Horror Hangout

Ben Errington is joined by Janine Pipe, the writer of Sausages : The Making of Dog Soldiers, a celebration of Neil Marshall’s debut soldiers versus werewolves movie. To coincide with the 20-year anniversary, it takes a deep dive look behind the scenes at the cult classic. As well as a full retrospective, you will find interviews with the cast and crew, never seen before photographs, original shot...

Charlie McGee is a happy, healthy eight-year-old little girl. Normal in every way but one. She has the power to set objects afire with just one glance. Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction horror film based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name. The plot concerns a girl who develops pyrokinesis and the secret government agency known as The Shop which seeks to control her. The fil...

White Mountains, Arizona. November 5, 1975. Six workmen entered the forest. One didn't come out. What really happened? Fire in the Sky is a 1993 American biopic science fiction mystery film directed by Robert Lieberman and adapted by Tracy Tormé. It is based on Travis Walton's book The Walton Experience, which describes an extraterrestrial abduction. The film stars D. B. Sweeney as Walton, and Rob...

Whoever wins... We lose. Alien vs. Predator (stylized as AVP: Alien vs. Predator) is a 2004 science fiction action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and starring Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, and Tommy Flanagan. It is the first film installment of the Alien vs. Predator franchise, adapting a crossover bringing together the eponymous creature...

Ben and Andy discuss every Resident Evil movie (live action and animated), choosing their favourite (well, least hated), the worst of a very bad bunch and trying to mention some positives. Podcast - https://podlink.to/horrorhangout​​​ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/horrorhangout Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hawkandcleaver Twitter - https://twitter.com/hawkandcleaver​​​ Website - http://w...

Keeping secrets, are ye? The Lighthouse is a 2019 film directed and produced by Robert Eggers, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother, Max Eggers. It stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. 00:00 Intro 05:40 Horror News 10:33 What We've Been Watching 22:25 Film Review...

Blood sports of the human kind! Blood Hook is a 1986 American slasher film directed by Jim Mallon and starring Mark Jacobs, Lisa Todd, Patrick Danz, Sara Hauser, and Christopher Whiting. It was distributed by Troma Entertainment. During a local fishing contest, people are being violently dragged into the lake and killed by a giant fish hook. 00:00 Intro 09:23 Horror News 22:50 What We've Been Watc...

'How did you die, Joseph? Did you die in this house? Why do you remain?' The Changeling is a 1980 Canadian supernatural psychological horror film directed by Peter Medak and starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, and Melvyn Douglas. After the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash, a music professor staying at a long-vacant Seattle mansion is dragged into a decades-old mystery by an in...

Homework. Cheerleading practice. Killing vampires. No one said high school would be easy. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 American comedy horror film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui and starring Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, and Hilary Swank. It follows a Valley girl cheerleader named Buffy who learns that it is her fate to hunt vampires. The film took...

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously? The Witch (stylized as The VVitch, and subtitled A New-England Folktale) is a 2015 period supernatural horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers in his feature directorial debut. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy (in her first film appearance), Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson. Set in the 1630s, it follows a Puritan...

Dying to show you a good time. X is a 2022 American slasher film written, directed, produced, and edited by Ti West. It stars Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, and Scott Mescudi. In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves...

Face your fear. Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2022 American slasher film directed by David Blue Garcia, with a screenplay by Chris Thomas Devlin, from a story by Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues. The film is a direct sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and the ninth instalment of the overall franchise. The film stars Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham, Moe Dunford, Nell Hudson, Jessic...

FrightFest is the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film festival and was back from 10th - 12th of March at the Glasgow Film Theatre, which for 17 years has been FrightFest’s second home, as part of the internationally renowned Glasgow Film Festival. Listen as Luke, Ben and Andy cover an extravaganza of the dark arts, embracing the latest genre discoveries from around the globe, spanning eight countr...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Sebastian Godwin, the director of creepy and atmospheric horror film Homebound, which has its UK premiere at FrightFest Glasgow on Friday the 11th March! The debut feature from director Sebastian Godwin, a ‘Screen International Star of Tomorrow’, Homebound is a chiller starring Aisling Loftus (A Discovery of Witches) and Tom Goodman-Hill (Humans). When Richard deci...

What happens when you sleep? Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film produced, written, directed, photographed and edited by Oren Peli. It centers on a young couple (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. They then set up a camera to document what is haunting them. The film utilizes found-footage conventions that were mi...

Ben Errington is joined by Lynne Davison, the director of eerie folk horror film Mandrake, which has its world premiere at FrightFest Glasgow on Saturday the 12th March! Mentored by Suffragette and Rocks director Sarah Gavron, Lynne Davison makes her impressive feature debut with this demonic crime thriller. Probation officer Cathy Madden (Deirdre Mullins) is given the task of rehabilitating notor...

Halloween Franchise Ranking Ben and Andy discuss every film that stars Michael Myers (and one that doesn't), choosing their favourite, their least enjoyed and possibly focusing on under-appreciated instalments. Halloween is an American slasher media franchise that consists of twelve films, as well as novels, comic books, a video game and other merchandise. The films primarily focus on Michael Myer...

Hail Raatma! V/H/S/94 is a 2021 American found footage anthology horror film, and the fourth installment in the V/H/S series. The film originates from a screenplay by David Bruckner, with segments directed by franchise returnees Simon Barrett and Timo Tjahjanto, in addition to newcomers Jennifer Reeder, Ryan Prows and Chloe Okuno. The overarching plot follows a brutish police SWAT team who stumble...

Alan Wake Remastered Game Review Ben and Andy are joined by Gem Carmella of the My Turn! Podcast to discuss Remedy Entertainment's classic game that recently got the remaster treatment. Alan Wake is an action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios, released for the Xbox 360 in May 2010, and Microsoft Windows in February 2012. The story follows best-sell...

Humanity's last hope... rests on a high power machine gun! Planet Terror is a 2007 American action comedy horror film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It stars Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Josh Brolin, and Marley Shelton. The film was originally released theatrically as part of Grindhouse, a double feature that combined Planet Terror with Quentin Tarantino's...

There's something wrong with Esther. Orphan is a 2009 psychological horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by David Leslie Johnson from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, C. C. H. Pounder and Jimmy Bennett. A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears. 00:00 In...

There's more than one way to lose your heart. My Bloody Valentine is a 1981 Canadian slasher film directed by George Mihalka and written by John Beaird. It stars Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, and Neil Affleck. The plot tells about a group of young adults who decide to throw a Valentine's Day party, only to incur the vengeful wrath of a maniac in mining gear who begins a killing spree. 00:00 Intro 03:...

For God's sake, get out! The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American supernatural horror film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder as a young couple who purchase a home haunted by combative supernatural forces. The film is based on Jay Anson's 1977 book of the same name. Newlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. T...

His feeding. Your frenzy. Burning Bright is a 2010 horror thriller film directed by Carlos Brooks and starring Briana Evigan, Garret Dillahunt, Meat Loaf, and Charlie Tahan. The film depicts the attempts of a young woman and her younger autistic brother to ward off a hungry tiger trapped in a house with them during a hurricane. 00:00 Intro 05:55 Horror News 18:50 What We've Been Watching 31:22 Fil...

An experiment in terror! When a female zoology student is invited to a remote seaside mansion to assist a primatology professor with his experiments involving chimpanzees, dangerous events start to occur, all involving the intelligent 45-year-old chimp, Link. Link is a 1986 British horror film starring Elisabeth Shue and Terence Stamp along with a trio of simian stars which consist of Locke as Lin...