Horror channel NYX UK - Reveals slate of shockers for Feb

Cult sci-fi, gory exploitation, gothic terror and supernatural scares are served up on NYX UK this February, headed by the Channel premiere of provocative Israeli psychological thriller BIG BAD WOLVES, which streams on Friday February 21 at 9pm. Directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, the film delivers a darkly comic, thought-provoking and harrowing experience, earning worldwide critical acclaim.

There are ten other Channel premieres this month, including Herschell Gordon Lewis’s splendid slatter-fests TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! (Mon Feb 24, 9pm) and THE WIZARD OF GORE (Wed Feb 19, 9pm). Other cult classics include PARASITE (Wed Feb 26, 9pm) directed by the legendary ‘Puppetmaster’ Charles Band, Bob Clarke’s campy zombie horror CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS (Sun Feb 23, 9pm) and Jeff Lieberman’s worm-infested SQUIRM (Fri Feb 28, 9pm).

BIG BAD WOLVES

European horror features heavily on NYX UK and this month there are Channel premieres for   Jesús Franco’s erotically charged LORNA THE EXORCIST (Fri Feb 14, 9pm), and Lucio  Fulci’s THE PSYCHIC (Thurs Feb 20, 9pm),

British 50s horror classics also feature, with two seminal works of science fiction horror,  directed by Val Guest – QUATERMASS 2, and THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN, which Is presented by FrightFest Saturday Night Scares with Alan Jones 

PARASITE

There is also a Channel premiere for THE NORLIS TAPES, an eerie, supernatural horror directed by Dan Curtis, which screens on Thurs Feb 27, 9pm.

Plus, Thursday nights at 7pm sees the continuation of GALVASTON’S CAVERN OF CREEPS, a wickedly entertaining horror-comedy series where Galvaston, a snarky demon on a quest to unleash the apocalypse, ends up bonding with Jack, a clueless but lovable horror movie enthusiast. Season One continues with the Channel premieres of two cult classics: Roger Corman’s THE WASP WOMAN (1959) and Fred F. Sears’ THE GIANT CLAW (1957).

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