Cast Me To Hell: A Horror Movie Podcast

This week we return to our Video Nasty segment delving into the banned underworld of international cinema that were banished in the UK.  We have an insane one this week with Burial Grounds (1981) also Known as Nights of Terror. A 80's Italian zombie horror that features some low budget mud zombies and the weirdest child character possibly ever placed on film, played by what looks like a 40 year ol...

This week we travel to the circus to join in the intergalactic fun with The Killer Klowns from Outer Space.  Join us for the crazy B movie fun as we explore the wild and wacky world of Killer Klowns and their many ways of dispatching members of a small community.  We discuss its status within our Must See 100 horrors list deciding if it is deserving of a place and leading to another heated battle...

This week we discuss John Carpenters cult classic Lovecraftian film In the Mouth of Madness (1994). We discuss the film's status as a cult classic but underperforming box office flop. We focus on it's part in the Apocalypse trilogy that includes The Thing and The Prince of Darkness.  We talk about the lovecraft inspirations and our insane love of all things John Carpenter.  So join us on this wild...

Happy Halloween dear listeners and prepare yourselves for a fourth round of campy campfire fun with the Cast Me to Hell camp counsellors. As on this Halloween night we bring you a special short episode with 3 terrifying stories from around the campfire.  So take a seat around the fire and prepare yourself for some seasonal screams!!!  Go bac and Check out Campfire Stories Part I - III on all good...

Happy Halloween from Cast Me To Hell as we bring you the overly long titled episode because we both came at this idea from two similar but different ways for our annual Halloween Recommendations.  This week our recommendations focus on horror films you've heard of many times but that were forgotten to horror history or those underappreciated horrors that you've seen but no one else ever talks abou...

This week we return straight from the cinema to review the video game phenomenon that old people in their 30's plus don't really understand, Five Nights At Freddy's. (First 20 minutes are spoiler free.) We come equipped with our limited knowledge of the games, lore or what half the easter eggs mean to review this teen horror that doesn't feel like it was made only for teens.  We look at the film t...

This week we return to the original site of possession in horror, no its not the original possession film but many still deem it the greatest in all of horror.  Following our review of The Exorcist: Believer (we try to avoid comparisons to the requel but we fail!) we bring you our thoughts on why the original is such a shocking and classic horror film 50 years later. This would also fall within ou...

This week we celebrate with our Special Bonus Friday The 13th October episode all about, you guessed it....Friday The 13th!!! In this Special Bonus October Jason Voorhees murder memories extravaganza we talk all things F13 by picking out our favourite films in the franchise or featuring our Horror Icon Jason Voorhees. We discuss the most enjoyable films in the franchise, the best of the kills and...

We are back again straight from the cinema to make you all a believer!!! To make you believe that The Exorcist: Believer is not the disaster you may have been led to believer.  The first 20 minutes are a spoiler-free so come and listen knowing your in a safe space before you see the film, we will warn you before we move into those possession spoilers. Then we delve into the spoilers including the...

We return straight from the cinema with our thoughts on the return and latest instalment in the Saw franchise. Jigsaw returns and this time we are going back between the events of the original Saw and Saw 2.  We were both sceptical about a return to this long worn franchise, with many diminished returns can this be a return to form? Do we think this is the best since the original like many reviews...

This week we delve into our first J Horror film with Ringu (1998). We discuss the film at length with the odd combination of half an episode with and without host Robbie...find out why his 7 days are up. Warning there may be loud static involved.  We discuss the director Hideo Nakata's history of making this film and some of its Japanese and American sequels. We look at why this was one of the fir...

This week The Cast Me to Hell boys are thinking 'Oh no you didn't! They went and made another sequel to a film that didn't need it!' Yes we are delving into our own personal unnecessary sequels, these can be films we felt never needed a sequel, where the sequel tarnished the brand of the original or generally sequels that make no sense. So hold on tight to your precious originals or high quality s...

This week we return to our Must See Horror feature making our way through our supposed 100 greatest horrors list to decide; Are they a Must See Horror? We are heading out into a deserted wasteland for Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes, the directors second ever film and a well known cult classic. We discuss the film in depth, recall its relationship with the remakes and the off the rails sequel. So...

This week we return to our Video Nasties feature by delving into the dark and dirty world of Snuff films. Specifically the controversial 1976 film Snuff. A controversial film for its marketing campaign that sold the film as a real Snuff film building on the urban legends of the film we discuss in the episode.  Although a critically mauled film filled with poor taste, the cast me to hell boys have...

We return to our Must See Horror's list to decide if Cujo (1983) belongs to be in the Top 100 horror list we are following. We discuss our history with the film and with Stephen King adaptations. We talk through the film we know for many is a beloved nostalgic tale that made them scared of dogs like Spielberg did with sharks, but do we both on first time viewing feel that love for the film or do w...

This week we have made it to our 100th episode and so we are covering an absolute classic in George A Romero's Dawn Of The Dead  (1978 ). We discuss the different cut's of the film including Dario Argento's influence on the film away from his own edited cut.  We talk through the film's impact on the genre and the zombie films that preceded and followed, we also delve into why this film always defy...

In the build up to our 100th episode, we take a look back at some of the 99 episodes (not exactly) that preceded it and our thoughts and feeling about whether we love or hate our very own podcast. We discuss some of our personal funniest and favourite moments and reflect on a few of the less effective episodes or moments in our 3 year history.  So join us heading towards a milestone in our journey...

In the build up to our 100th episode we start our reflective journey looking back at our namesake of a film in Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell, but the real question is, do we actually like the film? We talk about how it did, or did not inspire our podcasts name and more importantly we both delve into Sam Raimi's return to horror after a long wallcrawler filled break.  We discuss the tone and structur...

This week we return to our Must See Horror feature and decide the fate of Fright Night, will it be deserving of a place on the Top 100 Horrors of all time or does it deserve a stake through the heart? We discuss the cult status of the film, the sexual man that is Jerry Dandridge and comparisons with a certain other cult 80's vampire teen horror. We also talk about how the film can be perceived by...

This week we return to the controversial Horror Hot Takes feature just to annoy you all. Last time we covered Horror Hot Takes we talked about our general Hot Take on things we like or dislike about horror. This time we look at the Overrated Horrors we think exist and are over hyped, get too much love or are just generally bad films.  We each have come with 3 choices of horror films we personally...

This week we return to our Must See Horror with an absolute Italian horror classic. Seb and Robbie have their first ever viewing of the film discussing the italian horror and Giallo through an auteur like Dario Argento.  We talk about Dario Argento's work, his approaches to filmmaking and his thoughts on the remake that came out in 2018. We look at the film through the lens of Must See Horror, dec...

This week we travel to a strange and mysterious island to discover the ritual of The Wicker Man. We discuss the films lasting legacy and the impact and memories it has had on folklore horror films.  We talk about our memories of the films, the links in British culture and the changing culture of Britain in the 60s / 70s that impact the film. We also talk about how this films themes still last the...

This week we discuss, The best twists in horror films from the 'I see dead people', the he was in the room all along, they were a boy all along, to the they were dead the whole time. Horror has given us some amazing twists and we are here to discuss some of our personal favourites and the experiences we shared with each film.  We go through some of the highlights of horror twists and some of the n...

This week on Cast Me to Hell we return to our Video Nasties feature and take our first proper discussion into the controversial cinema of Lucio Fulci and his Giallo style of horror cinema.  We discuss the style of Fulci including the notorious dubbing and sound editing that divides opinion. The problems with the production and late script changes due to Fulci and producers differing visions of the...

In another installment of Must See Horror we delve into a Hitchcockian classic in The Birds. We discuss the films history, special effects and whether we believe it still lives up to the hype.  Being a Must See Horror we decide if a Hitchcock film should automatically gain access or is this one pale in comparison to some of his other horror / thrillers? Robbie also talks about flying above his wor...