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Audience request month continues with Roger Corman’s “The Pit and The Pendulum”. A film in which a grief-stricken Vincent Price keeps his dead wife’s bedroom exactly as she left it, and similarly ensures that his dead father’s torture chamber is well oiled and fully functional; the local Doctor is a bit overfamiliar, and happy to sign off on DIY home internment; and we get the thesaurus out to nam...

Audience request month kicks off with a train journey as we climb aboard the “Horror Express”. A film in which Christopher Lee’s moustache bristles with traditional British pomposity; Peter Cushing’s wallet brims with traditional British bribery; Rasputin comes a cropper with a copper; and Inter-Narrational Fiction Pirate Captain Kojak invades from a completely different movie. A truly internation...

Welcome To Horror Presents: “The Bride of We Have Been Watching”. It’s time for our first regular round up of what we’ve been sticking into our eye balls outside of our regularly scheduled programming. In this episode we discuss Series 4 Part 1 of “Stranger Things”, “Starship Troopers”, “Morbius”, “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared”, “The House In Nightmare Park”, Nigel Kneale’s anthology series “Beasts”, “...

Welcome To Horror’s anthology month continues with 1993’s “Body Bags” from horror masters John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper. A film in which Sheena Easton’s baby catches the morning train, gets all hairy, and comes home again; David Kessler is remarkably recovered from his Holiday in England, and still on the pull; host John Carpenter looks distinctly healthier than usual; and Twiggy gazes in terror...

It’s anthology month at Welcome To Horror, and first up is another classic from Amicus: “The House That Dripped Blood”. A film in which Christopher Lee recreates the classic Two Ronnies “Four Candles” sketch; Denholm Elliott shows us his strangler; Worzel Gummidge buys a dodgy secondhand cape from the Crowman; and Mr Kipling makes exceedingly poor wax effigies. Definitely one of Amicus Films’ fine...

Hi Ho Silver! Here comes the lone ranger! He’s riding on down to rescue me! It’s Lee’s birthday choice, and he’s chosen hard-hitting docu-drama “I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle”. A film in which quiet country pubs don’t want any trouble in the saloon, so prefer you take your fights into the adjacent medieval banqueting hall; C-3PO throws shuriken for the Lord; Bob the Builder eats a talking turd; an...

It’s Chris’ birthday choice, and he’s chosen the bang-up-to-date, still-at-the- cinema, fresh-as-a-daisy “The Northman”, from WTH favourite Robert Eggers. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE WILL BE THOROUGHLY SPOILING THE WHOLE MOVIE! A brutal yet brilliant film, in which Nicole Kidman prefers to Bang Claes; there are no bullshit blood eagles, but a (literal) shed load of ravens and at least one Hawke; and B...

Once again, all of them witches as we visit “The City of the Dead” (aka “Horror Hotel”). A British film masquerading as an American one, with a variety of success on the accent front; in which several lone women give lifts to a sinister Man In Black who isn’t Johnny Cash; and Christopher Lee’s modern home boasts an en-suite gargoyle and bird-murdering annex. Along the way we discuss “Studio 666”,...

It’s time for a stone cold classic as we deliver “Rosemary’s Baby”. A film in which Dr Zaius suddenly goes all Countdown on his deathbed rather than just telling it straight; Maude Chardin reveals what she used to do for fun before picking up young men at funerals; and we definitely don’t see Anton LaVey, despite all his claims to the contrary. Along the way we discuss the sequel book and TV movie...

It’s horror on the high seas, with an equally high concept as we get caught up in 2009’s “Triangle”. A film in which we learn that a classical education in Greek mythology is perfect for a career in plot foreshadowing; it’s always best to have an enormous duffle bag knocking about the house; and a sinister mask is all very well for a murderer, but what about the footwear? Along the way we discuss...

It’s full on slasher territory this time, as we discuss 2009’s “Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet”. A film in which we witness the dangers of using a pickaxe for amateur colonic irrigation; realise that the lessons of “Scream” thirteen years ago have been long forgotten by the subsequent generation of horny teens; and the stinky man from the cemetery is to be trusted implicitly (at least whe...

It’s time to break out the pac-a-macs and sou-westers as the blood, mucus and other bodily fluids are spraying everywhere in Japanese Splatter Punk gem “Tokyo Gore Police”. A film in which it’s the stripper’s eyes that are out on stalks, not the audience’s; the kindly, cuddly Commissioner of Police keeps a pet amputee Cyber-gimp on a lead (which may reflect certain aspects of his character develop...

It’s Adam’s birthday choice, so he’s wheeled out what he feels is an under appreciated blast of weirdness: Don Coscarelli’s “John Dies At The End”, adapted from the book by David Wong. A film in which Baron Afanas discusses penises a great deal; Mr Krabs has a Vegas residency; and the teacher from “Gremlins” isn’t taking this shit anymore. Will John die at the end? Will Lee’s opinion of the film c...

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside! Especially when Horror on seas film festival is in town! In our time honoured tradition Lee, Chris and Lady J spent a great day with previous guest Dave at the Horror on Sea film festival and we wanted to share our thoughts on the films and shorts we saw as well as the film festival in general in another bonus episode. So grab you bucket and Spade and join u...

After our last episode’s look at Hammer’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, we take a deep dive into the great Grimpen Mire, and compare and contrast 3 further adaptations of the classic tale. We cover the 1988 adaptation from the impeccable Granada TV Series starring Jeremy Brett; in which we learn that the great detective was, at best, a mediocre chef. We then discuss “The Hounds of Baskerville”...

Happy New Year folks! And what better way to kick off than a Welcome To Horror Bonus Episode! With the Christmas break, we did a lot of extracurricular watching, and rather than rush through some great stuff, or end up with a top-heavy first episode, we thought we’d discuss our viewing in a separate ep. Here we discuss such delights as Mark Gatiss’ adaptation of “The Mezzotint”; epic Folk Horror d...

We travel to Dartmoor for our first episode of 2022, where we encounter the Hammer Studios version of “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. A film in which Peter Cushing’s status as an OG cosplayer leads to some exceptional authenticity; we learn the best way to present a ceremonial dagger to a suspect; the Bullingdon Club dry a half-drowned man out over an open fire; and Christopher Lee gets a good sl...

It’s Christmas! And nothing says Christmas quite like kidnap, Satanic Ritual, setting fire to the homeless and infanticide. Yes, to celebrate we’re watching Spanish Occult Caper “The Day of the Beast” (aka “El Día de la Bestia”). A film in which we learn the correct way to spell “AC/DC”; that you don’t need to actually carve a pentagram (particularly if you have expensive flooring); and that you n...

Special guest Manny joins us for this look at a late 90s Satanic Thriller, Roman Polanski’s “The Ninth Gate”. A film in which Frank Langella proves that most Satanic Societies are all “big cloaks, no knickers” when it comes to a punch up; Johnny Depp reveals his fragile tits and comic timing too late to save his performance; and we learn that rare book sellers are drowning in pussy. Along the way...

It’s allegory time with none-more-80s what-the-fuck-fest; Brian Yuzna’s “Society”. A documentary about the upper-echelons of the Beverly Hills gentry, which reveals the true face (and fist, and entrails, and pulsing wobbly bits) of the rich. And we learn what was acceptable in the 80s: perving over your own sister; being a star basketball player at the height of 5’ 7”; and bad hair (both on the he...

They’re here! And they’re watching “Poltergeist” from the combined minds of Cuddly Uncle Steven and Scary Uncle Tobe. A film that teaches us too much TV is bad for your children; that it was perfectly fine in the 80s to hire a group of creepy sexual predators to build your swimming pool; and that, even if you’re actually eaten by a tree, you’ll never be the favourite child. Along the way we discus...

It’s been ages (2 and a half years in fact) since we tackled a Kandarian Demon, and in time for Halloween, we’re watching one of the greatest sequels ever made: Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead II”. A film that features the most charismatic disembodied hand since The Addams Family; reinvents a video nasty as the goofiest of goopiest slapstick comedies; and features probably the greatest tooling-up montage e...

In 2021, three podcasters went into a Zoom chat and were never seen again. The recordings of that meeting, believed lost, were recently recovered, and it became clear that they were talking about the 1999 phenomenon that was “The Blair Witch Project”. A film with more arguing than the last time we covered an Argento movie; featuring more snot than a classroom of toddlers in winter; and certainly t...

We hide our guilt, chill our bones and look for the tenth number as we watch “Ghost Storeis” by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson, adapted from their smash hit stage play. A film in which Daddy’s got Meow Meow; we all get to play Finger-Mouth with the dead; and Martin Freeman makes Adam look a right prat. Along the way we discuss the original stage version, Charlie Brooker’s “Dead Set”; the SNL Vincent...

Once upon a Sunday dreary, 3 podcasters tired and beery, Considered which film would hopefully bore none - They gibbered ‘neath the heaving shelves, of DVDs and asked themselves, “What’s got a great cast? Something a bit more fun?” - All at once they realised the one, And a nervous excitement had begun, “Of course! We’ll watch The Raven by Roger Corman!” Along the way we discuss Shudder original “...