Down in The Grim Cellar there are ancient grimoires retelling hideous stories from all corners of the planet and from all times, even the distant, dingy past: on occasions known, often uncharted. Sometimes these tomes may contain elements of hope, but they are only present to place the reader temporarily off guard - there is darkness beyond and only with continued exploration can one discover the resolution of curiosity. The reader will never be sure what to expect with each venture. You proceed at your own risk, and you glance at the images of your own free will. It is your choice to continue, and your choice alone…
For the dark visual creations of the cellar’s keeper, there is also a devoted alcove that can be accessed through the grimy hole to the right. Proceed only if the spirit is strong enough.
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Interested in a particular 'thingy'? Click on what you like for a full list of 'thingies' covered hitherto...
3D - Do not adjust your Television sets... you are entering the third dimension...
Action - Activity beyond the average day at the office...
American Horror - Contemporary freak-outs from the land across the pond.
Animation - The wonderful world of moving imagery created with drawings, models or computers.
Anthology - Films that aren't content with telling you just one story.
Books - Items we can read, and possibly even learn things!
British Horror - Terror in the land of the Queen.
Cannibal - When a normal lunch won't suffice...
Classic - The Black, the White, the downright Colourful; indispensable antiques.
Comedy - A break from the grimness, a glimpse of the light...
Dario Argento - The influential once-king of the Giallo.
David Cronenberg - Edging into the science fiction side of terror, and back again.
Devil-Worship - We do not advocate this (but it sure is enjoyable to watch!).
Eastern - traverse into another dimension of madness, that's different from this dimension of madness.
Erotica - To witness the contours of the human body a little closer than usual.
Fantasy - For those who object to reality.
French Horror - France hasn't always been just about expensive coffee and crazy hunchbacks.
George A Romero - One time King of the Zombie film, RIP.
German Horror - What it says on the tin, danke schön!
Ghost - Floating blankets these are not.
Giallo - If you're gonna die, may as well be at the hands of a black-gloved, psychodynamically challenged nut.
Gothic - Castles, graveyards, gargoyles, desolate churches, etc.
Hammer - Pertaining to the great studio of England.
Italian Horror - Pretty much a guaranteed great Euro night in.
Jean Rollin - French auteur, and master of erotic/Gothic juxtapositions, RIP.
José Mojica Marins - Brazillian torment, in a good way.
Lucio Fulci - One of the great Italian directors of macabre material, RIP.
Mario Bava - Forget Elvis, this is the King!
Monster - Nasty inhuman things that generally don't like human things.
Music - Echoes from the chambers.
Other - Stuff that won't fit in anywhere else, natch.
Paul Naschy - the MAN himself, RIP.
Possession - Unhappy demons invade unlucky humans.
Psychological - Something to think about on a wet weekend.
Science Fiction - Wandering off to attempt to understand the world before coming back again.
Slasher - Nutters running loose with sharp weapons (no reference to Britain's largely unrestrained criminal population...).
South American Sleaze - Nothing to show your granny here.
Spanish Horror - Different, adventurous, completely insane!
Surrealism - driving one's brain to madness.
Vampires - Ubiquitous, a tad commercial nowadays, but who doesn't want bloodsucking counts and countesses to exist somewhere (preferably in a creepy old castle!).
Werewolves - Howling in the night isn't just for drunken idiots.
Witchcraft - No personal tuition sessions, just blind entertainment as magic-wielding crazies invoke havoc.
Zombies - From Legosi right through to Fulci and Beyond...
