Stephen J Carver
@drstephencarver.bsky.social
Author & old school biker. General Editor of Wordsworth Editions 'Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural' series. Author of forthcoming book 'Hell on Wheels: The History of Biker Movies 1953-2023.
A family of cannibals and psychos in Surrey... Pete Walker's 1974 proto-slasher Frightmare is truly a British Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Prove me wrong. #horror #HorrorMovies #HorrorFamily
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A family of cannibals and psychos in Surrey... Pete Walker's 1974 proto-slasher Frightmare is truly a British Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Prove me wrong. #horror #HorrorMovies #HorrorFamily
'Mind the doors!' I caught this late last night. Haven't seen for years. Forgot how good it was. Like a bridge between British gothic film and modern horror. Donald Pleasence's dogged but drunken detective is a joy. Any fans? #horror #HorrorMovies #HorrorFamily
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
'Mind the doors!' I caught this late last night. Haven't seen for years. Forgot how good it was. Like a bridge between British gothic film and modern horror. Donald Pleasence's dogged but drunken detective is a joy. Any fans? #horror #HorrorMovies #HorrorFamily
Isn't it wonderful when you see something you loved as a kid and decades later it's still brilliant? #Frankenstein #FrankensteinTheTrueStory #Horror #Film
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Isn't it wonderful when you see something you loved as a kid and decades later it's still brilliant? #Frankenstein #FrankensteinTheTrueStory #Horror #Film
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I made it! #Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 31: Bigfoot returns in James Bickert’s Frankenstein Created Bikers (2016). Happy Halloween! #31daysofhalloween #Film
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I made it! #Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 31: Bigfoot returns in James Bickert’s Frankenstein Created Bikers (2016). Happy Halloween! #31daysofhalloween #Film
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 30: ‘Get the girl. Save the day…’ Resurrection and revenge in Jeremy Garner’s All Hell Breaks Loose (2014). #31daysofhalloween #motorcycles #Film
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 30: ‘Get the girl. Save the day…’ Resurrection and revenge in Jeremy Garner’s All Hell Breaks Loose (2014). #31daysofhalloween #motorcycles #Film
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 29: Your mind will be violated in James Bickert’s Dear God No! (2011). #31daysofhalloween #Film
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 29: Your mind will be violated in James Bickert’s Dear God No! (2011). #31daysofhalloween #Film
October 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 28: Rebel Without a Cause meets The Evil Dead in The Butcher Brothers’ The Violent Kind (2010). #31daysofhalloween
October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 28: Rebel Without a Cause meets The Evil Dead in The Butcher Brothers’ The Violent Kind (2010). #31daysofhalloween
Rest in Peace Prunella Scales...
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Rest in Peace Prunella Scales...
Released today in 1977. Good times... #punk #SexPistols
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Released today in 1977. Good times... #punk #SexPistols
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 27: Horror legend Adrienne Barbeau’s a Harley-riding demon hunter and all-round badass in Mike Mendez’s The Convent (2000). #31daysofhalloween
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 27: Horror legend Adrienne Barbeau’s a Harley-riding demon hunter and all-round badass in Mike Mendez’s The Convent (2000). #31daysofhalloween
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 26: Vets, draft-dodgers, and outlaw bikers meet the family and things go pretty much as you’d expect in Jonathan Liebesman’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006). #31daysofhalloween
October 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 26: Vets, draft-dodgers, and outlaw bikers meet the family and things go pretty much as you’d expect in Jonathan Liebesman’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006). #31daysofhalloween
‘His curse became his power…’ #Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 25: Nicholas Cage as Johnny Blaze and Peter Fonda as the Devil in Mark Steven Johnson’s Ghost Rider (2007). #31daysofhalloween
October 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
‘His curse became his power…’ #Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 25: Nicholas Cage as Johnny Blaze and Peter Fonda as the Devil in Mark Steven Johnson’s Ghost Rider (2007). #31daysofhalloween
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 24: An off-roader on a Honda XR 250R checking out a meteorite – having clearly never seen The Blob – becomes fused to his bike by an alien ‘biomechanical parasite’ in Thomas L. Callaway’s Murdercycle (1999). #31daysofhalloween
October 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 24: An off-roader on a Honda XR 250R checking out a meteorite – having clearly never seen The Blob – becomes fused to his bike by an alien ‘biomechanical parasite’ in Thomas L. Callaway’s Murdercycle (1999). #31daysofhalloween
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 23: ‘And they’re normally so reliable.’ Neil Morrissey experiences severe buyer’s remorse with a demoniacally possessed Norton Commando in Dirk Campbell’s I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990). #31daysofhalloween
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 23: ‘And they’re normally so reliable.’ Neil Morrissey experiences severe buyer’s remorse with a demoniacally possessed Norton Commando in Dirk Campbell’s I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990). #31daysofhalloween
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 22: Tinted-visor terror and genuine American Giallo as a slasher stalks Boston on a Honda XR 125 in Ken Hughes’ Night School (AKA Terror Eyes, 1981). #31daysofhalloween
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 22: Tinted-visor terror and genuine American Giallo as a slasher stalks Boston on a Honda XR 125 in Ken Hughes’ Night School (AKA Terror Eyes, 1981). #31daysofhalloween
I once got to shake Tom Atkins by the hand... What a gent! On this day in 1982: HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH was released. #Halloween #Horror #TomAtkins
October 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I once got to shake Tom Atkins by the hand... What a gent! On this day in 1982: HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH was released. #Halloween #Horror #TomAtkins
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 21: ‘Keep up!’ Punky goth #vampires on dirt bikes led by Kiefer Sutherland terrorise Santa Carla in Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys (1987). #31daysofhalloween
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 21: ‘Keep up!’ Punky goth #vampires on dirt bikes led by Kiefer Sutherland terrorise Santa Carla in Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys (1987). #31daysofhalloween
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 20: And the hits just keep on coming… An ancient and malevolent force creates a legion of the living dead to reclaim the world in Todd Brunswick’s Biker Zombies from Detroit (2001). ‘Evil never looked so bad!’ #31daysofhalloween
October 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 20: And the hits just keep on coming… An ancient and malevolent force creates a legion of the living dead to reclaim the world in Todd Brunswick’s Biker Zombies from Detroit (2001). ‘Evil never looked so bad!’ #31daysofhalloween
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 19: ‘It’s like the whole town’s turned into zombies, vampires, walking dead, Republicans, ever since they came…’ Hair-removal-related shenanigans at Chez Yvonne in Michael Roush’s ultra-low-budget Hot Wax Zombies on Wheels (1999). #31daysofhalloween
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 19: ‘It’s like the whole town’s turned into zombies, vampires, walking dead, Republicans, ever since they came…’ Hair-removal-related shenanigans at Chez Yvonne in Michael Roush’s ultra-low-budget Hot Wax Zombies on Wheels (1999). #31daysofhalloween
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 18: Troma’s Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town (1989). It’s exactly what it says on the tin. #31daysofhalloween
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 18: Troma’s Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town (1989). It’s exactly what it says on the tin. #31daysofhalloween
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 17: Triumph-riding bad boy Kevin Dillon takes over Steve McQueen’s role in Chuck Russell’s 1988 remake of The Blob. #31daysofhalloween
October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 17: Triumph-riding bad boy Kevin Dillon takes over Steve McQueen’s role in Chuck Russell’s 1988 remake of The Blob. #31daysofhalloween
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 16: A serial killer stalks Spring Break on a Honda Goldwing with a pillion converted into an electric chair in Umberto Lenzi’s Nightmare Beach (1989). #31daysofhalloween
October 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#Halloween #Biker #Horror Challenge Day 16: A serial killer stalks Spring Break on a Honda Goldwing with a pillion converted into an electric chair in Umberto Lenzi’s Nightmare Beach (1989). #31daysofhalloween