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Happy New Year listeners! The team are back and they’ve brought a friend - Dr Dean joins us again! And what a film to kick us off for 2019: 1988’s “Night of the Demons”, in which Amelia Kinkade flashes her pants, Hal Havens flashes his arse, Linnea Quigley flashes, well, everything (again), and we have handy hints on where to keep your makeup in a dress with no pockets. Along the way we discuss “A...

And now for the second of our two “A Ghost Story for Christmas” Bonus Episodes! We stay in 1972 for Lawrence Gordon Clark’s adaptation of MR James’ “A Warning To The Curious”. A bleak, haunting tale, where Chris’s dad takes a holiday, random farm workers adopt threatening positions and “there’s no diggin’ ere!” Watch (or re-watch) to avoid spoilers, and join us.

Yes! You lucky people, here’s the first of two Christmas Bonus Episodes! These are once again plucked from the BBCs on/off traditional TV “A Ghost Story for Christmas” strand. We first turn our heat sensors onto Nigel Kneale’s 1972 entry “The Stone Tape”, in which Jane Asher is menaced by lorries, lights and pretty much everything else, Ol’ Jackie just laughs and laughs, and one man manages to per...

The team stick to the road and head to East Proctor for horror/comedy classic “An American Werewolf in London”, in which there is naked balloon theft, a lot of services you definitely don’t get on the NHS anymore and John Landis insists on filming his erection metaphors under very bright lights. Along the way to The Slaughtered Lamb, we discuss “Stan Against Evil”, “American Horror Story Apocalyps...

A rather special Welcome to Horror this week. Lee reached out to director Mike Pecci, and he’s given us the chance to watch and review his atmospheric short film “12KM”. Totally brand new to all the team, we offer our thoughts on this weird and creepy chiller. Along the way we discuss Matthew Holness’ debut “Possum”, “Under The Shadow”, “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”, “An American Haunting”...

It’s the sequel nobody expected: Episode 37 “The Bride of # Ask Welcome To Horror” Lee, Chris and Adam answer your questions to varying degrees of seriousness, ridiculousness and mental competence in our second #askwelcometohorror episode. Yet again, we’ve had some excellent questions from loyal listeners SJ Thomas, Pinball Bobby of Not For Everyone Podcast and former guest Claire Dellow. No prep...

A special little double bill for Halloween: First up we watch Lee and Lady Jennifer’s childhood favourite; the 1986 TV Movie of “The Worst Witch” - the show that introduced a young Lee to Halloween, kicking off his love of the macabre. In a complete volte-face, our second watch of the night is “Terror”, the Halloween episode of Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson’s sitcom “Bottom” - probably the best way...

We kick off October with a party at the ol’ Frankenstein Place, where we learn the benefits of keeping a decent spare tyre, take a jump to the left with Christopher Biggins and have Meatloaf for dinner. Along the way Adam and Lady Jennifer swap near death experiences, and we discuss “Electric Dreams”, Netflix original series “Maniac” and “Tales of the Unexpected” (inspired by Adam and Lee listenin...

After finally tackling a 1950s film, we race back to the twenty first century for 2016’s hidden gem “A Dark Song”. A magnificent film in which we learn the right consistency for drinking fresh blood and the hazards of not putting away after washing up. Along the way we discuss “Kohraa”, “Westworld”, “Yakuza Apocalypse”, “Skeletons In The Closet”, “Hereditary”, “Aaaaaaaah!” and Adam overshares abou...

And we return to our regular scheduled broadcast. It’s a long overdue trip to the 1950s for William Castle’s “House On Haunted Hill”, where Vincent Price hands out handguns as party favours, a visiting doctor hands out tranquillisers like Smarties and the servants skateboard around the basement in the dark. We also look at the career of William Castle, King of Schlock and marketing genius. Watch (...

And we’re back. A quick catch-up this episode, just to get us all back into the swing of things. Lee, Chris and Adam discuss their activities during the summer break, including childbirth and meeting Pinball Bobby from Not For Everyone Podcast, which is still being touted as “The Most Ambitious Crossover Event In History”. Also the team rate/recommend plenty of eye-fillers for you to enjoy, and ar...

Bit of a change up for Episode 31 - we’ve had some brilliant questions for our #askwelcometohorror campaign recently, so much so that we’ve decided to devote a whole show to discussing and answering them! Lee, Chris and Adam are joined by long-time listener, first-time guest Adam Laws, whose question prompted this long form approach in the first place. We also have questions from loyal listeners D...

In attempt to combat the heatwave, we’re taking a trip to Antartica for John Carpenter’s The Thing, in which Kurt Russell plies his computer with drink, Jed the dog gives an Oscar-worthy performance and the mysterious underwear vandal is yet to be caught! Along the way we discuss Death Cafes, the audio adaptation of Clive Barker’s “The Hellbound Heart”, Lee and Chris open their birthday presents a...

A couple of firsts for Chris; the first Amicus and (unbelievably) the first time Peter Cushing has appeared on the WTH screen! We take a trip to Dr Terror’s House of Horrors where Neil McCallum encounters a hairy heiress; James Bond’s boss and Fluff Freeman fight a killer plant; Roy Castle and Kenny Lynch chase the Voodoo down; Michael Gough makes a monkey out of Christopher Lee and Donald Sutherl...

Staying in Horror/Comedy territory, the gang head down to Shroudshire, where a four-time Dracula is slumming it as a butler at Munster Hall, the local barmaid knows a surprising amount about motor racing and unsuspecting visitors may be bashed on the cranium with something jagged. Along the way #askwelcometohorror prompts recommendations of horror literature, and we discuss AHS, Winchester and the...

Frying Tonight! The team get out their double entendres and take a trip to the Bide-A-Wee Rest Home, where a electricity-filled Kenneth Williams is up to something in the basement, the local police have employed two Time Lords and foul feet smell something horrible. The team also watch rather splendid horror comedy short “The Furred Man” from Evil Hypnotist Productions, as well as discussing “Read...

The team (plus new co-host Alexa) polish off their English to Spanish phrase book and take a wander around “Pan’s Labyrinth”, where a small girl turns a frog inside out, some fairies meet a grisly end, and Guillermo del Toro makes us wish a man dead. Along the way they answer more #askwelcometohorror questions and discuss “Santa Clarita Diet”, “Blade Runner 2049”, “Tank 432”, “Annihilation” and th...

The team are joined by deeply pregnant woman Claire to watch Alice Lowe’s comedy slasher “Prevenge”, in which we see actual documentary footage of midwifery in the wild, and are given tips on both rock climbing safety and how to fit an 8 months pregnant woman through a dog flap. Along the way we forget which film we’re watching next episode, discuss horrific medical Instagram accounts, Mind Hunter...

It’s Adam’s (somewhat belated) Birthday choice; and he’s picked 1972’s “Death Line” (renamed “Raw Meat” in the US of A). Set on the London Underground, this grimy shocker features Hyacinth Bucket’s husband contemplating cannibalism on the Piccadilly Line, Christopher Lee’s moustache making a bristly cameo, and Donald Pleasence demanding tea! A lot. Along the way we also discuss Altered Carbon, Lor...

As requested by Bobby from the fantastic Not For Everyone Podcast; the gang sit down to watch “In The Mouth of Madness” from the maestro: Mr John Carpenter. A film in which Jürgen Prochnow cosplays as Neil Gaiman, the Police unveil interesting new community support strategies and Sam Neil wakes up screaming on the bus home (we’ve all been there). Along the way the discussion takes in our new #askw...

Love is in the air for monsters, and the team are joined for this episode by special guest Lady Jennifer (The Bride of Lee’n’stein). We dial back the clock to another true classic of Universal Horror, and cinema in general: “The Bride of Frankenstein”, in which Ernest Thesiger grows his own, Karloff shares a blunt with a blind man, and Una O’Connor gets the fear. A lot. Along the way, Lady Jennife...

In a change to our scheduled film, the Welcome To Horror team are joined by special guests (and genuine actual women) Ladies Jennifer and Sharon to watch Netflix original “The Ritual”. This adaptation of Adam Nevill’s novel, which seems destined to become a modern classic, has several important life lessons, including just hand over your jewellery, and absolutely never, ever, ever go camping. Alon...

Back by unpopular demand, the team are joined once more by special guest Dr Dean of the mighty Pit Ponies! This episode, they watch Simon Sprackling’s 1994 British Horror “Funny Man”; in which Christopher Lee advertises for Persil, and a sort of Northern Jester version of Freddy Krueger kills, amongst others, Velma from Scooby-Doo. The gang discuss the pros and cons of trying to make a low budget...

The third and final Poe-Cast Bonus Episode we bring you is “The Facts in the Case of M.Valdemar”. The last segment from Episode 19’s “Tales of Terror” - adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories starring the great Vincent Price. Performed by SLUD (aka WTH’s Adam) with specially composed soundscapes, we hope you enjoy these little bonus additions. Normal service will resume next Sunday with Episode 20...

As promised on Episode 19 “Tales of Terror”; we’re bringing you 3 Bonus Episodes of the original Edgar Allan Poe stories that were adapted for the Roger Corman classic. These are the tales that inspired so many amazing films (and a few crap ones too), we hope you enjoy hearing the originals. Performed by SLUD (aka Adam) with specially composed soundscapes. Episode 1 is available now, Episode 3 com...