THE GHASTLING – No. 10: A hauntological look back at The Ghastling’s “100 Years of Horror” and the Channel 10 Halloween special that shaped television history. Relive the broadcast that scarred a nation—in print for the first time!
Featuring the whole convoluted story, behind the story—allegations of mind control, disgraced editors, and the infamous TV10 fire!
What are the typefaces of the occult exploitation boom of the 60s and 70s? The woodsy horror lurking in The Missing List by Carrie Hardman was evoked using Ringlet (1882)—a revival of forgotten Victorians common to the genre.
The typeface Albertus (1932) has a history stemming from engraving, so it’s a perfect choice for the “megalith exploitation” genre, used here to effect in the rockery horror show, The Cleanest Cut, by Christopher Long.
Spectres revive the memory of those past. Suitably, the Christmas ghost story, Florabelle, by Verity Holloway, uses ITC Caslon, originally designed by William Caslon, England’s first great typefounder!
The Little Visitors by Anne Wuehler
Sirens by Catrin Kean
The Incorcist by David Hartley
Monster in a Box by Annie Greene
The Woman Downstairs by Ellen Davies
Ones and Zeros by Dan Coxon
The story behind The Ghastling’s Marathon of Horror and Channel 10’s infamous station fire.
THE GHASTLING – No. 10: Literary horror anthology.
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