The HorrorCultFilms Podcast: Recent Episodes
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If you down to the woods today you’ll be sure of a big surprise. The HorrorCultFilms Podcast is back to discuss the Blair Witch trilogy. Join David, Jim and Alasdair as they talk about the found footage classic and its two sequels. Introduction: What we’ve been watching, The Blair Witch Project (37:27) Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (01:10:51) Blair Witch (01:50:08) Outro: most disappointing sequels (02:13:35)
The HorrorCultFilms Podcast - Episode 23: Sinister and Sinister 2 The HorrorCultFilms Podcast returns to talk about the Sinister movies. Join David, Jim and Alasdair as they go through both of them, discussing what works and what doesn’t. To finish off, they discuss some other non- Bughuul flicks by Blumhouse. Introduction: What we’ve been watching, Sinister (21:53) Sinister 2 (59:35) Outro: the best of Blumhouse (01:31:28)
As a first for this show, The HorrorCultFilms gang cover some comedy. Namely, David, Alasdair and Jim do the Cornetto Trilogy: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. How’s that for a slice of fried gold? Introduction: What we’ve been watching, Shaun of the Dead (33:34) Hot Fuzz (01:21:48) The World’s End (02:05:18) Outro: the best Simon Pegg films (02:42:03)
In this minisode, David is joined by writer/director Jane Schoenbrun to talk about her feature debut We're All Going to the World's Fair. Throughout they discuss creating art, mystery, online culture, identity and Hollywood “wokeness”.
Happy New Year! The HorrorCultFilms team kick off 2022 with a return to Woodsboro. In today’s episode, our feature presentation is the new Scream – what did we make of the series comeback? This one’s a deep dive and at least one of the gang changes their mind. Elsewhere we talk about the recent Matrix, spiderman and a few others from last year. Introduction: What we’ve been watching, 2021, The Matrix Resurrections Scream, 2022 (50:02) Best movie reboots (01:50:40)
The first year of our podcast, plus this retrospective miniseries, conclude with a look at the two most recent movies: Hellraiser Revelations and Judgement. Two movies of differing style and quality. Afterwards, David, Alasdair and Jim reflect on their journey through ten trips to Hell and rank the lot of them in order of preference. Introduction: What we’ve been watching Hellraiser: Revelations (23:00) Hellraiser: Judgement (56:58) Ranking the Hellraiser movies (01:44:53)
Rounding off our Hellraiser retrospective, David and Alasdair speak with special-effects wizard Gary J. Tunnicliffe. Gary has worked on every Hellraiser film since the third, in some capacity, and directed the most recent one. In this episode he chats with us about making monsters, what went wrong with Revelations and what went right with Judgement. This was a really good fun interview, and you’ll learn a lot about the industry from it.
The Hellraiser retrospective continues with the Rick Bota trilogy. Join David, Alasdair and Jim as they once again descend to Hell for parts 6-8. It’s a questionable, but often fun, trilogy of intimidating suicides, senseless twists and so many wake-ups. At over two and a half hours, this may be among the most in-depth discussions of these films anywhere on the internet. Introduction: What we’ve been watching Hellraiser: Hellseeker (25:56) Hellraiser: Deader (01:06:38) Hellseeker: Hellworld (01:45:14) Actors who did horror early on (02:23:52)
The HorrorCultFilms team open the box once again and check out the fourth and fifth Hellraiser films: Bloodline and Inferno. Two movies that are almost nothing alike and establish this franchise as one which isn’t afraid to reinvent itself. But are either of them any good? Introduction: What we’ve been watching Hellraiser: Bloodline (19:30) Hellraiser: Inferno (01:06:18) Best and worst Clive Barker films (01:56:50)
The Hellraiser retrospective continues with David and Alasdair meeting Nicholas Vince aka The Chatterer. Nicholas Vince appeared in the first two Hellraiser films and has continued to expand the universe with his short stories and a comic series. In this feature length interview, he reflects on the making of Hellraiser, his friendship with Clive Barker, what makes for intelligent horror and the celebration of monstrosity. Hellraiser fans are going to want to hear this one!
The HorrorCultFilms Podcast comes directly from Hell. In this episode, which will be the first of a miniseries, David, Jim and newcomer Alasdair tackle the first three entries in the Hellraiser franchise: Hellraiser, Hellbound and Hell on Earth i.e. the classic trilogy. Please note there are some audio issues throughout – David will have a replacement adapter for his mic next time! Introduction: What we’ve been watching Hellraiser (28:47) Hellbound: Hellraiser II (01:12:39) Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (01:50:02) Other films set in Hell and the upcoming remake (02:27:45)
The HorrorCultFilms Podcast - Episode 13: Halloween Kills: The Many Returns of Michael Myers. After a long hiatus, the Thorn Cult have resurrected the HorrorCultFilms Podcast. In this this episode David, Ross and Jim talk about one of the biggest franchises around – Halloween. They begin with chat about the first 10 entries, from John Carpenter’s masterpiece to Rob Zombie’s second outing. After that they go into depth on the two more recent sequels: the 2018 comeback, and Halloween Kills. Introduction: What we’ve been watching and Scream 5 Halloween franchise 1977-2009: General discussion (28:26) Halloween 2018 (01:31:04) Halloween Kills (01:57:54) Other films set at Halloween (02:37:46)
After a long hiatus, the Thorn Cult have resurrected the HorrorCultFilms Podcast. In this this episode David, Ross and Jim talk about one of the biggest franchises around – Halloween. They begin with chat about the first 10 entries, from John Carpenter’s masterpiece to Rob Zombie’s second outing. After that they go into depth on the two more recent sequels: the 2018 comeback, and Halloween Kills.
Introduction: What we’ve been watching and Scream 5 Halloween franchise 1977-2009: General discussion (28:26) Halloween 2018 (01:31:04) Halloween Kills (01:57:54) Other films set at Halloween (02:37:46)
After a long hiatus, the Thorn Cult have resurrected the HorrorCultFilms Podcast. In this this episode David, Ross and Jim talk about one of the biggest franchises around – Halloween. They begin with chat about the first 10 entries, from John Carpenter’s masterpiece to Rob Zombie’s second outing. After that they go into depth on the two more recent sequels: the 2018 comeback, and Halloween Kills. Introduction: What we’ve been watching and Scream 5 Halloween franchise 1977-2009: General discussion (28:26) Halloween 2018 (01:31:04) Halloween Kills (01:57:54) Other films set at Halloween (02:37:46)
Listener beware – you’re in for a scare. In this episode David, Jim and Steph discuss the Fear Street trilogy from Leigh Janiak: the hottest horrors of the Summer. We discuss all three, the career of RL Stine and a whole manner of other nonsense. Ideal to listen to during a nice walk in the sun. Introduction: what we’ve been watching plus upcoming horrors Fear Street 1994 (29:14) Fear Street 1978 (01:04:52) Fear Street 1666 (01:24:55) Child friendly horror films ranked (01:55:28)
In this episode we put the cult into HorrorCultFilms. David has an exclusive interview with professional monster hunter Seth Breedlove, who joins us to discuss his documentary On The Trail of Bigfoot: The Journey. Afterwards him, Jim and Steph discuss three flicks about cults: Rosemary’s Baby, Kill List and Apostle. Introduction: what we’ve been watching Interview with Seth Breedlove for On The Trail of Bigfoot: The Journey (21:10) Rosemary’s Baby (54:03) Kill List (01:22:15) Apostle (01:48:47) Films about cults ranked (02:17:53)
Like Jigsaw rising from the bathroom floor, the HorrorCultFilms Podcast is back. This time David and Emma want to play a game – Resident Evil Village to be exact. Then we broadly discuss the Saw franchise to date, before turning out attention to the latest incarnation – Spiral. As usual, the show finishes off with some lists. Introduction: what we’ve been watching and upcoming movies Resident Evil Village (25:01) Saw series (48:47) Spiral (01:17:17) Spiral spoilers section (01:32:38) Saw and Resident Evil game series’ ranked (01:49:15)
In the latest edition of the podcast, we go back in time. David, and his guest star/ friend the historian Dr. Gains Murdoch, talk about one of the genre’s most exciting voices: Robert Eggers. They discuss the meaning, the context and the characters in both The Witch and The Lighthouse. Introduction The Witch (20:00) The Lighthouse (01:06:18) Wrapping up: top fifteen historic horrors and bloody history (01:54:06)
Do you like Scary movies? If so, you probably love the 1996 horror-comedy Scream: Wes Craven’s meta masterpiece that played on many slasher tropes. In this episode, David, Ross, Steph and Jim talk about that movie, it’s three sequels and other parts of the franchise to date. Scream Scream 2 (44:59) Scream 3 (01:13:16) Scream 4 (01:44:52) Rankings, Scream TV series, and the future of Scream (02:18:44)
In this episode, David and Ross were thrilled to speak with Jamie Blanks: the director of Valentine, Storm Warning and, of course, Urban Legend. To celebrate its bluray release on 88 Films, in a boxset with both sequels, we asked him about how he got started, the casting, the kills and his other big love: composition. Afterwards, Jim joins to review the movie. The gang also share the stories they grew up telling and finish with a look at horror films set in space. Elle Hunt, take note. Introduction – what have you been watching? - news Interview with Jamie Blanks (32.06) Review of Urban Legend (1:07:39)
In a very special episode, The HorrorCultFilms Podcast is delighted to host Canadian genre filmmaker Justin McConnell (Lifechanger, Broken Mile) to talk about his new documentary: Clapboard Jungle – available from Arrow on April 12th. The documentary follows five years in his life, capturing the highs and lows of being an independent movie maker. It was David’s favourite flick from last year, even beating The Lighthouse and I’m Thinking of Ending Things, so he has a hell of a lot to ask him. Afterwards, he and Emma-Lee review the film, also discussing art meets commerce, the career of James Gunn and what Rings should have been. Introduction – what have you been watching? - news Interview with Justin McConnell (23.53) Review of Clapboard Jungle (1:28:03)
It’s the ultimate superhero showdown – Joss Whedon v Zack Snyder. Two very different directors, two very different cuts of the same movies. David, Ross and Jim from the HorrorCultFilms team talk about both, along with the rest of the DC Extended Universe. Introduction – what have you been watching? Other DC Extended Universe films (35.13) Both versions of Justice League (1:26:20) The future of DC films and Vulture’s best to worst list (2:28:08)
In episode 4, David, Steph and Jim from the HorrorCultFilms team talk about mind-bending films with paradoxes aplenty and lots of twists. Full spoilers for all movies covered. Introduction Triangle (22.39) Coherence (52:023) Predestination (1:28:57) Other space time tomfoolery, top ten time travel films and outro (2:11:10)
In episode 3, David, Ross and Jim from the HorrorCultFilms team pay a visit to Santa Clara to discuss all the damn vampires in The Lost Boys trilogy. It’s a show all about truth, justice and the American way. Introduction The Lost Boys (22.23) Lost Boys: The Tribe (55:01) Lost Boys: The Thirst (1:29:30) Other notable vampire films, Wandavision and outro (1:57:40)
The HorrorCultFilms Podcast - Episode 2 In the Tricky Second Episode, David, Jim and Steph are joined by Ross as they discuss three horror sequels: Damien: The Omen II, Psycho II, and Silent Hill: Revelation. Introduction (what have you been watching?) Damien: The Omen II (23.27) Psycho II (56.25) Silent Hill Revelation (1:22:37) Other notable sequels and outro (2:10:50)
Episode 1: It’s Alive Welcome to the first ever HorrorCultFilms podcast – hopefully the first of many. In episode 1, David S., Jim and Steph discuss their favourite and least favourite movies from a variety of sub-genres, including zombie flicks and slashers.