The Evolution of Horror

This week Mike is joined by James Swanton to discuss two early vampire movies, celebrating their 100th and 90th birthdays: FW Murnau's Nosferatu (1922) and Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr (1932)! This episode is sponsored by friend of the pod Rebecca McCallum! Order yourself a copy of Rebecca's pocketbook, Mums + Sons, An Examination of the Child/Parent Relationship now!   We're hosting a LIVE PODCAST event! Grab yourself a ticket for our live show with special guests at Sundance London!  CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Win yourself free tickets to see VAMPYR on the big screen for it's 90th anniversary at the Genesis Cinema in London on 6th June! Click here to enter on Twitter Music by Jack Whitney.  Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our next upcoming EVOLUTION OF HORROR PRESENTS screening at the Genesis Cinema! www.evolutionofhorror.com/genesis You can now buy Evolution of Horror merch on our TeePublic store! www.evolutionofhorror.com/merchandise 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 our DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER  

“I am…Dracula!” This week Mike is joined by Dracula expert and author of the Anno Dracula books Kim Newman to discuss the importance of the character and story on horror cinema. In the second half of the episode Mike is joined by Adam Robinson for a deep-dive discussion of Bram Stoker’s seminal 1897 novel. Music by Jack Whitney.  Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our next upcoming EVOLUTION OF HORROR PRESENTS screening at the Genesis Cinema! www.evolutionofhorror.com/genesis You can now buy Evolution of Horror merch on our TeePublic store! www.evolutionofhorror.com/merchandise 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 Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

For this special bonus minisode, I chatted to director Keith Thomas about his new movie FIRESTARTER (spoiler-free) and the pressures of creating a successful Stephen King adaptation. 

We’re back! This series we’re exploring all things VAMPIRES and to kick it off, Mike is joined by Kevin Lyons and Mary Wild to discuss the origins and the evolution of the sub-genre. Music by Jack Whitney.  This week's episode is sponsored by $20 Patreon subscriber Adam Whybray! If you're interested in submitting an essay for his upcoming collection on Global Animated Horror, email him by 15th May 2022: adamwhybray@gmail.com.  Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Buy tickets for our next upcoming EVOLUTION OF HORORR PRESENTS screening at the Genesis Cinema! www.evolutionofhorror.com/genesis You can now buy Evolution of Horror merch on our TeePublic store! www.evolutionofhorror.com/merchandise 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 Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

It's another bonus episode! This week we're discussing 2 brand new releases, FRESH, available now on Disney Plus, and X, out now in cinemas.  In the first half of the episode Mike is joined by Zobo With a Shotgun to discuss Fresh in depth, plus he chats to the film's director, Mimi Cave. IN the second half, Mike chats to Stevie Webb about X plus chats to its director Ti West. Enjoy!  Sign up to our newsletter!  Buy tickets for our upcoming Genesis screenings!  TIMECODES:  06:10 - FRESH (Spoiler free)  18:28 - Mimi Cave Interview 34:10 - FRESH (Spoilers)  01:00:00 -  X (Spoiler free) 01:14:18 - Ti West Interview 01:24:50 - X (Spoilers)

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest TV shows of all time, here's a bonus episode! Back in 2020, Becky Darke and Mike recorded a mini-series going through the whole of Buffy from pilot to finale...this is part 1 of their discussion, in which they discuss the show as a whole, it's impact on their lives and its legacy on modern television.  To hear the rest of the Buffy mini-series, sign up to our Patreon! patreon.com/evolutionofhorror

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

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)... For more episodes like this, sign up to our patreon! https://patreon.com/evolutionofhorror

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.  Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  You can now buy Evolution of Horror T-SHIRTS!  www.evolutionofhorror.com/shop 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 Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER    

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. Grab some horror merch at GRAPE STATION! Available on the Mercari app in the U.S., or for international orders, follow and message Casket Clap on Instagram.  Music by Jack Whitney.  Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  You can now buy Evolution of Horror T-SHIRTS!  www.evolutionofhorror.com/shop 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 Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER