The Evolution of Horror

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FRESH BLOOD: Hellbender, The Humans, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Batman Mar 03, 2022

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Welcome to episode 1 of FRESH BLOOD! A new monthly strand that covers all horror new releases. This month Brad Hanson, Becky Darke, Louise Blain and I discuss Hellbender, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Master, The Humans, The Batman and a whole bunch of other new releases. We've dropped epsiode 1 of Fresh Blood on the main feed, but to continue listening to monthly episodes, sign up to our Patreon!

TIMECODES:

04:22 Horror News

Scream 6 announced
Jordan Peele's NOPE trailer dropped
Ari Aster's new movie Disappointment Boulevard is 4 hours long (!)
Mike Flanagan's House of Usher TV series has started filming

13:37 New on Shudder

Hellbender (out now)
Slapface (out now)
All The Moons (out now)
The Scary of Sixty-First (out now)

29:20 New on Netflix

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (out now)
The Humans (out now)
BigBug (out now

42:30 New on other streaming services

Lamb (2021) Out now on MUBI
Fresh (2022) Out on Disney+ 18th March
Kimi (2022) Out now on NowTV
Master (2022) Out on Prime Video 18th March
Tinashe - Naturally (Music video) on YouTube

55:00 New Horror Games

Horizon: Forbidden West
Dying Light 2

59:50 Horror TV Shows

Archive 81 (Netflix)
The Sinner Season 4 (Netflix)
Station Eleven (Starzplay)

01:09:50 Physical Media Releases

The McPherson Tape
The Children of the Corn trilogy 4k
Don't Go In the House

01:17:00 New in Cinemas

Studio 666

01:22:00 Non-Horror recommendations

Jackass Forever
The Batman
Flee
Death on the Nile
The Godfather Trilogy (re-release)

01:36:20 OUT NOW. Additional streaming recommendations

Freaky (2020) NowTV
The Forever Purge (2021) NowTV
In The Earth (2021) NowTV
Funny Games (1997) Mubi
Cujo (1983) Netflix
City of the Living Dead (1980) Shudder
Bird with Crystal Plumage (1970) Shudder
Battle Royale (2000) Shudder
The Wretched (2019) Shudder
Rob Zombie's 31 (2016) Shudder
VHS 2 (2013) Shudder
VHS Viral (2014) Shudder
Hagazussa (2017) Shudder
The Lesson (2015) Shudder

My Bloody Valentine (1981) & Valentine (2001) Feb 13, 2022

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Happy Valentines! As a bonus treat, here's an epsiode that went out on Patreon last year...my Dream Warriors Becky Darke and Stevie Webb joined me to discuss MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981) and VALENTINE (2001)...

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ALIENS Pt 30: Conclusion & Mailbag Jan 14, 2022

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After 30 weeks of exploring the vast void of space, Mike concludes the season by reading some listener feedback and counting down the listeners' top 10 alien movies, plus Mary Wild drops in for a round-up chat!

Music by Jack Whitney.

Big thank you to Mary Wild for all her incredible 'Wild About Horror' segments this season! Sign up to Mary's Patreon! Follow Mary on Twitter to find out more about her upcoming courses and follow her podcast, PROJECTIONS PODCAST.

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ALIENS Pt 29: 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) & A Quiet Place (2018) Jan 07, 2022

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As we reach the final double bill of our ALIENS series, things get quiet and isolated as Mike and Rosie Fletcher discuss two recent classics, 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (2016) & A QUIET PLACE (2018) in spoilerific detail.

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Music by Jack Whitney.

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ALIENS pt 28: Also-Rans Dec 31, 2021

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As we approach the end of our Aliens series, Brad Hanson drops in to recommend a bunch of additional Alien horror (and non-horror) movies not covered this series. Get ready to jot down some titles!

Music by Jack Whitney.

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The Mezzotint (2021) with Mark Gatiss Dec 23, 2021

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Happy Holidays! This week I'm joined by the one and only MARK GATISS to discuss his latest M.R. James adaptation THE MEZZOTINT (airing on BBC 2 on Christmas Eve) and we also discuss the tradition of Christmas ghost stories and his relationship with the horror genre. Then, Adam Robinson drops in to recommend some of his favourite Christmas ghost stories and discuss The Mezzotint in spoilerific detail.

03:00 - Mark Gatiss Interview (Spoiler Free)

47:30 - Adam Robinson Ghost Stories Chat (Spoiler Free)

01:13:00 - The Mezzotint (SPOILERS)

Adam's 10 Ghost Story Recommendations:

1. The Crown Derby Plate - Marjorie Bowen

2. Someone in the Lift - L.P. Hartley

3. The Kit-Bag - Algernon Blackwood

4. The Four-Fifteen Express - Amelia B. Edwards

5. The Shadow - E. Nesbit

6. The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance - M.R. James

7. The Snow - Hugh Walpole

8. Smee - A.M. Burrage

9. Jenn Ashworth - Dinner for One 'Ghosts of Christmas Past'

10. The Hanging of the Greens - Andrew Michael Hurley 'The Haunting Season'

ALIENS Pt 27: Resolution (2012) & The Endless (2017) Dec 17, 2021

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This week Mike is joined by Alex Ayling to discuss two of the most bafflingly brilliant sci-fi horror movies of the last decade, Benson & Moorhead's RESOLUTION (2012) and THE ENDLESS (2017) in spoilerific detail.

We have a BRAND NEW PODCAST! Introducing, HELLO SIDNEY! A partnership between Paramount Pictures, The Final Girls and The Evolution of Horror, Hello Sidney is celebrating the SCREAM franchise across 5 weeks. Each episode, your hosts, Anna Bogutskaya, Mike Muncer and Louise Blain will slice and dice their way through every Scream film, finishing with the new upcoming SCREAM from 2022. Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts!

Check out Mike's full interview with Benson and Moorhead from 2018

Music by Jack Whitney.

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Hello, Sidney: A Scream Podcast (Sneak peek) Dec 15, 2021

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We have a BRAND NEW podcast! A partnership between Paramount, Evolution of Horror and The Final Girls...Hello Sidney is a weekly limited series exploring the SCREAM franchise. Your three hosts, Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain will be slicing and dicing their way through every Scream movie in the franchise, one by one, in anticipation of the new SCREAM coming to cinemas in January 2022. Subscribe now!

APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hello-sidney-the-scream-podcast/id1599569072?uo=4

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/07GxhGv42FRLSqq0kKR44x?si=JqFv6HkmT9KrEUNKpmea-g

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ALIENS Pt 26: Stranger Things (2016 - ) Dec 10, 2021

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Let's get nostalgic! This week Mike and Tim Coleman venture into the Upside-Down to talk the Amblin-esque sci-fi horror sensation of the decade, STRANGER THINGS! They discuss all 3 seasons in spoilerific detail.

Music by Jack Whitney.

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ALIENS Pt 25: District 9 (2009) & Attack the Block (2011) Dec 03, 2021

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From Johannesburg to South London...this week we look at social commentaries in two modern alien invasion movies…Mike is joined by Rhianna Dhillon to discuss DISTRICT 9 and then Lou Thomas drops in to discuss ATTACK THE BLOCK!

Music by Jack Whitney.

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