The Evolution of Horror

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

This week Mike is joined by Empire Magazine's Deputy Online Editor and Disniversity host Ben Travis to discuss two bonkers home invasion movies that aren't quite what they seem...HOUSEBOUND (2014) and BETTER WATCH OUT (2016).  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

Happy Friday the 13th! As a bonus episode, here's an episode from the Patreon vault...recorded in November 2020, I discussed two banging Friday the 13th sequels with my Dream Warriors Stevie Webb and Becky Darke.  Want to hear more episodes like this? Sign up to our patreon!  We'll be back next week to continue our Home Invasion series as normal! 

A new Exorcist movie has arrived! I chatted to director David Gordon Green about making the movie (spoiler free) and about shifting from Haddonfield IL to Georgetown DC!  Want to hear our in-depth review of The Exorcist Believer? Sign up to our Patreon! 

This week we delve into the dangerous underworld of LA to discuss two fascinating recent movies that deal with the media's obsessesion with home invasion...Christina Newland joins Mike to discuss NIGHTCRAWLER (2014) & ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (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

It's October and we're officially ON TOUR! We begin our spooky festivities in Manchester, as Brad Hanson and I talk about the line-up for this year's GRIMMFEST... Want to join us for any events? Head to our events page