Horror Hangout
381 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 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 #343 : MaXXXine
July 10, 2024 10:24 - 2 hours - 313 MBHollywood is a killer. MaXXXine is a 2024 American slasher action thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Ti West. It is the third installment in West's X film series and a direct sequel to X (2022). The film stars Mia Goth, who reprises her role as Maxine Minx, alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon. In the film, Maxine sets out for fame and success in 1980s Hollywood while be...
Horror Hangout #342 : A Quiet Place - Day One (w/ Kim Morrison)
July 04, 2024 19:05 - 2 hours - 336 MBStay quiet. Stay alive. A Quiet Place: Day One is a 2024 American apocalyptic horror film written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, based on a story he conceived with John Krasinski. It is the third installment in the A Quiet Place film series, serving as a spin-off and prequel. The film stars Lupita Nyong'o as a terminally ill woman during the early stages of an invasion in New York City by extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing. The supporting cast includes Joseph Quin...
Horror Hangout #341 : Silent Hill - Revelation (w/ Gem Carmella)
June 28, 2024 17:23 - 1 hour - 267 MBWelcome back. Silent Hill: Revelation (also known as Silent Hill: Revelation 3D) is a 2012 supernatural horror film written and directed by M. J. Bassett[a] and based on the video game series Silent Hill published by Konami. It is the second installment in the Silent Hill film series. The film, produced as a sequel to Silent Hill (2006), stars Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Martin Donovan, Malcolm McDowell, and Carrie-Anne Moss, with Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Bean, and Radha Mitchell retu...
Horror Hangout #340 : Dolls (w/ John Crinan)
June 20, 2024 16:54 - 2 hours - 312 MBThey walk. They talk. They kill. Dolls is a 1987 American horror film directed by Stuart Gordon, written by Ed Naha, and starring Stephen Lee, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason, Ian Patrick Williams, and Bunty Bailey. Its plot follows six people who seek shelter during a storm in the mansion of an elderly puppetmaker and his wife, only to find that the various puppets and dolls in the home contain the imprisoned spirits of criminals. 00:00 Intro 06:10 Horror News 21:28 What We've Been Watching 5...
Horror Hangout #339 : Anaconda
June 12, 2024 12:37 - 2 hours - 292 MBYou can't scream if you can't breathe. Anaconda is a 1997 American adventure horror film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, and Owen Wilson. It focuses on a documentary film crew in the Amazon rainforest that is led by a snake hunter who is hunting down a giant, legendary green anaconda. The film received generally negative reviews, and became a cult classic. It was followed by a series of films. 00:00 Intro 08:24 Horror ...
Horror Hangout #338 : Sting (w/ Ash Millman)
June 07, 2024 16:51 - 2 hours - 374 MBYour biggest fear just got bigger. Sting is a 2024 horror film written and directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, and starring Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, and Jermaine Fowler. The film follows a young girl who secretly raises a spider as her pet, which then transforms into a giant monster. 00:00 Intro 21:03 Horror News 33:31 What We've Been Watching 50:24 Film Review 2:26:08 Name Game 2:35:59 Film Rating 2:40:41 Outr...
Horror Hangout #337 : The Beast Within
May 29, 2024 21:20 - 1 hour - 253 MBHe was on the verge of becoming a man... EATER! The Beast Within is a 1982 American horror film directed by Philippe Mora and starring Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, L. Q. Jones, Don Gordon, R. G. Armstrong, Logan Ramsey, Katherine Moffat, and Meshach Taylor. The Beast Within is a very loose adaptation of Edward Levy's 1981 novel of the same name, with the plot centering on a couple's son, who begins exhibiting strange behavior after his 17th birthday. 00:00 Intro 13:00 Horror New...
Horror Hangout #336 : Scary Movie
May 23, 2024 16:05 - 2 hours - 277 MBA killer comedy. Scary Movie is a 2000 American slasher parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans (who both also star), alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Starring Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan. It follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to sec...
Horror Hangout #335 : Land of the Dead (w/ James Barnett)
May 15, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour - 205 MBThe dead shall inherit the Earth. Land of the Dead (also known as George A. Romero's Land of the Dead) is a 2005 post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero; the fourth of Romero's six Living Dead movies, it is preceded by Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, and succeeded by Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead. The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come ...
Horror Hangout #334 : Grave Encounters (w/ Georgia Cook)
May 09, 2024 08:59 - 1 hour - 266 MBThey were searching for proof... they found it. Grave Encounters is a 2011 Canadian found footage supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by the Vicious Brothers. It stars Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir, Mackenzie Gray, and Juan Riedinger as the crew of a paranormal reality television program who lock themselves in a supposedly haunted psychiatric hospital in search of evidence of paranormal activity, as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode. 0...
Horror Hangout #333 : Abigail (w/ Edward Harvey)
May 03, 2024 12:26 - 1 hour - 256 MBChildren can be such monsters. Abigail is a 2024 American horror comedy film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a screenplay written by Stephen Shields and Guy Busick. The film follows a group of kidnappers who capture the daughter of a powerful underworld figure and demand $50 million for her release, unaware the young girl is actually a vampire. It stars Alisha Weir as Abigail, alongside Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Will Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angu...
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...