The Evolution of Horror

This week things get gory, psychedelic and bonkers...it's Argento week! Mike is joined by Jamie Graham to discuss SUSPIRIA & INFERNO in spoilerific detail. Exclusive discount offer for EOH listeners: Come and see the new play by THE BOOK OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT: UPON THE STAIR! Upon The Stair will be performing at the Harrogate Theatre from 25th to the 29th February 2020. Visit https://thebookofdarknessandlight.com/dates for tickets and use code EVOLUTION of discounts. 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

"LOOK AT ME DAMIEN! IT'S ALL FOR YOU!" This week I'm joined by friend of the pod (and co-host of Don't Point That Horror At Me) Becky Darke to discuss her favourite horror movie of all time, The Omen. 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

What an excellent day for an Exorcist podcast! In the first half of this week's episode, Mike is joined by the one and only Mark Kermode to discuss his favourite movie of all time…and in the second half of the episode, Mike discusses The Exorcist with Jen Handorf and Jamie Graham in front of a live audience at the Courtyard Theatre in London. 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

Blumhouse! A24! Slendermen! Babadooks! Conjuring cinematic universes! POST HORROR! For our final episode of the year (and the decade) we take a look back at the best horror movies of the 2010s. Mike is joined by journalists and horror experts Rosie Fletcher and Jamie Graham to look back at the decade in horror cinema, discuss some of the highs and lows, and countdown their top 10 horror movies of the last 10 years. We'll also be hearing from several other regular EOH contribs, with their personal picks… 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

This week we lost a member of the EOH family, the wonderful Dr Charlie Allbright passed away on Friday 20th December. To celebrate his memory, here's an episode previously only available on Patreon: our discussion of IT Chapter 1 and the 1990 mini series. This is a hard time of year for a lot of people. Contact a Samaritan. If you need someone to talk to. They listen, won't judge or tell you what to do. Call any time, day or night. Whatever you're going through, you can call any time, from any phone for FREE on 116 123. RT

This week it's an orgy of torture, blasphemy, horny nuns and hot priests...it's THE DEVILS week! Mike is joined by Anna Bogutskaya to discuss the film in depth, then has a chat with Craig Lapper from the BBFC about The Devils and it's long, complicated history with censorship. 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

This week we return to good old blighty to see what occult antics Hammer Studios were getting up to in the 60s and 70s. Mike is joined by Graham Saunders to discuss two Dennis Wheatley adaptations starring Christopher Lee: The Devil Rides Out (1968) and To The Devil A Daughter (1976). 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

This week...things get WEIRD. Mike and Charlie Allbright discuss the bizarre work of occultist and experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger. They discuss Lucifer Rising as well as other films included in the Magic Lantern Cycle such as Scorpio Rising, Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome and Fireworks. 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

"THIS IS NO DREAM, THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING!" This week Mike is joined by filmmaker and producer Jen Handorf to discuss Roman Polanski's 1968 classic, in spoilerific detail... 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

"Burn with Burn!" This week we're all about witches…in the first half of the episode, Mike is joined by Paul Ridd to discuss two 1960 witchy classics, Black Sunday & City of the Dead. Then in the latter half of the episode, Michael Blyth discusses Night of the Eagle and takes us through the evolution of the 'domestic witch' in cinema. 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

This week Mike is joined by Adam Robinson to discuss two occult movies by horror legends Val Lewton and Jacques Tourneur: The Seventh Victim (1943) and Night of the Demon (1957). Want to come and see one of Adam's upcoming shows? A Christmas Carol is touring from December. It's going to Halifax, Harrogate, Lancaster, Bournemouth and several other places. Upon The Stair is touring from Jan 2020, including a week-long run at Harrogate Theatre which is on sale now. Visit thebookofdarknessandlight.com/dates to book. 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

This week Mike is joined by actor and master of the macabre, James Swanton, to discuss the first two feature films of the occult series, Haxan, and THe Black Cat, in spoilerific detail. Check out both films for free, here: Haxan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkXlXc0lA9c The Black Cat: https://archive.org/details/UniversalStudiosMonsters1934TheBlackCat 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

Lights, camera, action! This week we go all the way back to the birth of cinema as Mike is joined by Jon Spira to discuss the work of filmmaker and pioneer Georges Méliès and his influence on occult and horror cinema. In the second half of the podcast, Mike is joined by Projections Podcast co-hosts Mary Wild and Sarah Cleaver to hear their thoughts on Occult cinema. 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

What do you get when you throw Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, Mike Flanagan and nearly 40 years of anticipation into a massive, 2.5 hour movie starring Ewan McGregor? Let's find out! This week Mike is joined by Michael Leader to discuss all things Doctor Sleep. Mike also chats to filmmaker Mike Flanagan about what it was like to make a film as gigantic as this. This review is spoiler free, to hear the spoiler section, join our Patreon! 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

HAIL, SATAN! This week we begin our new series with an introduction to the occult in horror cinema. Kevin Lyons explains the origins of the term Occult and it's representation in cinema over the last hundred years. Mike also chats to author of 'Movie Magick: The Occult in Film' writer David Huckvale. 1. EVOLUTION OF HORROR: LIVE! On 30th October we'll be screening a movie and then recording our first ever LIVE EPISODE for an audience. Buy your tickets now... https://dice.fm/partner/only-on-dice/event/679k2-evolution-of-horror-live-30th-oct-the-courtyard-theatre-london-tickets 2. THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR HALLOWEEN PARTY! Our first annual Halloween party is on 26th October in central London. Tickets are now SOLD OUT. If you've RSVP'd but can no longer attend, please cancel your tickets or let us know: [email protected] 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

This week Mike and Brad discuss and recommend some of the best horror and genre films of LFF 2019, including THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE LODGE, KOKO-DI KOKO DA, COLOUR OUT OF SPACE, WOUNDS and SYNCHRONIC. Mike also chats to several directors including Richard Stanley, Babak Anvari and Abe Forsyth. 1. EVOLUTION OF HORROR: LIVE! On 30th October we'll be screening a movie and then recording our first ever LIVE EPISODE for an audience. Buy your tickets now... https://dice.fm/partner/only-on-dice/event/679k2-evolution-of-horror-live-30th-oct-the-courtyard-theatre-london-tickets 2. THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR HALLOWEEN PARTY! Our first annual Halloween party is on 26th October in central London. Tickets are now SOLD OUT. If you've RSVP'd but can no longer attend, please cancel your tickets or let us know: [email protected] 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

"HIYA GEORGIE!" This week Mike and IT expert Charlie Allbright discuss the follow-up to the 2017 smash horror hit, to see if Chapter 2 has pulled off the unimaginable: a DECENT adaptation of the latter half of Stephen King's classic novel! There will be a spoiler-free review followed by a SPOILERIFIC deep dive. Plus an interview with director Andy Muschietti and producer Barbara Muschietti. 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

This week Mike is joined by Adam Robinson and a whooooole bunch of other members of the horror community to discuss FRIGHTFEST 2019. They countdown their top 5 movies from the festival and we hear snippets of interviews from filmmakers (including Alexandre Aja and The Soska Sisters) and other guests of the fest. All COMPLETELY spoiler-free. 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 Check out Adam's website https://thebookofdarknessandlight.com 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

Look out! It's only host of the Films To Be Buried With podcast, Brett Goldstein! This week Mike and Brett sit down and discuss one of the ultimate horror masterpieces, DON'T LOOK NOW (1973), in celebration of its 4K restoration and re-release. COMPETITION ALERT! Want to win a Don't Look Now Blu-Ray? Write in and tell us what movie scene Brett lists as his scariest movie moment? Email [email protected] with your answers! Competition closes at midnight on Monday 29th July 2019. 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

Mike is joined by BFI Podcast co-host and one half of The Final Girls, Anna Bogutskaya, to discuss Ari Aster's follow-up to Hereditary...They begin with a SPOILER FREE review before getting into an in-depth, spoilerific discussion. Mike also has a chat with Will Poulter, one of the stars of the film, about his experience working on the film and his relationship with the horror genre. 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

Today's the day! The line-up for films for this year's Frightfest has been released, so Mike sat down with festival director and co-founder Paul McEvoy to get the lowdown on what to expect from this year's fest. Some of the biggies he recommended include: Come To Daddy, A Good Woman Is Hard To Find, Crawl, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Nekrotronic, Ready Or Not, Freaks, Here Comes Hell, Rabid, Knives & Skin, The Deeper You Dig, Porno, Tales From The Lodge and Dario Argento's Tenebrae (with Dario there to introduce!!) To check out the full programme, go to http://www.frightfest.co.uk. Tickets go on sale Saturday 6th July at midday! GET INVOLVED!

Zombies are DEAD, BURIED, never to return! This week Mike has a look back at the last 22 episodes of zombie chat, reads some listener emails and is quizzed on his zombie knowledge by Big Film Quiz host Bryan Ryan... 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

"POM!" This week illustrator and artist Mike Lee Graham joins Mike to conclude the zombie series with two recent gems from Asia: Train To Busan and One Cut Of The Dead. Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com You can now buy Evolution of Horror T-SHIRTS! www.evolutionofhorror.com/shop Mike Lee Graham can be found on TWITTER and on INSTAGRAM. Support Mike's new Kickstarter campaign here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikegarley/our-final-halloween-1-and-2 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

This week Mike is joined by Arrow Podcast co-host Dan Martin to discuss cult zombie favourite The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue (AKA Let Sleeping Corpses Lie). Dan then also recommends twenty (!) lesser known zombie DEEP CUTS. The Blair Witch Project turns 20 this year! Come see it ok the big screen (introduced by Mike) at the BFI South Bank on the 23rd July! https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/blairwitchprojectintro 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

Mike is joined by Brad Hanson to list the other notable zombie movies we didn't get a chance to cover in depth this series…WARNING: There's a fucking lot of them. 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 Follow BRAD ON LETTERBOXD because he needs it. Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED! This week Mike is joined by Rob Watts and Becky Darke to discuss one of the all time great zombie movies…all time great horror movies…just all time great movies…the sensational The Cabin In The Woods. 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

It's not the end of the world. It's just the end of the day. This week Mike is joined by writer and actor Adam Robinson to discuss two smart, modern takes on the zombie format…Pontypool and The Girl With All The Gifts. 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

This week zombie head for the small screen. TV journalist and LOST BOYS podcaster Jacob Stolworthy joins Mike to discuss one of the most successful horror TV shows of all time, THE WALKING DEAD. Mike is then joined by Rob Watts to discuss the slew of other zombie shows that followed in it's wake. 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

"WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU BARBARA!" This week Mike is joined by Rhianna Dhillon to discuss two 21st century zom-coms...Shaun Of The Dead (2004) & Zombieland (2009). 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

This week, zombies get SCARY...and FAST. Mike is joined by Lou Thomas to discuss Danny Boyle's iconic 28 Days Later and then Anna Bogutskaya to discuss found-footage zombie movies REC. 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

This week Mike and Louise Blain venture away from the movies and into the world of gaming. Louise recommends some of the best and scariest horror video games ever made, including Silent Hill, Until Dawn, Outlast, Alien Isolation, Fatal Frame and of course, Resident Evil. They then discuss the problematic issue of video game to film adaptations, and finish the episode with an in-depth review of Paul W.S. Anderson's RESIDENT EVIL (2002). 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

This week Mike is joined by Benji Sperring, director of the brand new Night Of The Living Dead Live to talk all things zombies... You can grab your tickets for the show right here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/night-living-dead-live#overview Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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

THAT'S MY MOTHER YOU'RE PISSING ON! This week Mike is joined by Digital Wizard Alex Ayling to discuss one of the splatteriest, squelchiest and squishiest zombie movies ever made…Peter Jackson's BRAINDEAD. If that doesn't make you nauseous enough, Mike is then joined by extreme cinema expert Zobo With A Shotgun to discuss one of her personal favourite horror movies, NEKROMANTIK (1992). Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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 Alex Ayling is a Magical Digital Wizard Master and can be found on TWITTER Zobo With A Shotgun is a film journalist and podcaster and can be found on TWITTER. Check out Zobo's new podcast ZOBO WITH A SHOTGUN Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

CAT'S DEAD, DETAILS LATER. This week Mike chats to Barbara Crampton (!!!) to discuss her career and new movie Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich. Mike is also joined by actor Stevie Webb to discuss one of Crampton's earliest movies, RE-ANIMATOR, as well as Robert Zimeckis' brilliantly weird and wonderful DEATH BECOMES HER. They also discuss the work of H.P. Lovecraft and what we mean by the term "Lovecraftian" horror. Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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

"Sometimes, Dead Is Better." This week Mike is joined by Becky Darke to discuss Bill Pullman's great hair and the return of the old-school voodoo zombie in Wes Craven's THE SERPENT & THE RAINBOW. He is then joined by Anna Wilczek to discuss Mary Lambert's terrifying PET SEMATARY (1989). Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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

This week Mike is joined by filmmakers Cat Davies and James Moran to discuss Romero's divisive conclusion to his 'Dead' trilogy, Day Of The Dead (1985). He is then joined by filmmaker, journalist and podcaster Sam Ashurst to discuss punk masterpiece Return Of The Living Dead (1985). Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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 James Moran is a filmmaker and writer and can be found on TWITTER Cat Davies is a filmmaker and producer and can be found on TWITTER Sam Ashurst is a filmmaker and journalist and can be found on TWITTER Check out Sam's new YOUTUBE Channel, DEEP CUT VIDEOS Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

DEAD BY DAWN! DEAD BY DAWN! This week Mike is joined by Empire Podcast's Chris Hewitt to discuss Sam Raimi's deranged masterpieces Evil Dead 1 & 2. We also briefly touch upon Army of Darkness, the remake, Drag Me To Hell and of course, Ash Vs The Evil Dead. Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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

Warning: This episode contains maggots, tarantulas, bats, sheep guts, exploding heads, bleeding eyes, crucifixions, head drillings and of course, the most annoying character in horror…BOB. This week Mike is joined by the BFI's Michael Blyth to discuss the three most bonkers and grotesque zombie movies of all…City of the Living Dead (1980), The Beyond (1981) and The House By The Cemetery (1981). Check out Michael's new book, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, available on Amazon Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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 Michael Blyth runs the BFI Cult strand and can be found on TWITTER Mike Muncer is a producer, podcaster and film journalist and can be found on TWITTER

This week Mike is joined by film scholar Charlie Oughton to talk eye gouging, throat ripping, blood, guts, sharks and maggots, in their discussion of Lucio Fulci's notorious video nasty, Zombie Flesh Eaters. Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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

This week Mike is joined by film producer Jen Handorf to discuss the most iconic zombie movie of them all, George Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD. Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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

This week, things get "creepy and icky and sexy and weird." Mike is joined by Rosie Fletcher to discuss David Cronenberg's first two features and the link between body horror and the zombie sub genre. Mike also chats to horror actress and star of Shivers Lynn Lowry. Music by Jack Whitney. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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

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. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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

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. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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

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. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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 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

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. Visit our website www.evolutionofhorror.com 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 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

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!

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. Email us! Follow us on TWITTER Like us on FACEBOOK Join the DISCUSSION GROUP Follow us on LETTERBOXD 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

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. Email us! Follow us on TWITTER 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

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 Email us! Follow us on TWITTER 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

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. Email us! Follow us on TWITTER Like us on FACEBOOK Join the DISCUSSION GROUP Follow us on LETTERBOXD 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