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–And Now The Podcast Starts! is a critical, fun journey into horror with five informed fans of film and TV. Each episode will focus on a different topic for review or discussion, usually taking a horror subject as a starting point, but going in an unexpected direction, and often featuring special guests.
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Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
We're returning to the Halloween franchise this episode, and one of the least-loved films in the franchise, the Busta Rhymes-starring final instalment of the 'original Laurie Strode timeline'. Dan and Howard are joined by longtime Halloween pundits Spider-Dan and Luke Richards.
Relevant Links and Availability
Halloween Resurrection is available on DVD and Blu-Ray and for rental streaming via Amazon and YouTube in the UK
Katee Sackhoff's reaction as she watches her performance Halloween Resurrection can be seen on YouTube
Rampage is currently available to stream in the UK via Netflix
The Meg is currently available to stream in the UK via Amazon Prime
Spider-Dan's podcast is Spider Dan & The Secret Bores. Find him on Twitter @dan_bores
Find details about Luke's Halloween fan film, One Night in Haddonfield, on his Twitter feed @Luke_Richards1992
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 Jan 02, 2021
Saturday Jan 02, 2021
Happy New Year! We begin the (tentatively hopeful) 2021 by starting a new strand: Nineties Gothic, examining each film in the flow of big-budget, 'respectable' spins on the classic horror texts and archetypes, mostly produced by Columbia TriStar and/or American Zoetrope.
The first of these was Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and released globally during 1992-93. Kirsty, Stella and Dan all saw during their teenage years and had their worlds rocked. Ian was a more cynical university student in 1992 and reacted... differently. But how do they all feel about the film on re-watching it now?
Related Links and Availability
Bram Stoker's Dracula is out on DVD and Blu-Ray and can currently be streamed via Netflix in the UK
Patrick (H) Willems' video essay The 90s Dark Universe can be streamed via YouTube
Diamanda Galas' This is the Law of the Plague can be purchased for download from Diamanda Galas' Bandcamp page
The Bill and Ted Test can be read on Twitter
Host (2020) can now be purchased or rented for streaming from Amazon and similar outlets, and will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray in February
Black Narcissus (2020) is available for streaming on BBC iPlayer while the 1947 film can be streamed via BritBox in the UK
All Creatures Great and Small (2020) is available for streaming via My5 in the UK
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Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
In lieu of a proper episode, here's our (delayed) Christmas knees-up and horror trivia quiz episode, presided over by Ian, with Kirsty, Stella, Dan and special guests Kelly, Sven and Elliott.
To send in an answer to our listener questions, and stand a chance of winning one of our excellent prizes, email Dan at ambisolsltd@gmail.com.
Ghost Stories (2018) and Mark Gatiss' The Tractate Midddoth, The Dead Room, Martin's Close and MR James documentary The Lost Ghost Story are currently available for streaming on BBC iPlayer.
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Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Ian and Dan are joined by a special guest returning from our Horror Express episode, writer and podcaster Tim Shaw, to discuss another favourite from Tim's childhood, and a supernatural spine-chiller that Ian's never seen before, 1973's The Legend of Hell House.
Four psychic investigators - played by powerhouse actors Pamela Franklyn, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill and Gayle Hunnicutt - have one week to solve the mystery of "the Mount Everest of haunted houses", but how does this overlooked thriller stand up today, and how does it compare to the 1970 Richard Matheson novel from which it's adapted?
Listen on to hear our panel's thoughts - joined for ten minutes by Howard, phoning in his first new podcast recording for over a year, so determined was he to comment on this film.
Relevant Links and Availability
The Legend of Hell House is available on DVD (and on Region 1 Blu-Ray) and is often shown on Talking Pictures TV in the UK
Raised By Wolves is currently available to stream via Now TV in the UK
The Creepy Christmas Collection is currently available to stream on Britbox UK and includes director John Hough's Twins of Evil (1971), writer Richard Matheson's The Devil Rides Out (1968) and many others
Hear Tim's podcast Pod Radio Music exclusively on MixCloud
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Saturday Dec 12, 2020
Saturday Dec 12, 2020
Circumstances have prompted that this week's recorded episode - a discussion of Bram Stoker's Dracula - has been postponed by a few days. In its place, Dan bids a sad farewell to a much-mentioned friend of the show, and introduces a collection of 'The Bag of Death', a segment from The Lee/Cushing Podcast from 2016-17, featuring Howard and Dan.
Quatermass 2 (1957) is currently free to stream for subscribers to Amazon Prime. Island of Terror (1966) and Lust for a Vampire (1971) are available on DVD and Blu-Ray and frequently seen on the UK Horror Channel.
More short discussions between Dan and Howard can be found at the Ambidextrous Solutions Limited YouTube channel, about Dead of Night (1945) and The Quatermass Experiment (1955).
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Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Does the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House (2018) count as a Missed Classic just because it's two years old and Dan hasn't seen it before? Short answer: yes. Longer answer: yes, especially in the light of its instant acclaim and the general derision granted to its 2020 follow-up, The Haunting of Bly Manor (which Kirsty, Stella and Ian can't resist talking about even though this episode isn't supposed to be about that and Dan hasn't seen it). If you haven't yet seen Hill House, go and watch it, because everyone agrees it's good and this episode is mostly spoilers.
Relevant Links and Availability:
The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor are both available to stream on Netflix
The Sink: A Sleep Aid podcast is currently available on BBC Sounds
You're Next is available for rental streaming on Amazon
Interview With The Vampire and Color Out of Space are currently available to stream free for subscribers to Amazon Prime
Episodes of The Lovecraft Investigations are currently available on BBC iPlayer
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Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Stella, Ian and Dan all agree that their scariest horror moments involve ghosts, but they aren't sure what it exactly is that makes a spectral visitor from beyond the grave so frightening. Listen to them ponder out loud. Be warned, the conversation gets surprisingly unsettling in places!
Related Links and Availability
The Possession of Hannah Grace and His House are currently available to stream on Netflix UK
His Dark Materials and Westworld (1973) are currently available to stream on BBC iPlayer
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Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Today's panel of hosts have all seen controversial science-fiction horror and follow-up to 1979's Alien and 1986's Aliens, Alien3, before. Ian saw it at the cinema in 1992 and was disgusted. Kirsty caught it on video as a young adult and didn't think much of it, but went on to become a huge fan of its director, David Fincher. And Dan is a full-on Alien fan who's seen it multiple times in both released versions and knows it inside out.
But Ian has recently discovered the wonders of its soundtrack music and that's inspired him to revisit the film and want to talk about it. After all, this film, after an initial critical lambasting, has gone on to be reappraised multiple times; Empire magazine later wrote that, of the original Alien trilogy, the third film "is seen as the least scary but may be the most daring, shot through with a beautiful bleakness." What will our hosts make of it in 2020?
Relevant Links and Availability
Alien3 (theatrical version) is available to buy on DVD and Blu-Ray and to rent or buy from YouTube and Amazon (as is Terminator: Dark Fate). The 'assembly cut' version is available (with the other three Ripley/Alien films) on the Alien Quadrilogy DVD box-set and the Alien Anthology Blu-Ray Box Set.
The audio dramatisation of William Gibson's Alien III is available now exclusively from Audible
Episode 2 of Cornwall with Simon Reeve is currently streaming on BBC iPlayer and features the introduction of a rather well-named beaver to the British Isles...
His House is currently available to stream on Netflix and you can watch an interview with the writers on Val Verde Broadcasting's YouTube channel
Cadabra Records is Ian's current audio drama provider of choice
Timelines: The Pendle Witch Child is currently free to watch for Amazon Prime members
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Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
You may not have heard of During Barty's Party, an episode from the 1976 anthology TV series, Beasts, written by Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale. Ian and Stella hadn't, when Dan suggested this episode to them. But Dan insists it's an absolutely terrifying Missed Classic. Will Stella and Ian agree? And after listening to this episode, will you be tempted to seek it out? And whatever you do, don't miss out on the real-life horror of Ian's rat story...
00.00.42 Introduction and news
00.16.05 During Barty's Party (non-spoiler)
00.51.46 During Barty's Party (spoiler)
01.20.12 Ian and Dan's Real Rat Encounters (coming soon to Netflix... or not)
01.33.00 Recommendations
Relevant Links and Availability
The Beasts DVD from Network Releasing has been deleted, but you can still buy pre-owned copies from Amazon and other sellers. During Barty's Party is included along with the other five episodes of Beasts (the one about the dolphin ghost is called Buddyboy) and a rather good bonus Nigel Kneale play, the folk horror Murrain (starring James Bond's original 'M', Bernard Lee).
The surviving episodes of the 1972 horror anthology series Dead of Night (including Don Taylor's episode, The Exorcism) is available on DVD from the BFI shop.
RedLetterMedia's recent videos about the Friday the 13th series are on YouTube here and here
His Dark Materials: Series 2 is currently releasing one episode per week on BBC iPlayer (the entire first series is also available to stream on the platform)
The Dark and the Wicked can be rented on Amazon in the US, but has yet to be given a UK release date
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Saturday Nov 07, 2020
Saturday Nov 07, 2020
Hope you all had a good Halloween, folks. This episode, Kirsty and Stella introduce Dan to their beloved The Cabin in the Woods (2012). But how will Dan react to this postmodern piece of pop culture?
0.00.41 Introduction and news
00.09.21 The Cabin in the Woods spoiler-free discussion
00.35.35 The Cabin in the Woods - full spoilers
01.13.50 Recommendations
Relevant links and availability
The Cabin in the Woods is currently available to stream if you're a Netflix or Amazon Prime subscriber (the 4K version on Amazon is superior, Dan says) or for rental streaming via YouTube or Amazon, and has also been released on DVD and Blu-Ray
Sign up here to take part in the BAFTSS Horror Studies Special Interest Group's online event Night of the Nasties
WNUF Halloween Special and Sadako va Kayako (THAT was what it was called) are both available to stream on Shudder
Tremors and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth are broadcasting at 9pm on Thursday 12th November on the UK Horror Channel (if you have Freeview)
Truth Seekers is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime
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