Halloween Goodies from Sherlockology

[Carol the Dabbler]

In the "spirit" of the holiday, Sherlockology has posted three special items:
 
First, Mark Gatiss shows us how to make authentic horror-movie blood (from the BBC Four series 'A History of Horror'):
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhuR1VMkpXM&feature=player_embedded
 
Next, Sherlockology's Metro blog considers how Gatiss's interest in horror has influenced Sherlock:
 

 

In addition to having a profound knowledge on the subject of Sherlock Holmes, Mark Gatiss – Sherlock co-creator and the series’ very own Mycroft Holmes – is also an authoritative connoisseur on the horror genre.
 
In 2010 he collaborated with Jonathan Rigby on a three-part documentary for BBC Four entitled A History of Horror, examining screen horror from the early 1920s up to John Carpenter’s Halloween in 1978. That was followed in 2012 by Horror Europa, which takes a tour of some of the horror films of Western Europe over the last hundred years, examining the changing influences that defined the genre throughout the continent.
 
Speaking in 2011 at the Barbican Centre’s Screentalk, he confessed that his introduction to horror films was as early as four or five years old, thanks to what he jokingly described as ‘lax parenting‘, with a viewing of Hammer’s Brides of Dracula starring Peter Cushing.

Read more on the blog.
 
And finally, how about some wallpaper?
 

 
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