Films are more freely available than they ever have been. Horror films can stream on Youtube and Netflix but people are still heading towards the cinema

African nasties and a different underground

Mar 5th, 2016 28m 2s

Nigeria and South Africa dominate a brief discussion on film from this part of the world

Egypt, Turkey, UAE

Feb 27th, 2016 30m 38s

A brief look at films from Egypt, Turkey and a Tobe Hooper film from the UAE

9/11, a foreign threat and present day US mainstream

Feb 6th, 2016 38m 47s

After the twin tower attacks horror changed. The birth of torture porn and the return to retro shocks. America realised that the reason the killer might be the house was that they might not just like them.

Japanese influences

Jan 23rd, 2016 51m 10s

In the 1990s what was, in Japan, a return to retro-styles of horror felt fresh for Western audiences. Vicious violence and sex fell away to be replaced by scary ghosts coming to get you

90s postmodernism, serial killers and the brief rebirth of the slasher

Jan 9th, 2016 48m 8s

From serial killers, to a new breed of slasher movie and to seeing dead people. The USA 90s horror landscape had plenty going for it.

China, India, Pakistan

Dec 30th, 2015 49m 37s

A trip to China shows the split between Hong Kong and the mainland, India is a Bollywood treat and Pakistan only had their first gore film in 2007

The art of the British ghost story

Dec 13th, 2015 48m 19s

At Christmas time there's plenty of reasons to be afraid. Here we look at the traditions of telling ghost stories this time of year.

Ozploitation

Nov 27th, 2015 37m 1s

A real mixed bag of crazy, wild and weird films. All with only one thing in common

VHS Boom, nasties and the slow growth of the underground

Sep 12th, 2015 42m 20s

VHS brought democracy and freedom for film. It brought a new asthetic to horror too. Along with a flood of new nostalgia and, of course, the video nasties.

Spanish werewolves and other Mediterranean frights

Aug 29th, 2015 43m 30s

We head to Spain. See Jess Franco, spot some werewolves and get attacked by some Blind Dead. Greece briefly figures too.

Mexican horror and South America

Aug 15th, 2015 55m 59s

Down in Mexico there is some great horror and across that entire part of the world is a quiet horror boom

Grindhouses

Aug 2nd, 2015 34m 39s

Taking a look at a very particular element of exploitation culture has changed how we see low budget horror. Christopher makes a case that the concept of Grindhouse has altered our view of 70s cinema.

American ghosts

Jul 18th, 2015 56m 24s

Looking at the obsession of American ghost stories and supernatural elements in people's homes

Cinema Bis

Jul 11th, 2015 45m 40s

The French love a bit of gore, from the theatre through to Eurocine, Cinema Bis and The New French Extremism. These films are all designed to make you think and shudder.

Italian copies

Jun 21st, 2015 1h 1m

Italian cinema can get a bit of a bad reputation. Here we look at the scene and see if that's a tad unfair. There are, after all, plenty of classics too.

American masters of horror and the boom in genre

Jun 6th, 2015 1h

Between 1968 and 1984 there was a boom in horror in America. This podcast starts at Night Of The Living Dead and the explosion of adult horror

Northen European Nastiness

May 23rd, 2015 40m 36s

Looking at films from Scandinavia, you can see the influences of myth and folklore

Russian Horror

May 9th, 2015 38m 32s

There isn't much of it, but Russian horror is an interesting little subgenre, dancing between the surreal and brutal honesty

Aliens and Reds under beds

Apr 26th, 2015 58m 11s

The 50s was a time of Cold War, nuclear bombs and paranoia. Gothic horror just wouldn't cut it, so sci-fi horror began to grow

Hammer and British Thrills part two

Apr 19th, 2015 1h 2m

From the grand gothic of Hammer we know slip over to a very English fear. There is old magic in the countryside, religious extremism and bloody murder as we take a look at the unique genre of folk horror

Hammer and British Thrills Part One

Apr 12th, 2015 57m 8s

We go from the start of horror through to the boom of Hammer in this first half look at British horror films Part two will look at Folk Horror through to modern fights and will be released on April 19th

Monsters

Mar 29th, 2015 57m 2s

We're back in America for the moment Hollywood realises that there is money to be made from horror movies. Universal introduce their iconic monsters to the world and the classic film versions of Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man and more are