Adam Scovell

Adam Scovell is a writer and filmmaker from Merseyside, now based in London. He completed his PhD in music at Goldsmiths University in 2018, and is the author of Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange (2017, Auteur), alongside three novels all published by Influx Press.

All articles by Adam Scovell

Features

Inside Dario Argento’s dungeon-like museum of horror memorabilia, Profondo Rosso

Take a Halloween trip inside Dario Argento’s shop and museum: a treasure trove of esoteric books, comics, horror memorabilia and creepy recreations of film sets.

By Adam Scovell

Inside Dario Argento’s dungeon-like museum of horror memorabilia, Profondo Rosso

Then and now

Witchfinder General: in search of the witchy Suffolk locations of the classic Vincent Price folk horror

By Adam Scovell

Witchfinder General: in search of the witchy Suffolk locations of the classic Vincent Price folk horror

Then and now

The pretend East End of It Always Rains on Sunday, the classic Ealing noir

By Adam Scovell

The pretend East End of It Always Rains on Sunday, the classic Ealing noir

Then and now

David Lean’s This Happy Breed: how the wartime London locations look 80 years later

By Adam Scovell

David Lean’s This Happy Breed: how the wartime London locations look 80 years later

Interviews

Starve Acre and its roots in 1970s folk horror: “Stranger things were being made on television at the time, frankly”

By Adam Scovell

Starve Acre and its roots in 1970s folk horror: “Stranger things were being made on television at the time, frankly”

Then and now

The Third Man: in search of the Vienna locations, 75 years later

By Adam Scovell

The Third Man: in search of the Vienna locations, 75 years later

Then and now

How The Beatles’ London looks today: 60 years of A Hard Day’s Night

By Adam Scovell

How The Beatles’ London looks today: 60 years of A Hard Day’s Night

Where to begin

Where to begin with Marguerite Duras

By Adam Scovell

Where to begin with Marguerite Duras

Then and now

75 years of Kind Hearts and Coronets: how locations from the murderous Ealing classic look today

By Adam Scovell

75 years of Kind Hearts and Coronets: how locations from the murderous Ealing classic look today

Then and now

Is this England’s most filmed village?

By Adam Scovell

Is this England’s most filmed village?

Features

Hidden City: mapping the co-ordinates of Stephen Poliakoff’s psychogeographic mystery

By Adam Scovell

Hidden City: mapping the co-ordinates of Stephen Poliakoff’s psychogeographic mystery

Then and now

In search of the locations for Lindsay Anderson’s If….

By Adam Scovell

In search of the locations for Lindsay Anderson’s If….

Then and now

25 years of Wonderland: revisiting the locations from Michael Winterbottom’s millennial London drama

By Adam Scovell

25 years of Wonderland: revisiting the locations from Michael Winterbottom’s millennial London drama

Then and now

Beautiful Thing: finding the Thamesmead locations for the classic 90s gay romance

By Adam Scovell

Beautiful Thing: finding the Thamesmead locations for the classic 90s gay romance

Then and now

Stanley Kubrick’s Britain

By Adam Scovell

Stanley Kubrick’s Britain

Then and now

Carry On Regenerating: how locations from Britain’s sauciest series have changed since

By Adam Scovell

Carry On Regenerating: how locations from Britain’s sauciest series have changed since

Then and now

Mind the doors! In search of the locations for the underground horror Death Line

By Adam Scovell

Mind the doors! In search of the locations for the underground horror Death Line

Interviews

Ghost Stories for Christmas: Mark Gatiss on the enduring appeal of the BBC’s ghostly festive tradition

By Adam Scovell

Ghost Stories for Christmas: Mark Gatiss on the enduring appeal of the BBC’s ghostly festive tradition

Then and now

60 years of Doctor Who: in search of classic Who locations

By Adam Scovell

60 years of Doctor Who: in search of classic Who locations

Interviews

The rituals of a life watching films: Jeremy Cooper on his novel Brian

By Adam Scovell

The rituals of a life watching films: Jeremy Cooper on his novel Brian

10 great

10 great TV ghost stories

By Adam Scovell

10 great TV ghost stories

Then and now

The Blood on Satan’s Claw: unearthing the locations for the witchy British folk horror classic

By Adam Scovell

The Blood on Satan’s Claw: unearthing the locations for the witchy British folk horror classic

Then and now

Powell and Pressburger’s Kent: finding the mystical locations of A Canterbury Tale

By Adam Scovell

Powell and Pressburger’s Kent: finding the mystical locations of A Canterbury Tale

Then and now

Don’t Look Now at 50: in search of the Venice locations today

By Adam Scovell

Don’t Look Now at 50: in search of the Venice locations today

Then and now

How the London locations of the hard-as-nails 1990s heist film Face look today

By Adam Scovell

How the London locations of the hard-as-nails 1990s heist film Face look today

Interviews

“It was always destined to be a Ken Russell head-trip”: screenwriter Stephen Volk remembers Gothic, his psychotropic tale of the Romantics

By Adam Scovell

“It was always destined to be a Ken Russell head-trip”: screenwriter Stephen Volk remembers Gothic, his psychotropic tale of the Romantics

Then and now

John Wayne’s London: in search of the locations for cult crime thriller Brannigan

By Adam Scovell

John Wayne’s London: in search of the locations for cult crime thriller Brannigan

Then and now

Room at the Top: in search of the Bradford locations for a British New Wave classic

By Adam Scovell

Room at the Top: in search of the Bradford locations for a British New Wave classic

Then and now

Croupier at 25: tracking down the London locations today

By Adam Scovell

Croupier at 25: tracking down the London locations today

From the Sight and Sound archive

Baptism of fire: the ending of The Wicker Man

By Adam Scovell

Baptism of fire: the ending of The Wicker Man