IT’S bad enough being at war with Hitler in 1942 but when the demonic invade Whitby the feature film, The Midnight Realm, being shot there brings fantasy face to face with reality with bloody consequences.

Clark, who fell in love with the town when a visit went amusingly awry and who features in the SFX SF/Fantasy/ Horror top 100 writers, is a dab hand with diabolism and knows how to chill the heart and soul.

Dracula would have been proud of him.