Horror Hangout

You scream. You die. Dead Silence is a 2007 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. The film stars Ryan Kwanten as Jamie Ashen, a young widower returning to his hometown to search for answers to his wife's death. It also stars Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, and Bob Gunton. 00:00 Intro 03:19 Horror News 28:05 What We've Been Watching 39:39 Film Revie...

There will be no leftovers! Thanksgiving is a 2023 American slasher film directed by Eli Roth, from a screenplay written by Jeff Rendell and a story by Roth and Rendell, who produced with Roger Birnbaum. It is based on Roth's mock trailer of the same name from Grindhouse (2007). It is the fourth feature-length film to be adapted from one of the mock trailers in Grindhouse after Robert Rodriguez's...

He always takes one. The Collector is a 2009 American horror film written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and directed by Dunstan. It stars Josh Stewart, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth, Juan Fernandez, Karley Scott Collins, Madeline Zima, and Robert Wisdom. The film follows a man who, in order to pay a debt, decides to rob a house, only to find out somebody with far more sinister intentio...

The road to hell is paved in metal. Deathgasm is a 2015 New Zealand comedy horror film written and directed by Jason Lei Howden in his feature directorial debut. The film follows the titular teenage heavy metal band who acquire an ancient piece of sheet music and unwittingly summon an evil entity known as "The Blind One". 00:00 Intro 17:42 Horror News 25:03 What We've Been Watching 43:43 Film Revi...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by It's A Wonderful Knife director Tyler MacIntyre to discuss the film which premieres November 10th! Tyler MacIntyre is a director and writer and supporter of genre movies - his previous work includes Tragedy Girls, V/H/S/99 and Patchwork. It's a Wonderful Knife is a 2023 Christmas comedy-horror film, written by Michael Kennedy, directed by Tyler MacIntyre and starri...

The night no one comes home. Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American science fiction horror film and the third installment in the Halloween film series. It is the first film to be written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. John Carpenter and Debra Hill, the creators of Halloween and Halloween II, return as producers. Halloween III is the only entry in the series that does not feature...

Ben Errington is joined by The Last Video Store star Kevin Martin and director Tim Rutherford to discuss the meta-horror nostalgia fest B-movie comedy that has its international premiere at FrightFest Halloween in London’s Leicester Square on Saturday 28th October. A young woman who is unknowingly in possession of a legendary "cursed tape" takes a collection of old video tapes to a video store. Sh...

It was the greatest evil of all. And the child was made to bear it. The child suffered and became the man. Now it will be avenged. Deep Red (Italian: Profondo rosso), also known as The Hatchet Murders, is a 1975 Italian giallo film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi. It stars David Hemmings as a musician who investigates a series of murders performed by a my...

How do you kill something that can't possibly be alive? Christine (titled onscreen as John Carpenter's Christine) is a 1983 American supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter and starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky and Harry Dean Stanton. Written by Bill Phillips and based on Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name, the movie follows the changes in the...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Dear David director John McPhail to discuss the film which premieres October 13th! John McPhail is a Scottish film director and screenwriter. In 2017, he directed Anna & The Apocalypse, a Christmas zombie musical film. His new film Dear David is inspired by / based on the Twitter thread from 2017. It's based on the story by artist Adam Ellis, about a boy who be...

Body and the blood. The Exorcist: Believer is a 2023 American supernatural horror film directed by David Gordon Green, who co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Sattler from a story by Scott Teems, Danny McBride, and Green. The sixth installment in The Exorcist franchise, it serves as a sequel to The Exorcist (1973). The film stars Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Olivia O‘Neill in her film debut, Jenn...

Trick or Treat (also known as Ragman and Death at 33 RPM in foreign markets) is a 1986 American horror film by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, starring Marc Price and Tony Fields, with special appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne. It is the directorial debut of actor Charles Martin Smith, who has a cameo in the film. The movie centers on a outcast metalhead teenager who is haunted by t...

When a grudge from the dead passes to the living... who is safe? Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner are joined by directors of J-horror documentary The J-Horror Virus Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp to discuss Ju-On: The Grudge! Ju-On: The Grudge is a 2002 Japanese supernatural horror film written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. It is the third installment in the Ju-On series and the first to...

The ball is back! Phantasm II is a 1988 American science fantasy action-horror film and the sequel to Phantasm (1979). It was written and directed by Don Coscarelli and stars Angus Scrimm, James LeGros and Reggie Bannister. The first film's protagonist, Mike, recently released from a mental institution, recruits Reggie and some new friends in an effort to defeat the villain Tall Man. 00:00 Intro 2...

Ben Errington is joined by I Am Monsters star Nicholas Vince to discuss the film which had its world premiere at FrightFest last month! Actor/director Nicholas Vince is one of the UK's shining beacons in the queer horror scene. Most well-known for his debut role as the Chatterer in Clive Barker's Hellraiser, and Kinski (Moon Face) in the cult shocker Nightbreed. Both a resoundingly nostalgic and r...

Good dead are hard to find. Fido is a 2006 Canadian zombie comedy film directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Heaton. It was produced by Blake Corbet, Mary Anne Waterhouse, Trent Carlson and Kevin Eastwood of Anagram Pictures, and released in the United States by Lions Gate Entertainment. Space radiation turns the dead into Zomb...

Join us to celebrate 300 episodes of Horror Hangout! It's time for reflection, FrightFest 2023 Awards, a book preview and the roulette randomiser! 04:38 Intro 12:14 Episode Number Game 32:09 Horror News 35:25 What We've Been Watching 48:42 FrightFest Awards 1:41:27 Horror Hangout Book Preview 1:55:44 Roulette Randomiser 2:28:49 Messages From Listeners 2:47:10 Outro Podcast - https://podlink.to/hor...

It’s time to take a leap directly into The Dark Heart of Cinema! This week Ben Errington, Andy Conduit-Turner and Luke Kondor attend FrightFest at Cineworld in Leicester Square (London). The extensive episode includes interviews with Sandy Johnson, Paris Zarcilla, Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist, Lyndsey Craine, Stewart Sparke, Andy Edwards, Alina Allison, Faye Campbell, Mark Sears, Sarah Apple...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Steven Pierce, the director of Herd, which has its world premiere at FrightFest on Saturday 26th August! Steven is a US based director and producer at Framework Productions. Herd follows Jamie Miller (Adair) and her wife, Alex (Akaha) trying to save their failing marriage by going on an isolated trip in rural Missouri. After an accident, the women find themselves t...

Can you see yourself in this picture? Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological horror-thriller film directed by Michael Powell, written by Leo Marks, and starring Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer. The film revolves around a serial killer who murders women while using a portable film camera to record their dying expressions of terror, putting his footage together into a snuff film used...

Ben Errington is joined by My Mother's Eyes director Takeshi Kushida to discuss the film which has its world premiere at FrightFest on Monday 28th August! Born in 1982. Takeshi Kushida is a member of Pyramid Film in Tokyo. 'Woman of the Photographs', which premiered at Osaka, was his feature debut. My Mother’s Eyes is the psycho fantasy of a mother and daughter who achieve love and honesty through...

Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner are joined by director Douglas Schulze and Hellraiser icon / horror royalty Doug Bradley, to discuss new movie Thorns which premieres at FrightFest in London on Saturday 26th August! An ex-priest working for NASA is sent to investigate a remote observatory that went silent after receiving a mysterious radio signal from deep space. Upon arrival, he discovers th...

Ben Errington is joined by Pareidolia director Aaron Truss and producer Stuart Morriss, the short film which has its world premiere at FrightFest on Monday 28th August! Aaron Truss is an award-winning director and producer best known for '(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story' and 'Cult of VHS'. Whilst Stuart Morriss is a multi award winning producer and casting director, whose career in the arts and enterta...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Airell Anthony Hayles, the director of Werewolf Santa, which has its world premiere at FrightFest on Friday 25th August! Airell Anthony Hayles FRSA, graduated from Goldsmiths College (University of London) with an honours degree in Theatre and Film studies, before working as a story analyst for The Fyzz Faculty, and as a freelance producer for a handful of film pro...

When the curtain goes up... The terror begins! Creepshow 2 is a 1987 American comedy horror anthology film directed by Michael Gornick, and the sequel to Creepshow. Gornick was previously the cinematographer of the first film, and the screenplay was written by George A. Romero who was director of the original film. The film's stars were Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, and Tom Savini....