Horror Hangout

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Owen Llewelyn, the star of slasher feature The R.I.P Man, which is funding now on Indiegogo. A serial killer with a dental condition targets teenagers in a wealthy town. A detective tries to identify and understand the murderer's motives. A young man confronts his past to stop the grisly killings. Support the project here - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-r-...

Get on board to stay alive! Train to Busan (Korean: 부산행; RR: Busanhaeng; MR: Pusanhaeng; lit. To Busan) is a 2016 South Korean action horror film directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, and Kim Eui-sung. The film mostly takes place on a KTX from Seoul to Busan as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks out in the country and th...

Succumb to the darkness. Nosferatu is a 2024 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers. It is a remake of F. W. Murnau's 1922 silent film Nosferatu, itself inspired by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. The film stars Bill Skarsgård as the titular character and Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp as the married Hutter couple, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph...

Here’s the Horror Hangout roundup of favourites, honourable mentions, new discoveries and disappointments for the year that was 2024! 00:00 Intro 06:08 Horror News 15:40 What We've Been Watching 27:43 Listeners' Picks 31:42 Honourable Mentions 34:52 Disappointments 48:08 Top Movies (10-9) 55:28 Best First Watches / Rediscoveries 1:03:06 Top Movies (8-7) 1:14:05 Best Horror TV 1:19:50 Top Movies (6...

The Big Fat Horror Movie Quiz returns for another end of year special with question master Andy Conduit-Turner overseeing the trivia showdown. This time it's original hosts Ben Errington and Luke Kondor taking on Ash Millman and Elizabeth Bishop - The Wicked Witches of the West Midlands! 00:00 Intro 03:25 2024 Favourites 15:00 Quiz - Choosing Questions 20:42 Quiz - Speed Round 37:49 Quiz - The Yea...

He'll sleigh you. Christmas Evil (originally titled You Better Watch Out, and also known as Terror in Toyland) is a 1980 American slasher film written and directed by Lewis Jackson and starring Brandon Maggart. The plot follows a deranged man obsessed with Santa Claus who eventually goes on a murderous rampage dressed in a Santa Claus suit. Since its release, it has gained a cult following, includ...

You better watch out. Krampus is a 2015 Christmas black comedy folk horror film based on the eponymous character from Austro-Bavarian folklore, directed by Michael Dougherty, who co-wrote with Todd Casey and Zach Shields. In the film, a dysfunctional family squabbling causes a young boy (Max) to lose his festive spirit. Doing so unleashes the wrath of Krampus, a fearsome, horned demonic beast in a...

Ben Errington is joined by Brandon Salisbury, the director of the George A. Romero’s Resident Evil documentary which will be available on digital from January 7th 2025. In 1998, Constantin Film set out to bring Resident Evil, the legendary horror video game, to the big screen. They enlisted George A. Romero, the visionary director who redefined the zombie genre, to adapt the project. But despite t...

Fight to survive. Frozen is a 2010 American psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Adam Green, and starring Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers, and introducing Emma Bell in her film debut. It tells the story of three friends stranded in a chairlift after a day of skiing, forced to make life-or-death choices in order to survive and get down. 00:00 Intro 14:15 Horror News 19:18 What We'...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Annabella Rich and Chris Mills, the directors, writers and stars of psychological horror-thriller feature film The Death of Us, which is funding now on Indiegogo. The Death of Us tells the story of a famous author and his wife, forced into seclusion at a quiet house in the country after the devestating loss of their child. Their solitude quickly unravels as they fa...

The thrill is in the hunt. Wolf Creek is a 2005 Australian horror film written, co-produced and directed by Greg McLean and starring John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath and Kestie Morassi. Its plot concerns three backpackers who find themselves taken captive and subsequently hunted by Mick Taylor, a serial killer, in the Australian outback. 00:00 Intro 15:41 Horror News 29:13 What We'...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by by Ryan Kruger, the director of Street Trash, a new spin on the 1987 movie which is available now on digital platforms through Cineverse. In the not-too-distant dystopian future of South Africa, the homeless crisis has reached such a critical level that the government has decided to liquidate the problem (literally). It’s up to a ragtag group of homeless individual...

Question everything. Heretic is a 2024 American psychological horror film written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. It stars Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East, and follows two missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who attempt to convert a reclusive Englishman, only to realize he is more dangerous than he seems. 00:00 Intro 13:30 Horror News 22:01 What...

A star is born tonight... Will she live to see tomorrow? Opera (also known and released as Terror at the Opera) is a 1987 Italian giallo directed and co-written by Dario Argento and starring Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, and Ian Charleson. The film's plot focuses on a young soprano (Marsillach) who becomes involved in a series of murders being committed inside an opera hou...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Rich Rose, the writer/director of horror short It's Really You to discuss the film which premiered at FrightFest 2024! Rich Rose is an award-winning screenwriter and director, based in South London. He has an MA in Directing from MetFilm School and is currently developing a number of projects. It's Really You - A priest arrives at a house to perform an exorcism, un...

You better not shout, you better not cry. Terrifier 3 is a 2024 American Christmas supernatural slasher film written and directed by Damien Leone and starring Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton, Elliott Fullam, Samantha Scaffidi, Antonella Rose, Margaret Anne Florence, and Bryce Johnson. On the days leading up to Christmas, the story follows Sienna Shaw as she attempts to rebuild her life. At th...

Experience the horror. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (Korean: 곤지암; Hanja: 昆池岩; RR: Gonjiam) is a 2018 South Korean found footage supernatural horror film directed by Jung Bum-shik. Based on a real-life psychiatric hospital of the same name, it stars Wi Ha-joon, Park Ji-hyun, Oh Ah-yeon, Moon Ye-won, Park Sung-hoon, Yoo Je-yoon and Lee Seung-wook in the lead roles. The narrative centers around a ho...

Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? The Substance is a 2024 satirical body horror film co-produced, written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. 00:00 Intro 24:46 Horror News 38:42 Wh...

e careful what you wish for. Wishmaster is a 1997 American dark fantasy horror film directed by Robert Kurtzman. The film was executive produced by Wes Craven, and is the only film of the Wishmaster series with his name attached. Its plot concerns a djinn, a wish-granting, evil genie who is released from a jewel and seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a porta...

There's something evil hiding in the woods. Blair Witch is a 2016 found footage supernatural horror film directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett. It is the third film in the Blair Witch series and a direct sequel to the 1999 film The Blair Witch Project, while ignoring the events of its 2000 follow-up film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, given the events of that film being a film wit...

Ben Errington is joined by Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence author Ariel Powers-Schaub to discuss the book which is published on the 17th September through Encyclopocalypse Publications! Millennial Nasties takes a critical but appreciative look at an oft-ignored subset of horror. This book dissects the English-language horror films of the 2000s and the cultural...

Ben Errington is joined by Jim Wheale and Sophie Shaw, the creative minds behind Stormjar Studio’s immersive horror story, The Static Sea! The Static Sea is a twisted ghost story that combines forgotten World War One history, the birth of radio and the ghosts of Flat Holm Island. The horror-mystery experience focuses on a fictional radio engineer from the 1920s who served as a trench radio operato...

The ghost with the most is back. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a 2024 American dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. A sequel to Beetlejuice (1988) and the second film of the Beetlejuice franchise, the film stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara reprising their roles alongside new cast members Justin Theroux, Monic...

Fear its call. Cuckoo is a 2024 horror film written and directed by Tilman Singer, and starring Hunter Schafer, Jan Bluthardt, Marton Csokas, Jessica Henwick, and Dan Stevens. The film follows a teenager (Schafer) who moves to the German Alps to live with her father (Csokas) but becomes disturbed by strange occurrences as her father's boss (Stevens) embroils her family in a sinister plot. 00:00 In...

It’s time to take another journey directly into The Dark Heart of Cinema! This week Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner attend FrightFest at Odeon in Leicester Square (London). The extensive episode includes interviews and reviews, plus catch-ups with previous guests and new friends. 00:14 Day 1 Intro 04:39 Broken Bird Review 09:52 Interview w/ Rebecca Calder (Star of Broken Bird) 11:51 Intervie...