Episode 35: City of the Dead (1960) & The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)

Welcome to episode 35 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their partsFirst up this week is City Of The Dead from 1960 and director John Moxey, released in the US as Horror Hotel, and starring Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel, Valentine Dyall, and Venetia Stevenson.Then we jump forward to 2015 for The Blackcoat’s Daughter, written and directed by Osgood Perkins, and stars Emma Roberts, Keenan Shipka, Lucy Boynton and James Remar.Along the way will be discussing the meaning of Candlemas Eve, British actor Valentine Dyall, the career of director Osgood Perkins, and much moreRecommendationsLittle Shoppe of Horrors Magazinehttps://www.littleshoppeofhorrors.com/Appointment with Fear (BBC radio)https://youtu.be/Nq3x3ybA3EA?si=k0VwnHG-4gyRtTohThe Night Stalker 1972The Night Strangler 1973ReferencesLittle Shoppe of Horrors issue 20City of the Dead - Blu ray restoration release from Arrow Video English Gothic Classic Horror Cinema 1897 – 2015 by Jonathon Rigby Dark Romance: Sex and Death in the Horror Film by David J Hoganhttps://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-filmmaker-osgood-perkins-on-birthing-the-blackcoats-daughter/https://www.screamhorrormag.com/interview-osgood-perkins-talks-blackcoats-daughter/https://cinemastrikesback.com/qa-blackcoats-daughter/https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/02/15/oz-perkins-talks-the-blackcoats-daughter-and-mining-horror-cinema-from-pers.htmlhttps://horrornews.net/119951/interview-lucy-boynton-blackcoats-daughter/#:~:text=Lucy%2D%20I%20mean%20prefer%20to,in%20the%20dead%20of%20winter.https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-kiernan-shipka-learned-to-act-for-an-audience-of-millions/https://www.nylon.com/articles/kiernan-shipka-emma-roberts-blackcoats-daughterhttps://americana-uk.com/interview-elvis-perkins-on-recording-old-songs-and-being-called-elvishttps://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/a-movie-can-be-a-poem-oz-perkins-on-the-blackcoats-daughterhttps://youtu.be/JHIhbClRfds?si=VmPTwDpvl_dKhAaqhttps://youtu.be/zfoL6AeQDE8?si=RG0Vd0Pf2tJZ-h4rhttps://youtu.be/epo1_fELKGY?si=aPDuRM4R43jafbMdhttps://youtu.be/1M6oERl-eDs?si=1I2CSfaIV3d05qIVInstagram: @thehorrordoublebillemail: [email protected]: @thehorrordoublebillartwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)