Horror Movies — Feed — The After Movie Diner

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

Jon Cross talks with author, blogger, podcaster and direct to video connoisseur, Matt Poirier all about his new novel, the movie Critters, Dan Aykroyd’s music, Nazi game shows, red head discrimination and more.

Jan 25

Jan 25 The Horror of Frankenstein

Can you truly enjoy a movie that you objectively know is terrible and can anyone ever really step into Cushing and Lee’s shoes? That’s what our Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is wondering when it comes to 1970’s The Horror of Frankenstein starring Ralph Bates, Kate O’Mara and David Prouse.

May 20

May 20 The Old Dark House

The Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is embracing the goofy and offering a hand across the ocean to cinematic huckster William Castle and his 1963 collaboration with Hammer, The Old Dark House.

Oct 28

Oct 28 Maniac

Written Review, Film Review, At Twenty Five

The Bloke Down The Pub, lover of all things Hammer, is realising just because you don’t have the best boss doesn’t mean you can’t do good work in Hammer’s 1963 film, Maniac.

Oct 22

Oct 22 At Twenty Five: Wes Craven's New Nightmare

TF Parent

In the month of its 25th Anniversary, contributor to the site, TF Parent, brings us a look back at the meta horror film that started 90s meta horror, revitalised a franchise and allowed an original filmmaker to respond to the sequels that were out of his control, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare.

Aug 26

Aug 26 The Reptile

Our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, is back and discussing both the upsides and downsides of the years in which Hammer movies were made versus the present time, especially with how it relates to the lighting in 1966’s The Reptile.

Aug 20

Aug 20 Episode 291 - 47 Meters Down: Uncaged

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review, New Releases

Jon Cross and Jim Wallace watch some women, 2 of which are famous people’s daughters, get attacked by blind, albino sharks amongst the Mayan ruins of Mexico in 47 Meters Down: Uncaged

Dec 11

Dec 11 The Vampire Lovers

The Bloke Down The Pub, lover of all things Hammer, sometimes does things a bit backward, like reviewing the first part of “The Karnstein Trilogy “, 1970's The Vampire Lovers, last. Delight as he struggles not to go on and on about bleedin’ Tudor Gates!

Nov 27

Nov 27 Quatermass and the Pit

Our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, wrestles with bonkers plot biscuits and the looming spectre of the BBC in his review of 1967’s Quatermass and the Pit AKA Five Million Years to Earth.

Nov 13

Nov 13 The Shadow of the Cat

Our Hammer loving Bloke Down The Pub is done with debating whether or not it’s strictly a Hammer film and instead wants to talk about what kind of film 1961’s The Shadow of the Cat is!

Oct 29

Oct 29 Episode 265 - Halloween 2018 and MO75

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Film Review, New Releases

This week we return with a slash and manage to squeeze our Halloween episode just in under the wire. Jim Wallace and Jon Cross talk Halloween 2018 and we play the new rockin' sounds of the new album from The Big Heist, MO75!

Oct 1

Oct 1 Laurie Strode in Halloween (2018) as a Reflection of the Evolving Narrative of Victimhood in the Slasher Film: An Essay

Lisa Gullickson

Article, Written, New Releases, Horrotober

Our excellent movie maven, Lisa Gullickson went to Fantastic Fest and, after a screening of Halloween (2018), came back with this great think piece on the nature of the victim in slasher films…

Aug 31

Aug 31 The Devil Rides Out

The Bloke Down The Pub, our Hammer Horror fanatic, can’t believe anyone, let alone the producer, doesn’t love the Christopher Lee starring The Devil Rides Out from 1968.

Aug 21

Aug 21 Episode 260 - Hammer Horror Month - Scars of Dracula

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Hammer Horror, Film Review

Hosts Jim Wallace and Jon Cross discuss bad bat puppets, ill-advised sex comedy, Christopher Lee's mad face and so much more while reviewing Hammer Horror's Scars of Dracula

May 21

May 21 Demons of the Mind

Our Hammer loving Bloke Down The Pub is waxing rhapsodic about Hammer’s ever present woods and Michael Horden from 1972's Demons of the Mind.

Feb 26

Feb 26 The Lost Continent