Horror Hangout

Terror beyond your wildest dreams. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American fantasy slasher film directed by Renny Harlin, and is the fourth installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Serving as a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), the film follows Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) who, following the death of Nancy Thompson and completi...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Gene Dolders, the director of Giallo-inspired slasher The Blade Cuts Deeper, which recently had its world premiere at Evansville Horror Con in the US. Meet John Abbott, narcissistic host of infamous real-crime show Lights, Camera, KILL. Known for its lurid re-enactments of the darkest of trespasses, it has made him rich by exploiting pain and suffering. Yet while A...

Everybody dies. And that's fucked up. The Monkey is a 2025 American comedy horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. Based on Stephen King's 1980 short story, the film stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, and Elijah Wood. It follows twin brothers whose lives are turned upside down by a cursed toy monkey that causes r...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Drew Starling, the author of post-apocalyptic science-fiction horror novel After - An Anatomy of Fracture. The book follows the journey of a lonely motorcycle messenger who delivers weather-beaten notes to survivors scattered across a cracked and fissured western United States, a world both devastating and somehow beautiful. Her road takes her over vast landscapes,...

Romance is dead. Heart Eyes is a 2025 American romantic comedy slasher film directed by Josh Ruben and written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon (who also produces), and Michael Kennedy. The film stars Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, and Jordana Brewster. For the past several years, the "Heart Eyes Killer" has wreaked havoc on Valentine's Day by stalking...

Seven deadly sins. Seven ways to die. Seven (often stylized as Se7en) is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with Gwyneth Paltrow and John C. McGinley in supporting roles. Set in an unnamed, crime-ridden city, Seven's narrative follows disenchanted, nearly retired Detective Lieutenant William Somer...

For generations the Mafia preyed on the innocent. Tonight someone is preying on them. Innocent Blood (also known in some regions as A French Vampire in America) is a 1992 American black comedy horror film directed by John Landis and written by Michael Wolk. The film stars Anne Parillaud as a beautiful French vampire who finds herself pitted against a gang of mobsters led by Salvatore Macelli (Robe...

Fear is a place. Session 9 is a 2001 American psychological horror film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Anderson and Stephen Gevedon. It stars David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III and Josh Lucas. An asbestos abatement crew who take a clean-up job at an abandoned mental asylum amid an intense work schedule, growing tensions, and mysterious events occurring around them. Its title...

What if someone you love became something else? Wolf Man is a 2025 American psychological body horror film directed by Leigh Whannell from a screenplay he co-wrote with Corbett Tuck. A reboot of The Wolf Man (1941), the film stars Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, and Sam Jaeger. The plot follows a family man seeking to protect his wife and daughter from a werewolf, only to become infected and slo...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Owen Llewelyn, the star of slasher feature The R.I.P Man, which is funding now on Indiegogo. A serial killer with a dental condition targets teenagers in a wealthy town. A detective tries to identify and understand the murderer's motives. A young man confronts his past to stop the grisly killings. Support the project here - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-r-...

Get on board to stay alive! Train to Busan (Korean: 부산행; RR: Busanhaeng; MR: Pusanhaeng; lit. To Busan) is a 2016 South Korean action horror film directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, and Kim Eui-sung. The film mostly takes place on a KTX from Seoul to Busan as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks out in the country and th...

Succumb to the darkness. Nosferatu is a 2024 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers. It is a remake of F. W. Murnau's 1922 silent film Nosferatu, itself inspired by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. The film stars Bill Skarsgård as the titular character and Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp as the married Hutter couple, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph...

Here’s the Horror Hangout roundup of favourites, honourable mentions, new discoveries and disappointments for the year that was 2024! 00:00 Intro 06:08 Horror News 15:40 What We've Been Watching 27:43 Listeners' Picks 31:42 Honourable Mentions 34:52 Disappointments 48:08 Top Movies (10-9) 55:28 Best First Watches / Rediscoveries 1:03:06 Top Movies (8-7) 1:14:05 Best Horror TV 1:19:50 Top Movies (6...

The Big Fat Horror Movie Quiz returns for another end of year special with question master Andy Conduit-Turner overseeing the trivia showdown. This time it's original hosts Ben Errington and Luke Kondor taking on Ash Millman and Elizabeth Bishop - The Wicked Witches of the West Midlands! 00:00 Intro 03:25 2024 Favourites 15:00 Quiz - Choosing Questions 20:42 Quiz - Speed Round 37:49 Quiz - The Yea...

He'll sleigh you. Christmas Evil (originally titled You Better Watch Out, and also known as Terror in Toyland) is a 1980 American slasher film written and directed by Lewis Jackson and starring Brandon Maggart. The plot follows a deranged man obsessed with Santa Claus who eventually goes on a murderous rampage dressed in a Santa Claus suit. Since its release, it has gained a cult following, includ...

You better watch out. Krampus is a 2015 Christmas black comedy folk horror film based on the eponymous character from Austro-Bavarian folklore, directed by Michael Dougherty, who co-wrote with Todd Casey and Zach Shields. In the film, a dysfunctional family squabbling causes a young boy (Max) to lose his festive spirit. Doing so unleashes the wrath of Krampus, a fearsome, horned demonic beast in a...

Ben Errington is joined by Brandon Salisbury, the director of the George A. Romero’s Resident Evil documentary which will be available on digital from January 7th 2025. In 1998, Constantin Film set out to bring Resident Evil, the legendary horror video game, to the big screen. They enlisted George A. Romero, the visionary director who redefined the zombie genre, to adapt the project. But despite t...

Fight to survive. Frozen is a 2010 American psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Adam Green, and starring Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers, and introducing Emma Bell in her film debut. It tells the story of three friends stranded in a chairlift after a day of skiing, forced to make life-or-death choices in order to survive and get down. 00:00 Intro 14:15 Horror News 19:18 What We'...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Annabella Rich and Chris Mills, the directors, writers and stars of psychological horror-thriller feature film The Death of Us, which is funding now on Indiegogo. The Death of Us tells the story of a famous author and his wife, forced into seclusion at a quiet house in the country after the devestating loss of their child. Their solitude quickly unravels as they fa...

The thrill is in the hunt. Wolf Creek is a 2005 Australian horror film written, co-produced and directed by Greg McLean and starring John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath and Kestie Morassi. Its plot concerns three backpackers who find themselves taken captive and subsequently hunted by Mick Taylor, a serial killer, in the Australian outback. 00:00 Intro 15:41 Horror News 29:13 What We'...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by by Ryan Kruger, the director of Street Trash, a new spin on the 1987 movie which is available now on digital platforms through Cineverse. In the not-too-distant dystopian future of South Africa, the homeless crisis has reached such a critical level that the government has decided to liquidate the problem (literally). It’s up to a ragtag group of homeless individual...

Question everything. Heretic is a 2024 American psychological horror film written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. It stars Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East, and follows two missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who attempt to convert a reclusive Englishman, only to realize he is more dangerous than he seems. 00:00 Intro 13:30 Horror News 22:01 What...

A star is born tonight... Will she live to see tomorrow? Opera (also known and released as Terror at the Opera) is a 1987 Italian giallo directed and co-written by Dario Argento and starring Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, and Ian Charleson. The film's plot focuses on a young soprano (Marsillach) who becomes involved in a series of murders being committed inside an opera hou...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Rich Rose, the writer/director of horror short It's Really You to discuss the film which premiered at FrightFest 2024! Rich Rose is an award-winning screenwriter and director, based in South London. He has an MA in Directing from MetFilm School and is currently developing a number of projects. It's Really You - A priest arrives at a house to perform an exorcism, un...

You better not shout, you better not cry. Terrifier 3 is a 2024 American Christmas supernatural slasher film written and directed by Damien Leone and starring Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton, Elliott Fullam, Samantha Scaffidi, Antonella Rose, Margaret Anne Florence, and Bryce Johnson. On the days leading up to Christmas, the story follows Sienna Shaw as she attempts to rebuild her life. At th...