Matthew Batham
Bio
I’m a horror movie lover and a writer. My stories have been published in numerous magazines and on websites in both the UK and the US.
I’ve written several books including the story collection Terrifying Tales to Read on a Dark Night
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Freddy Krueger and the Elm Street Legacy
I want to talk about the man of my dreams. Sigh. Freddy Krueger. But seriously, the First Nightmare on Elm Street movie really did haunt my dreams for some time after I saw it. It was literally the stuff of nightmare, and in his first outing Freddy was a genuinely frightening foe. Towards the end of the core series of films he had become an almost pure comedy character, but in Nightmare 1 Freddy was dark and menacing — although he did have a wicked sense of humour.
By Matthew Batham3 months ago in Horror
How My Love of Horror Began
My love of horror films was like a sexual awakening. It’s hard to pin down the exact moment I became a horror lover. It was a passion that developed gradually. Before I was ever allowed to watch horror films, I pined for them. They were a forbidden fruit that I was desperate to taste.
By Matthew Batham3 months ago in Horror
