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We kick off the new year with “The Perfect Host”; a film in which… no, that would be telling… We here at WTH are very much of the opinion that this particular film, like revenge, is best served cold. Avoid spoilers, articles and even the trailer in case you miss the opportunity to watch “The Perfect Host” completely fresh, with no idea what’s to come. This episode is packed with spoilers, and we d...

It’s another cheeky bonus episode from Welcome To Horror! Horror-On-Sea Film Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and we were lucky enough to attend 2 of it’s 6 day run. Here the team talk about what they watched in a (hopefully) spoiler free way that should give you a flavour of these films coming your way soon. FEATURES DISCUSSED: “The Haunting of the Lady Jane”, “End of Term”, “E...

Merry belated Christmas! Here at WTH we know its always nice to get a belated gift when life has gone back to the dreary drudge of dull January so here you are! Scotchworthy president Tony Wash has very kindly made some time in his busy schedule to sit down and have a chat with Lee about the upcoming release of the 15th anniversary edition of “Its my party and I’ll die if I want to” and working wi...

Welcome To Horror Presents: “House of We Have Been Watching”. Yes folks, back for 2023 and we’re discussing what film/TV we’ve been enjoying over the festive period. Well, I say “enjoy…” In this episode we talk about “Inside No.9: The Bones of St Nicholas”, “Count Magnus”, Disney’s “Z-O-M-B-I-E-S” trilogy, “She Will”, “The Menu”, “Possum”, “Torture Garden”, “Flux Gourmet”, and Somerset House’s “Th...

And we open the “Inside No.9 Christmas Selection Box” one last time, but unlike a normal selection box, we’re not left with a few toffee pennies and that horrible coconut one. No, we’ve got a hazelnut whirl and a caramel barrel! (SNAP! There goes that metaphor.) First off we have season 1’s horror foray “The Harrowing”, where we learn what rhymes with “Moloch”. And then we finish with “The Devil o...

Having gorged ourselves on the first layer, it’s time to move to the next plastic tray in our “Inside No.9 Christmas Selection Box”. (Will this increasingly stretched metaphor hold up to the strain for next week? Only time will tell.). First we’re looking at time “Séance Time”, where carefully curated terror can be erased by dog shit on the shoe; and “Mr King”, which gives us a lovely serving sugg...

Christmas is a time for dark stories, over indulgence and variety packs of treats. Thus, we present this December, our “Inside No.9 Christmas Selection Box”. This episode we focus on “The Riddle of the Sphinx”, where we discover what’s long and hard and full of seamen. Then we turn our attentions to “The Stakeout” where we learn just how much piss you can get into an empty Pringles Tube. SPOILERS...

Welcome To Horror Presents: “We Have Been Watching Meets The Wolf Man”. It’s time once more, faithful listener, for the team to discuss the varied audio/visual treats that have been assailing our frontal cortexes. In this episode we discuss “Wendell & Wild”, “The Witcher”, “Werewolf by Night”, “Hellraiser 2022”, “Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities” and “Night of Demons 2”, while Adam tell...

Our Punk Horror double bill concludes with a recommendation from Leadbelt Art - a film that had slipped under the whole team’s radar for 23 years - the magnificently mental “Wild Zero”. A documentary detailing 2 days in the life of your average gun-toting, fire-belching, shuriken-plectrum-wielding, spirit-guiding jet rock ‘n’ roll band. In this film we learn the very worst way to rob a petrol stat...

Back by absolutely no demand it’s a Welcome To Everyone bonus episode for Halloween! In a world filled with divisions, it’s time to find common ground, and for a few generations, that’s quoting The Simpsons. The Not For Everyone Podcast’s Snobby Bobby and Crude Rude Dude team up with Welcome To Horror’s Chris, Lee and Adam to put together their ultimate list of The Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror se...

It’s Punk Horror month, and punk’s not just a costume, it’s a way of life, maaaan! We kick off with Dan O’Bannon’s classic “The Return of the Living Dead”. A movie in which Linnea Quigley ruins the tracking on a million VHS tapes; Poltergeist’s Mr Teague still hasn’t learnt about effective corpse disposal; and the most sensible and practical character is almost certainly a Nazi war criminal in hid...

Here’s a cheeky little episode we’re sneaking into the schedule to discuss Jordan Peele’s “Nope”, which is very much a full recommendation from everyone at WTH! A strange tale that unfolds into a beautiful, terrifying whole (much like it’s main antagonist); where Keke Palmer gets to recreate an iconic anime moment; Brandon Perea gets sucked off to the tune of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” a...

Welcome To Horror Presents: “The Ghost of We Have Been Watching”. It’s that movie recap moment as we discuss what has been entering our brains via our eyes and ears from the glowing screens we can never, ever be free of. In this episode we discuss “Inside No.9” (again), Rob Zombie’s “The Munsters”, “Men”, “Scream Queens”, “Love, Death + Robots”, “Hocus Pocus 2” and “The Man Who Haunted Himself” (w...

It’s the second feature of our ‘Camp Horror’ double bill - “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark”. A family friendly, innuendo laced film which contains an OAP orgy; the voice of Boobarella (and hundreds more) and that guy from “Ghostbusters II”/“Wayne’s World” (delete as applicable). We learn that, in a different continuum, this could have been part of a famous director’s already macabre CV, with a very...

September features a double bill of “Camp Horror”, and we kick off with “All About Evil” directed by Joshua Grannell aka Peaches Christ. A film for movies lovers everywhere as talking on your phone in the cinema becomes a capital crime; Elvira embraces her maternal side; and Mink Stole learns the end of that rhyme about snitches. “All About Evil” always felt set to be a cult classic and deserves f...

Something a bit different for this, our 150th episode, as Lee, Chris and Adam pit their wits against each other in a game of “Goth - The Game of Horror Trivia”. A board game originally published by McNutty Games in 2002; this was a mainstay of Saturday nights for all the cool kids before podcasting came along (well, Lee, Adam and Lady Jennifer anyway). So, will Chris romp to victory with all the t...

Welcome To Horror Presents: “Son of We Have Been Watching”. It’s time for our regular round up of what extracurricular viewing we’ve been sticking into our face globes. In this episode we discuss “Prey”, Series 4 Part 2 of “Stranger Things”, “Wild Zero”, “Mad God”, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”, “The UFO Incident”, occult radio comedy “Damned Andrew”, “Ash Vs Evil Dead” and “The Umbrella Aca...

Audience request month continues with Roger Corman’s “The Pit and The Pendulum”. A film in which a grief-stricken Vincent Price keeps his dead wife’s bedroom exactly as she left it, and similarly ensures that his dead father’s torture chamber is well oiled and fully functional; the local Doctor is a bit overfamiliar, and happy to sign off on DIY home internment; and we get the thesaurus out to nam...

Audience request month kicks off with a train journey as we climb aboard the “Horror Express”. A film in which Christopher Lee’s moustache bristles with traditional British pomposity; Peter Cushing’s wallet brims with traditional British bribery; Rasputin comes a cropper with a copper; and Inter-Narrational Fiction Pirate Captain Kojak invades from a completely different movie. A truly internation...

Welcome To Horror Presents: “The Bride of We Have Been Watching”. It’s time for our first regular round up of what we’ve been sticking into our eye balls outside of our regularly scheduled programming. In this episode we discuss Series 4 Part 1 of “Stranger Things”, “Starship Troopers”, “Morbius”, “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared”, “The House In Nightmare Park”, Nigel Kneale’s anthology series “Beasts”, “...

Welcome To Horror’s anthology month continues with 1993’s “Body Bags” from horror masters John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper. A film in which Sheena Easton’s baby catches the morning train, gets all hairy, and comes home again; David Kessler is remarkably recovered from his Holiday in England, and still on the pull; host John Carpenter looks distinctly healthier than usual; and Twiggy gazes in terror...

It’s anthology month at Welcome To Horror, and first up is another classic from Amicus: “The House That Dripped Blood”. A film in which Christopher Lee recreates the classic Two Ronnies “Four Candles” sketch; Denholm Elliott shows us his strangler; Worzel Gummidge buys a dodgy secondhand cape from the Crowman; and Mr Kipling makes exceedingly poor wax effigies. Definitely one of Amicus Films’ fine...

Hi Ho Silver! Here comes the lone ranger! He’s riding on down to rescue me! It’s Lee’s birthday choice, and he’s chosen hard-hitting docu-drama “I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle”. A film in which quiet country pubs don’t want any trouble in the saloon, so prefer you take your fights into the adjacent medieval banqueting hall; C-3PO throws shuriken for the Lord; Bob the Builder eats a talking turd; an...

It’s Chris’ birthday choice, and he’s chosen the bang-up-to-date, still-at-the- cinema, fresh-as-a-daisy “The Northman”, from WTH favourite Robert Eggers. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE WILL BE THOROUGHLY SPOILING THE WHOLE MOVIE! A brutal yet brilliant film, in which Nicole Kidman prefers to Bang Claes; there are no bullshit blood eagles, but a (literal) shed load of ravens and at least one Hawke; and B...

Once again, all of them witches as we visit “The City of the Dead” (aka “Horror Hotel”). A British film masquerading as an American one, with a variety of success on the accent front; in which several lone women give lifts to a sinister Man In Black who isn’t Johnny Cash; and Christopher Lee’s modern home boasts an en-suite gargoyle and bird-murdering annex. Along the way we discuss “Studio 666”,...