The Evolution of Horror

It's time to lock and bolt the door on the Home Invasion season! For our conclusion episode, Mike looks back at the last 36 weeks, reads some feedback from the mailbag and counts down the listeners' top 10 Home Invasion movies, plus Mary Wild pops in for a wrap-up chat.  Music by Jack Whitney.  Huge thank you to Mary Wild for this season's 'Wild About Horror' segments! Sign up to Mary's Patreon! Follow Mary on Twitter to find out more about her upcoming courses. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Keep an eye on all our UPCOMING EVENTS 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 the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

For the final double-bill of the season, Mike is joined by Susan Calman to discuss two modern classics in the home-invasion subgenre: Jordan Peele's US (2019) and Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning PARASITE (2019).  Music by Jack Whitney.  Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Keep an eye on all our UPCOMING EVENTS 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 the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

The hosts recommend additional home invasion movies, including Dead Man's Shoes and August Underground Movies, as well as the surprising inclusion of Disney's En Canto. They discuss the fear of sanctuary invasion in horror movies and highlight the film Mandy as a modern classic. They explore the sinister home improvement category and discuss films like Mother's Day (2010) and Demon Seed (1977). They touch on international home invasion films, including controversial House on the Edge of the Park. They also talk about kids films like Mouse Hunt and Monster House as palate cleansers. They mention Gateway horror films like Coraline and discuss The Borrowers and Encanto as unexpected home invasion movies.

This week Mike is joined by James Rendell to discuss the crossover between Home Invasion and Folk Horror with two weird and wonderful British horror movies from the last couple of years: Welsh dinner party horror THE FEAST and Alex Garland's MEN.  Music by Jack Whitney.  Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Keep an eye on all our UPCOMING EVENTS 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 the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

This week MIke is joined by filmmaking duo and directors of the brilliant new horror movie 'Kill Your Lover' Keir Siewert and Alix Austin to discuss two of the most fun and quotable horror movies of the last few years, READY OR NOT (2019) and BODIES BODIES BODIES (2022)!  Music by Jack Whitney.  Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com  Keep an eye on all our UPCOMING EVENTS 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 the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

In order to avoid any uninvited guests, Mike ropes in his wife, broadcaster and film critic Rhianna Dhillon for this week's discussion as they explore awkward interactions and heavy-handed metaphors in Joel Edgertono's THE GIFT and Darren Aronofsky's MOTHER!  Music by Jack Whitney.  Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment! 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  Keep an eye on all our UPCOMING EVENTS 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 the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

It's Flanagan week! This week Mike is joined by Anna Bogutskaya ("The Successionistas!") to discuss spooky ghosts and emotional payoffs with deep dive discussions of HUSH (2016) and GERALD'S GAME (2017).  Music by Jack Whitney.  Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment! 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  Keep an eye on all our UPCOMING EVENTS 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 the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

This week we'll be taking a little break from the usual schedule to bring you our live Halloween special! I was joined on stage by Brad Hanson, BEcky Darke and Stevie Webb at the Old Red Lion Theatre as part of Grimfest UK theatre festival on the 31st Halloween! Stevie, Brad, Becky and I discuss our favourite Halloween watches plus we play a game of horror Room 101! Plus, a very special surprise at the end! ENJOY!   

An absolute PINCH-ME moment! To celebrate the 4k re-release of Michael Powell's Peeping Tom, Mike sits down with Oscar-winning film editor, Scorsese collaborator and Michael Powell's widow, Thelma Schoonmaker, to discuss her thoughts on the film and on her career to date. 

This week Mike is joined by Rue Morgue & Faculty of Horror's Andrea Subissati to discuss the awkward horror of dinner parties with an incredible double bill of recent horror gems...THE INVITATION (2015) and SPEAK NO EVIL (2022).  Music by Jack Whitney.  Big thank you to Mary Wild for this week's 'Wild About Horror' segment! 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  Keep an eye on all our UPCOMING EVENTS 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 the DISCORD Follow us on LETTERBOXD Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER