The Evolution of Horror

This time it's personal! Mike is joined by comedian and presenter Susan Calman to discuss the three hilariously uneven Jaws sequels...JAWS 2 (1978), JAWS 3D (1983) and JAWS: THE REVENGE (1987).  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 yourse...

Happy 4th July! In this week's monster-sized episode, Becky Darke joins Mike to discuss one of the most beloved animal-attack movies of all time...JAWS!  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 ...

This week we stay down under as Lindsay Hallam joins Mike to discuss two Ozsploitation bangers...Colin Egglestone's Long Weekend and Russell Mulcahy's Razoarback... 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.evolutionofh...

CRIKEY! This week we venture down under to discuss two creepy, shocking, Australian masterpieces! Jamie Graham joins Mike to discuss WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971) and PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975).  Content warning: Wake in Fright contains depictions of animal cruelty  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...

"They're coming, they're coming!" This week Mike is joined by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas to discuss one of Hitchcock's most terrifying movies...THE BIRDS (1963)!  Check out Lee Gambin's books 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...

It's Hammer week! Mike is joined by Graham Saunders to discuss two Hammer classics about creatures in the British countryside...THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1959) & THE REPTILE (1966).  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...

This week we continue looking at 50s monster movies about the perils of nature...Axelle Carolyn joins Mike to discuss Universal's 3D monster movie, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON! Plus, in the second half of the ep, we release a discussion from the Patreon vault, recorded earlier this year, in which Steph McKenna joins Mike to discuss Del Toro's tribute to Creature from the Black Lagoon, THE SHAPE...

This week, things get MONSTROUS as Mike and Kevin Lyons run through the history of cinema's two biggest titans: Godzilla and Kong! In this spoiler-free episode, Kevin Lyons runs through his thoughts on a bunch of other King Kong and Godzilla movies, including remakes, sequels, reboots, requels and everything in between... Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork...

This week Mike is joined by filmmaker, actor, author and Godzilla expert Graham Skipper to discuss the king of the monsters himself in his original, breathtaking movie...GODZILLA (1954).  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 we...

"Twas beauty killed the beast!" This week Mike is joined by James Swanton for the first deep-dive discussion of the series: Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's KING KONG (1933)... 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...

We're BACK! This week, we kick off our tenth season of the podcast on the horrors of nature with an introduction chat with Kevin Lyons, plus Mary Wild drops in to lend her analysis of the sub-genre and what makes it so popular (and terrifying).  Hosted, Produced and Edited by  Mike Muncer Music by  Jack Whitney .  Artwork by  Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror. com  Buy ticket...

To celebrate the Kickstarter campaign for FINAL CUT - the Evolution of Horror card game - here's a special bonus episode! Mike was joined by Final Cut creators Alex Ayling and Mike Lee-Graham to discuss some of the best ever horror tabletop games, from ATMOSFEAR to ARKHAM HORROR to GHOST CASTLE... If you want to get your hands on a copy of the Evolution of Horror game, support us on Kickstarter an...

We're launching our very own EOH Card game! Support us on Kickstarter to make this game happen...our 30 day campaign begins on Monday 19 February!  For more information and to see photos and videos of the game, visit  evolutionofhorror.com/finalcut To sign-up to our pre-launch, visit evolutionofhorror.com/kickstarter

It's time to lock and bolt the door on the Home Invasion season! For our conclusion episode, Mike looks back at the last 36 weeks, reads some feedback from the mailbag and counts down the listeners' top 10 Home Invasion movies, plus Mary Wild pops in for a wrap-up chat.  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Huge thank you to Mary Wild for this season's 'Wild About Horror' segments! Sign up to Mary's Patreon...

For the final double-bill of the season, Mike is joined by Susan Calman to discuss two modern classics in the home-invasion subgenre: Jordan Peele's US (2019) and Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning PARASITE (2019).  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Keep an eye on all our  UPCOMING EVENTS Buy tickets for our next upcoming EVOLUTION OF HORROR PRESENTS screening at t...

As we approach the end of our Home Invasion season, Brad Hanson joins Mike to recommend some additional titles not discussed so far this season, including gritty British thriller Dead Man's Shoes, Japanese lost classic Door, the notorious August Underground Movies and...Disney's En Canto???! Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Keep an eye on all our  UPCOMING E...

This week Mike is joined by James Rendell to discuss the crossover between Home Invasion and Folk Horror with two weird and wonderful British horror movies from the last couple of years: Welsh dinner party horror THE FEAST and Alex Garland's MEN.  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Keep an eye on all our  UPCOMING EVENTS Buy tickets for our next upcoming EVOLU...

This week MIke is joined by filmmaking duo and directors of the brilliant new horror movie 'Kill Your Lover' Keir Siewert and Alix Austin to discuss two of the most fun and quotable horror movies of the last few years, READY OR NOT (2019) and BODIES BODIES BODIES (2022)!  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Keep an eye on all our  UPCOMING EVENTS Buy tickets fo...

In order to avoid any uninvited guests, Mike ropes in his wife, broadcaster and film critic Rhianna Dhillon for this week's discussion as they explore awkward interactions and heavy-handed metaphors in Joel Edgertono's THE GIFT and Darren Aronofsky's MOTHER!  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment!  Sign up to Mary's Patreon !  Follow Mary...

It's Flanagan week! This week Mike is joined by Anna Bogutskaya ("The Successionistas!") to discuss spooky ghosts and emotional payoffs with deep dive discussions of HUSH (2016) and GERALD'S GAME (2017).  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment!  Sign up to Mary's Patreon !  Follow Mary on Twitter  to find out more about her upcoming courses...

This week we'll be taking a little break from the usual schedule to bring you our live Halloween special! I was joined on stage by Brad Hanson, BEcky Darke and Stevie Webb at the Old Red Lion Theatre as part of Grimfest UK theatre festival on the 31st Halloween! Stevie, Brad, Becky and I discuss our favourite Halloween watches plus we play a game of horror Room 101! Plus, a very special surprise a...

An absolute PINCH-ME moment! To celebrate the 4k re-release of Michael Powell's Peeping Tom, Mike sits down with Oscar-winning film editor, Scorsese collaborator and Michael Powell's widow, Thelma Schoonmaker, to discuss her thoughts on the film and on her career to date. 

This week Mike is joined by Rue Morgue & Faculty of Horror's Andrea Subissati to discuss the awkward horror of dinner parties with an incredible double bill of recent horror gems...THE INVITATION (2015) and SPEAK NO EVIL (2022).  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment!  Sign up to Mary's Patreon !  Follow Mary on Twitter  to find out more a...

This week Mike is joined by Empire Magazine's Deputy Online Editor and Disniversity host Ben Travis to discuss two bonkers home invasion movies that aren't quite what they seem...HOUSEBOUND (2014) and BETTER WATCH OUT (2016).  Music by  Jack Whitney .  Visit our website  www.evolutionofhorror. com  Keep an eye on all our  UPCOMING EVENTS Buy tickets for our next upcoming EVOLUTION OF HORROR PRESEN...

Happy Friday the 13th! As a bonus episode, here's an episode from the Patreon vault...recorded in November 2020, I discussed two banging Friday the 13th sequels with my Dream Warriors Stevie Webb and Becky Darke.  Want to hear more episodes like this? Sign up to our patreon!  We'll be back next week to continue our Home Invasion series as normal!