Welcome to Horror
253 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 22 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWelcome to Horror is a fortnightly show in which Lee and Adam introduce horror novice Chris to all the delights the genre has to offer. So whether your a seasoned horror fan or someone with a passing interest looking for an entertaining new look on the topic why not join us on our journey. We have such sights to show you.....
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Ep 202 Killer Klows from Outer Space
July 14, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes - 34.2 MBIt’s taken far too long, but here we go with The Chiodo Brothers’ “Killer Klowns From Outer Space”. A film in which Dean Wormer is still having trouble with disrespectful young punks; we discover quite how bad popcorn can be for your health; and reveal the safest place to hide in an ice cream van, in the event of an explosion. A perennial of the video shop, and many a young horror fan’s gateway to the genre; “Killer Klowns…” still looks magnificent, mostly due to the Chiodo Brothers’ mastery ...
Ep 201 Tales from the Great War
June 30, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutes - 31.4 MBWe turn our attention to a cracking little historical horror from Actor, Director, Writer (and all round top bloke) Andrew Elias. “Tales From The Great War” begins with 4 British soldiers stationed in the trenches of the Western Front being “volunteered” for a mission behind German lines, where, it soon transpires, things more terrible than the enemy are stalking the blasted landscape. The narrative shifts in time at various points to give us the separate back stories of how these individuals...
Ep 200 WTH Hall of Fame
June 16, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBIt’s our 200th episode (well, it’s actually our 246th, but who’s counting?) and to celebrate we’re holding the inaugural Welcome To Horror Hall of Fame Awards (or “Welkies” as all the cool kids are calling them). Lee, Chris and Adam have chosen favourites from 4 categories - best trope, best performance, best film and best cinema experience. No prep needed here, just join us for the ceremony live from Essex’s glittering west end, and see if you agree with our choices.
Bonus Episode - 6 Feet Deeper: Worlds End
June 09, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes - 27.3 MBHere’s Adam with a bonus episode of all the facts and gubbins we didn’t quite get to on our “The World’s End” episode. We recommend that you listen to our main episode (number 199!) first, before diving into this moras of info; and take a shot every time he manages to crowbar in a mention of Doctor Who. We hope you enjoy this little transmission from the Welcome To Horror Fact Library
Ep 199 The World's End
June 02, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes - 32.6 MBIt’s the conclusion of our watch through of Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy as we reach “The World’s End”. A film in which we learn what that thing above the door is called; another Bond gets the chance at some classy villainy; and we can all acknowledge that the Sisters of Mercy are fucking awesome. The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy ends by combining the story of five school friends growing apart, with a sci-fi conspiracy of body-snatching alien invaders. There’s a few new faces in the cast, b...
Bonus Episode - 6 Feet Deeper: Hot Fuzz
May 26, 2024 08:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MBAdam brings us another bonus episode of random facts and things about “Hot Fuzz” that we didn’t quite get round to on our main episode. This time round he overuses the word “stalwart” and, once again, recommends you listen to the main episode first! We hope you enjoy this little transmission from the Welcome To Horror Fact Library
Ep 198 - Hot Fuzz
May 19, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes - 32.7 MBIt’s part 2 of Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy, which means we get to make a hot fuss about Hot Fuzz! A film which features four Oscar winners, only two of whom are actually credited; James Bond retrospectively auditioning to be a Columbo villain; and even if we don’t see a dog look up, we do see a Hound say “Yarp”. Whilst “Hot Fuzz” is an exceedingly British spin on the very American sub genre of the buddy cop action movie; it also borders fantastically into the familiar trappings of folk ho...
Bonus Episode - 6 Feet Deeper: Shaun of the Dead
May 12, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBWelcome To Horror - 6 Feet Deeper: “Shaun of the Dead” Here’s a little bonus episode from Adam of facts and things that we didn’t quite get round to on our main episode on Shaun of the Dead. He apologises in advance for over use of the word “fantastic”, and warns that you should definitely listen to our main episode first, as this is a collection of random stuff that was thrown up whilst researching the film. This may become a semi-regular addition to the main show in those circumstances that...
Ep 197 Shaun of the Dead
May 05, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes - 34.1 MBAs Johnny Vegas once said - “Who’s ready for ice cream?” After nearly 200 episodes, we’re finally getting round to Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy, kicking off with the absolute belter that is 2004’s “Shaun of the Dead”. A film which features more dead celebrities than Austin Powers’ address book; more cameos than a karaoke machine stuck on “Word Up”; and dares to ask the eternal question about whether or not dogs can look up. Having honed their cinematic flair with the essential turn-of-the-...
Ep 195 The adventures of we have been watching
April 21, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBWelcome To Horror Presents: “The Adventures of We Have Been Watching”. Once again it’s time for the team to spurt forth with their brain translators to inform you of their extra curricular eye feasting. Items explored include “Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me”; Rod Serling’s “The Night Gallery”; Glenn Danzig’s “Death Rider in the House of Vampires”; Cecelia Condit’s creepily surreal short “Possibly in Michigan”; 2018 British Horror Comedy “Book of Monsters”; and Shudder’s “The 101 Scariest Horr...
Ep 196 The adventures of we have been watching
April 21, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBWelcome To Horror Presents: “The Adventures of We Have Been Watching”. Once again it’s time for the team to spurt forth with their brain translators to inform you of their extra curricular eye feasting. Items explored include “Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me”; Rod Serling’s “The Night Gallery”; Glenn Danzig’s “Death Rider in the House of Vampires”; Cecelia Condit’s creepily surreal short “Possibly in Michigan”; 2018 British Horror Comedy “Book of Monsters”; and Shudder’s “The 101 Scariest Horr...
Ep 195 Dreamcatcher
April 08, 2024 13:08 - 34 minutes - 30 MBIn the second half of our Not For Everyone Podcast recommendations, we’re watching another Stephen King adaptation - 2003’s “Dreamcatcher”. A film in which Morgan Freeman’s eyebrows are designed to stop pigeons nesting; Damian Lewis auditions to play the Joker as Hugh Laurie; and Jason Lee just needs to leave those fucking toothpicks where they are! For a film about killer worms that burrow into your arse; “Dreamcatcher” has a remarkably glossy and expensive look, with a cast of big names. Wr...
Ep 194 Dreamcatcher
April 08, 2024 13:08 - 34 minutes - 30 MBIn the second half of our Not For Everyone Podcast recommendations, we’re watching another Stephen King adaptation - 2003’s “Dreamcatcher”. A film in which Morgan Freeman’s eyebrows are designed to stop pigeons nesting; Damian Lewis auditions to play the Joker as Hugh Laurie; and Jason Lee just needs to leave those fucking toothpicks where they are! For a film about killer worms that burrow into your arse; “Dreamcatcher” has a remarkably glossy and expensive look, with a cast of big names. Wr...
Ep 194 The Dark Half
March 24, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes - 30.3 MBAs a follow up to our Christmas Crossover with our Kurt Army Cousins, The Not For Everyone Podcast, we decided to take a look at two of the Stephen King adaptations that were mentioned, but unseen by us. First up is George A Romero’s “The Dark Half”; a film in which we learn that pure, undiluted evil must be dressed like Tom Waits; that Henry (Portrait of a Serial Killer) has even less idea of the law when on the other side of a police badge; and that Eleanor Lance escaped from Hill House to ...
Ep 193 The Dark Half
March 24, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes - 30.3 MBAs a follow up to our Christmas Crossover with our Kurt Army Cousins, The Not For Everyone Podcast, we decided to take a look at two of the Stephen King adaptations that were mentioned, but unseen by us. First up is George A Romero’s “The Dark Half”; a film in which we learn that pure, undiluted evil must be dressed like Tom Waits; that Henry (Portrait of a Serial Killer) has even less idea of the law when on the other side of a police badge; and that Eleanor Lance escaped from Hill House to ...
Bonus Episode - Caretaker with James Hood
March 23, 2024 09:00 - 52 minutes - 49.8 MBWelcome to Horror bring you another filmmaker interview! Lee sits down with James Hood, writer and director of “Caretaker”, the haunting and enigmatic film that won Best Short Film at this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival. Massive thanks to James for his time, and for giving us the opportunity to view “caretaker”, the episode also comes with a brief spoiler free review from the team as well, and we urge you to seek this film out now! Find James at Instagram: james_w_hood Letterboxd: http...
Ep 192 Horrhiffic The Romford Horror Film Fest 2024
March 10, 2024 09:00 - 42 minutes - 37.6 MBWelcome To Horror Episode 192 is a round up of our visit to this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival. We had an excellent time on our first visit to the festival. We got to see two amazing features - “The Pocket Film of Superstitions” and “How To Kill Monsters”, (which went on to win several awards at the festival, including best director and best actress). We give spoiler-free reviews of these features, as well as the shorts “Collection Only” and “Kin”, and talk about the festival as a whole...
Ep 191 Bampire - Interview with Zoe & Malachite
March 04, 2024 10:18 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBThe BAMPIRE Interview Bit of a change this episode; Lee and Adam chat with filmmakers Zoe Wassman and Malachite Saaquya about their movie “Bampire”, which they are in the process of crowdfunding. Bampire is a 90s-set horror comedy, introducing a brand new element to vampire lore - vampires who morph into deer! Combining live action with practical effects and animation - it’s described as “Evil Dead 2” meets “Roger Rabbit”. It has a cast including genre stalwart Diane Franklin, “The Room”’s ...
Ep 190 We Have Been Watching And The Monster From Hell
February 25, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes - 33.6 MBWelcome To Horror Presents: “We Have Been Watching And The Monster From Hell”. It’s time, faithful listeners, for the WTH team to have another one of our fireside chats about our inter-schedule viewing, and this time we’re joined by special guest; Lady Jennifer (her motivation: it’s half term and she was bored). This episode we discuss 70s anthology series “Thriller”, 1959’s “Horrors of the Black Museum”, Channel Four’s “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared”, Hammer’s “Scars of Dracula” and “Taste the Blo...
Ep 189 The Group
February 11, 2024 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBWe present a spoiler free look at “The Group”, the debut feature of director William Higo. A group meeting for (mostly) recovering addicts is suddenly hijacked by an unknown man, who conducts his own brutal group therapy session, down the barrel of a gun. Secrets are exposed, truths confronted and loyalties are torn and formed as the situation reaches boiling point. A taut thriller set in one location, this film is so much more assuredly cinematic than those restrictions may suggest, and it s...
Ep 188 Severance
January 28, 2024 09:00 - 39 minutes - 35.4 MBIt’s the next film in our Countycide season, and today we go down to the woods for a big surprise, with 2006’s “Severance”, from director Christopher Smith. A film in which the arrival of a gang of brutal, sadistic murderers relieves the true horror of an office team-building weekend; Lord Percy steps in something rather nasty; and Danny Dyer provides niche observational humour for all the ‘shroom heads in the audience. Another under appreciated film from the man who brought us high-seas tim...
Ep 187 The Cottage
January 14, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes - 28.9 MBIt’s the new year, so it’s time get some fresh air and take a rejuvenating break in our Countrycide season. First up is 2008’s “The Cottage”, a film in which Pinhead has joined the local neighbourhood watch; Gollum proves to be related to a large number of the inhabitants of Royston Vasey; and Spudgun is a pain in the arse who fucks up everything he touches. The surprise follow up to director Paul Andrew Williams’ gritty debut “London To Brighton”, “The Cottage” came out during that brief flo...
WTE - We Three Kings
December 22, 2023 17:44 - 2 hours - 169 MBAnd we’re back like a vertebrae! Two worlds collide and we present “Welcome To Everyone: We Three Kings”. The Not For Everyone and Welcome To Horror podcasts have teamed up again for what the cool kids are definitely still calling the most ambitious crossover event in history. It’s Christmas; so we bring you “We Three Kings”- where we each choose our top 3 Stephen King adaptations. Between double-thinking each other’s lists and a few participants wilfully ignoring the assignment, this is a tr...
Ep 186 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
December 22, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 33.2 MBAnd so we conclude our festive season of ‘Silent Nights’ by going back even further, for the magnificent “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”. A film in which we witness possibly the worst interior design for a psychiatric hospital; the best (and only correct) response to petty local bureaucracy and we all empathise with a man who sleeps for 23 years and still wakes up knackered. If the point of German Expressionism was to emphasise and represent the internal emotional state over a depiction of actu...
Ep 185 Nosferatu
December 17, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 31.3 MBIt’s nearly Christmas; so we’re bringing you some ‘Silent Nights’ - first up is 1922’s beautifully sinister “Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror”. A film in which we learn the very worst way to cut a slice of bread; that nothing looks more confused than a striped hyena in a German forest; and that when your manager finishes every sentence with an insane cackle, it’s probably time to check out your other employment options. This silent occult masterpiece still manages to feel more modern and pacy...
Ep 184 Leprechaun 4 in Sapce
December 03, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 30.2 MBIt’s the second film of our “In Space, No One Can Hear You Jump The Shark” double bill, and for those of you who thought “Jason X” was bad; we present “Leprechaun 4: In Space”. A film in which Lieutenant Gruber turns from Davros into a giant spider (no doubt preventing him from fitting into his little tank); Heidi from “Tool Time” literally makes a man’s penis explode; and Warwick Davis finally gets his own Lightsaber. The fourth entry into the “Leprechaun” franchise jets off into outer space...
Ep 183 Jason X
November 19, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 33.9 MBIn space, no one can hear you jump the shark. We turn our attention to a couple of horror franchises that looked to stars for (questionable?) inspiration. First off is 2002’s “Jason X” - a film in which we learn that you’d better enjoy the current season of Ice Hockey as it’s getting banned next year; that those newfangled magnetic nipples are not all they’re cracked up to be; and that David Cronenberg likes them soft. The tenth instalment in the Friday the 13th series sees a complete departu...
Ep 182 We have been watching
November 05, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 35.1 MBWelcome To Horror Presents: “The Horror of We Have Been Watching”. Yes, gentle listener, it’s the usual round up of extracurricular viewing by the WTH team. This time around we talk about “Ex Machina”; “The Haunted Mansion” (2023); “Messiah of Evil”; “Children of the Stones”; “Talk to Me”; “Psychoville”; new series “The Fall of the House of Usher” and the book launch for “The Astral Geographic” by Andy Sharp of English Heretic. No prep needed, but listeners beware, as here be (possible) spoi...
Ep 181 Donnie Darko
October 22, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 34.1 MBGo suck a fuck, it’s our episode on “Donnie Darko” (spoilers AND swearing). A film in which we learn the incorrect place to store a Lifeline exercise card; that there’s nothing more beautiful than Drew Barrymore’s cellar door; and that it’s not just Patrick Swayze’s dancing that’s dirty. This brilliantly cast, Halloween-set fantasy stalled at the US box office, did much better when released in the UK a year later; then DVD and word of mouth cemented it as a modern classic. Audiences may have ...
Ep 180 Alien
October 08, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBIn space, no one can hear Lee complain, but we’re back on Earth, so get ready to hear our discussion on Ridley Scott’s “Alien”. A film in which John Hurt rehearses his guest appearance in “Spaceballs”; Tom Skerritt gives a masterclass in poor management (we’ve all worked for a useless prick); and Ian Holm performs cinema’s first self-bukkake. A fantastic, darkly epic film that perfectly straddles science fiction and horror, perhaps its greatest achievement is the thoroughly believable world (...
Ep 179 We Have Been Watching Must Be Destroyed
September 24, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 34.1 MBWelcome To Horror Presents: “We Have Been Watching Must Be Destroyed”. It’s another of our regular round ups of what the team having been shoving into their brain-faces. This time we discuss “Last Night In Soho”;“The Quatermass Experiment at 70”, The “Fear Street” trilogy; “The Babadook”; “47 Ronin”; “On The Silver Globe”; and “Final Destination”. With shout outs to Joe Watson, Nicholas Tomnay, Leadbelt Art and Doomshire Tapes. No prep needed, bur listeners beware, as here be (possible) spoil...
Ep 178 Peeping Tom
September 10, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 32.4 MBLast episode we watched “The Red Shoes”, considered by many to be the masterpiece of directors Powell and Pressburger, by contrast we now turn to the film that practically ended Michael Powell’s career, as we discuss 1960’s “Peeping Tom”. A film in which we learn that a surprise lizard is an excellent substitute for a child’s alarm clock; that even a policeman involved in a serious investigation can become a slave to hot jazz rhythms; and that sometimes cold blooded murder is the only way to ...
Ep 177 The Red Shoes
August 27, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MBIt’s Lady Jennifer’s birthday request; and we’re joined by previous guest Dani for “The Red Shoes” (1948). A dazzlingly beautiful film in which we learn that if a prominent figure in the arts ISN’T a plagiarist, they’re a full blown psychopath; that horse drawn shag wagons were commonplace on the continent in the 40s; and that the show must go on, even if the star has got a train on her head. Whilst the genuine terror for Lee is the mere concept of ballet; is “The Red Shoes” really horror? Pr...
Ep 176 Least Haunted 2: Electric Loup-Garou
August 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBIt’s sequel time, as we present “Least Haunted 2: Electric Loup-Garou”. It’s another glimpse into all things weird and spooky with three judgemental pricks. We have a strange tale from a listener (big thanks Joe!); to shoehorn in our incredible episode title, Adam recounts his childhood fascination and dread of the Southend Werewolf; and Lee explains why he could believe Richard Herring is breaking into his house to steal wineglasses. We enjoy these chats so much we’ll probably do some more, ...
Ep 175 House
July 30, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes - 34.1 MBIt’s time for more spooky real estate, as we turn our attention to “House” (that’s the film from the 80’s, not that TV series where floppy haired fop Hugh Laurie pretended he was tough and grumpy). A film in which we learn that attractive neighbours may roll up and dump their mullet-headed sprog on you without a moment’s notice; that the kookaburra is native to Vietnam; and that Norm Peterson may have been driven to drink by his experiences inside next-door’s closet. A bizarre horror comedy f...
Ep 174 The Haunting
July 16, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutes - 41.6 MBWith housing a seeming perennial nightmare, we’re going to look at some nightmare houses, kicking off with an absolute, stone cold classic - Robert Wise’s “The Haunting” (that’s the 1963 one, not the abomination that is the 1999 version with Qui-Gon Jinn). Adapted from the novel by Shirley Jackson “The Haunting of Hill House” (again, not to be confused with the TV series that bears its name, which, whilst loved by many, can, frankly, suck a fat one compared to the book, or the 1963 film). It’...
Ep 173 The Evil of We Have Been Watching
July 02, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 35.8 MBWelcome To Horror Presents: “The Evil of We Have Been Watching”. The team discuss what they’ve been sticking in their stupid flappy faces with our regular round up of what We Have Been Watching. This episode features chat about “Unbreakable” and “Glass” (following on from our episode on “Split”), “Evil Dead Rise”, “King of the Castle”, “Knock at the Cabin” (again), Hammer’s late flourish of Vampire classics and the excellent crime solving game “Cryptic Killers”. Listeners beware, as here be s...
Ep 172 Split
June 18, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes - 34.4 MBIt’s time to make like a banana (who enjoys the work of M. Night Shyamalan) and watch “Split”. A film in which learn that a Varvatos shirt will excuse 90s cargo pants; that security guards are utterly useless, especially if they’ve still got your orange headphones; and that Kanye is my main man, et cetera. By being a “stealth sequel” to “Unbreakable”, and becoming the middle leg of a trilogy concluded with “Glass”; “Split” runs the risk of being absorbed into that wider context; but as a film...
Ep 171 The Voices
June 04, 2023 08:01 - 40 minutes - 35.1 MBThere’s a lot of films called “The Voices”; but we’re covering the best - the Marjane Satrapi directed 2014 one, starring Ryan Reynolds. A film that teaches you the value of covering cold meat, even in the fridge; that if someone shifty doesn’t want you to go inside their house, take the hint and walk away; and, in the words of Dr Peter Venkman, cats and dogs living together IS mass hysteria. A strange and compelling film, mixing humour and some very troubling drama, often to queasy effect; “...
Ep170 The Revenge of We Have Been Watching
May 21, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 36.4 MBWelcome To Horror Presents: “The Revenge of We Have Been Watching”. Time, once again, to discuss all the different audio/visual media that we have shoved up our brains, via our lugs and peepers, over the last few weeks. This episode features talk on “Get Out”; anthology series “Tales of Unease”; “Renfield”; Charlie Brooker’s “Dead Set”, “Enys Men”; “Knock At The Cabin”; “Cube 2: Hypercube”; “The Dunwich Horror” and “Freaky”. Beware of spoilers and swearing and join us!
Bonus Ep Casting Kill
May 14, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBWell looky here! It’s another Welcome To Horror bonus episode! A spoiler free review of “Casting Kill” from Director James Smith and Raya Films. Currently available for streaming via Amazon and Tubi, having made waves at various festivals - this is a inventive, low budget, thriller set in the world of the audition circuit, which develops moments of macabre tension, whilst also being wickedly funny. A massive thank you to Producer and Scriptwriter Caroline Spence for reaching out, and giving u...
Ep 169 Session 9
May 07, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 35.2 MBWe conclude our Haunted April season (in May) with Brad Anderson’s atmospheric chiller “Session 9”. A film in which we learn that health and safety at work is one thing, but health safety in the kitchen can save lives; crematorium walls that pay out like slot machines are best left alone; and maybe if you took less tea breaks and stop pissing off to listen to old tapes, we could get this job finished in a week! Filmed within the actual abandoned Danvers State Hospital, a location that would b...
Bonus Ep Saudade & Wastelands
May 01, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 27.7 MBIt’s another cheeky Welcome To Horror bonus episode, you lucky people! Here’s Chris and Adam’s spoiler free review of 2 more works from writer/director/producer/actor (and all round top man) Kemal Yildirim; his 2021 feature “Wastelands” and its companion piece, the 2017 short “Saudade”. A haunting drama of an isolated woman, estranged from her family and conducting an on/off dysfunctional relationship, shot with Yildirim’s stunning combination of dream-like imagery with very real (and sometim...
Ep 168 The Fog
April 23, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 33.6 MBWe return, once more to the work of the one and only Mr John Carpenter (the only J.C. we worship round here). It’s time for 1980’s “The Fog”, a film which proves that 2 generations of scream queens are better than one; that a regular series of pissed-up night-fishing boat-trips will eventually end badly; and Tom Atkins, even without his trademark moustache, is still an absolute shagger. John Carpenter’s follow up theatrical film to the eternal classic “Halloween”, “The Fog” didn’t do well at ...
Ep 167 Least Haunted
April 09, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes - 34.9 MBIn a break to our usual format, and to continue our “Haunted April” episodes we present “Least Haunted”. A discussion on our general thoughts and feelings towards the uncanny, the supernatural and the unexplained. The boys recount their own brushes against reality’s veil: Thrill as you hear of the Brentwood Manta Ray UFO, shiver at the tale of the Norfolk Farmhouse Apparition, and prepare to be shocked to your very core when lakeside rituals in The Manor at Harold Hill result in nothing at al...
Bonus Episode - The Haunting of the Lady Jane
April 03, 2023 20:26 - 19 minutes - 17 MBSurprise! It’s a cheeky Welcome To Horror bonus episode. Here’s a spoiler free review of “The Haunting Of The Lady-Jane” from writer/director/producer Kemal Yildirim. Currently building a reputation at film festivals; we first saw this film at Horror-on-sea, but wanted to say a bit more about it than we had chance to in our own HOS episode. A slow burn, folk horror journey across the haunted waterways of England; equally tense and dream like, this film is the perfect kick off to our “Haunted...
Ep 166 My Bloody Banjo
March 26, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 33.8 MBMore Troma goodness for you with 2015’s “My Bloody Banjo”. A film in which we learn that a vape just doesn’t cut it next to a real cigarette in basic torture; judiciously applied piano wire can liven up even the most tedious of corporate events; and that if you believe in paper; say it with your balls! The debut feature from Liam Regan, whose latest film “Eating Miss Campbell” is currently wowing horror festivals. Both films are available for pre-order on limited edition Blu Ray at https://re...
Ep 165 Class of Nuke 'Em High
March 12, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 36 MBIt’s Troma time! Yes folks, we’re finally introducing Chris to the unique world of Lloyd Kaufman as we kick off with “Class of Nuke ‘Em High”. A film which highlights the usual struggles of American youth: being peer pressured into smoking (radioactive) weed; teenage pregnancy (that results in a giant mutated beast prowling the hallways); the inability to pronounce “cretin” properly; and nuclear power plant bosses who don’t give a wet fart about public safety. A fine example of the good-natur...
Ep 164 We have been watching
February 26, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBWelcome To Horror Presents: “The Curse of We Have Been Watching”. It’s time once more, gentle listener, for a quick run through of the audio/visual stimuli that we have posted into our cerebral cortexes via our ocular globes and sound flaps. This episode we discuss “Bedazzled” (1967), “Scream” (2022), “Superstition” (1982), “Cannibal Holocaust”, Tim Burton’s “Wednesday”, “Brotherhood of the Wolf”, “Tomorrow I Shall Wake Up and Scald Myself With Tea”, “Barbarian” and “The Pale Blue Eye”. Bewar...
Ep 163 Seven
February 12, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB“What’s in the box?” It’s Adam’s Birthday choice, and he’s opted for wacky screwball rom-com “Se7en” from Hollywood fun-meister David Fincher. “Se7en”, a bleak glimpse into a world spiralling into hell (a bit like the news, but featuring good-looking people you care about). We learn that a man sitting in his own excrement will usually move out of it if he can; we confirm that serial murderers never use their bath for washing; and someone stops Gwyneth Paltrow before she has a chance to make c...