The Horror Double Bill

Welcome to episode 55 of The Horror Double Bill , the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are discussing international folk horror with two films which explore the horrors of  war, capitalism, and greed while referencing the histories of the countries in which they were made.  First up, we have Onibaba from Japan, which w...

Welcome to episode 54 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts This week we are plunging into the world of ecological horror, with two films that suggest that unless we learn to learn more harmoniously with the planet, we will suffer the consequences – one way or another First, we have The Day the Earth Caught...

Welcome to episode 53 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where nearly every week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are off to Hollywood, with two films that explore the horrors of the silver screen, from obsessive fandom and fantasy to the darkest depths of ambition.  First up we have Fade to Black from 1980. This was written and directed b...

Welcome to episode 52 of The Horror Double Bill , the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are going to New York in search of missing sisters and finding ourselves in a whole heap of trouble with the powers of darkness. First, we have The Seventh Victim from 1943 and producer Val Lewton. This was directed by Mark Robson an...

Welcome to episode 51 of The Horror Double Bill , the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are exploring the amorphous world of the science fiction horror hybrid, with two movies that pit man against gelatinous monstrosities from inner and outer space. First up, we have X the Unknown from 1956, an early entry into the horr...

Welcome to episode 50 of The Horror Double Bill , the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. Cannibal Man/The Week of the Killer / The Apartment on the 13th Floor (1972) dir. Eloy de la Iglesia, w. Vicente Parra, Emma Cohen, Eusebio Poncela, Vicky Lagos and Charly Bravo. Ecologia del delitto/A Bay of Blood/Twitch of the Death Nerve/Carna...

Welcome to episode 49 of The Horror Double Bill , the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. In this weeks episode we discuss two films from British director Bernard Rose,  one based on the children's book Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr, and the other based on a work from the opposite end of the literary spectrum The Forbidden b...

Welcome to episode 48 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week after a short break and several episodes of ambiguity, we are exploring the much more direct and explicitly supernatural world of the vampire, with one movie that started the Universal monster series in the 1930s and another which reinvi...

Welcome to episode 47 of the Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. First up is Daniel Isn’t Real (2019) dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer, w Miles Robbins & Patrick Schwarzenegger Then The Lighthouse (2019) dir. Robert Eggers, w Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson. Recommendations https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...

Welcome to episode 46 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are back with haunted houses, classic ghost stories, and more than a little ambiguity, with one film based on a novella by Henry James and the other based on a novel by Peter Straub. First up, we have The Innocents from 1961, directed...

Welcome to episode 45 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are discussing Possession (1981) dir. Andrzej Żuławski w. Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi aka Witching and Bitching (2013) dir. Alex de la Iglesia w. Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, and Carmen Maura Recommendations T...

Welcome to episode 44 of The Horror Double Bill , where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. The Wind (2018) dir. Emma Tammi, with Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, Julia Goldani Telles, and Miles Anderson. The Dark and the Wicked (2020), dir. Bryan Bertino, with Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Lynn Andrews, and Xander Berkeley. Recommendations  C...

Welcome to episode 43 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are visiting church with two films which that suggest our holiest of buildings could hide mysterious ancient forces lurking in their cellars. Prince of Darkness (1987) dir. John Carpenter w. Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Park...

Welcome to episode 42 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts This week we are exploring the horrors of colonialism with two films that suggest that the price for cultural oppression and appropriation is a very heavy one. I Walked with a Zombie (1943) dir. Jacques Tourneur, with Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith...

Welcome to episode 41 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts First up is The Empty Man (2020) starring James Badge Dale, Aaron Poole and Marin Ireland, and was written and directed by David Prior  Then we follow this with Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010). This stars Michael Rogers and Eva Allen and is the feat...

Welcome to episode 40 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts This week we are exploring pestilence and death with two films that revolve around plague, satanism, religious intolerance and necromancy First up, we have The Masque of the Red Death from 1964 and director Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Haze...

Welcome to episode 39 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts This week we have two films that are based on works by Daphne du Maurier, an English novelist, playwright, and biographer whose stories and novels have been adapted multiple times for stage, radio television and of course for film. First up nature s...

Welcome to episode 38 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts This week we are returning to the world of the 1940s horror noir and the Italian giallo, with two highly influential movies that would shape some of the tropes that we now see as standard in many films First up, we have The Spiral Staircase from 19...

Welcome to episode 37 of the Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts First up we have The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue from 1974 and director Jorge Grau, starring Ray Lovelock, Cristina Galbo and Arthur Kennedy We follow this with When Evil Lurks from 2023 and director Demian Rugna, starring Ezequiel Rodriguez, D...

Welcome to episode 36 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts First up we have Eyes Without a Face (1960) directed by George Franju, starring Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob & Alida Valli. Then we jump forward to B lood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971) directed by Seth Holt, starring Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir and...

Welcome to episode 35 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts First up this week is City Of The Dead from 1960 and director John Moxey, released in the US as Horror Hotel, and starring Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel, Valentine Dyall, and Venetia Stevenson. Then we jump forward to 2015 for The Blackcoat’s Da...

Welcome to episode 34 of The Horror Double Bill , the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. For this week’s double bill we are off to the theatre, taking in the works of William Shakespeare and a 1980s stage musical, with a healthy slice of murder and mayhem on the side. First up, we have Theatre of Blood from 1973, directed by Douglas...

Welcome to episode 33 of The Horror Double Bill , the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. First up we have David Fincher’s Se7en from 1995, starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Gwyneth Paltrow.. Then we head across to Tokyo for Cure from 1997, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. This stars Kōji Yakusho, Anna Nakagawa, and Masato Hagiwara...

Welcome to episode 32 of The Horror Double Bill , the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.  First up is Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) directed by Piers Haggard and starring Linda Hayden, Michele Dotrice, Wendy Padbury, and Patrick Wymark. Then we have John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1994) starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen,...

Welcome to episode 31 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something for greater than the sum of their parts This week we are discussing two movies that are both very dark comedies and are both set on Christmas Eve, First up is Dead End from 2003 written and directed by Jean Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa. This stars Alexandra Holden, Ray Wise, Ly...