A Closer Look

What makes Shock Horror a “must-see” ghost story?

Alex (Herbert) caught up with The Green Room to talk about what makes Shock Horror unique, how the show has evolved from previous tours, and his own spooky childhood memories…

Shock Horror combines both film & theatre. Each image is taken from the video footage supporting the live action. Image(s): Dave Hackney

Q&A

  • Alex: “Herbert has grown up in a cinema that only screens horror. No contact with the outside world whatsoever. No friends, no school. His journey flips between haunting events of his childhood and present day. Any more info and I really would be spoiling it!”

  • Alex: “It’s the first ever horror show with it’s own self-produced horror footage on screen. Set in a haunted cinema auditorium – multimedia not only compliments the show visually; it’s woven into the plot, an unpredictable character in the story.”

  • Alex: “I grew up watching The Woman In Black. 14 visits to see the show and it never gets old for me. Performing horror takes me right back to the first time I saw it. Like Herbert I’m a kid again. I can only hope the audiences seeing this share the same sense of excitement and chills I felt back then.

    The atmosphere in horror is totally different to any other theatre experience I’ve ever had. It’s not about the laughs, it’s all about the screams.”

  • “Alex: Earliest memory was filming a ghost story at Halloween with my family. My grandpa wrote the script and filmed it. Everyone else acted in it. I played an American William Wallace. I still can’t understand why I chose American as an accent for the most famous Scottish hero of all time, but there you go!

    Spooky memory? A recurring childhood nightmare of a knock at the door and a jangling of keys. The door flew open. An entity stood in the darkness. I was frozen. I can still see that image now. I’ll leave that story there before I hide behind the sofa.”