The Phantom of the Paradise: A Macabre Meditation on The Entertainment Monster and All It Devours
Lisa looks at another Horror Musical and how eerily relevant it is today, as it ever was. Directed by Brian DePalma, with Music by Paul Williams and starring Jessica Harper, it's Phantom of the Paradise!
The Founder
Jon Wallace, hungry for a tasty and greasy story of a rose tinted Americana 50s, starring a never better Michael Keaton, is left a little hungry and thirsty by Robert D. Siegel's The Founder.
The Women of Horrotober: Wendy Kaplan as Tina in Halloween 5
Michael ends his excellent run of The Women of Horrotober with another Halloween themed one, specifically the underrated Wendy Kaplan as Tina from Halloween 5.
Halloween (1978)
Michael Campochiaro Vs. Michael Myers in his annual revisit of the perennial seasonal favourite, John Carpenter's Halloween (1978).
Episode 233 - Horrotober '17 No.5 - A Scrotum of Draculas
On this our last Horrotober podcast for 2017, Jim Wallace and Jon Cross talk two completely bizarre and quite probably awful Dracula films - Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and Dracula 2000 with Gerard Butler as Dracula (which sounds like a Monty Python joke but isn't, it's painfully true)
The Women of Horrotober: Lili Taylor in The Addiction, 1995
Michael Campochiaro takes the month of Horrotober and his series on women of the horror genre to praise one of our favourite actresses, the incredible Lili Taylor in Abel Ferrara's disturbing, vampiric tale The Addiction from 1995.
Cryptic Pictures presents the Worldwide Release of MORTAL REMAINS!
MORTAL REMAINS is a “shockumentary” which examines the life of Karl Atticus, a notorious filmmaker from the Vietnam era whose works have been mysteriously purged from cinematic history and its having is world wide release NOW!
We have the trailer, the viewing links, an interview and more!
Dracula A.D. 1972
The Bloke Down The Pub, lover of all things Hammer, debates the guilt in "guilty pleasure" sequel of Hammer's long-running Dracula franchise, 1972's Dracula A.D. 1972.
Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue 20th Anniversary
Lindsey Thomas takes a look at the 20th Anniversary re-release of the striking and provocative anime, cult classic, debut of Satoshi Kon, Perfect Blue.
The Women of Horrotober '17: Laurie Zimmer, Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Michael Campochiaro continues his fascinating and fantastic series looking at the women of genre films. This time it's Laurie Zimmer from John Carpenter's underrated classic Assault on Precinct 13 from 1976.
Episode 232 - Horrotober '17 No.4 - Suspiria
At 2 a.m. in the noisiest diner in all of New York, the tired & grumpy Jon Cross and the generally affable Jim Wallace sit down to try and work out just what Dario Argento's Suspiria is all about.
In Defense of the Horror-Musical: Exhibit A – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Lisa Gullickson brings you songs! scares!! and Sondheim!!! with her look at the musical horror, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - nope not the Burton/Depp one - the Angela Lansbury one from 1982!
Lumpkin the Pumpkin
Owen Durivage, our explorer in the darkened, damp, dingy corners of VHS/movie land, tells us all about the barely-animated, Halloween themed film Lumpkin The Pumpkin.
In his own words "It’s not good, but I feel everyone should see it at least once.
Warrior’s Gate
Lindsey Thomas relives the movies of her youth and finds plenty of fun in Enter The Warrior's Gate from the minds of Luc Besson and Robert Kamen
The Women of Horrotober '17: Shelley Duvall
Throughout Horrotober, Michael Campochiaro will be taking us through some of his favourite, stand out performances by the women of horror. In this third article, Michael is singing the praises of Shelley Duvall in her, often underappreciated, performance as an abused but brave wife and mother in The Shining.
Episode 231 - Horrotober '17 No.3 - Blood Games/The Catcher/Billy Club
Returning champ, Nick Consol joins us to discuss not one but three baseball themed horror films - Blood Games, The Catcher & Billy Club
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Bloke Down The Pub is wishing that his beloved Hammer had made a whole slew of Sherlock Holmes movies after watching 1959's The Hound of the Baskervilles starring Peter Cushing, Andre Morell and Christopher Lee.
Interview with Peter Spellos
Jon Cross sits down for a chat, over breakfast, in a diner, with character actor, improv comedian, teacher, director, philosopher, storyteller, voice artist and professional 'that guy' Peter Spellos from Sorority House Massacre 2, Hard To Die, Nightmare on Elm Street 6 and more!
Pet Sematary
Jon Cross revisits Stephen King's Pet Sematary and finds lots to love amongst the crudely written gravestones and zombie cats.
Episode 230 - Horrotober '17 No.2 - Terror at London Bridge/Edge of Sanity/Bad Karma
Jon Cross is joined by Moe Porne of No Budget Nightmares and Dee Shaw of The 3 Black Geeks to discuss a trilogy of American takes on the Jack The Ripper legend - Terror at London Bridge, Edge of Sanity & Bad Karma. This podcast has got The Hoff, bricks, sweaty Perkins and more!