Horror Centre Film Podcast

Theo and Ben let the film releases catch up, so dedicate this episode to Horror TV series found on Shudder and Prime Video! Ben kicks things off with Creepshow (00:02:15) and then Theo follows up with Tales of the Crypt (00:16:25) including a discussion comparing the two. After that, Ben and Theo debate the merits (and demerits?) of Wolf Creek Season 1 and 2 (00:26:56) before closing out with Cree...

Theo chose all the films this episode! He introduces; Undertone (00:02:48) The House was not Hungry Then (00:22:30) Heresy (00:42:30) Uzumaki (00:52:22) But Theo didn't watch anything extra, so gave way to Ben to briefly discuss Raw Force! (01:10:00)

This time, Theo and Ben work their way through the following films; Bodycam- 00:03:10 The Mortuary Assistant - 00:24:10 MadS - 00:40:30 Season of The Witch - 00:56:45 Then Theo chooses to wax lyrical about the ending to Norweigan horror film Good Boy ( 01:07:28) And Ben finishes off with his bonus film... Other! (01:15:05)

This month, Theo and Ben focus on horror films, past and present, that were nominated in categories at the Oscars! Sinners (2026 - 16 Nominations) 00:03:20 Frankenstein (2026 - 9 Nominations) 00:18:45 The Ugly Stepsister (2026 - 1 Nomination) 00:35:36 The Birds (1963 - 1 Nomination) 00:52:13

Theo and Ben explore; Savage Flowers (00:02:17) Keeper (00:17:00) Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker (00:38:38) Best Wishes to All (00:45:00) Theo then quickly mentions; Good Boy (01:00:29) and Ben finishes with I Know What You Did Last Summer 2025 (01:04:51)

Welcome to the all new Horror Centre Film Podcast! Theo and Ben (re) introduce themselves... (00:26) Followed by reviews of; A Desert (08:30) Don't Torture a Duckling (22:22) Influencers (33:32) Mother of Flies (44:41) and then concluding with mentions of Strange Darling (51:30) and Influencer! (53:24) Review, Subscribe and Share!

THE NOMINEES We are two Abysses (PORTUGAL) 02:26 When the Light Breaks (ICELAND) 15:10 Aisha Can't Fly Away (EGYPT) 28:36 Back to the Family (LITHUANIA) 42:50

When Santa was a Communist (BOSNIA) (02:47) Bluish (AUSTRIA) (16:00) The Zen Diary (JAPAN) (27:00) Fallen Leaves (FINLAND) (41:00) Holy Week (ROMANIA) (53:35) Also... SMOKING MOMENTS OF THE YEAR IN FILM (01:11:34) PROPS OF THE YEAR IN FILM (01:17:41)

Magnetic Fields ( Greece; Dir. Giorgos Gousis ) BL Metamorphosis ( Japan; Dir. Shunsuke Kariyama ) The Quiet Girl ( Ireland; Dir. Colm Bairead ) Dry ( Italy; Dir. Paolo Virzi ) Kupla ( Finland; Dir. Aleksi Salmenpera ) Charcoal ( Brazil; Dir. Carolina Markowicz )

NOMINEES: Europa ( Iraq; Dir. Haider Rashid) Lucie Loses Her Horse ( Netherlands; Dir. Claude Schmitz ) Compartment Number 6 ( Finland ; Dir. Juho Kousmanen ) Plan 75 ( Japan; Dir. Chie Hayakawa ) January ( Bulgaria; Dir. Andrey Paounov ) Also, Prop of the Year 2022, Smoking Moment of the Year 2022, Party Scene of the Year 2022!

50 or Two Whales Meet at the Beach - (Mexico) 3:40 Pebbles - (India) 18:55 The Tale of King Crab - (Italy) 33:25 The Blind Man who did Not want to See Titanic - (Finland) 49:00 Stop Zemlia - (Ukraine) 1:02:41 PLUS; - Top 5 smoking scenes in 2021 - Top 3 props of 2021

Dogme #6 Julien Donkey Boy Dogme #10 Chetzemoka's Curse  Dogme #12 Italian for Beginners  Dogme #18 Truly Human

PART ONE: Dogme #1 - Festen Dogme #2 - The Idiots Dogme #3 - Mifune's Last Song Dogme #4 - The King is Alive

Beware of Children (Norway) Onkel (Denmark) Supanova (Poland) Air Conditioner (Angola) Beanpole (Russia) About Endlessness (Sweden) Echo (Iceland) The Rifleman (Lativa) And Your Bird Can Sing (Japan)

On the Silver Globe (1988) My Nights are more Beautiful than your Days (1989) Boris Godunov (1989) The Blue Note (1991) Szamanka (1996) Fidelity (2000) Cosmos (2015)

The Third Part of the Night (1971) The Devil (1972) That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) Possession (1981) The Public Woman (1984) L'Amour Braque (1985)

Foreign Language Oscar Semi Finalists 2019 discussion, plus; FOTY 2019 Monstri (Romania) Girl (Belgium) Alva (Portugal) Ridge (Sweden) Pihu (India) Dear Etranger (Japan) Petra (Spain) Happy as Lazzaro (Italy) Film of the Decade 2014-2019 Computer Chess (USA) Like Father, Like Son (Japan) Wood Job! (Japan) Phoenix (Germany) Sweet Bean (Japan) A Pigeon sat on a Branch reflecting on Existance (Sweden...

Poisionous Roses (Egypt) The Wild Boys (France) I am Not a Witch (UK) The Long Excuse (Japan) Blue My Mind (Switzerland) Custody (France) Unicornio (Brazil) Vinterbrodre (Denmark) Have a Nice Day (China)

(1956) The Killers, (1959) There Will be No Leave Today, (1961) The Steamroller and the Violin, (1962) Ivan's Childhood, (1966) Andrei Rublev, (1972) Solaris, (1975) The Mirror, (1979) Stalker, (1983) Nostalghia, (1983) Voyage in Time, (1986) The Sacrifice.

(1972) Fritz the Cat (1973) Heavy Traffic  (1975) Coonskin  (1977) Wizards  (1978) The Lord of the Rings  (1981) American Pop  (1982) Hey Good Lookin'  (1983) Fire and Ice  (1992) Cool World  (2015) Last Days of Coney Island.

The Seventh Continent, Benny's Video, 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, Funny Games, Code Unknown, The Piano Teacher, Time of the Wolf, Caché, The White Ribbon, Amour, Happy End.

Crime and Punishment, Calamari Union, Shadows in Paradise, Hamlet Goes Business, Ariel, Leningrad Cowboys, The Match Factory Girl, I Hired a Contract Killer, La Vie de Bohème, Take Care of Your Scarf Tatiana, Drifting Clouds, Juha, The Man Without a Past, Lights in the Dusk, Le Havre,The Other Side of Hope.

Toni Erdmann (Germany) The Happiest Day in the life of Olli Maki (Finland) I Blodet (Denmark) Harmonium (Japan) Ghost Story (USA) The Death of Louis XIV (France) Princess Cyd (USA) Train to Busan (South Korea) Sparrows (Iceland) Expect complete spoilers for all the films reviewed! Also on the episode are the best/worst films seen outside the Podcast as well as things to look forward to in 2018.

Concluding the look at Fritz Lang's entire collection of films with his War movies of the 40‘s, the Westerns, the so called ‘Newspaper Trio’ of the 50‘s and a look at the end of career as he finished in colour.

For the second canto, a look at all Lang’s noir films across two decades.