoaward.c... into an email, mark choices & send to David Colton at [email protected] Pls include your name.

My Wild Geese project has topped 84,000 words.

Happy heavenly 85th birthday to the magnificent Sir John Hurt, pictured with me in Derby in 2014. Photo by Chris Smith. #JohnHurt

Watching…

Why is there no way to remove unwanted followers other than the block function…?

Fifteen years ago, filming The King’s Speech. I was so taken with that cape that I bought one - and was roundly ridiculed for it. I *may* still have it…

Available for people fancying some Xmas themed horror stories that provoke sounds like 'eek', 'urgh' and 'eew' as well as 'Ho Ho Ho'. Find it on Amazon (make sure to click on Filters and choose All as there is some adult content) or message me if you're local to me as I have a spare knocking about.

I can't help it. It is a blatent plug. The short story collection I wrote with Hammer music expert David Huckvale is available from lulu.com. 50 tales of shattered nerves and cracked concrete, all set in abandoned spaces. #liminalspaces #urbanwyrd #horrorstories #hauntology #psychogeography

This time last year I was finishing my stint with the online team at @itvnews.bsky.social in Yorkshire. It was great to go back; I started my TV career there in 1998! 📺

I was followed by the author William Boyd, but of course it wasn’t him. Beware, people…

Nevir shal Ich give thee up Nevir shal Ich let thee doun Nevir shal Ich runne arounde and go from thee Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh Nevir speke falsehood And cause thee sorowe

I can confirm that Centipede Press will release the expanded and updated second edition of Studies in the Horror Film: Salem’s Lot in February 2025. I’m not in a position to unveil the new cover art yet, so here’s the original from 2013.

Best. Movie. Scream. Ever. m.youtube.com/watch?v=4pO2...

Apologies for being slow off the mark, but EXCITING NEWS! My BBC Radio 4 series Mythical Creatures is being repeated over the festive period. It will run on R4 on Tues & Thurs at 9.45pm from Dec 2nd to Jan 2nd. You can also listen to all episodes on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

The replies are superb…

Topped 74,000 words on the Wild Geese project tonight. Solid progress.

Sports Direct under fire for mispelling Wales as ‘Cyrmu’ on bobble hats

Life is hard, and then you die. But I saw a bobbin’ robin this morning and it made me SO happy…

Break out the Christmas reading…

The word count on the Wild Geese project is almost at 73,000 words.

A Ghost Story For Christmas! Fans of M.R James and E.F Benson, instead of an advent calendar this year I’ve written you a slice of freezing cold horror. Enjoy! dannymarshall.co.uk/a-ghost-stor...

I’d go for The Wild Geese meself…

A Warning to the Curious is on at 7.55pm. A tremendous vignette. I wrote a book about it and the other films directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.

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My introduction to Hannay. A beloved film for me. So many great actors. #onehorsedorp

📽️ All star 70s adaptation of THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS (1978) 6pm #TPTVsubtitles ⭐ Stars #RobertPowell #JohnMills #KarenDotrice #DavidWarner on #TPTV

More quality from these two superstars. 🌨

Happy 137th birthday to the immortal Boris Karloff (1887 - 1969). I had the pleasure and privilege of interviewing his daughter Sara. Our conversation appeared in The Dark Side magazine with cover art by monstrous Rick Melton. Thanks to Allan Bryce for running it. #boriskarloff #frankenstein

Kind of sums up my style of short story writing. Recent published tales include ‘Sins of the Children’, ‘Arthur Bennington Lives Alone at 666 Leiber Road’, and ‘Bloodlington Pier’, which was narrated by Tessa McKnight for The Lunatics Project.

That’s my seven-page interview with Bruce Campbell in the latest edition of The Dark Side. You can buy a copy here: thedarksidemagazine.com/product/issu...

Ever seen Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott in Dead Reckoning? No? Now’s your chance! Come along to my #Noirvember screening at the @ChiswickCinema on Wednesday, 8pm. Book tickets here: www.chiswickcinema.co.uk/noirvember-2...

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Recent anthologies containing my short stories include the Eleventh BHF Book of Horror Stories, Halloweenthology, Children of the Dead, and Flash of the UnDead, the latter three from Wicked Shadow Press. Four tales of bad faeries, insanity, maggots, and witches… www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DKBTNG8...

Is Twitter aka X the intellectual dork web? Discuss.

bird sounds

Well, here I am. Hoping for a better experience than the other place…