Horror Hangout

Tonight they will rise from the darkness beneath the city... To feed! Rats: Night of Terror (Italian: Rats - Notte di terrore) is a 1984 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Bruno Mattei. In a post-apocalyptic earth, where most of humanity lives underground, a group of surface people stumble upon an abandoned lab that was trying to bring life back to the earth's surface, but the place is run o...

Death runs in the family. Final Destination Bloodlines is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein and written by Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor, based on a story developed by them and Jon Watts. It is the sixth installment in the Final Destination film series following Final Destination 5 (2011). The film stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana as a college student wh...

Are you a friend of Frendo? Clown in a Cornfield is a 2025 American slasher film directed by Eli Craig and written by Craig and Carter Blanchard. It is based on the 2020 novel by Adam Cesare, and stars Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Kevin Durand, and Will Sasso. A fading midwestern town in which Frendo the clown, a symbol of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge. 00:00...

One night is all that stands between them and freedom. But it's going to be a hell of a night. From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman. Starring Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Tarantino, Ernest Liu, and Juliette Lewis, the plot follows a pair of American criminal brothers, wh...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Felipe Vargas, the director of Rosario, a new supernatural horror which hits select theatres from TODAY! Rosario spends the night with her grandmother's body while she waits for the ambulance to arrive, during a severe snowfall, Rosario is attacked by otherworldly entities that have taken control of her grandmother's body. www.horrorhangout.co.uk Podcast - https://...

Every night a different nightmare. Until Dawn is a 2025 American survival horror film directed by David F. Sandberg from a screenplay and a story by Gary Dauberman and Blair Butler. It is derived from the 2015 video game published by PlayStation Studios, and is set in the same universe while featuring an original standalone story that expands upon the game's mythology. It stars Ella Rubin, Michael...

Ben Errington is joined by Eli Craig, the director of Clown in a Cornfield, a new slasher based on the cult novel of the same name written by Adam Cesare. The movie releases in cinemas on 9th May! Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Co...

Dance with the devil. Sinners is a 2025 American period horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as twin brothers who return to their hometown to start again, only to be confronted by a supernatural evil. The film also features Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jay...

A twisted tale of love, revenge and puppetry. Judy and Punch is a 2019 Australian period black comedy film written and directed by Mirrah Foulkes in her feature directorial debut, based on a story by Foulkes, Eddy Moretti, Lucy Punch, and Tom Punch. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Tom Budge, Benedict Hardie, Gillian Jones, Terry Norris, Brenda Palmer, and Lucy Velik. The film follows the...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Meghan Adara, the star of indie horror film Amelia, which is funding now on Indiegogo! A small quaint village is terrorised by a series of unexplained deaths. Unbeknownst to the villagers a malevolent entity has taken residence. Will it be stopped in time? https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/amelia-a-drama-horror-feature-film www.horrorhangout.co.uk Podcast - https:...

They bite! Critters is a 1986 American science fiction comedy horror film directed by Stephen Herek in his directorial debut, and co-written with Domonic Muir. It stars Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy "Green" Bush and Scott Grimes in his film debut. The plot follows a group of small, furry aliens with carnivorous behavior escaping from two shape-shifting bounty hunters, landing in a small count...

A celebration of independent horror and genre cinema... by the sea! This week Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner attend Screams by the Sea at Pavilion Dance South West in Bournemouth. This episode includes interviews and reviews, plus catch-ups with previous guests and new friends. Screams By The Sea is a one-day event packed with thrills, chills and amazing opportunities. The main stage shows...

You'll never know what bit you. Lake Placid is a 1999 American comedy horror film directed by Steve Miner and written by David E. Kelley. It is the first installment in the Lake Placid film series and stars Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Platt, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, and Mariska Hargitay. In the film, a giant crocodile terrorizes the fictional location of Black Lake,...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Andy Edwards, the director of Rumpelstiltskin - a new adaptation of the classic fairytale which recently premiered at FrightFest Glasgow. A haunting tale of the scariest villain from our collective childhoods returns - only darker, bloodier and nastier this time. Once upon a time, Miller attempted to marry his daughter off to the King by promising she could spin st...

The nightmare becomes reality. Nightmare City (Italian: Incubo sulla città contaminata; released in the US as City of the Walking Dead) is a 1980 Italian-Spanish science-fiction horror film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It stars Hugo Stiglitz as a TV news reporter who witnesses the collapse of order in a city overrun by irradiated blood-drinking ghouls. Victims rise from the dead to join the host, ad...

FrightFest yet again descends on the Glasgow Film Festival and so do hosts Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner alongside special guest and friend of the show, Emma Cownley! Covering films including but not limited to House of Ashes, The Last Sacrifice, By The Throat, The Doom Busters, In Our Blood, A Mother’s Embrace, The American Backyard, Scared to Death and Rumplestiltskin. 00:00 Intro 16:10...

Terror beyond your wildest dreams. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American fantasy slasher film directed by Renny Harlin, and is the fourth installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Serving as a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), the film follows Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) who, following the death of Nancy Thompson and completi...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Gene Dolders, the director of Giallo-inspired slasher The Blade Cuts Deeper, which recently had its world premiere at Evansville Horror Con in the US. Meet John Abbott, narcissistic host of infamous real-crime show Lights, Camera, KILL. Known for its lurid re-enactments of the darkest of trespasses, it has made him rich by exploiting pain and suffering. Yet while A...

Everybody dies. And that's fucked up. The Monkey is a 2025 American comedy horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. Based on Stephen King's 1980 short story, the film stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, and Elijah Wood. It follows twin brothers whose lives are turned upside down by a cursed toy monkey that causes r...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Drew Starling, the author of post-apocalyptic science-fiction horror novel After - An Anatomy of Fracture. The book follows the journey of a lonely motorcycle messenger who delivers weather-beaten notes to survivors scattered across a cracked and fissured western United States, a world both devastating and somehow beautiful. Her road takes her over vast landscapes,...

Romance is dead. Heart Eyes is a 2025 American romantic comedy slasher film directed by Josh Ruben and written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon (who also produces), and Michael Kennedy. The film stars Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, and Jordana Brewster. For the past several years, the "Heart Eyes Killer" has wreaked havoc on Valentine's Day by stalking...

Seven deadly sins. Seven ways to die. Seven (often stylized as Se7en) is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with Gwyneth Paltrow and John C. McGinley in supporting roles. Set in an unnamed, crime-ridden city, Seven's narrative follows disenchanted, nearly retired Detective Lieutenant William Somer...

For generations the Mafia preyed on the innocent. Tonight someone is preying on them. Innocent Blood (also known in some regions as A French Vampire in America) is a 1992 American black comedy horror film directed by John Landis and written by Michael Wolk. The film stars Anne Parillaud as a beautiful French vampire who finds herself pitted against a gang of mobsters led by Salvatore Macelli (Robe...

Fear is a place. Session 9 is a 2001 American psychological horror film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Anderson and Stephen Gevedon. It stars David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III and Josh Lucas. An asbestos abatement crew who take a clean-up job at an abandoned mental asylum amid an intense work schedule, growing tensions, and mysterious events occurring around them. Its title...

What if someone you love became something else? Wolf Man is a 2025 American psychological body horror film directed by Leigh Whannell from a screenplay he co-wrote with Corbett Tuck. A reboot of The Wolf Man (1941), the film stars Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, and Sam Jaeger. The plot follows a family man seeking to protect his wife and daughter from a werewolf, only to become infected and slo...