David Read

The Podcast on Nightmare Park

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Horror and weird film fans Peter Fuller and David Read, nominate a film for each other to watch, then discuss them, invariably moving off in wild tangents. Peter Fuller is a Rondo award-winning print, radio and television journalist and author, specialising in world cinema and popular culture and the leading expert on the life and career of Vincent Price. Peter recently published Supper with the Stars. David Read has worked an editor and animator for 30 years, and also VJ/Djs as Profondo Mondo. He published a book of Horror Crosswords, and is writing a book on BBC Radio Horror.

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David Read

Episodes

Episode 10 - Venom (1981) and Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980) 04.02.2024 59:26

David & Peter review the 1981 thriller Venom, with the cult pairing of Klaus Kinski and Oliver Reed, before being joined by Jason WIlson to review the Sammo Hung helmed Encounters of the Spooky Kind!

Episode 9 - The Frightened Woman (1969) and The Big Racket (1976) 10.01.2024 48:46

David and Peter start 2024 reviewing the new release from Shameless 'The Frightened Woman' (1969) and a Eurocrime Classic, Castellari's 'The Big Racket' (1976)

Episode 8 - The Keep (1983) , with special guest Jason Wilson 28.12.2023 1:13:17

To close out the year, David and Peter, along with special expert guest Jason Wilson, devote an hour to understanding that strange semi lost film by Michael Mann... The Keep

Episode 7 - Eye of the Devil and The Black Belly of the Tarantula 12.12.2023 44:06

Peter and David look at the sixties occult thriller The Eye of the Devil and a classic seventies giallo, The Black Belly of the Tarantula

Episode 6 - Night Gallery and The X Files 15.11.2023 40:37

David and Pete dive into TV this week as they review Return of the Sorcerer with Vincent Price from the Night Gallery and Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose from the X Files...

Episode 5 - Halloween Special! Special guest, Graham Humphreys joins us to discuss The Exorcism and Night Train to Terror. 31.10.2023 1:04:27

Peter and David are joined by artist extraordinaire, Graham Humphreys as he offers us the 1985 cult classic, Night Train to Terror.. whilst David nominates the 1972 TV drama from Dead of Night.. The Excorcism.

Episode 4 - The Power and Zeder 21.10.2023 44:00

Peter and David see sixties mind altering experiments with The Power (1969) and Italian Zombies, but not really, in Zeder (1983).. plus.. did you know Peter wrote a novel?

Episode 3 - Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice and Der Hund Von Blackwood Castle 28.09.2023 46:41

Peter and David dive in to Psychobiddy and Hagspolitation with Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969) and Krimi with Der Hund Von Blackwood Castle (1968).. with a sidetrack into Bernard Cribbins...

Episode 2 - The Loved One and Nightwatch (Nattevagten) 02.09.2023 54:03

In this episode Peter and David look at the 1965 comedy The Loved One, is it an overlooked classic.... and the 1994 Danish thriller Nightwatch (Nattevagten), plus Peter gives us a quick impression of this years Frightfest!

Episode 1 - The Baby and Unman Wittering and Zigo. 08.08.2023 57:56

David and Peter discuss two films released just a couple of years apart in the early seventies.. but they couldn't be more different! The Baby is a 1973 film from Ted Post about a strange family headed by Ruth Roman, who have a 20 year old baby... Unman, Wittering and Zigo from 1971, sees David Hemmings start work at an English public school, who is told the class murdered their previous teach...