The Black Dog Podcast

Welcome back to this weeks episode and the beginning of Intermediate Weeks of Horror. This week Jim has a country break, Elton asks a question, Darren indulges in Endgame again and Lee spends some time at Camp Miasma, which apparently is where all the teenage sex and death happens.  After this its on to this weeks film. The first horror of the Indeterminate season..  A film about the perils of cau...

Roll up roll up this week we have for you IT issues, Banshees, awful Evil Dead sequels, Bayeux Tapestry queues and a crazy Youtube video that launched a career in the form of this weeks film Milk and Serial. Media discussed this week It Ends - Apple TV+ Evil Dead Burn - Amazon Prime VoD Banshee - Amazon Prime Neagley - Amazon Prime The Last House - Netflix Milk and Serial - YouTube

This week, Jim starts to wind down for a bit, Elton hoovers a roof, Darren travels to Racoon City, Lee accidentally gawps at Biggles again and noodles over Lanterns Then its on to this weeks third entry in to the unofficial tonal whiplash month. A thoroughly upbeat movie following Possession, the relentlessly cheerful (despite the apocalyptic situation) movie Project Hail Mary. Media Discussed Thi...

Welcome to this weeks episode (hopefully on time) This week Jim returns for a health update and some garlic harvesting which morphs in to booze talk. Elton gets to play a video game and apparently has a Dolphins lungs, while Darren has some heart stopping car bills, hotdogs in mash in a bun and a conversation with a piece of Ikea furnature in Skyrim. Lee, laments the last fortnight of podcast tech...

Welcome to this weeks episode. Sadly Jim is off ill this week so unfortunately theres no adults in charge.  This week Elton celebrates Predator Badlands and puts forward a theory that the predator franchise might be more consistently better than the Alien one. Meanwhile Darren has a birthday and is denied his milkshake, but manages to get a beer in london for under a fiver which counts as a miracl...

Welcome back one and all. After what feels like a month (because it was) we're back. This week, we discuss australian uncles being bitten by dogs, arguing up the top of mount snowdon, youtube movie creators, Rumikub chaos and lots of films TV and books, because of course we've watched a bit while we've been away.  After which we move on to this weeks film Creep, a movie that is 100% Radiohead free...

Welcome to this weeks episode, where we discover Jims love of James May's Gin, Elton gets vexed by pen ink usage, Darren runs a sociopath test on all of the hosts , Lee is sick and Ants love of certain bodily fluids becomes vitally influential on the run time. Then after seeing a man of the cloth using marmite as a roll on deodorant and some feedback for Blue Beetle is read out, we move on to this...

This week there is no Jim. However, what we do have is discussions about how to live with just one tea spoon, SDCC trailers, Supergirl, The Odyssey, Disclosure Day, Masters of the universe and the discovery that Lynx body spray came in Marmite flavour. Then after some feedback for Colossus The Forbin Project its on to this weeks film Is it a brave new step forward for representation in Superhero m...

+++BONUS VERSION WITH 45 MINS OF MCR MADNESS EDITED OUT FOR TIME+++ Jim tempts the guys with retro gaming hardware, Elton visits a castle and is shocked to discover that his Nintendo Wii is now more "retro" than previously thought. Darren has a problem with ants that may or may not be lured in by certain fluids. Eventually we get to Lee's week and discover why the podcast has been missing for near...

Jim tempts the guys with retro gaming hardware, Elton visits a castle and is shocked to discover that his Nintendo Wii is now more "retro" than previously thought. Darren has a problem with ants that may or may not be lured in by certain fluids and then proceeds to go into a 45 minute long burbling cheese dream over a My Chemical Romance concert he attended (featuring guest appearance from Lee's d...

This week Jim grows garlic and ponders a berret while also being shaken by a new book. Elton has techno concerns, thanks to a loss of subscriptions and draws a line in the sand when it comes to further video game purchases. Darren, goes up, up and away with the Woman of Tomorrow and Lee, is rocked by Obsession, and very grumpy about the supposed Wonders of the Universe which come courtesy of a Pho...

Welcome back to this weeks episode. This week Jim celebrates an aniversary and watches an american eat english mustard, Elton reaches season 3 of Ted Lasso, Darren keeps it light with Robocop: Neighborhood Watch and a realisation that the Earth's days are numbered. Meanwhile Lee, drives.... Then drives some more.... Discovers lift music versions of metallica in a hotel returant and raves about Wid...

four old guys wonder why they can remember Um bongo ad lyrics but not what they had for dinner... 

No Elton this week but we do have Jim giving some good advice on executing wills, Darren spending time in the Backrooms with the Masters of the Universe, while Lee is simultaniously In the Grey, Cold Storage and is utterly Normal... Plus all three give their thoughts on Spider-Noir After that its on to this weeks film. A tense metaphor for abusive, controlling, toxic relationships the 2020 movie T...

This week Jim finds a horror film that actually confounds HIM! Elton goes on a TV watch down memory lane and ends up at Ted Lassos door. Darren is obsessed with Obsession and Lee sneaks into a rooftop bar. Then after a controversial bit of feedback... Banderas vs Stevens.... A fight for the ages... and a podcast clarification by a murderous AI we move on to this weeks movie. We head back to 1967 t...

This week Jim has non fun times waiting in hospital, Elton laments the state of garden centres and we all wonder why they're like HMV. Darren braces himself for the finale of The Boys and Lee catches up with Rivals season 2 and bemoans the state of Eurovision this year. After that its on to this weeks film... Is it a dark satricial comedy portmanteau about the Panama Papers or is it a hollow, hypo...

This week Jim goes multi dimensional with the movie Redux Redux, Darren plays with some "cyber blocks" while Lee watches ads in his ad free streaming service and buys technical hardware to fix his PlayStation in the most unlikely of places. Then after some feedback and the return of a vague theme section called "If Wet..." we move on to this weeks film. Is it a life affirming tale of a life well l...

This week Jim dives into cloud gaming, Elton walks into a shop, Darren plays a game where he is repeatedly killed by trees and Lee drinks some Mauritian rum. After that theres a brief bit of feedback for Contact before we head off to the final entry of our sad space people in space movie, I.S.S. where we ask such questions as what else we could have been doing rather than watching this and does it...

Welcome to an EPIC length episode as Jim builds a fence and is mightily disturbed by a coffee table, Darren appreciates some Doom Patrol and Lee has a back to basics nature experience with his family that is less singing around a camp fire and more Burt Reynolds in Deliverance. Then after some Midnight Sky feedback its on to this weeks film.   The third in the spaceman / space daddy issues season...

Welcome back, this week Jim hunts Dust Bunnies, Elton enters pothole city, Darren has a problem with Rogue Trooper's knitted vest and Lee pays £8 for a pint in an empty pub. After which we move on to a grim (but scientifically shambolic) future where everythings gone to hell but at least we can still sing to Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline... The Netflix apocalyptic prestige movie The Midnight Sky....

This week Jim goes down the allotment and does unspeakable things with a sweet potato. Elton watches a unique take on couples therapy with Together, Darren reveals what we already knew about him playing Star Trek Voyager (see episode 257 for details) and Lee gleefully enjoys Rachel McAdams torturing a tech bro on an island in Sam Raimis Get Help. Then after some Primer feedback which is almost as...

MY BRAIN HURTS! 

This week Jim dives into Last One Laughing as well as enjoying some Classic Album Reviews, Darren and Lee discuss Project Hail Mary and Elton? Well lets just say he has a bathroom mishap  Then after some quick feedback its time to smoke me a kipper skipper (not available in TV dinner form) as we try to definitively locate the comma in the film Biggles, adventure in time... Or is it Biggles Adventu...

This week Jim returns from illness to remind us that the retro game Dungeon Keeper still exists, Elton goes on a Alex Garland trip watching Civil War (not currently a documentary) and 28 Years Later. Darren sends everyone down a retro gaming rabbit hole digging through MyAbandonWare and also regrets watching the TV show Falling Skies, while Lee (also disappearing down the retro game hole, visits B...

This week, Jim is struck down by the flu so unfortunately there is no adult in the room as Elton is thankful for having a bone in his head, Darren does, but doesn't, but does watch Game of Thrones back to back, or does he? And Lee who was laid up with the lurgy last week watches what can only be described as a slew of "We have this movie at home..." timu remakes of Die Hard, John Wick/Pirates of t...