The Horror Double Bill

Welcome to episode 70 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 celebrating Halloween with a pairing that uses the archetype of the ghost to explore themes of parental guilt, isolation, loneliness and the darker sides of the internet. First up we have The Witch in the Window , from 2018 and wr...

Welcome to episode 69 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 off to confession and then communion, with two films that explore murder and mayhem within the Catholic Church. First up, we have Absolution from 1978, directed by Anthony Page. This stars Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, Dai Bradle...

Welcome to episode 68 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 world of cryptozoology, with two films about mythical creatures, which might not be mythical at all. First up, we have The Abominable Snowman from 1957 and Hammer Studios. This was directed by Val Guest and stars Pet...

Welcome to episode 67 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 themes of revenge, with one film that is grounded firmly in reality and another which takes its tale of retribution deep into psychedelia First up we have Dead Man’s Shoes from 2004 and director Shane Meadows. This star...

Welcome to episode 66 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 themes of institutionalisation, corruption, conspiracy and insanity, with one film set in the most notorious psychiatric institute of all time, and the other in a world that has gone completely mad. First up we have Bed...

Welcome to episode 65 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 covering two suitably autumnal films, both of which share a memorable filming location of Bishops Park in London, and both of which explore themes of Satanism in the UK’s capital city. First up, we are back with director Sergio M...

Welcome to episode 64 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 sapphic blood suckers, with two films about female vampires that were, to some extent or another, inspired by the novella Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu First up, we have Dracula’s Daughter from 1936, Univ...

Welcome to episode 63 of The Horror Double Bill , the podcast where almost every week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are returning to the 1980s, the world of the Italian giallo and the serial killer, with two films that blend eye-popping cinematography, electronic synth scores, brutalist architecture and brutal murders. First, we have Teneb...

Welcome to episode 62 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 attending two family reunions, at which the return of prodigal children exposes secrets, lies, madness, and murder. First up, we have Paranoiac! from Hammer Studios in 1963. This was directed by Freddie Francis and stars Janette...

Welcome to episode 61 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 in pursuit of a killer or two, the first in Germany in 1931 and the second in London four decades later, in 1972. First up, we have M , directed by Fritz Lang. This stars Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Georg John and Theodor Loos. T...

Welcome to episode 60 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 running away to join the circus—a prospect that seems more and more appealing with every passing day. First up, we have the highly controversial Freaks , from 1932 directed by Tod Browning. This stars Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles...

Welcome to Episode 59 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 surreal and erotic world of French director Jean Rollin and a time-jumping, twisted narrative from director JT Mollner. First up, we have Fascination from 1979, directed by Jean Rollin and starring Brigitte Lahaie,...

Welcome to episode 58 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 world of the insane asylum, starting off with the oldest film we have covered to date and our very first silent movie. This is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari from 1920, which was directed by Robert Wiene. This stars F...

Welcome to episode 57 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 voyeurism, meta commentary and the world of the snuff movie with one film that, according to its director, ruined his career, and another that launched the career of its director First up we have Peeping Tom from 1960, d...

Welcome to episode 56 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 in Europe, where we return to the psychological thriller and the Italian giallo, with two films drenched in murder and paranoia. First up, we have Les Diaboliques from 1955, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. This stars Simone Si...

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...