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–And Now The Podcast Starts! is a critical, fun journey with four informed fans of film and TV. Each episode will focus on a different topic for review or discussion, usually taking the horror genre as a starting point, but going in an unexpected direction, and often featuring special guests.
Episodes
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
(Virtual) Grimmfest Preview #3: Aaron Bartuska on For Roger
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
This weekend (14-17 October) it's the virtual version of Grimmfest, giving all of us lounge-lizards who missed the live festival the opportunity to catch many of its filmic highlights from the comfort of our homes. In this mini-episode, Dan talks to Aaron Bartuska, debut director and co-writer, about his found footage/slasher/character study hybrid For Roger, which has its UK premiere as part of the online event.
All films in the virtual version of Grimmfest can be viewed at any time between 1.30pm on Thursday 14th October and 11.30pm on Sunday 17th October.
Click here to book tickets for For Roger and to watch the trailer.
Click here to book tickets for Father of Flies and to watch the trailer.
Go to the official Grimmfest podcast, Spider-Dan & the Secret Bores, to hear Spider-Dan's reports from the live festival.
All soundtrack clips are used for the purposes of criticism, in the spirit of Fair Dealing (UK law) and Fair Use (US law). No copyright infringement is intended.
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Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Grimmfest 2021 Preview #2
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
The date this episode drops (7th October 2021) is the first day of Grimmfest, Manchester's festival of fantastic film, returning as a live event for the first time since 2019. And here is the second of our preview episodes, in which you can learn some details about two of the films screening there - Tarumama and Slapface. Dan and Stella are here to introduce the interviews.
00.16.20 The first interviewee is Andrés Beltran (@andresbcine on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook), director and co-writer of Columbian supernatural horror drama from Dynamo Productions, Tarumama (Columbian title: Llanto Maldito). Dan spoke to him over Zoom. Andrés' short film Vanity Mirror is also showing at the Sitges Film Festival this weekend and details can be found here. And the trailer for Tarumama (as well as screening details and booking links) can be found on the Grimmfest website here.
00.43.20 The second interview (with Dan filling in for Ian, who had to drop out at short notice due to family circumstances) is about Slapface (on Twitter as @SlapfaceFilm, soon to come to Shudder). Dan talks over Zoom to writer/director Jeremiah Kipp (@JeremiahKipp), actor/producer Mike Manning (@Mike_Manning_), and actors August Maturo (@AugustMaturo) and Libe Barer (@libebarer). Booking links for the Grimmfest screenings can be found here.
01.30.28 Recommendations
Next week we will be dropping, at long last, Howard, Dan, Spider-Dan and Ian's take on Halloween (2018) - just in time for the release of Halloween Kills. However, if you'd like to hear the review right now - and get access to a number of other bonuses - please consider subscribing to our Patreon.
Recommendations
Midnight Mass is currently streaming on Netflix
The Fly (1986, in the Star section) and every Simpsons Treehouse of Horror are currently streaming on Disney+
All soundtrack clips are used for the purposes of criticism, in the spirit of Fair Dealing (UK law) and Fair Use (US law). No copyright infringement is intended
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Saturday Sep 25, 2021
Grimmfest 2021 Preview #1
Saturday Sep 25, 2021
Saturday Sep 25, 2021
We're back! Or at least... some of us are. Dan and Ian will be your company for the first episode of the second series of --And Now The Podcast Starts! But fear not, Kirsty, Stella and Howard will all be returning in future episodes, accompanied by a number of great guests.
And Grimmfest is back! Yes, it's time again for the North of England's premiere festival of fantastic films, which, following an all-virtual festival last year during lockdown, now reappears as a hybrid. It returns as a live event to its traditional home, the Odeon Great Northern in Manchester, from 7-10 October; and then follows this with a virtual festival from 14-17 October. All the details of what's on, and ticketing links, can be found at grimmfest.com.
Grimmfest is the main topic this week, as Ian and Dan talk to the talents behind three of the films.
00.09.53 Director/co-writer Erik Bloomquist (Twitter: @ErikCBloomquist) and actors Amelia Dudley (@AmeliaDudley) and Taylor Turner discuss their American sinister hotel thriller, Night At The Eagle Inn. Find out more about the film here.
00.39.16 Director/co-writer Conor Boru (Twitter: @ConorBoru), producer Dom Lenoir (@DirDomLenoir) and actor/co-producer Jared Rogers (@jaredrogersword) discuss their British serial killer mockumentary, When The Screaming Starts (we like that title! Twitter: @WhenScreaming). You can see the film's teaser trailer and find out more here.
01.20.37 Finally, director/co-writer/actor Keene McRae and actor/co-writers Kristoffer McMillan and Lane Thomas (all three of whom are also producers) discuss their American film Shot In The Dark (@ShotDarkFilm), a unique 'inspired by true events' hybrid of serial killer, love story and meditation on smalltown prospects. See the film's trailer at their website here.
Recommendations
Marvel's What If? and The Strain are both available on Disney+.
All soundtrack clips are used for the purposes of criticism, in the spirit of Fair Dealing (UK law) and Fair Use (US law). No copyright infringement is intended
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
The Final Girls and Boys: Series Finale, Part Two
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Kirsty, Stella, Ian and Dan gather for the last time this series, to cast their minds back over the podcast so far and discuss whatever comes to mind. Meanwhile, Howard (who has now recovered from his COVID-19 jab) phones in for another delve into the Bag of Death.
The show will now go on a short hiatus. We'll be returning around June to discuss, once again, the best and worst of horror with the choicest of guests. In the meantime, keep an eye on our webite, andnowpodcast.com, for new content, follow us on Twitter (@AndNowPodcast, @KirstyWorrow, @StellaGaynor, @IanWinterton, @LifeIsAboutFic and @LeeCushingPod) and consider donating to our Patreon page.
(Footnote: Apologies that this episode is dropping a day or so late. This is due to Dan being involved in an almost nasty accident. He's okay, though, and no-one else was hurt.)
We have a sea of recommendations to tide you over:
The Love Witch is streaming via All4 (free in the UK) until 20th April
The Uncanny Hour is exclusively available to Patreon Supporters of the Cosmic Shambles Network
Wellington Paranormal is now streaming as part of the Now TV Entertainment package in the UK
The Handmaid's Tale Seasons 1-3 are currently streaming free to UK Amazon Prime subscribers
The Margaret Atwood episode of Samira Ahmed's How I Found My Voice podcast is available on Apple Podcasts
Doom Patrol is streaming via Starz Play in the UK
The Boys Seasons 1 and 2 are currently streaming free to UK Amazon Prime subscribers
They Reach is currently streaming free to UK Amazon Prime subscribers
The ninth episode of The Battersea Poltergeist podcast has been delayed due to the BBC coverage of the death of Prince Philip
The podcast Tanis is available to listen here
Sour Hall is still available to listen on Audible (and Leah Marks and Nicola Redman's podcast The Voiceover Social, for voice actors and podcasters, is available here)
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Things We Forgot To Say: Series Finale, Part One
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
It's time to wrap up the first series of --And Now The Podcast Starts! with a general chat between Kirsty, Stella, Ian and Dan as they reflect on producing 60-odd episodes of horror discussions during a global pandemic, pick out some favourite moments, and add in some bits they meant to say about earlier topics. More in this style next week, and then we're taking three months off.
Please note: the sound quality is a little lower than usual this week, as a tight turnaround caused by everyone's pre-Easter work pressures meant we had to use the Zoom sound recording and didn't have time to edit it much.
Relevant Links and Availability
NB. Contrary to what Dan says on the podcast, The Wicker Man (1973 disguised as 2006 version) is no longer streaming for free to Amazon Prime subscribers in the UK. The 2006 version is available to Starzplay subscribers
Owen's appearance on Blue Peter can be seen on BBC iPlayer
Women Make Horror is published by Bucknell University Press and other outlets
The Battersea Poltergeist is continuing its broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the new ninth episode debuts at 9pm on 9th April
Global TV Horror (featuring Stella's essay) is available from University of Wales Press
For All Mankind is streaming via Apple TV
The Silt Verses podcast is available here
Visit our website, andnowpodcast.com
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Halloween Retrospective #10: Halloween II (2009)
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
A return to 2018 (oh, those carefree, carefree days) this episode, as we release the second-to-last of our series of Halloween franchise reviews recorded in that year, with our look at Rob Zombie's sequel to his own remake. Usual suspects Dan and Howard are joined by regular Halloween guests Spider-Dan (who at the time of recording was only just starting his own illustrious podcast) and actor, writer and sometime Michael Myers, Luke Richards. But what will be their verdict? As if you can't guess.
Relevant Links and Availability
Halloween II (2009) is available on DVD, Blue-Ray or rental streaming via Amazon or YouTube. It can also be streamed for free to members of Shudder
Spider-Dan is on Twitter and his podcast's website is here
Luke Richards is also on Twitter: follow him to learn more about his Halloween fan film, One Night in Haddonfield
Don't Breathe is showing on Film4 in the UK at 11.15pm on Saturday 27th March
The Battersea Poltergeist podcast is still available for download here and begins broadcasting every weekday at 11.30pm on Radio 4 from Monday 29th March
The Guest is showing on Sony Movies in the UK at 11.20pm on Tuesday 30th March
The Terror can be streamed via BBC iPlayer and is showing in the UK on BBC2 at 9pm on Wednesdays
Overlord is showing on Film4 in the UK at 10.45pm on Friday 2nd April
Visit our website, andnowpodcast.com
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Pandemic Horror: Contagion (2011) and Survivors (1975)
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Dan used to love post-apocalypse horror, especially the BBC's 'humanity-destroying plague' classic, Survivors (1975-77). But he hasn't re-watched it since COVID-19 hit, as he feared it would be too much like real life; for the same reason he hasn't seen Steven Soderbergh's eerily prophetic film Contagion (2011), which has had a new lease of life on streaming since lockdown. Stella and Ian join him in rediscovering these chilling tales and to discuss horror in a time of pandemic. And there's another phone call from Howard, bringing The Bag of Death.
Please note, the general discussion of Contagion and the first episodes of the TV and audio versions of Survivors contains some minor spoilers (as well as a spoiler for the opening scene of the first episode of The Walking Dead).
00.00.41 Introduction and news
00.10.55 The Walking Dead opening analysis (includes a spoiler)
00.16.10 Pandemic horror introduction
00.20.07 Contagion chat
00.41.21 Survivors (TV) chat
00.56.50 Survivors (audio) chat
01.10.50 The Bag of Death (with Howard)
01.28.55 Recommendations
Relevant Links and Availability
Contagion (2011) is currently free to stream if you're an Amazon Prime subscriber in the UK
Survivors, the 1975-77 TV series, can be streamed via BritBox in the UK (as Stella mentions, some of it is also on YouTube - but it shouldn't be)
Survivors, the 2014-2019 audio series, is available to buy from the Big Finish website (they offer the first episode as a free download here)
Dan's review of Survivors Series Nine (2019) had been posted on our own blog page
Waco: Madman or Messiah is currently streaming on Netflix in the UK
End of Days and Two Minutes Past Nine are currently available as podcasts on BBC Sounds
Your Honour (starring Contagion's Bryan Cranston) is currently screening on Sky Atlantic and streaming on Now TV
The British Invaders podcast is available from their website and the usual podcast platforms (the Survivors episodes are here)
Visit our website, andnowpodcast.com
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Danny Robins on The Battersea Poltergeist
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
The brilliant drama/documentary podcast The Battersea Poltergeist has just completed its eight-part run on BBC Radio 4 (although a bonus ninth episode is due to be released in a couple of weeks), and it's also available on BBC Sounds and all the podcatchers. Kirsty and Ian have been raving about it for weeks, and finally Stella and Dan are caught up and just as enthused about its brilliant mix of investigation and storytelling.
The show's writer and host, Danny Robins, was kind enough to give us an hour of his time for a fascinating chat about the inspirations behind the series, his status as a 'hopeful sceptic' and the impact of the show itself. The first part of the chat is spoiler-free and there'll be a warning when spoilers are imminent. We're confident that, if you haven't yet listened to The Battersea Poltergeist, after hearing Danny talk for just a few minutes, you'll be switching podcasts (temporarily, of course).
Following this there'll be a call from Howard in his now-traditional Bag of Death segment.
0.00.00 News
00.09.17 Introduction to The Battersea Poltergeist (although Dan calls it 'The Battersea Podcast' because he's an idiot)
00.24.00 Danny Robins interview (non-spoiler)
00.47.30 Danny Robins interview (spoiler)
01.29.35 The Bag of Death (with Howard)
01.56.20 Recommendations
Relevant Links and Availability
The Battersea Poltergeist is available to stream worldwide via BBC Sounds and other podcast platforms
Of Danny's other shows, Folsom Untold is available on Audible, while Haunted is available on iTunes and other podcast platforms
Read more about 'the Philip experiment' at Dread Central
Ask A Mortician is available to watch on YouTube
The Death in the Afternoon podcast is here
The Terror is currently available from BBC iPlayer
Murder Among the Mormons is currently available on Netflix
All soundtrack clips are used for the purposes of criticism, in the spirit of Fair Dealing (UK law) and Fair Use (US law). No copyright infringement is intended
Visit our website, andnowpodcast.com
Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Saturday Mar 06, 2021
NBC's Hannibal (2013-15) brought to the small screen, and re-imagined, the world of FBI profiler Will Graham and his colleague/nemesis, cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr Hannibal Lecter, after their introduction in Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon (1981) and its subsequent sequels and film adaptations. Kirsty and (to a lesser extent) Dan have been talking about devoting episodes to it since the beginning of this podcast, and now the show is finally getting the spotlight it deserves with the first of a three-part, season-by-season retrospective.
Joining us on this journey will be two very special guest 'Fannibals'. Dr Rebecca Williams, Senior Lecturer in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of South Wales, and Dr Lori Hitchcock Morimoto, lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Virginia, combine scholarly insight with irrepressible enthusiasm in an in-depth but (mostly) spoiler-free discussion with Kirsty and Dan of what makes this such a remarkable season. Following this, Stella, Ian, Kirsty and Dan give the season the traditional, more spoilery review.
Elsewhere, Howard calls in again, with another random pick from The Bag of Death.
00.42 News
09.52 Introduction to Hannibal
27.11 Discussion with Rebecca and Lori (non-spoilers)
02.00.56 Discussion with Rebecca and Lori (spoilers for Season One ending)
02.07.44 Spoiler review for Season One with Ian and Stella
02.45.04 The Bag of Death with Howard
03.02.52 Recommendations
Relevant Links and Availability
Hannibal is currently available to stream free for members of Amazon Prime in the UK
TVJunkie's trailer for the series can be viewed on YouTube
Dr Lori Morimoto's video essay on Hannibal can be seen at this link (warning: spoilers for all seasons)
Hannibal for Dinner (featuring Kirsty's essay) is now available to purchase from McFarland Books
Becoming: Genre, Queerness and Transformation in NBC's Hannibal (featuring Lori's essay) is available to purchase from Syracuse University Press
As Above, So Below is currently available to stream free for members of Amazon Prime in the UK
The Act is currently available to stream free for subscribers to Starzplay in the UK
The Battersea Poltergeist podcast is currently available to stream in the UK via the BBC iPlayer
The Strain is currently available to stream on Disney+ (via Star) in the UK
The Plague of the Zombies is currently available to stream on BritBox in the UK
All soundtrack clips are used for the purposes of criticism, in the spirit of Fair Dealing (UK law) and Fair Use (US law). No copyright infringement is intended
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Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Stephen Volk wrote Ghostwatch, the 1992 TV play which rated so highly on Kirsty, Stella and Dan's list of Movies That Scared Us The Most last year. And Ghostwatch is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Stephen's diverse array of horror output in a variety of media, including prose fiction: his new collection of stories featuring a teaming of the legendary literary detectives C Auguste Dupin and Sherlock Holmes, has just been released by PS Publishing.
In this lengthy interview, Stephen discusses these new and old triumphs, and many things that came between them in his remarkable career, including times spent in Hollywood, his work with directors Ken Russell and William Freidkin, and what he thought of Inside Number 9's Ghostwatch tribute episode from 2018. Ian, Stella, Kirsty and Dan were just thrilled to be able to speak to him, as will probably be apparent to the listener.
Elsewhere, Howard calls in to chat about how life is treating him in lockdown, what he's been watching on TV lately, and to pluck another surprise horror film from The Bag of Death.
Related Links and Availability
Stephen Volk's new book Under A Raven's Wing is available to order now directly from the PS Publishing website (Twitter: @pspublishingUK)
You can follow him on Twitter: @stevevolkwriter or visit his website stephenvolk.net
Bone Tomahawk (2015) is currently available to stream via Amazon in the UK, free to subscribers
Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe (1940) is currently screening weekly on Talking Pictures TV (UK Freeview channel 81) at 11.15am on Saturdays
Visit our website, www.andnowpodcast.com