Moving Pictures Film Club

Kicking off season 2 of the podcast Tim hitches a ride to Camp Crystal Lake with horror novelist, film critic and returning guest Josh Winning to discuss the first six entries in the FRIDAY THE 13th franchise (watch out for the concluding half of our retrospective next week, where we get into the final six films). Sign up to our Patreon  for $5 and you'll get two exclusive episodes per month (incl...

Welcome to our final episode of 2022, and what a year it's been! To celebrate Tim runs through the Top 10 horror films of the year as voted for by our contributors, guests and you - our listeners - as well as outlining our new Patreon channel and the exclusive content you can expect from us there in 2023. Happy New Year! Read out interview with the screenwriter of WHAT JOSIAH SAW, Robert Alan Dilt...

Merry Christmas! To celebrate this festive season Tim sits down with senior contributor Russell Bailey to discuss Tim Burton's horror-inflected, gothic-noir Christmas family film, BATMAN RETURNS (1992). Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Letterboxd www.movingpicturesfilmclub.com Email: movingpi...

Tim is joined by Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana to discuss the best films which screened at the recent Soho - and Sohome - Horror Film Festivals 2022. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Letterboxd www.movingpicturesfilmclub.com Email: movingpicturesfilmclub@gmail.com

With the first teaser for SCREAM VI (2023) dropping a few days ago, Tim sits down with senior contributor Rebecca McCallum to look at the trailer in forensic detail and discuss expectations and theories about the upcoming six-quel. Tim and Rebecca's spoiler special on SCREAM (2022) is available here . Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook F...

In this special bonus episode Tim is joined by returning guest and senior contirbutor Rebecca McCallum to discuss the results of Sight and Sound's Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time poll, as well as their own personal Top 10 Greatest Film picks. You can check out Sight and Sound's poll here . Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook D...

Inherently evil or a work of profound spiritual contemplation? In our final main episode of 2022 Tim is joined by returning guest Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana to ascend the steps of Georgetown and discuss one of the most reviled - and revered - horror films ever made: William Peter Blatty's THE EXORCIST (1973). Ygraine's episode of her podcast - Movies, Murder and Mayhem - on Paul Bateson, aka the E...

Are horror and religion binary opposites? Or in fact is horror the one genre which is uniquely suited to exploring spiritual questions? This episode Tim is joined by horror novelist and ordained minister Rev. Peter Laws to discuss, with particular reference to William Peter Blatty's Trilogy of Faith (THE EXORCIST, THE NINTH CONFIGURATION and THE EXORCIST III). Theme music by The Gideon Complex - r...

As we conclude our look at films inspired by HALLOWEEN, Tim is joined by two guests... to talk about THE GUEST: film scholars Craig Ian Mann and Alice Haylett Bryan. Don't worry: we're here to help. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Letterboxd www.movingpicturesfilmclub.com Email: movingpictur...

We're back discussing films inspired by HALLOWEEN (1978), and this episode Tim is joined by James and Matt from  Journey Through Sci-Fi pod to face down James Cameron's seminal robo-slasher, THE TERMINATOR (1984). Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Letterboxd www.movingpicturesfilmclub.com Emai...

This weekend and next the Soho Horror Film Festival is taking place - both in London and then virtually - so Tim spoke with the festival co-director Mitch Harrod to get the lowdown on what to expect and some of the films to look out for... Keep your eyes peeled also for a Part II of this episode later in the month when, after the fest, Tim and senior contributor Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana will sit...

Happy Halloween! This spooky season we're celebrating the UK theatrical release of BARBARIAN (2022) with a very special, spoilerific bonus episode. Joining Tim to venture into the basement are returning guest Russell Bailey and the writer / director of the film, Zach Cregger. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group T...

In the final episode of our John Carpenter mini-series [CONSUME] Tim is joined by returning guest [OBEY] film producer Jen Handorf to don magic sunglasses [CONFORM] and uncover an alien conspiracy in THEY LIVE (1988). Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . "Tech Noir" by Gunship, available to buy here . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Inst...

As we near the end of our John Carpenter mini-series Tim is joined by podcaster Mark Woodyatt as we journey to Outpost 31 to discuss one of the most seminal horror movies ever made - THE THING (1982). Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Letterboxd www.movingpicturesfilmclub.com Email: movingpict...

Evil dies tonight... or does it? Tim is joined by returning guest Rebecca McCallum - along with special drop-ins from Kevin Lehane and Aaron Truss - to discuss HALLOWEEN ENDS (2022), the divisive final entry in the current HALLOWEEN trilogy. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Letterboxd www.mov...

This episode Tim is joined by the Editor-at-Large of Total Film Jamie Graham to discuss love, death and cars in CHRISTINE (1983) as part of our John Carpenter mini-series. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Letterboxd www.movingpicturesfilmclub.com Email: movingpicturesfilmclub@gmail.com

As we continue our John Carpenter mini-series Tim is joined by film producer Giles Edwards as we journey to Antonio Bay and find ourselves getting lost in THE FOG (1980). Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Letterboxd www.movingpicturesfilmclub.com Email: movingpicturesfilmclub@gmail.com

With HALLOWEEN ENDS out this week, Tim sits down with film producer Aaron Truss to do a deep dive retrospective on the HALLOWEEN franchise so far, looking at the sequels, reboots, requels and anthology films which make up the five (5!) different timelines and celebrating some of the best moments of the series so far. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow u...

Kicking off our John Carpenter mini-season Tim is joined by screenwriter and podcaster Kevin Lehane to discuss the film which put Carpenter on the map and fired the starting pistol on the 1980s slasher boom: it's HALLOWEEN (1978). You can also read an article by Kevin which he wrote last year for our 31 Days of Horror project here . Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recor...

This episode Tim is joined by returning guest Rebecca McCallum to book a stay at the Bates Motel and unpack one of the most influential horror films ever made. Rebecca also has a regular series of articles at Moving Pictures Film Club called "Hitchcock's Women" - you can read them all here . Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Di...

In this special bonus episode Tim sits down with Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana for a deep-dive chat / therapy session about SPEAK NO EVIL (2022), the traumatic new film on Shudder. Contains both a spoiler-free and spoilerific sections. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook Discussion Group Twitter Instagram Letterboxd www.movingpictur...

This episode Tim is joined by film academic and screenwriter Phil Drinkwater (BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION) to give a career-spanning primer on the work and world of Alfred Hitchcock. Please note that this episode includes discussions about rape and sexual violence, both in terms of the films but also regarding some of the allegations made about Hitchcock's real-world behaviour. If you have been aff...

In this bumper bonus episode Tim is joined by Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana and Russell Bailey to run through our Top 5 personal films of the best, as well as our favourite kills, scares, performances and more. Including music from DARK GLASSES, and clips from DEADSTREAM, BARBARIAN and THE LEECH. Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Recordings . Follow us on: Facebook Facebook...

Tim is joined by returning guest Russell Bailey as we discuss Day 5 of FrightFest (Monday), including PIGGY, TERRIFIER 2, BURIAL, BARBARIAN, FALL, LIVING WITH CHUCKY and more. Read our interview with Ben Parker (writer / director of BURIAL) here . Read our interview with Emily Hagins (writer / director of SORRY ABOUT THE DEMON) here . Theme music by The Gideon Complex - recorded by  FrEQ Audio Rec...

It's our review of Day 4 of FrightFest 2022 as Tim and Ygraine battle increasing festival brain fog to discuss MASTEMAH, WOLF MANOR, THE PRICE YOU PAY, CULT OF VHS and more. Also includes interviews with Rob Preciado and Aaron Truss (director and producer of CULT OF VHS); Graham Humphreys and Stuart Morriss (contributors to CULT OF VHS); and Brea Grant (director TORN HEARTS). Theme music by The Gi...