Horror Hangout

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Beast of War director Kiah Roache-Turner to discuss the film which releases in theatres and on digital October 10th! When their boat is sunk while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a young troop of Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking life raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interperson...

We were safer in space. Alien: Earth is an American science fiction horror television series created by Noah Hawley. It is the first television series in the Alien franchise and is set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, and Timothy Olyphant in main roles. When a mysterious spa...

Trapped five miles beneath the ocean surface with a creature that will not die. Welcome to your worst nightmare... Leviathan is a 1989 science fiction horror film directed by George P. Cosmatos and written by David Webb Peoples and Jeb Stuart. It stars Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Ernie Hudson, Amanda Pays and Daniel Stern as the crew of an underwater geological facility stalked and killed by a h...

Ben Errington is joined by Clark Collis, the author of Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie - which has been called 'the definitive, five-hundred page history of the modern horror film.' Clark Collis is an entertainment journalist who has contributed to The Guardian, Empire, Q, Mojo, and Entertainment Weekly, where he was a senior writer for 18...

Walk or die. The Long Walk is a 2025 American dystopian survival thriller film co-produced and directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by JT Mollner. It is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Stephen King (under his pseudonym Richard Bachman). The film stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Josh Hamilton, Judy...

Ben Errington is joined by Traumatika director Pierre Tsigaridis and producer Maxime Rancon to discuss the film which is released in US cinemas TODAY! Traumatika is a 2024 American horror film which follows Mikey whose night terrors become reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. The film premiered at the FrightFest on August 24, 2024, and releases in the United States o...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by The Rows director Seth Daly to discuss the film which had its world premiere at FrightFest last month! Seven-year-old Lucy wakes up in the middle of a mysterious cornfield. She has a bloody wound on her head and no memory of how she got there. Discovering a dead body and an abandoned gun in a nearby clearing, she is immediately confronted by three masked killers se...

The case that ended it all. The Conjuring: Last Rites is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves and written by Ian Goldberg, Richard Naing, and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. The film is the 4th main and ninth installment in The Conjuring Universe. Serves as the final chapter in the mainline continuity. Based on the true-life investigations of the Smurl haunting case...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Kombucha director Jake Myers to discuss the film which had its UK premiere at FrightFest last month! A musician trapped in an office job tries the free kombucha, helping his co-workers hit their quotas with a smile. Unfortunately, the disgusting mucus drink has nasty side effects that give new meaning to being consumed by your work. Imagine David Cronenberg directi...

Join us to celebrate 400 episodes of Horror Hangout! It's time for reflection, FrightFest 2025 Awards, 28 Years Later - The Bone Temple trailer reaction, The Toxic Avenger review and more. 00:00 Intro 15:23 28 Days Later - The Bone Temple Trailer Reaction 32:06 Horror News 1:02:15 What We've Been Watching 1:10:12 FrightFest 2025 Awards 1:58:45 The Toxic Avenger Review 2:15:47 Mike'd Up Quiz 2:22:3...

FrightFest 2025 was one for the history books! Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner attend the horror cinema event at Odeon Leicester Square (London) with interviews and reviews, plus catch-ups with previous guests and new friends. 00:00 Day 1 Intro 01:32 The Home Review 04:26 CognAItive Review 08:15 Interview w/ Tommy Savas 11:08 Day 2 Intro 12:08 Night of Violence Review 18:44 The Only Ones Rev...

'Complacency can sometimes simply be harmony.' Together is a 2025 supernatural body horror film written and directed by Michael Shanks, in his directorial debut. The film stars real-life married actors Dave Franco and Alison Brie as a couple who move to the countryside and find themselves encountering a mysterious force that horrifically causes changes in their bodies. 00:00 Intro 08:35 Horror New...

Ben Errington is joined by Bone Lake director Mercedes Bryce Morgan to discuss the film which has its UK premiere at FrightFest this week! Diego and Sage have fallen into a romantic rut, even though Diego has recently quit his job to focus on writing an erotic romance. Sole breadwinner Sage finds herself increasingly resentful of being the supportive partner, so to reconnect, they rent a scenic la...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by FIVE star Teagan Vincze and director Dani Barker to discuss the film which has its world premiere at FrightFest this week! FIVE revolves around fallen movie legend Melody Palmer, who, after a spectacular run of box-office flops and a period in rehab, is hoping her star will rise again with the rom-com ‘Renovated Romance’. But while on location shooting her hopeful...

Ben Errington is joined by The Haunted Forest director Keith Boynton to discuss the film which has its world premiere at FrightFest this week! Zach, a high-school senior obsessed with all things horror and Halloween, lands his first job - as a scare actor at the famous Markoff’s Haunted Forest attraction in Maryland owned by his cousin. Zach soon makes friends with the band of other misfits who fu...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Bambi - The Reckoning star Samira Mighty to discuss the film which has its UK premiere at FrightFest this week! After a mother and son are involved in a car accident, they become the targets of a terrifying deer hunt. Traumatised by the loss of his own mother, Bambi undergoes a horrifying transformation, becoming a mutated and vengeful creature. Driven by grief and...

Ben Errington is joined by Blockhead star Joe Sims to discuss the film which has its UK world premiere at FrightFest next week! A failing novelist desperate for inspiration to spark his second book thinks his muse appears to him in the form of a drunk, psychotic handyman and decorator. www.horrorhangout.co.uk FrightFest 2025 Lineup - https://frightfest.co.uk/2025London/ FrightFest 2025 Tickets - h...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Super Happy Fun Clown director Patrick Rea to discuss the film which has its UK premiere at FrightFest next week! Jennifer Sullivan works a menial, low-paying job. Her mother and slovenly husband emotionally abuse her, rubbing her nose in her perceived failures. Her only comfort in her miserable life is her side gig entertaining people at a local park as ‘Jenn-O th...

Ben Errington is joined by The Haunting At Jack The Ripper's House co-directors and stars Natasha Tosini and Stephen Staley to discuss the film which has its world premiere at FrightFest next week! A group of renowned YouTubers, famous for their paranormal ‘ghost hunting’ vlogs, embarks on their most ambitious investigation yet, determined to silence sceptics who accuse them of faking their encoun...

Last night at 2:17 am every child from Mrs. Gandy's class woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs, opened the front door, walked into the dark... And they never came back. Weapons is a 2025 American mystery horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Zach Cregger. The film stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong and Amy Madigan. Its...

Some people believe the spirit stays in the body for months after death... Bring Her Back is a 2025 Australian supernatural psychological horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou and written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman. The film stars Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips, and Sally Hawkins. The plot follows two step-siblings who find themselves orphaned and placed in th...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by A Blind Bargain star Crispin Glover to discuss the film which has its world premiere at FrightFest this month! In 1922, after an extended battle with the censors over its doctors creating artificial life and attempting to play God subject matter, Goldwyn Pictures released the silent horror A Blind Bargain, but it became a lost film when MGM destroyed the original n...

Be prepared for the weird, the wild and the wonderful as FrightFest, the UK’s number one horror and fantasy film festival, returns to London in 2025. Here’s part 2 of the our lineup preview covering all discovery screen films! 00:00 - Intro 02:34 - Bambi: The Reckoning 04:53 - The Arbiter 06:51 - Parasomnia 08:28 - Human 10:24 - Don't Let The Cat Out 11:27 - Foreigner 13:11 - In A Cold Vein 13:59...

What are you hungry for? Raw (French: Grave) is a 2016 coming-of-age body horror drama film written and directed by Julia Ducournau, and starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, and Rabah Nait Oufella. The plot follows a young vegetarian's first year at veterinary school, where she tastes meat for the first time and develops a craving for human flesh. 00:00 Intro 08:50 Mount Rush-Horror 39:29 Horro...

Karma is a killer. I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 2025 American slasher film directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sam Lansky from a story by Leah McKendrick and Robinson. It is the fourth installment in the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise and a sequel to I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). The film stars Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders,...