Arrow Video Podcast

Ahead of Arrow's UK cinema release of LORDS OF CHAOS on March 29, this week's episode features an extended interview by Dan Martin (who also created the film's visual effects) with the film's director Jonas Akerlund. Elsewhere, Sam and Dan discuss recent recommendations including FOREIGN EXCHANGE and NEVER HERE, whilst Sam interviews the filmmaking team behind BORDER, the Scandinavian fantasy dram...

This week, Sam and Dan get their feet wet as they take a plunge into Arrow's recent Limited Edition release of WATERWORLD, complete with restored Ulysses Cut. Recommendations based on this week's film include NO ESCAPE and MAD MAX CHROME EDITION, whilst Sam and Dan also discuss recently seen films such as BORDER and Arrow Academy's THE POSSESSED. (Apologies for minor technical glitches in the reco...

Elvira plays Elvira in this week's film as Sam and Dan flight with the recent Arrow Video release of ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK. Similar recommendations include CAST A DEADLY SPELL and a couple of John Waters films, whilst Sam and Dan also discuss recent films they've watching including 1911's L'INFERNO through to 2015's WELCOME TO LEITH. Email the Arrow Video Podcast hosts for any comments, sug...

This week Sam and Dan extend their Greetings and Salutations as they teen talk about one of the most well-celebrated cult films of the 80s, the dark high school comedy, HEATHERS. How very! Similar film recommendations this week include ASSASSINATION NATION and CUFFS, and Sam and Dan also talk through recent films they've seen such as VICE and MERCENARIES FROM HONG KONG. Email the Arrow Video Podca...

All relationships get strained with the arrival of a new-born, and it's no different for Sam and Dan as this week they bicker over The Baby - Arrow recent release of one of the most bizarre horror films ever made. In Extra Features, our hosts recommend similar films including QUEENS OF EVIL and MUMSY, NANNY, SONNY & GIRLY, and talk through recent films they've seen such as SEYTAN and BLOODFEST. Em...

Happy Holidays! It's the end of year podcast and Sam and Dan look back on a great year and each run down their Top Ten Films of 2018 which includes the likes of COLD WAR, UPGRADE, MANDY and CLIMAX. Also in Extra Features, our hosts take a look back at Arrow Video's slate and pick their Top Three releases of the year. NB: Apologies for some some small mic drop-outs during this section. A big thank...

A return to gallio this week as Sam and Dan open THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TAIL, the Euro-centric second giallo by genre master Sergio Martino. Recommendations follow a similar genre theme with suggestions of long titles such as THE KILLER RESERVED NINE SEATS and WHAT ARE THOSE STRANGE DROPS OF BLOOD DOING ON JENNIFER'S BODY?, plus recent watches such as CANNIBAL MAN and THE LONG DAY CLOSES. Emai...

From the bowels of the earth, Sam and Dan have risen to talk about the recent Ltd Ed release of Lucio Fulci's classic THE CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD. This week's recommendations include IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, DUNWICH HORROR and DAY OF ANGER. Extra features this week includes an interview with the filmmakers behind CAM, Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei, who recommend two titles you should see after w...

Be our victim - as this week Sam and Dan discuss Arrow's recent deluxe release of Bernard Rose's classic 90s horror, CANDYMAN. We dare you to listen five times... This week's recommendations include the likes of PAPERHOUSE, THE SKELETON KEY and a plea to Arrow to hunt out the best version of CUT AND RUN. Extra features include two interviews, one with Heather Buckley, who alongside producing the r...

The Future is History, as this week Sam and Dan take a look at Arrow's recent restored release of Terry Gilliam's TWELVE MONKEYS from 1995. Recommendations this week include CITY OF THE LOST CHILDREN, THE FORBIDDEN CHRIST and Dan's reactions to the London Film Festival Premiere of LORDS OF CHAOS, for which his prosthetics work caused several reported faintings. Following a LORDS OF CHAOS theme, Ex...

NB: Contains Spoilers. It's Armageddon time as Sam and Dan take a look at cult classic MIRACLE MILE from 1988, a much-loved and idiosyncratic mix of black comedy, romance and nuclear holocaust, with a hypnotic score by Tangerine Dream. Recommendations this week include COUNTDOWN TO LOOKING GLASS, PUNCH DRUNK LOVE and AFTER HOURS, plus films Sam and Dan have screened recently including WILD STRAWBE...

What started in hell will end on earth. Join Sam and Dan as they return this week to one of horror's key iconic characters as Pinhead brings his coenobites to earth in Anthony Hickox's 1992 threequel, HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH. Recommendations this week include WISHMASTER, MANIAC COP 2, plus films Sam and Dan have screened recently including LET ME MAKE YOU A MARTYR and Paul Schrader's HARDCOR...

One of Brian de Palma's classics, this week Sam and Dan take a look at RAISING CAIN, de Palma's 1992 return to the Hitchcockian psycho-thriller after the misfire that was THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES. Recommendations this week include Cronenberg's DEAD RINGERS and George A. Romero's THE DARK HALF, whilst Extra Features includes part 1 of an interview with MANDY Director Panos Cosmatos. Email the Ar...

Join Sam and Dan, and some amazing guests, at the LIVE recording of the Arrow Video Podcast which took place during Arrow Video FrightFest in London on Saturday 25 August. Instead of the usual format, this episode was recorded in front of a live audience, and features interviews with Jenn Wexler (director of THE RANGER), Charlie Steeds (director of ESCAPE FROM CANNIBAL FARM), Issa Lopez (director...

Head on down to the local asylum, the DOOM ASYLUM that is, as Sam and Dan visit Richard Friedman's newly released 80s slasher spectacular on Arrow Video. If you like this, then Sam and Dan this week recommend similar themed films such as MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH and KILLER PARTY (again), whilst Dan gives his views on Gaspar Noe's CLIMAX, which gets its UK Premiere as the Closing Film at Arrow Vide...

Sam and Dan tread the dirty streets of New York this week, as they check out Arrow Video's release of Abel Ferrara's 90s crime classic, KING OF NEW YORK. Recommendations include KISS OF DEATH, SEA OF LOVE and Gary Sherman's VICE SQUAD, plus Sam and Dan try to outdo each other with long film titles in their recently viewed recommendations with Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION and IVAN VASILIEVICH...

The week Sam and Dan talk about The Endless - sort of. Instead of the usual format, Dan takes time to catch up with the filmmaker's Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead for a very (warning - spoilery) chat about the film's themes and universe. Recommendations include RESOLUTION, TIME CRIMES and CHARLIE'S FAMILY, and Extra Features includes a chat with Arrow Video FrightFest Co-Director Paul McEvoy abo...

With the recent line-up announcement of this year's Arrow Video FrightFest event in London, Bank Holiday Monday, Sam and Dan select a range of recommendations from both this year and previous years. Dan takes on 13 films from past events, including THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS, whilst Sam casts his eye over the latest line-up, recommending 13 must-see films including TERRIFIED, THE RANGER and Ar...

One of Dario Argento's lesser seen films, TENEBRAE, gives Sam and Dan a chance this week to agree on a film and also to list their Top 10 and Top 8 Argento films respectively. Recommendations this week include the likes of Wes Craven's SCREAM and Michele Soavi's DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE, whilst Sam recommends how much he think he may like Lars von Trier's THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. Email the Arrow Vid...

Sam & Dan descend into hell this week as they revisit HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II, Tony Randel's sequel to Clive Barker's masterpiece. Dan pulls out two genuinely groundbreaking genre films in the form of MARTYRS and HARDWARE as his recommendations, whilst Sam predicts the films he thinks he may be recommending from Cannes 2018 before he sees them (this week's podcast was recorded before the festival...

This week, Sam and Dan take a trip into the twisted imagination of Frank Henenlotter as they sit down with a nice cup of tea to watch 80s cult grindhouse film FRANKENHOOKER. Elsewhere in the podcast, Sam and Dan recommend such films as STREET TRASH, BLASTFIGHTER and DOOM ASLYUM (coming on Arrow Video in July 2018), and in the Extra Features, Dan talks to Dan Frye, make-up artist from such films as...

Take a walk in the woods with Sam and Dan as they encounter Cropsy in the notorious 'video nasty' and ultimate summer camp nightmare, THE BURNING. Similar-themed film recommendations include SPLIT SECOND and JUST BEFORE DAWN, and our hosts also recommend recent films they've seen including a 1966 Czech SciFi comedy called WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE? Email the Arrow Video Podcast hosts for any commen...

Fresh from a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's READY PLAYER ONE, this week Sam and Dan take a multiverse trip for a look back at 80s cult classic THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION. This episode of related film recommendations includes Carpenter's THEY LIVE and CRITTERS 2. Sam and Dan also discuss recent films such as Arrow Academy's THE THIRD MURDER and Simon Rumley's...

Throw on your gothic, glam-rock rags as this week's episode takes a look at PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, Brian De Palma's rock opera, and precursor to THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. It's one of Sam's favourite De Palma films, but will Dan like it as much? If you like PHANTOM, then you may also like Sam and Dan's recommendations based on this film such as BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and NASHVILLE, w...

With today's UK release of Takashi Miike's 100th film, Sam and Dan take a look at BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, an epic samurai film based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura. This week's film recommendations have a distinct Asian theme, including Miike's BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY and FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION, plus a left-field shout out for 90s misstep, DICK TRACY. Email the Arrow Video Podcast hosts for...