The Horror Podcast

🎬 The Horror Podcast – Tour of Italy, Part 3 of 3 Dario Argento and the Three Mothers In this finale of our "Tour of Italy," host Blake Smith dives into the visionary world of Dario Argento —a director whose bold color palettes, experimental soundscapes, and operatic violence helped define Italian horror. We explore the arc of his career through his groundbreaking "Three Mothers" trilogy: Suspiri...

Our 3-part tour of Italy continues with a look at influential genre director MARIO BAVA !  Our Core Three Films: 1960 - BLACK SUNDAY 1963 - BLACK SABBATH 1965 - PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES Additional Recommendations: 1964 - BLOOD AND BLACK LACE 1968 - DANGER DIABOLIK 1971 - A BAY OF BLOOD   Also Mentioned: 1986 - Demons

The Horror Podcast crawls out of the grave once again, this time to kick off season 2!  We begin with part one of our 3-part "Tour of Italy" by looking at 3 films of the grand-master of gore, Lucio Fulci.  We will be looking at other directors beyond our core three, as well as additional films from all of them.  Grab your pasta and your popcorn, it's going to be a wild ride!  Our Core Three Films:...

I'm joined by Rev. Peter Laws ( Creepy Cove Community Church , Matt Hunter series , YouTube ) to discuss the often maligned but fascinating entry in the Halloween movie series, Halloween III: Season of the Witch .  If you remember this movie as just being the one that annoyed people because it didn't have Michael Myers in it, I'd urge you to give this a listen.   There was a lot more going on behi...

AIPT Comics - is putting on a free online convention Sunday July 18th.  The online convention starts at 10 am and I'll be participating in a couple of ways if you're interested. At noon , I've got a special interview with Stephen R. Bissette.  You might know him as a key artist on Alan Moore's run of Swamp Thing in the 80s - but if you've been subscribing to BIG FOOTAGE the Patreon bonus cast, you...

At long last, Episode 5 crawls out of the subway tube to wreak havoc on your podcast feed. I'm joined by Dr. Jeb Card (co-host of another show I do called In reSearch Of... ) to discuss this amazing horror/sci-fi hybrid film. And that's not the only hybrids we'll be discussing. There will be more show notes soon. I just want to get this beast out the door! :)

My old friend Mike Harris returns to talk about a beautiful and disturbing French film from 1960 - Eyes Without A Face .  (AMZ Affiliate Link) Directed by Georges Franju   Pierre Brasseur  as  Dr Génessier Alida Valli  as  Louise, the assistant (more on this in our Suspiria coverage) and  Yvette Etiévant   as the daughter in the expressionless mask...   The filming locations for the "clinic" and t...

I'm delighted to be joined by Ronn Bauman ( Scaramouche of the Tortuga Twins ) to talk about the 1964 horror film The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price. Based on the novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, this is one of several film versions and we'll actually end up talking about all of them during this episode. For what I can only assume are US copyright reasons, the entire Price movie is...

Welcome to The Horror Podcast - TheHorrorPod.com - a show whose title should tell you what you need to know. My name is Blake Smith and I'll be your horror host for this show. I've been a fan of horror for as long as I can remember, and I want to take you on a journey through some of the strange creations that helped make me who I am today.   if you're new to my work, I am the host of a couple of...

Like some vampire in a horror movie, The Horror Podcast rises yet again - this time to take on one of the best made for TV horror movies ever made: The Night Stalker . Our guest for this one is screenwriter Richard Hatem! ( The Mothman Prophecies )   ( Ep#5 is delayed - but is being excavated in an obscure Tube stop in London.)   Is the titular character the vampire? Is it the intrepid reporter? W...

Chuck Porterfield joins me to discuss this amazing hybrid offering from Hammer and the Shaw Brothers Studios. When Hong Kong action meets British Horror what we get is one of the most unusual hybrid films of the period. Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (wikipedia) You can snag this classic on BluRay here. Very detailed article about the history of this film from Diabolique Magazine . Horror! Ac...

Christian Walters ( The Survivor Typecast , and The Burlington Friendship Society podcast) joins me to discuss the 1981 horror film  GHOST STORY .  Starring an amazing cast featuring Fred Astaire , Douglas Fairbanks Jr , John Houseman , Melvyn Douglas , Patricia Neal  and (fresh from Chariots of Fire) Alice Krige .  Craig Wasson takes on dual roles as Don and David Wanderly.  It's got greasy rotte...

My friend Mike joins me to talk about his pick for The Horror Podcast: THE ASPHYX (1972) . Watch as Sir Hugo Cunningham searches for immortality by literally 'bottling up' the spirit of the dead, the Asphyx.   Starring: Robert Stephens - Sir Hugo Cunningham Robert Powell - Giles Cunningham Jane Lapotaire - Christina Cunningham Alex Scott - Sir Edward Barrett Ralph Arliss - Clive Cunningham Fiona W...

Welcome to The Horror Podcast (TheHorrorPod.com) a podcast whose title says it all. In our kick-off episode, we'll be talking to Karl Mamer (host of The Conspiracy Skeptic podcast ) about the amazing 1970s horror film Sssssss . (That's 7 S 's in the American title.)   You can pick up a copy of this episode's subject here:   The Official Trailer to Sssssss Starring:   Strother Martin as Dr. Carl St...