The Evolution of Horror

Mike Muncer
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Jul 29, 2025 • 25min

Toxic Avenger (2025) and the new Ben Wheatley film...EIFF 2025

EOH is excited to be partnerhing with the Edinbrugh International Film Festival again this year, so in this podcast, programmers and festival directors Paul Ridd and Emma Boa join me to run thgouh the line-up of horror and genre films premiereing at this year's festival, including the new TOXIC AVENGER, Ben Wheatley's BULK and Julie Pacino's I LIVE HERE NOW which Mike will be hosting with a Q&A. Check out the Midnight Madness full line-up!  Buy your tickets now!   
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Jul 24, 2025 • 2h 9min

MAN-MADE MONSTERS #1: An Introduction

We're back! This week Mike is joined by Kevin Lyons and then Mary Wild to discuss the theme for this season: the dangers of science, technology and man-made monsters!  EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/evolutionofhorror Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer Music by Jack Whitney.  Artwork by Mike Lee-Graham Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on BLUE SKY and INSTAGRAM Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/evolutionofhorror  Email us!  Follow EOH on INSTAGRAM Like EOH on FACEBOOK Join the EOH DISCUSSION GROUP Join the EOH DISCORD Follow EOH on LETTERBOXD    
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Jul 22, 2025 • 22min

Bring Her Back (2025) Interview with Danny & Michael Philippou

Bring Her Back (2025) is the incredible new movie by the Philippou Brothers and their follow up to Talk To Me (2023). Mike chatted to the brothers about the horror inspirations behind their dark, twisted new movie... Bring Her Back is in UK cinemas from Saturday 26 July  To hear our full thoughts on the movie next week, subscribe to EOH Patreon 
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Jun 19, 2025 • 1h 57min

28 Years Later (2025) with Danny Boyle & Alex Garland

The rage virus is back! This weekend 28 Years Later hits cinemas so Mike sits down with Ben Travis do discuss the film (spoiler free + a spoiler section), plus, Mike chats to director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland about making the movie.  TIMECODES: 02:00 - 28 Years Later general thoughts (spoiler free)  33:10 - Interview with Danny Boyle & Alex Garland (spoiler free)  01:02:30 - SPOILER section  Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer Music by Jack Whitney.  Artwork by Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/evolutionofhorror  Email us!  Follow us on TWITTER Follow us on INSTAGRAM Like us on FACEBOOK Join the DISCUSSION GROUP Join the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER
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May 17, 2025 • 27min

Hallow Road (2025) Interview with Babak Anvari and Matthew Rhys

Babak Anvari, director of Under the Shadow and I Came By, has a new horror film called Hallow Road, out in UK and Irish cinemas now! I chatted to Babak and star of the movie Matthew Rhys about the challenges of making a film set entirely in one location with just two actors...  
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May 16, 2025 • 56min

Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)

The 6th and latest Final Destination movie has officially hit cinemas! Jamie Graham joins Mike for a spoilerific discussion of Bloodlines... Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer Music by Jack Whitney.  Artwork by Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/evolutionofhorror  Email us!  Follow us on TWITTER Follow us on INSTAGRAM Like us on FACEBOOK Join the DISCUSSION GROUP Join the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER
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May 15, 2025 • 57min

Talking Final Destination with creator Jeffrey Reddick (re-post)

As part of our Final Destination retrospective, here's Mike's interview from 2023 with the writer and creator of the original movie, Jeffrey Reddick!  Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer Music by Jack Whitney.  Artwork by Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/evolutionofhorror  Email us!  Follow us on TWITTER Follow us on INSTAGRAM Like us on FACEBOOK Join the DISCUSSION GROUP Join the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER
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May 14, 2025 • 1h 46min

The Final Destination (2009) & Final Destination 5 (2011)

For Part 3 of our Final Destination retrospective, Mike is joined by Stevie Webb and Becky Darke to discuss the good, the bad and the hideously ugly in the two final movies in the original Final Destination series... Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer Music by Jack Whitney.  Artwork by Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/evolutionofhorror  Email us!  Follow us on TWITTER Follow us on INSTAGRAM Like us on FACEBOOK Join the DISCUSSION GROUP Join the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER
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May 13, 2025 • 1h 29min

Final Destination 2 (2003) & Final Destination 3 (2006)

In Part 2 of our Final Destination retrospective (recorded in 2023 for Patreon), Mike is joined by Keir Siewert and Alix Austin to avoid log trucks and rollercoasters in their spoilerific discussions of Final Destinations 2 and 3!  Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer Music by Jack Whitney.  Artwork by Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/evolutionofhorror  Email us!  Follow us on TWITTER Follow us on INSTAGRAM Like us on FACEBOOK Join the DISCUSSION GROUP Join the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER
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May 12, 2025 • 1h 13min

Final Destination Retrospective #1: Final Destination (2000)

It's Final Destination week! To celebrate the release of the new instalment, Final Destination Bloodlines, out this week in cinemas, we're dropping deep-dive discussions of all five movies every day this week. These were conversations recorded for Patreon back in 2023, which we're now dropping for free on the main feed. In part 1, Mike is joined by Joshua Tonks to discuss the 2000 original in spoilerific detail.  Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer Music by Jack Whitney.  Artwork by Mike Lee-Graham Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our UPCOMING SCREENINGS & EVENTS Buy yourself some brand new EOH MERCH! Subscribe and donate on PATREON for bonus monthly content and extra treats... www.patreon.com/evolutionofhorror  Email us!  Follow us on TWITTER Follow us on INSTAGRAM Like us on FACEBOOK Join the DISCUSSION GROUP Join the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

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