Horror Hangout
370 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★ - 15 ratingsA podcast where film fans watch the best and worst horror movies EVER! And talk about them.
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Horror Hangout #332 : The First Omen
April 17, 2024 11:52 - 2 hours - 285 MBTo control those who don't believe, create something to fear. The First Omen is a 2024 American supernatural horror film directed by Arkasha Stevenson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Tim Smith and Keith Thomas from a story by Ben Jacoby. It is a prequel to The Omen (1976), and the sixth film in The Omen franchise. The film stars Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sônia Braga, Ralph Ineson, and Bill Nighy. The plot follows an American woman sent to work at a church in Rome who uncovers a si...
Horror Hangout #331 : Stopmotion
April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 239 MBBring your nightmares to life. Stopmotion is a 2023 British live-action/adult animated psychological horror film directed by Robert Morgan in his feature-length debut. Morgan also wrote the script with Robin King. The film stars Aisling Franciosi and combines live action and stop motion animation. A stop-motion animator struggles to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. 00:00 Intro 03:55 Horror News 15:55 What We've Been Watching 26:40 Film Review 1:35:11 Name ...
Horror Hangout #330 : Late Night With The Devil (w/ Stu Freeman)
April 03, 2024 12:00 - 2 hours - 320 MBThe live television event that shocked a nation! Late Night with the Devil is a 2023 supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Cameron and Colin Cairnes, and starring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, and Josh Quong Tart. Framed as a found footage film with a documentary prologue, it focuses on a Halloween night 1977 talk show episode in which the host, the ambitious Jack Delroy, invites a purportedly posse...
Horror Hangout #329 : Urban Legend
March 28, 2024 15:07 - 2 hours - 288 MBIt happened to someone who knows someone you ynow... You're next! Urban Legend is a 1998 slasher film directed by Jamie Blanks, written by Silvio Horta, and starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Tara Reid, and Michael Rosenbaum, and is the first installment in the Urban Legend film series. In addition to its younger cast, the film features supporting performances from Robert Englund, Loretta Devine, John Neville, and Brad Dourif. Its plot focuses on a series of murders on the...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with Kill Your Lover Directors Alix Austin & Keir Siewert (FrightFest Glasgow)
March 26, 2024 16:32 - 40 minutes - 93.4 MBAndy Conduit-Turner is joined by Alix Austin and Keir Siewert, directors of toxic relationship break-up body horror, Kill Your Lover which had its UK premiere at FrightFest Glasgow earlier this month! Dakota has had enough of her toxic relationship with Axel, but the feeling isn't mutual. As she tries to end things, Axel becomes something different, something monstrous. He gradually succumbs to the poison of the decaying relationship, becoming a creature with increased aggression, a touch t...
Horror Hangout #328 : Imaginary
March 20, 2024 13:10 - 2 hours - 308 MBWelcome to a fear beyond imagination. Imaginary is a 2024 American supernatural horror film directed and produced by Jeff Wadlow and written by Wadlow, Greg Erb, and Jason Oremland. It is co-produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner and Tower of Babble. The film stars DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Matthew Sato, Veronica Falcón, and Betty Buckley. A woman returns to her childhood home to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind is very r...
Horror Hangout #327 : FrightFest Glasgow 2024
March 13, 2024 10:00 - 2 hours - 344 MBFrightfest descends on the Glasgow Film Festival and so do hosts Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner! This special episode includes interviews with Mike Capes, Tiago Teixeira, Samantha Steel, Federico Zampaglione, Lauren LaVera, Paul Duane, Charlie Maher and friend of the show, John Crinan. Covering films including but not limited to You'll Never Find Me, The Soul Eater, The Deep Dark, The Invisible Raptor, Custom, Mom, The Well, All You Need Is Death, Wake Up, Last Straw, Kill Your Love...
Horror Hangout #326 : Scanners (w/ Nico Bell)
March 06, 2024 10:00 - 2 hours - 298 MBTheir thoughts can kill! Scanners is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems, searches out scanners to use them for its own purposes. The film's plot concerns the attempt by Darryl Revok (Ironside), a renegade scanner, to wage ...
Horror Hangout #325 : Frankenhooker (w/ Alice Taylor-Matthews)
February 29, 2024 17:32 - 1 hour - 255 MBA terrifying tale of sluts and bolts. Frankenhooker is a 1990 American black comedy horror film directed by Frank Henenlotter. Very loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, the film stars James Lorinz as medical school drop-out Jeffrey Franken and former Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen as the title character. A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes. 00:00 Intro ...
Horror Hangout #324 : The Strangers (w/ Lucy Buglass)
February 22, 2024 11:11 - 2 hours - 312 MBBecause you were home. The Strangers is a 2008 American psychological horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino. The film follows a couple (portrayed by Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) whose stay at a vacation home is disrupted by three masked intruders (portrayed by Kip Weeks, Gemma Ward, and Laura Margolis) who infiltrate the home one night. It is the first installment in The Strangers film series. The screenplay was inspired by two real-life events: the multiple-homicide Manson fa...
Horror Hangout #323 : Valentine (w/ Rupa Shikotra)
February 14, 2024 17:27 - 2 hours - 280 MBRemember that kid everyone ignored on Valentine's Day? He remembers you. Valentine is a 2001 slasher film directed by Jamie Blanks and starring Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Jessica Capshaw, and Katherine Heigl. Loosely based on the novel of the same title by Tom Savage, the film follows a group of women in San Francisco who are stalked by a killer wearing a Cupid mask in the days leading up to Valentine's Day. 00:00 Intro 09:51 Horror News 17:06 What We've Been Watch...
Horror Hangout #322 : Gothic (w/ Helen Pain)
February 07, 2024 10:00 - 2 hours - 329 MBConjure up your deepest, darkest fear. Now call that fear to life. Gothic is a 1986 British psychological horror film directed by Ken Russell, starring Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron, Julian Sands as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley, Myriam Cyr as Claire Clairmont (Mary Shelley's stepsister) and Timothy Spall as Dr. John William Polidori. The film is a fictionalized retelling of the Shelleys' visit to Lord Byron in Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva and it concerns their com...
Horror Hangout #321 : House of the Dead (w/ Daniel Richardson)
February 01, 2024 15:13 - 1 hour - 248 MBYou won't last the night. House of the Dead is a 2003 action horror film directed by Uwe Boll, from a screenplay by Dave Parker and Mark Altman. Based on The House of the Dead video game franchise by Sega Corporation and Wow Entertainment, Inc., it is not a direct adaptation of the individual entries; Boll described the film as a prequel to the original 1996 game. It stars Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard, Ona Grauer, Ellie Cornell, and Jürgen Prochnow. The film takes place on a...
Horror Hangout #320 : Society (w/ Airell Anthony Hayles)
January 24, 2024 16:24 - 2 hours - 287 MBThe rich have always fed off the poor. This time it's for real. Society is a 1989 American body horror film directed by Brian Yuzna and starring Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Evan Richards, and Ben Meyerson. Its plot follows a Beverly Hills teenager who begins to suspect that his wealthy parents are part of a gruesome cult for the social elite. 00:00 Intro 04:28 Horror News 19:27 What We've Been Watching 27:22 Film Review 1:57:46 Film Rating 2:03:41 Outro Podcast - https://podlink...
Horror Hangout #319 : High Tension (w/ Emily Stewart)
January 17, 2024 15:01 - 2 hours - 329 MBLove hurts. High Tension (French: Haute Tension, French pronunciation: released in the United Kingdom as Switchblade Romance) is a 2003 French slasher film directed by Alexandre Aja, co-written with Grégory Levasseur, and starring Cécile de France and Maïwenn, alongside Philippe Nahon appearing in supporting roles. Its plot follows two female students who arrive at a secluded farmhouse to study, where they are shortly invaded by a serial killer. 00:00 Intro 16:08 Horror News 35:03 What...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with Screams by the Sea Film Festival Director Radi Nikolov
January 12, 2024 17:13 - 21 minutes - 48.4 MBBen Errington is joined by Screams by the Sea festival director Radi Nikolov to discuss the one day film festival that takes place on Saturday 10th February at Pavilion Dance South West in Bournemouth, UK. The event will include 5 feature films, a short film selection & film making panels, as well as a screenwriting competition. http://www.screamsbythesea.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/screamsbythesea https://www.instagram.com/screamsbythesea/ https://www.facebook.com/screamsbytheseafilmfes...
Horror Hangout #318 : Night Swim
January 10, 2024 10:08 - 2 hours - 291 MBEverything you fear is under the surface. Night Swim is a 2024 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Bryce McGuire (in his feature directorial debut), and based on the 2014 short film of the same name by McGuire and Rod Blackhurst. The film stars Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon. Its plot follows a suburban family who discover that their backyard swimming pool is haunted. 00:00 Intro 04:43 Horror News 21:05 What We've Been Watching 32:35 Film Review 1:54:45 Name Gam...
Horror Hangout #317 : 2023 - A Year In Review
January 05, 2024 18:56 - 2 hours - 318 MBHere’s the Horror Hangout roundup of favourites, honourable mentions, new discoveries and disappointments for the year that was 2023! 00:00 Intro 09:36 Horror News 16:49 What We've Been Watching 24:05 Honourable Mentions 33:33 Disappointments 39:59 Top Movies (10-9) 49:30 Best First Watches / Rediscoveries 56:35 Top Movies (8-7) 1:05:18 Best Horror TV 1:12:04 Top Movies (6-5) 1:19:33 Best Horror in Other Media 1:33:28 Top Movies (4-2) 1:48:48 Missed Out On in 2023 1:53:10 Top ...
Horror Hangout #316 : The Big Fat Horror Movie Quiz #7 (Featuring Aaron Truss & Kevin Martin)
December 30, 2023 19:17 - 3 hours - 548 MBThe Big Fat Horror Movie Quiz returns for another end of year special with question master Andy Conduit-Turner overseeing the trivia showdown. This time it's original hosts Ben Errington and Luke Kondor taking on Aaron Truss and Kevin Martin - Team VHS! Can the Horror Hangout boys reclaim their crown? 00:00 Intro 04:17 2023 Favourites / Looking Forward to 2024 39:07 Quiz - Choosing Questions 44:56 Quiz - Speed Round 58:24 Quiz - How Did They Die? 1:39:28 Quiz - Limericks 1:44:49 Quiz...
Horror Hangout #315 : Black Christmas
December 20, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 295 MBIt's beginning to look a lot like... bloodshed! Black Christmas is a 1974 Canadian slasher film produced and directed by Bob Clark, and written by A. Roy Moore. It stars Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon. It is the first film in the Black Christmas series, being followed by two remakes in 2006 and 2019. The story follows a group of sorority sisters who receive threatening phone calls and are eventually stalked and murdered by a deranged...
Horror Hangout #314 : Bram Stoker's Dracula
December 13, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 330 MBLove never dies. Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American vampire horror film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by James V. Hart, based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. The film stars Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell, Sadie Frost, and Tom Waits. Set in 19th century England and Romania, it follows the titular vampire (Oldman), who falls in love with Mina Murray (Ryder), the fiancée of his...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with TerrorBytes Development Producer Daniel Richardson
December 08, 2023 12:29 - 52 minutes - 120 MBBen Errington is joined by TerrorBytes Development Producer Daniel Richardson to discuss the new 5 part documentary series about the evolution of horror gaming from the makers of In Search of Darkness. The series will explore the rich history of horror in the video game world, unravelling the stories behind everything from its pixelated past to its newest nightmares. https://www.creatorvc.com/terrorbytes https://twitter.com/Terrorbytesdoc https://www.youtube.com/@DanDrambles Podcast - h...
Horror Hangout #313 : Tales From The Hood (w/ Adam Murray)
December 06, 2023 10:01 - 2 hours - 328 MBYour most terrifying nightmare and your most frightening reality are about to meet on the streets. Tales from the Hood is a 1995 American horror anthology film directed by Rusty Cundieff. The film presents four short urban-themed horror stories based on problem concepts that affect the African-American community in the order of police corruption, domestic abuse, racism, and gang violence, all presented within a frame story of three drug dealers buying some "found" drugs from an eccentric a...
Horror Hangout #312 : Dead Silence
November 29, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 292 MBYou scream. You die. Dead Silence is a 2007 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. The film stars Ryan Kwanten as Jamie Ashen, a young widower returning to his hometown to search for answers to his wife's death. It also stars Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, and Bob Gunton. 00:00 Intro 03:19 Horror News 28:05 What We've Been Watching 39:39 Film Review 1:52:02 Name Game 1:59:52 Film Rating 2:05:07 Outro Podcast - https://podlink.to/hor...
Horror Hangout #311 : Thanksgiving (w/ Chris Mayo)
November 22, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 286 MBThere will be no leftovers! Thanksgiving is a 2023 American slasher film directed by Eli Roth, from a screenplay written by Jeff Rendell and a story by Roth and Rendell, who produced with Roger Birnbaum. It is based on Roth's mock trailer of the same name from Grindhouse (2007). It is the fourth feature-length film to be adapted from one of the mock trailers in Grindhouse after Robert Rodriguez's Machete (2010), the sequel Machete Kills (2013) and Jason Eisener's Hobo with a Shotgun (2011...
Horror Hangout #310 : The Collector (w/ Joey Oliveira)
November 15, 2023 16:31 - 1 hour - 267 MBHe always takes one. The Collector is a 2009 American horror film written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and directed by Dunstan. It stars Josh Stewart, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth, Juan Fernandez, Karley Scott Collins, Madeline Zima, and Robert Wisdom. The film follows a man who, in order to pay a debt, decides to rob a house, only to find out somebody with far more sinister intentions has already broken in. 00:00 Intro 11:52 For the Love of Horror & Thought Bubble 17:46 H...
Horror Hangout #309 : Deathgasm (w/ Emma Cownley)
November 08, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 306 MBThe road to hell is paved in metal. Deathgasm is a 2015 New Zealand comedy horror film written and directed by Jason Lei Howden in his feature directorial debut. The film follows the titular teenage heavy metal band who acquire an ancient piece of sheet music and unwittingly summon an evil entity known as "The Blind One". 00:00 Intro 17:42 Horror News 25:03 What We've Been Watching 43:43 Film Review 1:58:14 Name Game 2:07:43 Film Rating 2:10:38 Outro Podcast - https://podlink.to/ho...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with It's A Wonderful Knife Director Tyler MacIntyre
November 06, 2023 09:08 - 20 minutes - 46.4 MBAndy Conduit-Turner is joined by It's A Wonderful Knife director Tyler MacIntyre to discuss the film which premieres November 10th! Tyler MacIntyre is a director and writer and supporter of genre movies - his previous work includes Tragedy Girls, V/H/S/99 and Patchwork. It's a Wonderful Knife is a 2023 Christmas comedy-horror film, written by Michael Kennedy, directed by Tyler MacIntyre and starring Jane Widdop, Joel McHale, Katharine Isabelle and Justin Long. After saving her town from a ...
Horror Hangout #308 : Halloween III - Season of the Witch
October 31, 2023 11:50 - 1 hour - 245 MBThe night no one comes home. Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American science fiction horror film and the third installment in the Halloween film series. It is the first film to be written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. John Carpenter and Debra Hill, the creators of Halloween and Halloween II, return as producers. Halloween III is the only entry in the series that does not feature the series antagonist, Michael Myers. Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for H...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with The Last Video Store Star Kevin Martin & Director Tim Rutherford (FrightFest Halloween 2023)
October 28, 2023 12:54 - 23 minutes - 54.2 MBBen Errington is joined by The Last Video Store star Kevin Martin and director Tim Rutherford to discuss the meta-horror nostalgia fest B-movie comedy that has its international premiere at FrightFest Halloween in London’s Leicester Square on Saturday 28th October. A young woman who is unknowingly in possession of a legendary "cursed tape" takes a collection of old video tapes to a video store. She and the store owner re-awake its curse, which leads to the release of a raft of cinematic vil...
Horror Hangout #307 : Deep Red (w/ Sarah of Horror)
October 25, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 242 MBIt was the greatest evil of all. And the child was made to bear it. The child suffered and became the man. Now it will be avenged. Deep Red (Italian: Profondo rosso), also known as The Hatchet Murders, is a 1975 Italian giallo film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi. It stars David Hemmings as a musician who investigates a series of murders performed by a mysterious figure wearing black leather gloves. The cast also stars Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lav...
Horror Hangout #306 : Christine (w/ Charley Stanbury)
October 18, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 529 MBHow do you kill something that can't possibly be alive? Christine (titled onscreen as John Carpenter's Christine) is a 1983 American supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter and starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky and Harry Dean Stanton. Written by Bill Phillips and based on Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name, the movie follows the changes in the lives of Arnie Cunningham, his friends, his family, and his teenage enemies after he buys a c...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with Dear David Director John McPhail
October 13, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes - 31.2 MBAndy Conduit-Turner is joined by Dear David director John McPhail to discuss the film which premieres October 13th! John McPhail is a Scottish film director and screenwriter. In 2017, he directed Anna & The Apocalypse, a Christmas zombie musical film. His new film Dear David is inspired by / based on the Twitter thread from 2017. It's based on the story by artist Adam Ellis, about a boy who begins haunting him at his apartment. Shortly after comic artist Adam (Augustus Prew) responds to in...
Horror Hangout #305 : The Exorcist - Believer (w/ Ash Millman)
October 11, 2023 09:00 - 2 hours - 405 MBBody and the blood. The Exorcist: Believer is a 2023 American supernatural horror film directed by David Gordon Green, who co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Sattler from a story by Scott Teems, Danny McBride, and Green. The sixth installment in The Exorcist franchise, it serves as a sequel to The Exorcist (1973). The film stars Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Olivia O‘Neill in her film debut, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz and Ann Dowd along with Ellen Burstyn reprising her role from th...
Horror Hangout #304 : Trick Or Treat
October 04, 2023 09:41 - 2 hours - 283 MBTrick or Treat (also known as Ragman and Death at 33 RPM in foreign markets) is a 1986 American horror film by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, starring Marc Price and Tony Fields, with special appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne. It is the directorial debut of actor Charles Martin Smith, who has a cameo in the film. The movie centers on a outcast metalhead teenager who is haunted by the ghost of his rock hero. 00:00 Intro 11:55 Horror News 14:40 What We've Been Watching 31...
Horror Hangout #303 : Ju-On - The Grudge (w/ Sarah Appleton & Jasper Sharp)
September 29, 2023 12:42 - 2 hours - 294 MBWhen a grudge from the dead passes to the living... who is safe? Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner are joined by directors of J-horror documentary The J-Horror Virus Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp to discuss Ju-On: The Grudge! Ju-On: The Grudge is a 2002 Japanese supernatural horror film written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. It is the third installment in the Ju-On series and the first to be released theatrically (the first two being direct-to-video productions). It stars Megumi Ok...
Horror Hangout #302 : Phantasm II (w/ Jake West & Aaron Truss)
September 20, 2023 09:00 - 3 hours - 453 MBThe ball is back! Phantasm II is a 1988 American science fantasy action-horror film and the sequel to Phantasm (1979). It was written and directed by Don Coscarelli and stars Angus Scrimm, James LeGros and Reggie Bannister. The first film's protagonist, Mike, recently released from a mental institution, recruits Reggie and some new friends in an effort to defeat the villain Tall Man. 00:00 Intro 26:42 Horror News 47:20 What We've Been Watching 1:03:31 Film Review 2:58:19 Name Game 3...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with I Am Monsters Star Nicholas Vince (FrightFest 2023)
September 14, 2023 20:32 - 43 minutes - 99.4 MBBen Errington is joined by I Am Monsters star Nicholas Vince to discuss the film which had its world premiere at FrightFest last month! Actor/director Nicholas Vince is one of the UK's shining beacons in the queer horror scene. Most well-known for his debut role as the Chatterer in Clive Barker's Hellraiser, and Kinski (Moon Face) in the cult shocker Nightbreed. Both a resoundingly nostalgic and relatable tale of growing up in love with horror, and an essential discourse on the turmoil of ...
Horror Hangout #301 : Fido (w/ Will Robson)
September 13, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 271 MBGood dead are hard to find. Fido is a 2006 Canadian zombie comedy film directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Heaton. It was produced by Blake Corbet, Mary Anne Waterhouse, Trent Carlson and Kevin Eastwood of Anagram Pictures, and released in the United States by Lions Gate Entertainment. Space radiation turns the dead into Zombies. Zomcon fights zombies and finds ways to pacify and use them. On pre-teen Timmy's (Kesun L...
Horror Hangout #300 : LIVE!
September 07, 2023 17:18 - 2 hours - 377 MBJoin us to celebrate 300 episodes of Horror Hangout! It's time for reflection, FrightFest 2023 Awards, a book preview and the roulette randomiser! 04:38 Intro 12:14 Episode Number Game 32:09 Horror News 35:25 What We've Been Watching 48:42 FrightFest Awards 1:41:27 Horror Hangout Book Preview 1:55:44 Roulette Randomiser 2:28:49 Messages From Listeners 2:47:10 Outro Podcast - https://podlink.to/horrorhangout Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/horrorhangout Facebook - https://www...
Horror Hangout #299 : FrightFest 2023
August 30, 2023 13:29 - 3 hours - 414 MBIt’s time to take a leap directly into The Dark Heart of Cinema! This week Ben Errington, Andy Conduit-Turner and Luke Kondor attend FrightFest at Cineworld in Leicester Square (London). The extensive episode includes interviews with Sandy Johnson, Paris Zarcilla, Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist, Lyndsey Craine, Stewart Sparke, Andy Edwards, Alina Allison, Faye Campbell, Mark Sears, Sarah Appleton, Jasper Sharpe, Takeshi Kushida, Aaron Truss, Catherine Curtin, Jaeden Boatilla, Emma Cown...
Horror Hangout Bonus : Interview with Herd Director Steven Pierce (FrightFest 2023)
August 23, 2023 14:55 - 33 minutes - 61 MBAndy Conduit-Turner is joined by Steven Pierce, the director of Herd, which has its world premiere at FrightFest on Saturday 26th August! Steven is a US based director and producer at Framework Productions. Herd follows Jamie Miller (Adair) and her wife, Alex (Akaha) trying to save their failing marriage by going on an isolated trip in rural Missouri. After an accident, the women find themselves trapped back in Jamie’s small hometown and where her father lives (Bernsen), which has become o...
Horror Hangout #298 : Peeping Tom
August 23, 2023 10:53 - 1 hour - 161 MBCan you see yourself in this picture? Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological horror-thriller film directed by Michael Powell, written by Leo Marks, and starring Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer. The film revolves around a serial killer who murders women while using a portable film camera to record their dying expressions of terror, putting his footage together into a snuff film used for his own self pleasure. 00:00 Intro 07:07 Horror News 10:24 What We've Been Watching ...
Horror Hangout Bonus : Interview with My Mother's Eyes Director Takeshi Kushida (FrightFest 2023)
August 22, 2023 16:43 - 25 minutes - 46.6 MBBen Errington is joined by My Mother's Eyes director Takeshi Kushida to discuss the film which has its world premiere at FrightFest on Monday 28th August! Born in 1982. Takeshi Kushida is a member of Pyramid Film in Tokyo. 'Woman of the Photographs', which premiered at Osaka, was his feature debut. My Mother’s Eyes is the psycho fantasy of a mother and daughter who achieve love and honesty through imaginary bodies when a futuristic contact lens device with a built-in camera and VR goggles ...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with Thorns Star Doug Bradley & Director Douglas Schulze (FrightFest 2023)
August 22, 2023 08:10 - 27 minutes - 50.5 MBBen Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner are joined by director Douglas Schulze and Hellraiser icon / horror royalty Doug Bradley, to discuss new movie Thorns which premieres at FrightFest in London on Saturday 26th August! An ex-priest working for NASA is sent to investigate a remote observatory that went silent after receiving a mysterious radio signal from deep space. Upon arrival, he discovers the signal has opened a portal unleashing a thorned monster. The former priest must summon his lo...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with Pareidolia Director Aaron Truss & Producer Stuart Morriss (FrightFest 2023)
August 20, 2023 17:25 - 32 minutes - 58.8 MBBen Errington is joined by Pareidolia director Aaron Truss and producer Stuart Morriss, the short film which has its world premiere at FrightFest on Monday 28th August! Aaron Truss is an award-winning director and producer best known for '(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story' and 'Cult of VHS'. Whilst Stuart Morriss is a multi award winning producer and casting director, whose career in the arts and entertainment industry started in 2009, with the creation of Misty Moon Exhibitions and Events. Sinea...
Horror Hangout Bonus Episode : Interview with Werewolf Santa Director Airell Anthony Hayles (FrightFest 2023)
August 19, 2023 12:18 - 42 minutes - 78.3 MBAndy Conduit-Turner is joined by Airell Anthony Hayles, the director of Werewolf Santa, which has its world premiere at FrightFest on Friday 25th August! Airell Anthony Hayles FRSA, graduated from Goldsmiths College (University of London) with an honours degree in Theatre and Film studies, before working as a story analyst for The Fyzz Faculty, and as a freelance producer for a handful of film production/ distribution companies. A lover of horror and fantasy cinema from a slightly too earl...
Horror Hangout #297 : Creepshow 2
August 16, 2023 18:08 - 1 hour - 185 MBWhen the curtain goes up... The terror begins! Creepshow 2 is a 1987 American comedy horror anthology film directed by Michael Gornick, and the sequel to Creepshow. Gornick was previously the cinematographer of the first film, and the screenplay was written by George A. Romero who was director of the original film. The film's stars were Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, and Tom Savini. Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a veng...
Horror Hangout #296 : Underworld
August 10, 2023 19:21 - 1 hour - 214 MBAn immortal battle for supremacy. Underworld is a 2003 action horror film directed by Len Wiseman and written by Danny McBride, based on a story by Kevin Grevioux, Wiseman and McBride. Kevin Grevioux wrote the original screenplay. The film centers on the secret history of vampires and lycans (an abbreviated form of lycanthrope, which means werewolf). It is the first (chronologically, the second) installment in the Underworld franchise. The main plot revolves around Selene (Kate Beckinsale...
Horror Hangout #295 : Talk To Me (w/ Becci Sayce)
August 04, 2023 09:00 - 2 hours - 302 MBYou want a turn? Talk to Me is a 2022 Australian supernatural horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou, in their feature film directorial debut. Written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman from a concept by Daley Pearson, the film stars Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, and Miranda Otto. When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying...