Happy Beltane from Devil’s End!

#Beltane

Is this all right…?

#BabyReindeer

Putting some new greetings cards into the shop on what — the excellent Jon Dear reliably informs me — is Nigel Kneale’s birthday.

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#nigelkneale #happybirthday

Nigel Kneale. Born 102 years ago today.

Video by ⁦Chris Lincé⁩

Above The Lore It’s Kneale’s birthday today. 👍🏻

New!

Greetings cards for all occasions!

Or, potentially, none!

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#Abovethelore #greeetingcards #greetings #hobbsend #hobendshorror #pintsizedloser #angelaraynor #wecanbeweirdos #cock #londonaftermidnight #losthorrorfilms

New! #Summerisle tote.

Made from 100% organic cotton.

No Christian coppers needed to be sacrificed. 🔥

#wedidntburnhim #thewickerman

We’ve written a delightful blog about the excellent 1980s TV chiller #HammerHouseOfHorror !

Be warned though, it’s not for the faint of heart.

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I’ve been wanting to pick just the perfect moment to plug my friend’s gobsmackingly fabulous T-shirt company…

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…but have decided there’s just no better time than the present.

All of them: perfect presents, I think you’ll agree…! 🤩 🎁

In Anthony Shaffer’s remarkable folk horror The Wicker Man (1973), the character known as the ‘Fishmonger’ dons the fish-faced guise of the Salmon of Knowledge during the May Day festivities.

Does the sight of his salmon face not refresh you?

#TheWickerMan

Above The Lore Just had this ad pop up on the Twitter

Rock band #CremeBrulee nearly signed to Pickford Records in the late 1970s.

They nearly represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981.

Singer Tony Cluedo staged a reunion in 2000. (Without guitarist Les McQueen, who had apparently changed his number.)

#voodoolady

Now more than ever…

#Rwanda

'Curiously, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell, was: 'Oh no, not again.' Many have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that, we should know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.'

What is the significance of the unicorn in Blade Runner?

Maybe Gaff just likes making origami mythical creatures out of cigarette foil?

Not a crime, is it?

#BladeRunner

Get 10% off all Above the Lore tees this weekend using the code ‘EARTH10’ at checkout.

Ends midnight Monday!

Fly, my pretties! Fly!

Celebrating #NigelKneale ’s sublime 1976 TV series #Beasts .

An anthology of self-contained stories that feature the recurring theme of bestial horror.

The series may leave you wondering: “Ah, but isn’t man the real beast?”

No! It’s the massive rats!

Still working on this one.

#abovethelore #thegreenman #thewickerman #thewickerman 1973 #handdrawn

Can you tell what it is yet?

#abovethelore #thewickerman #thegreenman

“The Slaughtered Lamb? Where next, Kessler? The Duck’s Breath?”

Welcome to The Slaughtered Lamb public house, East Proctor.

Fabulous pentangle. Fun clientele. Boy, can they play darts…

Stay clear of the moors.

#anamericanwerewolfinlondon