The Evolution of Horror

LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED! This week Mike is joined by Rob Watts and Becky Darke to discuss one of the all time great zombie movies…all time great horror movies…just all time great movies…the sensational The Cabin In The Woods. Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  You can now buy Evolution of Horror T-SHIRTS!  www.evolutionofhorror.com/shop Subscribe and dona...

It's not the end of the world. It's just the end of the day. This week Mike is joined by writer and actor Adam Robinson to discuss two smart, modern takes on the zombie format…Pontypool and The Girl With All The Gifts. Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  You can now buy Evolution of Horror T-SHIRTS!  www.evolutionofhorror.com/shop Subscribe and donate on PATREO...

This week zombie head for the small screen. TV journalist and LOST BOYS podcaster Jacob Stolworthy joins Mike to discuss one of the most successful horror TV shows of all time, THE WALKING DEAD. Mike is then joined by Rob Watts to discuss the slew of other zombie shows that followed in it's wake. Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  You can now buy Evolution of...

"WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU BARBARA!"  This week Mike is joined by Rhianna Dhillon to discuss two 21st century zom-coms...Shaun Of The Dead (2004) & Zombieland (2009). Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  You can now buy Evolution of Horror T-SHIRTS!  www.evolutionofhorror.com/shop Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.pa...

This week, zombies get SCARY...and FAST. Mike is joined by Lou Thomas to discuss Danny Boyle's iconic 28 Days Later and then Anna Bogutskaya to discuss found-footage zombie movies REC.  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  You can now buy Evolution of Horror T-SHIRTS!  www.evolutionofhorror.com/shop Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and e...

This week Mike and Louise Blain venture away from the movies and into the world of gaming. Louise recommends some of the best and scariest horror video games ever made, including Silent Hill, Until Dawn, Outlast, Alien Isolation, Fatal Frame and of course, Resident Evil. They then discuss the problematic issue of video game to film adaptations, and finish the episode with an in-depth review of Pau...

This week Mike is joined by Benji Sperring, director of the brand new Night Of The Living Dead Live to talk all things zombies... You can grab your tickets for the show right here:  https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/night-living-dead-live#overview Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... w...

THAT'S MY MOTHER YOU'RE PISSING ON! This week Mike is joined by Digital Wizard Alex Ayling to discuss one of the splatteriest, squelchiest and squishiest zombie movies ever made…Peter Jackson's BRAINDEAD. If that doesn't make you nauseous enough, Mike is then joined by extreme cinema expert Zobo With A Shotgun to discuss one of her personal favourite horror movies, NEKROMANTIK (1992). Music by  Ja...

CAT'S DEAD, DETAILS LATER.  This week Mike chats to Barbara Crampton (!!!) to discuss her career and new movie Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich. Mike is also joined by actor Stevie Webb to discuss one of Crampton's earliest movies, RE-ANIMATOR, as well as Robert Zimeckis' brilliantly weird and wonderful DEATH BECOMES HER. They also discuss the work of H.P. Lovecraft and what we mean by the term "...

"Sometimes, Dead Is Better." This week Mike is joined by Becky Darke to discuss Bill Pullman's great hair and the return of the old-school voodoo zombie in Wes Craven's THE SERPENT & THE RAINBOW. He is then joined by Anna Wilczek to discuss Mary Lambert's terrifying PET SEMATARY (1989).  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bo...

This week Mike is joined by filmmakers Cat Davies and James Moran to discuss Romero's divisive conclusion to his 'Dead' trilogy, Day Of The Dead (1985). He is then joined by filmmaker, journalist and podcaster Sam Ashurst to discuss punk masterpiece Return Of The Living Dead (1985). Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus m...

DEAD BY DAWN! DEAD BY DAWN! This week Mike is joined by Empire Podcast's Chris Hewitt to discuss Sam Raimi's deranged masterpieces Evil Dead 1 & 2. We also briefly touch upon Army of Darkness, the remake, Drag Me To Hell and of course, Ash Vs The Evil Dead. Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra t...

Warning: This episode contains maggots, tarantulas, bats, sheep guts, exploding heads, bleeding eyes, crucifixions, head drillings and of course, the most annoying character in horror…BOB. This week Mike is joined by the BFI's Michael Blyth to discuss the three most bonkers and grotesque zombie movies of all…City of the Living Dead (1980), The Beyond (1981) and The House By The Cemetery (1981). Ch...

This week Mike is joined by film scholar Charlie Oughton to talk eye gouging, throat ripping, blood, guts, sharks and maggots, in their discussion of Lucio Fulci's notorious video nasty, Zombie Flesh Eaters. Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/ evolutionofhorror  Email...

This week Mike is joined by film producer Jen Handorf to discuss the most iconic zombie movie of them all, George Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD.  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/ evolutionofhorror  Email us!  Follow us on  TWITTER Follow us on  INSTAGRAM Like us on  FA...

This week, things get "creepy and icky and sexy and weird." Mike is joined by Rosie Fletcher to discuss David Cronenberg's first two features and the link between body horror and the zombie sub genre. Mike also chats to horror actress and star of Shivers Lynn Lowry. Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content an...

This week Mike is joined by Total Film's Jamie Graham to discuss one of the most important movies in the history of zombie movies / horror movies / movies in general…George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968). Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/ evolutionofhorror...

This week Mike is joined by professor & academic Graham Saunders to do a whistle stop tour of Hammer Horror and discuss Plague of The Zombies (1966) in depth.  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/ evolutionofhorror  Email us!  Follow us on  TWITTER Follow us on  INSTAG...

This week Mike is joined by filmmaker and screenwriter Axelle Carolyn to discuss the two original zombie movies: White Zombie (1932) and I Walked With A Zombie (1943) in spoilerific detail. They also have a look back at the Universal Horror movies of the 1930s and the Val Lewton movies of the 1940s.  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on P...

We're BACK! This week Mike begins his journey through the evolution of the zombie movie by discussing the tropes of the sub-genre with Kevin Lyons, then looking at the zombie movie through a psychoanalytic and sociological lens with Mary Wild & Tim Coleman.  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra...

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Happy New Year!  This week Mike and The Final Girls' Anna Bogutskaya discuss their horror highlights of 2018 and most anticipated horrors of 2019.    Review Categories include:  - BEST TRAILER / MOST ANTICIPATED - BEST POSTER - BEST OPENING SEQUENCE. - MOST FUN SCREENING / CINEMA EXPERIENCE? - BEST CREEPY KID  - BEST WITCH - BEST NEW MONSTER - BEST RETURNING MONSTER  - CREEPIEST HUMAN CHARACTER /...

Mike is joined by digital guru Alex Ayling to discuss Joe Dante's Gremlins (1984), it's batshit crazy sequel and some other classic Christmas horror movies.  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Email us!  Follow us on  TWITTER Like us on  FACEBOOK Join the  DISCUSSION GROUP Follow us on  LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on  TWITTER

WE DIDN'T BURN HIM! Mike is joined by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton to discuss the new League of Gentlemen live show and the Inside No 9 Halloween special. He is then joined by writer / actor Adam Robinson to discuss the Halloween special in spoilerific detail... Music by Jack Whitney .  Adam Robinson  is an actor and writer and his theatre company, The Book of Darkness And Light  is curren...

Mike is joined by the BFI's Anna Bogutskaya to discuss what might be the most divisive horror movie of 2018...Luca Guiadagnino's SUSPIRIA (2018).  This episode will begin with a SPOILER-FREE section, followed by a SPOILER section in the second half. *Both sections will contain minor spoilers of Dario Argento's original SUSPIRIA (1977). * Music by  Jack Whitney .  Email us!  Follow us on  TWITTER L...