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

A tour of Alfred Hitchcock’s London: how the locations look today

Born on this day 127 years ago, Alfred Hitchcock was a Londoner who kept returning to the city as a location for many of his thrillers. We went in search of the exact spots where he placed his cameras.

By Adam Scovell

A tour of Alfred Hitchcock’s London: how the locations look today

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How the nuclear attack locations from Peter Watkins’ The War Game look today

By Adam Scovell

How the nuclear attack locations from Peter Watkins’ The War Game look today

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75 years of The Lavender Hill Mob: how the London locations look today

By Adam Scovell

75 years of The Lavender Hill Mob: how the London locations look today

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Amélie’s Paris: how the locations look, 25 years later

By Adam Scovell

Amélie’s Paris: how the locations look, 25 years later

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30 years of Mike Leigh’s Secrets & Lies: how the London locations look today

By Adam Scovell

30 years of Mike Leigh’s Secrets & Lies: how the London locations look today

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In search of the locations from Bicycle Thieves

By Adam Scovell

In search of the locations from Bicycle Thieves

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In search of the locations for Germany, Year Zero: how Roberto Rossellini’s Berlin looks today

By Adam Scovell

In search of the locations for Germany, Year Zero: how Roberto Rossellini’s Berlin looks today

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David Lynch in London: how The Elephant Man locations have changed today

By Adam Scovell

David Lynch in London: how The Elephant Man locations have changed today

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Ghost Stories for Christmas: how TV’s most haunting locations look today

By Adam Scovell

Ghost Stories for Christmas: how TV’s most haunting locations look today

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70 years of The Ladykillers: how the locations look today

By Adam Scovell

70 years of The Ladykillers: how the locations look today

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In search of the locations for Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession

By Adam Scovell

In search of the locations for Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession

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The Ealing comedy that shows how the Wirral used to be: The Magnet at 75

By Adam Scovell

The Ealing comedy that shows how the Wirral used to be: The Magnet at 75

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Zombies in the Lake District: how locations from The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue look today

By Adam Scovell

Zombies in the Lake District: how locations from The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue look today

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80 years of Rome, Open City: tracking down Roberto Rossellini’s locations today

By Adam Scovell

80 years of Rome, Open City: tracking down Roberto Rossellini’s locations today

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40 years of My Beautiful Laundrette: how the London locations look today

By Adam Scovell

40 years of My Beautiful Laundrette: how the London locations look today

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Human Traffic’s Cardiff, then and now

By Adam Scovell

Human Traffic’s Cardiff, then and now

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60 years of Repulsion: how the London locations look today

By Adam Scovell

60 years of Repulsion: how the London locations look today

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

By Adam Scovell

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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