David Lynch: the Eagle Scout who made his name an adjective
Lynch built his films on dread beneath the picket fence. Follow the Montana painter from Eraserhead to Twin Peaks: The Return, plus 8 works to watch first.
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Universal's first monster wore a face Lon Chaney made himself
Lon Chaney's Phantom set the template and Karloff and Lugosi made it a genre in 1931. Here is who made the monsters, and eight films to start with.
Gothic rock: how post-punk learned to love the dark
Bauhaus, the Cure and Siouxsie Sioux turned post-punk towards the dark. Where gothic rock came from, where it went, and eight records to hear first.
British big beat ruled the late 90s, then crashed
Hip-hop breaks, acid house and punk met in a London pub basement in 1994. Norman Cook says why the sound burned out, plus 8 records to hear first.
The Wicker Man still burns: where folk horror came from
Nobody called it folk horror until decades later. Here is how folk horror grew from three British films, and nine films to watch this Halloween.
Why Italy's giallo thrillers still haunt horror films
Mario Bava's black gloves and Dario Argento's blood-red colour taught the slasher its tricks. Here is where giallo came from, and eight films to start with.
In Chicago, Larry Heard slowed house down and made it deep
Larry Heard added jazz chords and a slower pulse to Chicago house in 1985. How deep house reached Paris, Detroit and Berlin, and nine records to hear first.
How horror film scores learned to scare, and eight to hear first
From Herrmann's Psycho strings to Carpenter's Halloween piano and Goblin's Suspiria, how horror scores learned to scare, plus eight to hear first.
Keith Flint, the gentle man behind the Prodigy snarl
Keith Flint went from Essex roofer and rave dancer to the snarling voice of Firestarter. Friends remember a kind man. Nine records to start with.
Saddleworth's villages grew on wool and turnpikes
How turnpikes, the Standedge canal tunnel and the woollen mills built Saddleworth's Pennine villages, and which sights and walks show it best.