--And Now The Podcast Starts!

--And Now The Podcast Starts!

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English Arts Explicit
Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 1h 23m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Sep 2020
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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About This Podcast

–And Now The Podcast Starts! is a critical, fun journey into horror with five informed fans of film and TV. Each episode will focus on a different topic for review or discussion, usually taking a horror subject as a starting point, but going in an unexpected direction, and often featuring special guests.

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#114 Howard and Dan on the later Subotsky anthologies (1972-85)

Jan 05, 2026 1h 19m

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)

Dec 24, 2025 40m

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

Oct 31, 2025 1h 30m

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

Oct 28, 2025 1h 7m

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)

Oct 24, 2025 1h 1m

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)

Oct 17, 2025 1h 2m

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)

Oct 17, 2025 1h 11m

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)

Oct 13, 2025 1h 3m

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)

Oct 09, 2025 59m

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)

Oct 02, 2025 58m

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!

Oct 02, 2025 1h 42m

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

Feb 07, 2025 1h 29m

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)

Dec 31, 2024 36m

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)

Dec 25, 2024 50m

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

Dec 12, 2024 1h 7m

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)

Dec 05, 2024 51m

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

Nov 30, 2024 3h 7m

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

Nov 22, 2024 45m

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

Nov 14, 2024 1h

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

Nov 07, 2024 1h 15m

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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--And Now The Podcast Starts! has published 100 episodes since September 2020, covering topics in Arts.

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--And Now The Podcast Starts! is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 23m.

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