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Films 81-90 - we're so close! Here are the penultimate 10 films of the challenge; the final 10 are coming next week. Austrian Horror Blutgletscher/Blood Glacier (2013) dir. Marvin Kren Italian Horror Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave / Your Vice Is A Locked Room, And Only I Have The Key (1972) dir. Sergio Martino , Japanese Horror 編集霊 deleted/Henshurei: deleted (2023) d...

The next 10 films are here - Films 71-80! Aotearoan/New Zealand Horror The Devil’s Rock (2011) dir. Paul Campion Dutch Horror Amsterdamned (1988) dir. Dick Maas Japanese Horror ミンナのウタ/Sana (2023) dir. Takashi Shimizu Malaysian Horror Tiger Stripes (2023) dir. Amanda Nell Eu Swedish Horror: Koko-Di Koko-Da (2019) dir. Johannes Nyholm UK/Irish Collab: The Canal (2014) dir. Ivan Kavanagh UK Hor...

The next 10 films are here! Which have you seen? Filipino Horror Shutter (2025) dir. Herwin Novianto Indonesian Horror Sundel Bolong (1981) dir. Sisworo Gautama Putra Primbon (2023) dir. Rudi Soedjarwo Italian / German Horror Schreie in der Nacht/The Unnaturals (1969) dir. Antonio Margheriti Korean Horror 이어도/ Ioeh Island (1977) dir. Kim Ki-young Malaysian Horror Mikael: Pemburu Dua Alam / Mika...

The next batch of films are up! Indonesian Horror Sundel Bolong (1981) dir. Sisworo Gautama Putra Primbon (2023) dir. Rudi Soedjarwo Shutter (2025) dir. Herwin Novianto Italian/German Horror Schreie in der Nacht / The Unnaturals (1969) dir. Antonio Margheriti (do not rec) Korean Horror 이어도 / Ieoh Island (1977) dir. Kim Ki-young Malaysian Horror Mikael: Pemburu Dua Alam/Mikael: Hunter of Two Rea...

We chat about PSYCHO (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock, originally written by Robert Bloch and adapted for screen by Joseph Stefano , (correction from the podcast where I thought Bloch had written the screenplay as well) and Horror media influences on Valentine's works.

Films 41-50 are as follows: Canadian Horror: SG̲aawaay Ḵ’uuna / Edge of the Knife (2018) dirs. Helen Haig-Brown and Gwaai Edenshaw Turkish Horror: Gudubet (Ölmek İstemiyorum ) / Hideous Creature (I Don’t Want To Die) (2025) dir. Mehmet Tan Dabbe (2006) dir. Hasan Karacadağ UK Horror: The Cat and the Canary (1978) dir. Radley Metzger Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man (1978) dir. John Reardo...

Here are the latest 10 films of the 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days Challenge! Italian Horror Non mi uccidere/Don't Kill Me (2021) dir. Andrea De Sica Lycanthropus/Werewolf In A Girl's Dormitory (1961) dir. Paolo Heusch Japanese Horror ８番出口/Exit 8 (2026) dir. Genki Kawamura Korean Horror (S Korea) 곤지암/Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) dir. Jung Bum-shik Nigerian Horror Igodo: The Land of the Livi...

Danai Christopoulou is the author of VILE LADY VILLAINS. We talk about Greek culture, myths, and writing from a Greek perspective. The fully formatted transcript with images & links can be found at cmrosens.com. Works by the author mentioned in the show: VILE LADY VILLAINS by Danai Christopoulou MEDUSA anthology - Flame Tree Press BRIDE OF THE GULF - short story in khōréō magazine Films recomm...

The next 10 films are here - films 21-30 of the challenge! Cambodian Horror The Hand (2025) dir. Mak Pichjuli. Watched on YouTube . Filipino Horror Posthouse (2025) dir. Nikolas Red Turkish Horror [all on YouTube] Siccîn 5 (2018) dir. Alper Mestçi Siccîn 6 (2019) dir. Alper Mestçi Siccîn 7 (2024) dir. Alper Mestçi Siccîn 8 (2025) dir. Alper Mestçi Ölü Kontesin Laneti/Curse of the Dead Countess (20...

Intro/Outro: "Eighties Action" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com )Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The next 10 films of the challenge are as follows: Australian Horror The Pack (2015) dir. Nick Robertson Canadian Horror Rituals (1977) dir. Peter Carter Chinese Horror 三更客栈/Midnight Inn (2024) dir. Chen Jiaolong 白雲齋怪話 /Baiy...

Intro/Outro: "Eighties Action" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com )Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The first 10 films for the challenge! They are as follows: Chilean Horror Wekufe: El origen del mal/Wekufe: The Origin of Evil (2016) dir. Javier Attridge La casa lobo/Wolf House (2018) dirs. Cristóbal León , Joaquín Cociña Indian Ho...

Get these episodes without ads, and free eBooks to download by joining my Ko-Fi membership - cancel any time. As this is a media-focused season, I thought I'd do some podcast versions of the media round-ups I post monthly on my website, of all the media I've been reading, listening to, and watching. These are all genres, and if you fancy getting to know me and my media tastes, or get some recs for...

Season 06 of Eldritch Girl is a Horror Film focused season! I've been doing the #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days challenge for 4 years now, but this time I want to share my challenge progress on the podcast. Here's my look back at the last 4 years, with a few Top 10 lists (plus runners up). I'm looking forward to starting this season but the episodes may be a challenge in themselves to get up! We'll see h...

The final two days - and my top 5 from the whole list! You can find all the list and links on romancingthegothic.com and individual daily posts on my Ko-Fi and at cmrosens.com . Get the OCCUPYING BODIES anthology , out now! My top 5 #AScareADay stories: October 27th – Helen Stubbs – ‘Uncontainable’ (2016) – Read it here October 28th – Nibedita Sen – ‘Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on...

Only 2 days to catch up with now, so this is a shorter episode! I tried my hand at fragment writing, and also a web comic style story with photos I took, and stock photos I found in Canva. So these two days are both a bit experimental! You can find them on cmrosens.com and all the challenge stories listed on romancingthegothic.com if you want to find them. CW for body horror Intro/Outro Credits: "...

I loved these stories/poems, and highly recommend them. Get ahead or do the challenge day by day: https://romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/the-scare-a-day-challenge-october-2025/ My creative responses vary from Changelings to Beverley Wend & Eglantine Pritchard, and more... Intro/Outro Music Credits: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Comm...

Have a read of the stories for these days and join in with your own thoughts - here are mine, along with media recs, and creative responses! Go over to cmrosens.com for all my #AScareADay posts, and to find all the links mentioned in this episode. Intro/Outro Music Credits: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com )Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licenseht...

Today we've got more vampire fiction, sapphic fiction, and domestic horror. Let's dive in! Follow the challenge list: https://romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/the-scare-a-day-challenge-october-2025/ Read the posts on my website and on my Ko-Fi. Intro/Outro Credits: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com )Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp:// cr...

I share my thoughts and creative fiction and nonfiction responses on the 3 poems and stories on the #AScareADay 2025 challenge list for Oct 14-16. Check the full list out on www.romancingthegothic.com and check out the daily posts on my Ko-Fi and my website. Intro/Outro Music Credit: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com )Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0...

More new-to-me poets and authors, courtesy of the romancingthegothic.com A Scare A Day reading challenge running through October. Join in on social media with the tag #AScareADay. Here are my thoughts on, and creative responses to, the next few days of the challenge. You can find all my posts so far on cmrosens.com - I'm posting every day of October at 6:30PM UK time. My Ko-Fi posts, open to all,...

MINI SEASON! Catch up with the reading challenge list on romancingthegothic.com and all my posts on cmrosens.com and ko-fi.com/cmrosens . Days 08-09 are here, with my thoughts on the 2 stories for these days, but beware as spoilers abound - I give full summaries of these 19thC short tales. One is a new-to-me author (Rhoda Broughton), the other is not new to me, but I've never read this short story...

MINI SEASON! Days 01-07 of #AScareADay, featuring my thoughts on each of the challenge reads and summary (with spoilers) of the stories and poems. We go from the 1600s-1800s this week! Additionally this year I'm posting some creative responses, using the stories and poems as prompts. Some of these pieces are brand new for the challenge, and I've had a lot of fun with them. Find all my posts on Ko-...

Yelena, Yelen, and Velna must all come to terms with the situations they are in, and face some very difficult decisions. CW: on page suicide, threatened execution, body horror. Music Credits: Kevin McLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Intro/Outro : Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins Soundtrack: Quinn's Song - A New M...

An hour special chatting with Rob Mitchelmore about worldbuilding on hard mode, so if you're up for some full nerding out on constructing fictional ancient cultures, playing with mythology, and some of the pitfalls to be mindful of in the process, join us for this special worldbuilding chat! We read a small segment of The Marriage of the Fire Under Water and Gale , for two voices, as a jumping off...

Yelena confronts the Mortress and learns what she must do to save her world. CWs: death, some depictions of bones and impalement. Music Credits: Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Intro/Outro: Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins Soundtrack: Gregorian Chant, Devastation & Revenge, Morgana Rides