The Evolution of Horror

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ZOMBIES Pt 4: Night of the Living Dead (1968) Feb 15, 2019

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This week Mike is joined by Total Film's Jamie Graham to discuss one of the most important movies in the history of zombie movies / horror movies / movies in general…George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968).

Music by Jack Whitney.

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Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

ZOMBIES Pt 3: Plague of the Zombies (1966) Feb 08, 2019

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This week Mike is joined by professor & academic Graham Saunders to do a whistle stop tour of Hammer Horror and discuss Plague of The Zombies (1966) in depth.

Music by Jack Whitney.

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ZOMBIES Pt 2: White Zombie (1932) & I Walked With A Zombie (1943) Feb 01, 2019

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This week Mike is joined by filmmaker and screenwriter Axelle Carolyn to discuss the two original zombie movies: White Zombie (1932) and I Walked With A Zombie (1943) in spoilerific detail. They also have a look back at the Universal Horror movies of the 1930s and the Val Lewton movies of the 1940s.

Music by Jack Whitney.

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Axelle Carolynn is a filmmaker and writer and can be found on TWITTER.

Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

ZOMBIES pt 1: An Introduction Jan 21, 2019

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We're BACK! This week Mike begins his journey through the evolution of the zombie movie by discussing the tropes of the sub-genre with Kevin Lyons, then looking at the zombie movie through a psychoanalytic and sociological lens with Mary Wild & Tim Coleman.

Music by Jack Whitney.

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Kevin Lyons runs EOFFTV and can be found on TWITTER.

Mary Wild co-hosts the PROJECTIONS PODCAST and can be found on TWITTER.

Tim Coleman is a jfilm critic for Total Film and can be found on TWITTER.

Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

GLASS (2019) Patreon Preview Jan 18, 2019

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Happy New Year! We're now on PATREON. To listen to our full hour long spoiler-free (with additional spoiler section) discussion of M. Night Shyaman's Glass, visit https://patreon.com/evolutionofhorror to sign up for monthly bonus episodes!

The Big Horror 2018 Review (& 2019 Preview) Dec 29, 2018

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Happy New Year! This week Mike and The Final Girls' Anna Bogutskaya discuss their horror highlights of 2018 and most anticipated horrors of 2019. Review Categories include:

- BEST TRAILER / MOST ANTICIPATED - BEST POSTER - BEST OPENING SEQUENCE. - MOST FUN SCREENING / CINEMA EXPERIENCE? - BEST CREEPY KID - BEST WITCH - BEST NEW MONSTER - BEST RETURNING MONSTER - CREEPIEST HUMAN CHARACTER / REGULAR DUDE - BEST KILL - BEST GORE - CREEPIEST SCARE - BEST JUMP SCARE - BEST WORST DATE MOVIE - WORST MOVIE TO WATCH WHEN HUNGOVER - BEST HORROR TO WATCH DRUNK OR ON DRUGS - YOUR 'GUILTY PLEASURE' OF 2018? - FILM "THEY DIDN'T GET" (ie most underrated movie) - FILM "I DIDN'T GET" (ie a popular film that you didn't love) - BEST DANCE HORROR! - BEST PERFORMANCE - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - BEST SCRIPT / WRITING - BEST DIRECTOR - BEST TV SHOW - BEST FILM - WORST FILM OF 2018 Music by Jack Whitney.

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Anna is a co-host of the BFI PODCAST, one half of THE FINAL GIRLS and can be found on TWITTER.

Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

Gremlins (1984) Dec 20, 2018

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Mike is joined by digital guru Alex Ayling to discuss Joe Dante's Gremlins (1984), it's batshit crazy sequel and some other classic Christmas horror movies.

Music by Jack Whitney.

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Inside No. 9 & League of Gentlemen (with Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton) Dec 07, 2018

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WE DIDN'T BURN HIM! Mike is joined by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton to discuss the new League of Gentlemen live show and the Inside No 9 Halloween special. He is then joined by writer / actor Adam Robinson to discuss the Halloween special in spoilerific detail...

Music by Jack Whitney.

Adam Robinson is an actor and writer and his theatre company, The Book of Darkness And Light is currently touring its (brilliant) new show SHIVERS. Check their website for tour dates and details...

https://thebookofdarknessandlight.com/dates

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Suspiria (2018) Nov 15, 2018

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Mike is joined by the BFI's Anna Bogutskaya to discuss what might be the most divisive horror movie of 2018...Luca Guiadagnino's SUSPIRIA (2018).

This episode will begin with a SPOILER-FREE section, followed by a SPOILER section in the second half.

*Both sections will contain minor spoilers of Dario Argento's original SUSPIRIA (1977). *

Music by Jack Whitney.

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Anna Bogutskaya co-hosts the BFI PODCAST, makes up one half of THE FINAL GIRLS and can be found on TWITTER.

Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

The Haunting of Hill House (2018) Spoiler Special Nov 11, 2018

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After several requests we return to Hill House for a follow-up discussion in which we discuss the series in it's entirety. Mike is joined by Empire's geek queen Helen O'Hara to dissect this incredible show from start to finish.

Music by Jack Whitney.

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Helen O'Hara is a film critic, journalist and podcaster and can be found on TWITTER.

Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER