The Evolution of Horror

"OH GOD! OH JESUS CHRIST!" This week Mike is joined by film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh to discuss her favourite film and the most iconic folk horror of all time, The Wicker Man. Warning: this discussion may contain some bad singing and dodgy Scottish accents.

In this special bonus episode, Mike talks to acclaimed writers / actors / directors Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson about their new movie The Endless, which is currently the most critically celebrated horror movie of 2018. They also discuss their thoughts on the horror genre, folk horror and Mike has some questions regarding the mythology and timeline of The Endless...

This week Mike is joined by film producer Jen Handorf to discuss the original two folk horrors in spoilerific detail...

In this bonus episode, Mike chats to Frightfest co-founder / director Paul McEvoy about this year's festival, what fans can expect and the recently revealed line-up, which includes Gaspar Noe's CLIMAX, Leigh Whannell's UPGRADE and Pascal Laugier's GHOSTLAND among it's 70 premieres. 

Happy Summer Solstice!  Mike kicks off the new series with a chat with actor / writer / director Alice Lowe about her recent directorial debut PREVENGE, her comedy horror SIGHTSEERS and her love for all things Folk Horror. Mike is then joined by graphic artist for film & TV Richard Wells to try and get to grips with what Folk Horror really is, how to define it, and what movies fit the mould...

Mike is joined by Final Girl Anna Bogutskaya to discuss one of the most talked about horror movies of the year, Hereditary, in spoiler-free AND spoilerific detail. 

Mike is joined by filmmaker Ashley Thorpe to discuss his new feature, ghostly animated documentary drama starring Reece Shearsmith and Jonathan Rigby...

We've reached the end of our journey through the evolution of the ghost story! Mike takes a look back at the last 20 weeks and is joined by London quiz king Bryan Ryan for an end of term exam...

This week Mike is joined by film critic Rhianna Dhillon to review two supernatural masterpieces from the recent "post-horror" era, Jennifer Kent's The Babadook and Babak Anvari's Under The Shadow. 

This week Mike is joined by Brad Hanson to discuss a whole bunch of ghost movies from the last 25 years which we didn't get time to discuss in depth. We've narrowed it down to a list of 10 notable mentions, all accompanied by spoiler free reviews. Strap yourself in...

In this bonus episode, Mike takes a break from ghosts to discuss the brand new horror / exploitation / rape revenge movie REVENGE and sits down with it's director Coralie Fargeat and Matilda Lutz to talk about the problematic nature of rape revenge movies, the exploitation genre and their favourite horror flicks. 

Wanna play hide & clap? This week Louise Blain returns to the podcast to discuss James Wan's The Conjuring, the Conjuring 2, and the Conjuring cinematic universe. Be prepared for jump scares, bad English accents and (for some reason) a 90s Metz Advert...

Quiet...quiet...quiet...BANG!  This week Mike is joined by Jacob Stolworthy to discuss the biggest horror franchise of the 21st century...the Paranormal Activity series. 

This week Mike is joined by film critic Clarisse Loughrey to discuss two beautiful ghostly modern masterpieces, Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone and J.A. Bayona's The Orphanage. 

This week Mike is joined by the BFI's Henry Barnes to discuss two twisty tales, The Sixth Sense and The Others. Big fat spoilers alert.