Scotland

Scotland is a country that occupies the northern half of Great Britain and is part of the greater United Kingdom. It has been used as the central setting of several horror stories including X the Unknown and Dog Soldiers.

Points of Interest

 * Edinburgh: Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the second largest Scottish city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas.


 * Glasgow: Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands. A person from Glasgow is known as a Glaswegian, which is also the name of the local dialect.


 * Lochmouth: In 1956, the British army and a team from the Atomic Energy Establishment discovered a fissure in the ground produced by a unique lifeform comprised of radioactive mud. This blob-like creature terrorized the surrounding area until it was destroyed by Doctor Adam Royston and Peter Elliott who lured the entity back to the fissure and detonated a cobalt bomb over top of it.

Films that take place in

 * Dog Soldiers
 * Shallow Grave
 * The Dead Outside
 * The Execution of Mary Stuart
 * The Wicker Man (1973)
 * X the Unknown

Comics that take place in

 * Hellblazer (Volume 1) #224
 * Hellblazer (Volume 1) #225
 * Swamp Thing (Volume 1) #4