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#101 Favourite Horror Franchises

AKA Questions of Horror #5: What Are Our Favourite (or the Best) Horror Franchises?

Ian, Kirsty, Stella and Dan ruminate on the above question, while Howard calls Dan on the phone to add his two-penny's worth.

 

Works cited

I, Claudius (1976) is sadly no longer on BBC iPlayer

The Woman in Black (1989) - rentable on Amazon Prime

The Scream films and TV series (1996-2023 - hear our previous episodes on Scream V and Scream VI)

The Child's Play franchise (1987-2017) and TV series Chucky (2021-2024): Martin Jameson's Chucky reviews from Season 2 for Sci-Fi Bulletin

The Quatermass franchise (1953-1996) - Our episode on the 1950s TV scripts

The Alien franchise (1979-2024) - Our episodes on Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Alien Resurrection, and Alien Romulus

The books, films and TV series about Hannibal Lecter (1981-2015) - Our episodes on Season 1 and Season 2 of the TV show

The Amicus series of horror anthology films (1965-74) - Our episode on Dr Terror's House of Horrors

The Exorcist films (1973-2023) - Our episodes on Exorcist II: The Heretic and The Exorcist III

 

Artwork by Kirsty Worrow (Instagram: OneCrowLeft).  Music by Greg Hulme.

 

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BONUS: A Very British Horror on 1972's Asylum (feat. Dan)

As a companion piece to our episode on --And Now The Screaming Starts!, here's an episode of the much-missed podcast A Very British Horror discussing 1972's Asylum, the previous movie made Amicus Productions and director Roy Ward Baker.  The show's regular hosts, Chris Denton and Paul Monk, are joined by our very own Dan, in hyper-enthusiastic mode.

If you've never seen Asylum, it's great fun and someone has (probably dodgily) uploaded it to YouTube.  We recommend you watch the film before listening to this spoilery discussion.

Many thanks to Chris and Paul for allowing us to host this.

Not Episode 100 --And Now The Screaming Starts! (1973)

Happy Halloween!

Welcome to our new regular series.  In this episode, Dan, Kirsty, Stella, Ian and even Howard all give their thoughts on the little-discussed British horror movie from 1973 whose name their podcast borrowed (ripped off). Beware that Dan frequently refers to cutting back to "the studio" as if he thinks he's delivering a 1980s regional news report.  Also please prepare for regular references to boobs and bonnets.

Trigger warning: --And Now The Screaming Starts and its source novel, Fengriffen, contain rape scenes, which are discussed on the podcast.

Spoiler warning: the discussion gives full details of the film's storyline.

 

Works Cited

--And Now The Screaming Starts! (1973) - available on YouTube

Threads (1984) - Available on BBC iPlayer and Tubi

Case, David - Fengriffen and Other Gothic Tales, Valancourt Books, 2015

Scott, Manda - Any Human Power, September Publishing, 2024

 

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An announcement...

...which Dan will explain...

Alien Romulus (2024)

In the wake of creating his audio essay on Prometheus, Dan got round to watching the new Alien movie, Fede Alvarez's Romulus.  He's joined by Ian to discuss its ups and downs.  If you look back along the podcast feed you can find episodes in which Ian and Dan also discuss Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien3 (1992 - for this episode joined by Kirsty) and Alien Resurrection (1997).

From Disney's 20th Century Studios, Alien Romulus is currently in cinemas.

 

Non-spoiler discussion: 00.02.02

Spoiler discussion: 00.35.38

 

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Prometheus Should've Been A Sequel - Part Three

To coincide with the release of Alien: Romulus, Dan is creating a new video essay series exploring the Alien films and Prometheus.  Here's an audio version of the third and final part (you can hear both of the first two parts earlier on this feed).

The video versions in progress can be seen at on our Patreon page and we will be announcing the public release of the final videos at a later date. For early access, become a paying Patreon supporter at Patreon.com/AndNowPodcast - we would really appreciate it.

 

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Prometheus Should've Been A Sequel - Part Two

To coincide with the release of Alien: Romulus, Dan is creating a new video essay series exploring the Alien films and Prometheus.  The video versions in progress can be seen at on our Patreon page and we will be announcing the public release of the final videos at a later date. For early access, become a paying Patreon supporter at Patreon.com/AndNowPodcast - we would really appreciate it.

 

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Our new video essay series! Prometheus Should've Been A Sequel - Part One

To coincide with the release of Alien: Romulus, Dan has created a new video essay series exploring the Alien films and Prometheus.  The video version can be seen at on our Patreon page. where a new episode will be publicly viewable each week for free, but if you want to watch an early version of Part Two right now, become a paying Patreon supporter at Patreon.com/AndNowPodcast - we would really appreciate it.

 

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The Moor (2024) - Interview and Review

We're back!  And we're sorry we've been away for so long.  This episode will be a brief reunion, but by no means a final one.  The podcast will return for a full series this autumn, and before then there are further treats on the way.

The new British horror movie on the block is Chris Cronin's The Moor, an acclaimed slice of particularly Northern English folk horror.  As The Moor appears on streaming services to rent and buy, Ian interviews Cronin and co-lead David Edward-Robertson, while Dan joins Ian to review the film in non-spoiler fashion.

 

You can rent or buy The Moor now on YouTube and Amazon UK, among others.

Critical Readings on Hammer Horror Films, to which Dan is a contributor, is out now from Routledge.

 

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Missed Classics? #12: Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) with Neil Young

Exorcist II: The Heretic has been called "the worst film ever made" (by Mark Kermode) and has attracted derision ever since its release in 1977, not least by the makers of the original The Exorcist (1973).  Our Ian, who worships The Exorcist, has always avoided it.  But esteemed critic Neil Young, our special guest on this episode, insists The Heretic is a more interesting film than its progenitor.  Listen as Neil explains while he feels this way, Ian and Stella react to The Heretic for the first time, and Dan tries to chart the middle ground!

(Regular listeners will be aware that our schedule is still up the spout.  This episode has leapfrogged the promised episode on Quatermass [1979] with Simon Clark, ostensibly to coincide with the cinema release of The Exorcist: Believer, but then we missed the date anyway - and don't mention the new film here cos this episode was recorded months ago.  Our podcast schedule is going to remain random for a while, unfortunately, due to Dan's complicated life.)

 

Relevant links

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) is available for rental streaming via YouTube and Amazon

The bonkers trailer is also on YouTube

Todd McCarthy's Film Comment article about the film is available to students and academics with a JSTOR subscription here

Read more of Neil Young's film criticism at his website

 

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