The Evolution of Horror

We're back! This week Mike is joined by Kevin Lyons and then Mary Wild to discuss the theme for this season: the dangers of science, technology and man-made monsters!  EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/evolutionofhorror Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer Music by Jack Whitney .  Artwork by Mike Lee-Graham Mike Muncer is a p...

Bring Her Back (2025) is the incredible new movie by the Philippou Brothers and their follow up to Talk To Me (2023). Mike chatted to the brothers about the horror inspirations behind their dark, twisted new movie... Bring Her Back is in UK cinemas from Saturday 26 July  To hear our full thoughts on the movie next week, subscribe to EOH Patreon 

The rage virus is back! This weekend 28 Years Later hits cinemas so Mike sits down with Ben Travis do discuss the film (spoiler free + a spoiler section), plus, Mike chats to director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland about making the movie.  TIMECODES: 02:00 - 28 Years Later general thoughts (spoiler free)  33:10 - Interview with Danny Boyle & Alex Garland (spoiler free)  01:02:30 - SPOILER sec...

Babak Anvari, director of Under the Shadow and I Came By, has a new horror film called Hallow Road, out in UK and Irish cinemas now! I chatted to Babak and star of the movie Matthew Rhys about the challenges of making a film set entirely in one location with just two actors...  

The 6th and latest Final Destination movie has officially hit cinemas! Jamie Graham joins Mike for a spoilerific discussion of Bloodlines... Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new  EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on...

As part of our Final Destination retrospective, here's Mike's interview from 2023 with the writer and creator of the original movie, Jeffrey Reddick!  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new  EOH MERCH! Subscribe and...

For Part 3 of our Final Destination retrospective, Mike is joined by Stevie Webb and Becky Darke to discuss the good, the bad and the hideously ugly in the two final movies in the original Final Destination series... Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENIN...

In Part 2 of our Final Destination retrospective (recorded in 2023 for Patreon), Mike is joined by Keir Siewert and Alix Austin to avoid log trucks and rollercoasters in their spoilerific discussions of Final Destinations 2 and 3!  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UP...

It's Final Destination week! To celebrate the release of the new instalment, Final Destination Bloodlines, out this week in cinemas, we're dropping deep-dive discussions of all five movies every day this week. These were conversations recorded for Patreon back in 2023, which we're now dropping for free on the main feed. In part 1, Mike is joined by Joshua Tonks to discuss the 2000 original in spoi...

In this bonus episode, I chat to Christopher Landon about his new movie DROP (2025), which is in cinemas from today, his potential new HAPPY DEATH DAY sequel and his feelings on leaving Scream 7... Plus, a preview of my discussion with Becky Darke on HAPPINESS, as part of our Discomfort Season on Patreon. Listen to the full episode here   

This week we reach the end of our journey through 'Nature Bites Back' horror movies! We look back at the last 37 episodes at what we've learned and Mike responds to some mailbag questions, plus Mary Wild drops in for a wrap-up chat and we countdown the listeners' top 10 Nature BItes Back movies.  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visi...

This week, a bonus Nature Bites Back episode with a discussion of a movie voted for by Patreon subscribers! DeVaughn Taylor joins Mike to discuss Jordan Peele's NOPE (20220) in depth.  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some br...

For our final official double bill of the season, Adam Z. Robinson joins Mike to discuss two recent terrifying animal attack films...Alexandre Aja's CRAWL (2019) and Sébastien Vaniček's INFESTED (2024). Send us your feedback for this season and submit your Top 10 Nature Bites Back movies!  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our w...

Brad Hanson pops in to recommend to additional animal attack horror movies not covered in depth this season! Check out the full list on Brad's Letterboxd  Submit your TOP 10 NATURE BITES BACK MOVIES !  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy...

So bad it's good? Or just plain...bad? This week Mike is joined by Matt Draper to discuss the wave of pun-tastic B-movies that were churned out by movies like The Asylum through the 2010s...it's going to get ugly... Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment!  Sign up to Ma...

This week things get icky and squishy as Kevin Lyons joins Mike to discuss two eco-body-horrors, THE BAY and EVOLUTION.  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new  EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus mo...

Re-posted from the Patreon feed, here's Mike's chat with Steph McKenna about the life and career of the late, great David Lynch.  Want to hear similar epsiodes on William Friedkin, Tony Todd, Vincent Price, Wes Craven, Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephen King and more? Check out other episodes in our ' Legends of Horror ' strand on Patreon  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney...

It's not the end of the world...or is it? This week things get bleak as Leigh Singer joins Mike to discuss two apocalyptic psychological dramas...TAKE SHELTER and MELANCHOLIA.  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment!  Sign up to Mary's Patreon !  Visit our website  www....

In this special bonus episode, Mike chats to writer / director Leigh Whannell about his latest horror movie, WOLF MAN. Mike is then joined by Empire's Chris Hewitt to review the movie in depth (with full spoilers).  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENING...

SHARK! Mike is joined by new guest Juliet Sugg to discuss two terrifying survival horror movies about killer sharks from the 2010s... Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment!  Sign up to Mary's Patreon !  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our...

Mike chats to director Robert Eggers about his new movie NOSFERATU (spoiler free), his relationship with the original 1922 classic and his thoughts on the evolution of vampire movies... Sign up to our Patreon to hear what we thought of the movie! 

This week Mike is joined by Maha Albadrawi for a backpacking trip to the 2000s survival horrors, with THE RUINS (2008) and FROZEN (2010).  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment!  Sign up to Mary's Patreon !  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets fo...

It's Shyamalan week! Ben Travis joins Mike to discuss two...divisive?...M Night Shyamalan eco-horror movies: The Happening and Old!  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new  EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on PATREON...

Happy Holidays! This week Mike is joined by Alex Ayling and Joshua Tonks to discuss two festive Nature Bites Back movies: Gremlins (1984) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new ...

"TROLL!" This week Mike is joined by James Rendell to discuss two international monster movies from the 2000s...Bong Joon Ho's THE HOST and André Øvredal's TROLL HUNTER. Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy tickets for our  UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new  EOH ME...