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#114 Howard and Dan on the later Subotsky anthologies (1972-85)
Happy New Year! In a change to the proposed episode on The Woman in Black, Howard and Dan conclude their discussion of Milton Subotsky's horror anthologies, begun in the episodes listed below. The…
CHRISTMAS BONUS: A Very British Horror on The Signalman (1976)
Merry Christmas! In another gem from the archives of A Very British Horror, Chris and Paul discuss BBC-TV's classic 1976 Ghost Story for Christmas, The Signalman, based on the story by Charles…
#113 Halloween Ends (2022) with Spider-Dan
AKA Halloween Retrospective #13. In 2018, Howard, Dan and Spider-Dan began this podcast's epic mission to review every single film in the Halloween franchise. Now, the journey concludes as the…
#112 Halloween Kills (2021) with Spider-Dan
AKA Halloween Retrospective #12. In 2018, Howard, Dan and Spider-Dan began this podcast's epic mission to review every single film in the Halloween franchise (then only 11 films strong). After…
BONUS: A Very British Horror on Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Paul and Chris discuss the ingenious late-period Hammer film Hands of the Ripper, which deals with the daughter of Jack the Ripper. The next episodes of And Now The Podcast Starts.... will be…
BONUS: A Very British Horror on Tales From The Crypt (1972)
To complement the discussion of the Amicus anthology film The House That Dripped Blood in our episode #111, we're proud to present another gem from the archives of A Very British Horror, in which…
#111 The House That Dripped Blood (1971) (Just The Convo)
AKA Lee/Cushing, Howard/Dan #7 (Preview Version) Howard and Dan reconvened in person for the first time since 2019 to record a new episode about a Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee film, and it's the…
BONUS: A Very British Horror on Warlock (1989)
In another release from the archives of the sadly-missed podcast A Very British Horror, Chris Denton and Paul Monk discuss 1989's occult horror, Warlock. Works Cited Warlock (New World Pictures,…
#110 Weapons (2025) and Barbarian (2022)
Ian and Dan discuss this summer's controversial hit from Zach Cregger, as well as the director's previous film, Barbarian. Warning: nothing but spoilers for both, as well as No Country for Old Men…
BONUS: A Very British Horror on Vampire Circus (1971)
Another release from the archive of the wonderful and sadly missed podcast, A Very British Horror, in which Paul and Chris discuss the 1971 Hammer horror film, Vampire Circus.
#109 Sinners (2025) with Spider-Dan - Spoiler-free and Spoiler-ee!
We're back, folks - and welcome to Halloween season! We'll be releasing regular episodes throughout October and possibly beyond. One of the horror movie hits of year has been Ryan Coogler's music-led…
#108 Damien: Omen II (1978) with Steve Timms
AKA Omen Trilogy Retrospective #2 Back in 2023, Dan, Stella, Ian and Howard recorded a chat about 1978's Satanic sequel Damian: Omen II to follow up their chat on 1976's The Omen. Ghosts (or…
BONUS: A Very British Horror on The Ash Tree (1975)
Happy New Year! But Christmas continues. Here's another gem from the archives of the podcast A Very British Horror, wherein Paul and Chris discuss a (sort of) ghost story for Christmas, the BBC's…
#107 Christmas Special: The Exorcism (1972)
AKA Missed Classics #13 Belatedly following up on our 2020 review of During Barty's Party, here we look at another 1970s TV play by director Don Taylor, 1972's socially-conscious Christmas ghost…
#106 Nightmares on Film
The visual media of cinema, TV and videogames are especially suited to depicting the strange visions and wonky logic of human dreaming, and the horror genre is especially able to take advantage of…
#105 Enys Men (2022)
Kirsty and Dan discuss Enys Men, director Mark Jenkin's unique sort-of-folk horror/art film hybrid set on a lonely Cornish island. Beware, there are some plot developments given, although this very…
#104 The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) with Simon Clark and Spider-Dan
AKA Clark on Quatermass #2: The 1979 Novel This is the second episode we've released in which award-winning author Simon Clark (@HotelMidnight) pops on to talk to Dan about their mutual hero,…
#103 Grimmfest 2024 Reviews: Crumb Catcher & Delivery Run
This year, Stella and Dan got to go to Manchester's Grimmfest together for the first time since before the pandemic. Here they talk about the two films they saw, listed below. NB. 'The Lurking Gits'…
#102 The Aesthetics of Abjection
AKA Questions of Horror #6: What Makes Horror Beautiful? Kirsty and Dan discuss the beauty that can sometimes be found in works of horror - or, to use Kirsty's cooler phraseology, the aesthetic…
#101 Favourite Horror Franchises
AKA Questions of Horror #5: What Are Our Favourite (or the Best) Horror Franchises? Ian, Kirsty, Stella and Dan ruminate on the above question, while Howard calls Dan on the phone to add his…
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