# abandoned places (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover abandoned places. Page: Feed: --- ## [Five of the best horror films where evil prevails](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/five-of-the-best-horror-films-where-evil-prevails) _2026-08-21 · DarkHolmePublishing_ There's a conflict in every human heart. Between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil, and good does not always triumph. Sometimes the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. If you're into cinema, you will immediately identify where that line comes from. In context, that short speech refers to how one man has reached his breaking point, how he… ## [A Month of Ghosts](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/08/19/monthofghosts/) _2026-08-19 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ From August the 12th / 13th until September the 10th this year, it's Ghost Month or Hungry Ghost Month in China, with the Hungry Ghost Festival on August the 26th / 27th. But what does this all involve, and what led to its customs and traditions? ## [Back from the Dead: Shiver of the Vampires](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/back-from-the-dead-shiver-of-the-vampires) _2026-08-16 · DarkHolmePublishing_ A distant bell tolls. Three women in mourning attire watch as their men lift a coffin into its sepulchre. Cue the psychedelic rock track from Acanthus, a graveyard in silhouette and a smoke machine and you will quickly see why The Shiver of the Vampires (Le Frisson des Vampires, 1971) is unequivocally A Product Of Its Time. If you like frumpy velvet outfits, the long takes of 70s French horror… ## [The hellish liminality of Event Horizon](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/the-hellish-liminality-of-event-horizon) _2026-08-07 · DarkHolmePublishing_ Cinema has featured liminal spaces for decades. In Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980), every room, corridor, garden path -and arguably, the Overlook Hotel itself- exuded liminality. The empty subway tunnels in 2025's Exit 8 are another perfect example of the creepy nature of liminal spaces, as is the most recent Backrooms (2026), itself inspired by an almost decade-old internet creepypasta.… ## [A Grisly History of Ghouls](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/08/05/ghouls/) _2026-08-05 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ One of the earliest appearances of ghouls is in The Arabian Nights, or One Thousand and One Nights, portrayed as dangerous, flesh-eating demons. But how have they changed over time? ## [Back from the Dead: The Name of the Rose](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/back-from-the-dead-the-name-of-the-rose) _2026-08-02 · DarkHolmePublishing_ “Having reached the end of my poor sinner’s life, my hair now white, I prepare to leave on this parchment my testimony as to the wondrous and terrible events I witnessed in my youth.” So opens Jean-Jaques Annaud’s The Name of the Rose (1986). The words are those of Adso of Melk, a minor character and novice to Franciscan friar William of Baskerville. As a child, watching it on lowly DVD, they… ## [The night has its price: a retrospective on Near Dark](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/the-night-has-its-price-a-retrospective-on-near-dark) _2026-08-01 · DarkHolmePublishing_ During the second half of that decade of extravagant excesses that was the 1980s, the vampire film genre was riding a high wave. Cult classic Fright Night, released in 1985, singlehandedly revived interest in all things featuring the creatures of the night. The Lost Boys would premiere in the summer of 87, also to great public acclaim. And a short few months later, a low-budget movie from a then… ## [Strange Signals](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/07/29/strange-signals/) _2026-07-29 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ Throughout the world there have been reports of people hearing bizarre frequencies, some of them still unexplained. Is it the Om Buddhists believe in? Is it cosmic microwave background radiation? Or something else? ## [The influence of Japanese folklore on the Ring series](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/the-influence-of-japanese-folklore-on-the-ring-series) _2026-07-24 · DarkHolmePublishing_ Back in the late 90s, Asian horror was virtually unknown to Western audiences. The few titles that did reach Europe and beyond were usually bootleg VHS copies with bad dubbing and even worse picture quality, perhaps contributing to an air of skepticism and a meh attitude towards Asian cinema. DVDs were still a novelty in those days. They had certainly not yet become as popular and commonplace as… ## [Gor Blimey, it’s the Gorbals Vampire and a Writing Update](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/07/22/gorblimey-gorbals-vampire/) _2026-07-22 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ A rumour circulated in 1954 in Gorbals, Glasgow that a vampire haunted the old Southern Necropolis. It took a group of feisty kids and a newspaper story to defeat it. However, there are still whispers of its existence in the city... ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SF5o5ycBo2HR) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [Scream Queens: shrieking into stardom](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/scream-queens-shrieking-into-stardom) _2026-07-17 · DarkHolmePublishing_ It all began with a giant ape It was in the distant days of 1933 when a young Canadian actress named Fay Wray became the object of contra-natura affection for a big ape. Wray, not yet 30 years of age, was tasked with appearing fainty while in the proximity of the forthcoming animal, and more importantly, to scream when Kong tried his moves on her. To scream a lot. Thus, Ms. Wray would unwittingly… ## [The Haunting of Hannath Hall](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/07/16/hannath-hall/) _2026-07-16 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ On a stormy night in 1957, newspaper journalist Mr A. Wilmot from Peterborough had his car break down close to Hannath Hall in the fens of Cambridgeshire. Unfortunately the couple in the building were suffering from a ghostly infestation... ## [Goosebumps, but for Grown-Ups](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/goosebumps-but-for-grown-ups) _2026-07-11 · DarkHolmePublishing_ With the absolute dearth of 4K horror releases in the coming week, I have decided to use this week’s Back From the Dead slot for something a little more current. What’s the throwback, you ask? Well, the title says it all. So, the nominations for the Emmy Awards are out and Apple TV’s horror series Widow’s Bay is right up at the front of the pack with 19 nominations (only Hacks and The Pitt have… ## [Why Are Masks So Scary in Horror?](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/why-are-masks-so-scary-in-horror) _2026-07-10 · DarkHolmePublishing_ Why are horror masks so scary? From Michael Myers and Ghostface to modern masked killers, discover the psychology of horror, the history behind horror movie masks, and why hidden faces continue to create some of cinema's most unforgettable horror villains. Explore the real reasons scary masks unsettle us and why they remain one of horror's most powerful symbols. ## [The energy and synergy of horror and heavy metal](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/the-energy-and-synergy-of-horror-and-heavy-metal) _2026-07-10 · DarkHolmePublishing_ The devil is in the riff Horror cinema has been around a while. From Lon Chaney's early and silent forays into the genre back in the 1920s (who can forget the unmasking of the eponymous protagonist in Phantom of the Opera, portrayed by the Man of a Thousand Faces, Mr. Chaney himself), to Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and every creature, monster, and witch in between, the cinematic hall of fame is… ## [Dolls and the Paranormal](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/07/08/paranormal-dolls/) _2026-07-08 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ This week we're diving into humanoid objects, their bizarre powers, and why humans are so fascinated with them. ## [Back from the Dead: The Evil Dead](https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/post/back-from-the-dead-the-evil-dead) _2026-07-05 · DarkHolmePublishing_ Fog washes through the screen. A camera tied to a board and worn around the neck for stability provides a low, smooth tracking POV (a shot that will later become know as Deadite-cam). Cut to a car with 5 happy-go-lucky twenty-somethings singing and following a map toward a remote cabin in the hills. The locals wave at them. They cross a rickety bridge. And there is the sense they will never be… ## [A Lost Haunted House](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/06/24/borley-rectory/) _2026-06-24 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ Paranormal enthusiasts will likely have heard of Borley Rectory, one of the most haunted old buildings in Essex, England. However, very little remains of it today. What was its story, and whatever happened to it? Read on to find out. ## [The Magic of Magpies](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/05/20/the-magic-of-magpies/) _2026-05-20 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ The original rhyme for what number of magpies you see and what "results" from that was published in 1780. The rhyme has its roots in ornithomancy, or bird divination (which was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans). ## [Time Can Be Slippery…](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/05/13/time-can-be-slippery/) _2026-05-13 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ In the middle of Liverpool in the UK, there is a seemingly normal street of shops known as Bold Street. But over the years, people who walked down it noticed time doing peculiar things... ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CcH8EPdx9WU0) _2026-05-13 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Demons in Reality](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/05/07/demons-in-reality/) _2026-05-06 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ It so happens that "demons" are a nickname gifted to certain thought experiments in physics, philosophy, computer science, and other areas. Here are some of them.