Christopher Henderson

@chendershorror.bsky.social

Horror writer: letting my demons out to play. www.christopherhendersonhorror.com

Hi all, I’ve not been online much recently because I’m caring for an elderly loved one and that’s taken over my life for now. Guess I really just want to say I’m still alive. In other news, the local little free library angels smiled on me today. Not seen any of these horror films yet!

DVD of 3 horror films, titled “The Evil Inside”, “The Corridor “, and “State of Emergency “.

Charity shop find - part of a bundle I picked up some months ago but then set aside on a shelf, waiting for when I really need something to cheer myself up. Figure the news is depressing enough at the moment to warrant opening the first annual and diving in.

Cover of the 1980 2000AD annual

After being told last week by the publisher that they my two upcoming books (one which should have been published yesterday) would be delayed by a few months, I've now been told exactly a week later that they are closing down. So my already published book will go out of print & 2 won't be published.

Oh, why did you have to spoil ‘Late Night With the Devil’ by forcing it into a found-footage straitjacket? Completely took me out of the movie when I realised the impossibility of some of those scenes having been captured on film. Such a shame because I was really enjoying it until then.

Some vintage sci-fi/horror for me this evening, watching FIRST MAN INTO SPACE (1959). Clearly influenced by The Quatermass Xperiment, but I wonder if this film in turn helped to shape later stories about UFO-related cattle mutilation and even the Chupacabras?

Title image of a black-and-white science-fiction film called First Man Into Space