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

Then and now

Roman Holiday: how the Italian locations for the Audrey Hepburn classic look today

Ahead of what would have been her 96th birthday on 4 May, we retrace Audrey Hepburn's steps in the movie that made her a superstar: William Wyler’s Oscar-winning romance Roman Holiday.

By Adam Scovell

Roman Holiday: how the Italian locations for the Audrey Hepburn classic look today

Then and now

In search of Jacques Rivette’s Paris: locations from his films, then and now

By Adam Scovell

In search of Jacques Rivette’s Paris: locations from his films, then and now

Then and now

Wings of Desire: how Berlin has changed since Wim Wenders made it a city of angels

By Adam Scovell

Wings of Desire: how Berlin has changed since Wim Wenders made it a city of angels

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Fellini’s Rome: visiting locations from La dolce vita

By Adam Scovell

Fellini’s Rome: visiting locations from La dolce vita

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30 years of Before Sunrise: retracing Céline and Jesse’s footsteps in Vienna

By Adam Scovell

30 years of Before Sunrise: retracing Céline and Jesse’s footsteps in Vienna

Then and now

The real locations from Watership Down: how they look today

By Adam Scovell

The real locations from Watership Down: how they look today

Features

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

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

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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

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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

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Stanley Kubrick’s Britain

By Adam Scovell

Stanley Kubrick’s Britain

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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

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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