On a cold night in Manchester, many years ago, Sarah met Jamie whilst working for a volunteer music promotion program in one of the city's dingy venues. Soon after, they discovered they had a shared interest in all things celluloid, in particular, the more blood-soaked and perverse arena of cinema. A few years, and many heated film-centric conversations and debates later, Sarah found she could confidently add Matt, Dave, Aaron and Phil to her modest list of Horror enthusiast cohorts.
On the internet they each branched out; meeting, chatting to and arguing with a plethora of horror-loving folks. A whole host of movies later, they came upon an idea. With nothing more than the money in their back pockets and a healthy thirst for fake blood and guts, they decided to assault the internet with a horror website they could call their own. Thus, Gorepress was born; a horror website with a difference. A collective made up of horror geeks from around the globe, in turns praising and lambasting films from the conception of cinema, right up to todays' new releases. Gorepress aims to entertain, inform and create debate whilst providing an easily navigated database of movie reviews, interviews and features.
Sarah Law
Originally from Manchester but now living a quaint life in rural Kent, Sarah enjoys drinking tea, going to car boot fairs and antique shops, cooking and enjoying the odd gin and tonic. When she's not doing any of that, she runs a jewellery & accessories company, takes a lot of photographs and obssesses over her cats. She co-designed and maintains Gorepress and gets her kicks from watching films that feature death and dismemberment, roaming hordes of the undead and sadistic serial murderers but not necessarily all at the same time. Although that would be awesome.
Jamie Carruthers
Jamie got into horror at a very young age, some might say too young, due to his Uncle's ghost stories. The rest, as they say, is history. A man with fingers in many pies, he lives in the North West and is currently studying journalism at Salford University, plays loud, enthusiastic punk rock in a band called Dead Mills and writes for his now infamous blog Let's Get Dangerous, in addition to contributing to other publications. He wears a flat cap and has a beard, despite being too young for either.
Dave Scullion
Born in Romford and graduating to somewhere better, Dave has dabbled in many jobs including postman, theatre administrator, kid's camp leader and HMV supervisor, but throughout this he has remained an adamant fan of all things horror. Apart from Eli Roth. He can sod off. He is now a project coordinator at a DVD editing & authoring facility in West London and occasionally plays with writing, acting and filming things. Part Scottish, part Geordie and part Essex, Dave has been experimenting in genetic removal surgery for years, but has so far only created an army of zombie badgers. You have been warned.
Matt Arnold
Leaving his hometown of Bognor Regis for the more idyllic climes of Kent, via Manchester, Matt has spent the majority of his adult life indulging in various entrepreneurial schemes so as not to succumb to a life of 9-5 banality. A jack of all trades but master of none, he holds degrees in Biochemistry and Forensic Science but has yet to explore a career in either. A firm advocate of the horror genre, Matt designed, built and helps to maintain Gorepress, watching as many horror movies as his spare time will allow.
Aaron Gillott
Aaron was a sweet, innocent child of Yorkshire. Angelic, the neighbours used to say... Something went wrong. Badly. Legend has it that he was possessed by a malignant spirit that had been trapped inside a rental VHS when he watched his first horror movie at a tender age, forever warping his mind towards the macabre. Other theories suggest he might have accidentally seen Showgirls, a terror so profound it's said to generate the 1.21 gigawatts necessary to travel back in time and induce madness retroactively. He now lives in Spain, watching horror flicks and stocking up on popcorn so he can enjoy the inevitable zombie holocaust in style.
Phil Taberner
Born in Derby but raised in the swampy marshlands of the East Anglian fens, Phil was terrified of almost everything as a kid. 'But Phil!' I hear you cry, 'what sort of an outlook is that for a horror fan?' And you'd be correct. Fortunately however, Phil moved over to the dark side some time in his mid-teens and has never looked back. Enjoying a range of hugely dorky pastimes including cinephilia, gaming and drawing, Phil has now graduated from the University of Lincoln with a BA in Media Production and thus has a lifetime of 'Do you want fries with that?' to look forward to.
Louise McG
A mystery, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in pyjamas, usually. Louise is a fan of old school horror movies, apocalypse, plague, zombies and vampires that resolutely Do Not Twinkle (no matter what the lighting is like). She's often to be found screaming at the television and wishing movie protagonists dead for their sheer stupidity. Probably best not to watch The Strangers sat next to her. You might go deaf. Or at least wish you had.
Paul Gray
Paul comes from a family where at least four of them are more successful writers than he is. This doesn't rankle one bit, causes no sleepless nights, nor any lingering doubts or stomach ulcers. No sir. He also works with alcohol for a living. Go figure.
Nicola Jones
A media graduate who has held down every job from charity funder to David Gray's roadie. Between two older brothers, Nicola was bounced from Hellraiser to Gremlins before she had finished primary school, and at the age of seven she was plonked in front of a games console and hasn't seemed to move since. With a self-proclaimed devotion to horror videogames, you could probably toss her a copy of Left 4 Dead for Valentine's day and she'd be happy. Oh yes - that actually happened.
