The Horror Double Bill

Welcome to episode 30 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 both films are directed by Robert Wise, a multiple Oscar-winning American director whose works have included The Body Snatcher , The Day the Earth Stood Still , The Andromeda Strain , Star Trek: The Motion Picture , West Side Story , an...

Welcome to episode 29 of The Horror Double Bill; the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are continuing our Christmas season, where at least one film in our pairing will have a seasonal theme – or perhaps more appropriately, as this week we are all about anthology movies, at least one of the stories in one of our pairi...

Welcome to episode 28 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are beginning our Christmas season, and discussing two films that are based on the work of M.R James. First up we have Whistle And I’ll Come To You, directed by Jonathan Miller from 1968 and then Night of the Demon from 1957, direct...

Welcome to episode 27 of the horror double bill the podcasts where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are exploring the horrors of Victorian London and Jack the Ripper, with two films that use the legend of the famous serial killer to explore themes of conspiracy, class, and the patriarchy First up is Murder by Decree from 1979 and...

Welcome to episode 26 of the horror double bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts I'm Craig Johnson and this week we are entering the world of conspiracies and paranoia, with two films featuring journalist protagonists falling into increasingly dangerous territory.  First up we return to the Italian giallo, with Short N...

Welcome to episode 25 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair 2 movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are discussing two movies that use the ghost story as a vehicle to explore themes of family, loss, grief, and instability. First up, we have our first Korean entry in the series with a Tale of Two Sisters from 2003 and director Kim J...

Welcome to episode 24 of the horror double bill the podcasts where each week we combine two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are returning to the theme of childhood, only this week it is the kids and not the adults who are in peril.  First up we have The Night of the Hunter from 1955, the only film ever directed by the great actor Charles Laughton and...

Welcome to episode 23 of the Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we combine two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are exploring the great outdoors with two films that fall into the sub genre of backwoods horror, though to be fair the second one is more backwoods adjacent First up we wade through the swamps of Louisiana with Southern Comfort...

Welcome to episode 22 of the Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we combine two movies to create something for a greater than the sum of their parts This week we are exploring religious fanaticism, the dangers of group think, cult mentalities, and discussing our first folk horror of the series, as well as our first pseudo-documentary. First up we have Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General...

Episode 21: Cat People (1942) & The Company of Wolves (1984) Welcome to episode 21 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts. This week – after a very short break - we are back with the shapeshifters with two films that use metamorphosis as metaphor for sexuality, albeit with very different interpretatio...

Welcome to episode 20 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are exploring the horrors of ageing and identity with two movies that take the viewer on a disorienting journey into the price of reinvention and rejuvenation First up we have Seconds from 1966 and director John Frankenheimer, feat...

This week we are exploring the horrors of Artificial intelligence and tech noir with two films from very different eras but similar fears and concerns.  First up is Colossus: The Forbin Project from 1970, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Eric Braden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsett, and William Schallert. Then we jump forward nearly half a century to 2018 with Upgrade , written and directed by...

Episode 18: The Uninvited (1944) & The Changeling (1980) Welcome to episode 18 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are exploring the horrors of the haunted house which strangely enough is very different to the trope of the old dark house that we discussed back in episode 12. First up we h...

Episode 17: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) & Symptoms (1974). Fall into madness.  Welcome to episode 17 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are exploring the horrors of autumn, with a double bill of movies that use the tuning of the seasons as metaphors for the increasingly frag...

Welcome to episode 16 of the horror double bill the podcast where each week we pair 2 movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are exploring the terrors of ballet school with two European horror films that are connected through more than just the depiction of dance.  First up we Head to France and 2011 for Livide from the directing duo of Julien Maury and Ale...

Episode 15: Sleep Tight (2011) & Them (2006): There's no place like home..... Welcome to episode 15 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are exploring the horrors that lurk in the home, with two movies that depict our safest spaces as places of threat, terror and murder. First up with...

Episode 14: Messiah of Evil (1973) & The Fog (1980): "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside....." Welcome To episode 14 of the horror double bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are exploring coastal horrors and the terrors that lurk in the liminal space between the land and the sea. First up we h...

Welcome to episode 13 of The Horror Double Bill. This week we are exploring the horrors of lycanthropy and the legend of the werewolf, a creature that has been used for centuries as a metaphor for themes including sexual repression, puberty, male violence, insanity and the beats within. An we are starting off this week with the first horror movie that I ever saw, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman fro...

Welcome to episode 12 of the horror double bill the podcast where each week we combine 2 films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are exploring the horrors of the old dark house, and the enduring influence of its many tropes on horror cinema.   First up is The Cat and the Canary from 1939 — a horror comedy starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, George Zucco, an...

Episode Eleven: The Ghoul (2016) & Triangle (2009) : Time loops, mobius strips and the nature of reality Welcome to episode 11 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we combine two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts. This week are exploring two movies that play with our perceptions of reality, with the Ghoul from 2016, a low budget British psychol...

Welcome to episode 10 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we combine two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts. This week we are exploring the horrors of cannibalism –  a subject that was once regarded as one of the ultimate cinematic taboos but which has now become  a strangely prevalent sub-genre , and one that is used as a metaphor for anything fro...

Episode Nine: The Look Like People (2015) & The Invitation (2015). Urban paranoia, independent cinema and the horrors of friendship Welcome to episode 9 of the Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we put two films together to create something far greater than the sum of its parts.  This week  we are unwrapping the horrors of friendship, with two films from 2015 that ask the question...

Episode Eight: Isle of the Dead (1945) & Martin (1977) : There's no such thing as a vampire. Welcome to episode 8 of The Horror Double Bill – the podcast where we put two films together to create something greater than the sum its parts. This week we are unpacking 2 rather unusual takes on vampire mythology. First up is Isle of the Dead from 1945, produced by Val Lewton, who we discussed...

Episode Seven: Village of the Damned (1960) & Who Can Kill a Child (1976). There's something very wrong with the children.... Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where we combine two films, and fall down several rabbit holes, to create something greater than the sum of its parts. First up is Village of the Damned, from 1960 starring George Sanders and Barbara Shelley, in which...

Episode Six: Night of the Eagle (1962) & The Devil Rides Out (1968). Must be the season of the witch...... Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where we combine two films, and fall down several rabbit holes, to create something greater than the sum of its parts. First up is Night of the Eagle, from 1962, released in the US as Burn Witch Burn, in which professional rivalries on a coll...