Hell of Horror

This week on Hell of Horror , we try to talk about the 2006 horror-comedy Severance — but the film isn’t the only thing getting severed… What starts as a normal episode (well, as normal as it gets with us) quickly spirals into chaos when Sean shows up missing a chunk of his finger thanks to a workplace mishap that feels like something straight out of the film. Cue cockney-rhyming-slang quizzes, pa...

In this week’s episode of Hell of Horror , Sean comes armed with three mysterious film pitches … but leaves Ashley to make the ultimate choice. Of course, Ashley picks Grimcutty (2022) — the internet-meme-turned-monster movie where paranoid parents bring a digital nightmare to life. What follows?  Chaos. Regret. And Sean questioning every decision that led him to this moment. Ashley, surprisingly,...

It’s our Halloween Special, and what starts out as a totally normal episode somehow turns into our biggest one yet. Sean brings Livescream (2018) to the table — a found-footage horror about a streamer who probably should’ve just logged off. Ashley’s already rolling his eyes before the intro’s done… but shockingly, both of us end up loving it. Like, “begging for a sequel” levels of loving it. And w...

This week’s episode is something a little different. We’re taking a break from cursed DVDs and cinematic nightmares to introduce our brand-new side podcast: Fatal Therapy , now available on the free tier of our Patreon . In Fatal Therapy , Sean and Ashley step out of the horror movie madness to talk honestly (and hilariously) about themselves — from their own battles with mental health to the stra...

Disciples, This week, the ritual takes a new form: The Wheel of Death — a cursed relic loaded with at least twenty Nicolas Cage films , each one a threat to sanity and structure. Ashley must spin… and accept his fate. And fate, dear listeners, has a dark sense of humour. The wheel clatters… it slows… and lands on The Wicker Man (2006) — the infamous remake that gave the world “NOT THE BEES!” and a...

Disciples of the Doom Disc, This week, Sean resurrects a cursed relic from a bygone era… a stack of DVDs — ancient technology from a time before streaming, before algorithms, before hope. Ash is forced to blindly draw from the pile like a cinematic tarot reading.  The disc he pulls? 💿 SLENDER MAN (2018) — a film as forgotten as the format it arrived on. What follows is a journey into mid-2010s cr...

Fate works in mysterious (and destructive) ways. Sean’s laptop screen met an untimely, shattering end during editing… and so, this week, you the faithful are rewarded with a rare gift: a full, uncut episode — normally reserved only for our Patreon cultists. And what a sermon it is. Sean drags Ash into the glitter-soaked, corset-clad, midnight-movie madness of The Rocky Horror Picture Show — a true...

Disciples, This week the sermon was meant to be orderly. Sean came prepared. Notes were written. A plan was forged. But the gods of technology had other ideas… and what followed can only be described as divine sabotage. Stripped of order and thrown into chaos, Sean and Ash found themselves watching Verotika (2019) — Glenn Danzig’s notorious anthology of confusion, blood, and bafflement. A film so...

Disciples, The prophecy foretold it… our first ever in-studio guest joins the congregation: the culinary chaos-bringer himself, Chef de Party (@sheff_de_party) . Together, we ventured into the greasy, gore-soaked fryer that is Troma’s Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead . What followed was not a feast, but a massacre.  Buckets of trauma. Rivers of regret.  A cinematic experience so foul, it le...

Brothers and sisters of the Hell of Horror congregation… this week’s sermon comes with claws, fur, and a taste for chaos. Through the guise of an innocent animal quiz, High Priest Sean ensnares poor Ash into a fate worse than death: a forced viewing of Crackcoon (2024) — the latest entry in the “so-bad-it’s-feral” lineage of creature features. Witness Ash’s descent into disbelief as Sean praises t...

A journey into nastiness and a night in Sheffield. Disciples, This week we descend into the infamous UK Video Nasties list, beginning with one of its most notorious entries: the 1978 exploitation shocker The Toolbox Murders . Was it art, trash, or just the kind of thing your mum warned you about? (Spoiler: probably all three.) Then — the sermon shifts to Sheffield, where we’re joined by Reel Steel...

This week, Sean puts Ash through a twisted little thought experiment : how exactly are films sold to us, and how much do we buy into the hype? Inspired by his TikTok feed, Sean pitches Megan Is Missing (2011) to Ash—hailed online as “traumatizing” and “hard to watch.” But are those viral TikTok recommendations really to be believed… or is it just clever marketing wrapped in fear? Join us as we bre...

Praise be to the Old Gods for we have a special bonus episode for you today. Your leaders Sean and Ash sat down today with two of the brilliant minds behind ReelCult Cinema, which is a community cinema group in Sheffield. Max and Sam kindly shared some of their time to talk to us about what they do here even in Sheffield to bring forgotten cult cinema to the masses. To all our devoted listeners ou...

This week’s descent into cinematic hell starts with a game of hangman so bad it should be banned in most countries. As punishment (or maybe divine justice), Sean drags Ashley into the bizarre world of Suburban Gothic — a 2014 horror-comedy starring Kat Dennings and a man doing his best impression of a haunted wet sock. But here's the twist: Sean — self-proclaimed trash cinema champion — finds this...

A New Era Begins in the Temple of Trash Faithful Disciples, The veil has lifted. The flames are lit. The podcast… now has eyes . That’s right — Hell of Horror has gone fully visual. You can now see your beloved cult leaders, Sean and Ashley, as they spiral into cinematic madness. Edited video episodes now live on YouTube. The full, unedited chaos — reserved for our highest patrons on Patreon. But...

My treasured Disciples, We have done it. 1,000 followers now kneel before the altar of Hell of Horror. A thousand cursed souls, willingly tethered to our unholy feed. Your devotion does not go unnoticed — and as tribute, we offer a special sacrament. This week, your high priest Sean and Brother Ashley (armed with popcorn and cautious optimism) plunge headfirst into the blood-soaked fever dream tha...

Our return is fashionably late — not due to sloth, but divine pilgrimage. Your faithful hosts, Sean and Ashley, have emerged from the chaos of Sheffield’s Cross Wires podcast festival, where we witnessed wonders, dodged curses, and possibly offended local spirits. In this sacred session, we reflect on the madness of the fest, debate the morally questionable digital colosseum known as FishTank Live...

In this wild episode of Hell of Horror , Sean introduces Ashley to the bizarre world of FishTank Live – a strange internet show that will leave you questioning everything. The reactions are priceless, and the laughs are non-stop as Ashley is thrown into this internet rabbit hole for the first time. But the madness doesn’t stop there. Sean takes things to the next level by hosting a self-made True...

This Week on Hell of Horror : “Russian John Lennon” What do cursed films, government cover-ups, and the sound of a duck’s quack have in common? They’re all up for debate in this week’s episode of Hell of Horror ! Sean and Ashley take on Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made — a low-budget horror movie wrapped in creepy myths and internet lore. While Ashley fully buys into the cursed legend (and may...

Bonus Episode: Post-Mortem in the Park – 28 Years Later In this bloodsucking bonus episode, we stumble straight out of the cinema and into the nearest public park to unpack 28 Years Later — because nothing says “professional film criticism” like dodging joggers and battling mosquitos while dissecting a zombie movie. Join your fearless (and increasingly itchy) hosts as they deliver a full spoiler-h...

Just when Ashley thought it couldn’t get any worse, Sean serves up a steaming can of cursed cinema with Popeye the Slayer Man (2025)—a horror “reimagining” no one asked for. In this episode, the crew dives headfirst into a spinach-fueled nightmare full of bad effects, bizarre choices, and one very violent sailor. Expect off-the-rails tangents, uncontrollable laughter, and the slow unraveling of As...

Bonus Episode: Postmortem in the Park #1 – Final Destination: Bloodlines  Welcome to the very first installment of our new mini-series, Postmortem in the Park! In this bonus episode, we head straight from the cinema to the park to unpack all the gory chaos of Final Destination: Bloodlines. Join us raw reactions and  beer or two as we break down the latest Rube Goldberg mayhem right after the credi...

Episode 1 – "Welcome to my Blingdom" In their inaugural descent into cinematic torment, Sean tricks Ashley into watching StagKnight—a 2007 horror-comedy where a group of lads on a stag do stumble into medieval murder mayhem. Is it a hidden gem or just another knightmare? Expect confused laughter, regretful life choices, and the birth of a podcast partnership forged in the fires of truly terrible h...