The Last Horror Podcast

Coming back from the dead, a lost George A Romero film. The Amusement Park made in 1973 has been released. This podcast puts the film into context of what Romero was up to at the time and the wider themes of his work.

Here’s a quick horror story written and performed by me. Happy Halloween.

The Last Horror Podcast is going on hold for a while, but fear not. If you search for The Video Nasties Podcast you’ll see all my new content.

Game Of Thrones is over and 1.2m people seem so unhappy they want it remade. Why has so many people become upset about the end of a TV show? A quick rant through fandom and the mini-industry of Game Of Thrones analysis

Don’t call it a comeback. The Video Nasties Podcast returns to look at the Section 3 list. But first an explanation of what Section 3 Video Nasties actually are, why it’s taken so long to cover them and the plan going forward. God help us all.

George A Romero’s final film is a zombie film about families at war. He touches on themes that have sat through plenty of his work, although the film’s low budget prevents the fans getting behind it.

George A Romero’s fifth zombie film mixes concerns about the mainstream media, the raise of internet media as a source of truth and general distrust of authority.

George A Romero is given a big budget and produces an action zombie movie with plenty to say about the mid naughties

George A Romero’s last non-zombie film was sadly lost on DVD and due to piracy. It’s a shame as this is a neat riff on some of the themes that have sat through plenty of his movies

George A Romero’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel has all the elements of another breakaway smash for the director. Sadly it doesn’t quite work out for him

Romero teams up with Dario Argento again for a horror two-header influenced by Poe

George A Romero enters into the studio system with this horror film about a killer monkey. It’s a film with faults but still plenty of interest as well

Romero created a horror film that reflected the 80s, this grim and gory movie took its time to find an audience but, eventually, became a classic. The original Day Of The Dead script is here

Romero’s partnership with Stephen King tops of the box office and shows a more playful side to the director. These are still fairly heavy morality tales, however.

Straight after the success of Dawn Of The Dead George A Romero steps away from horror again with a movie that mixes action, fantasy and outsider bikers. It bombed, but is still a very personal piece

Romero’s big hit, the creator of the structure of the zombie movie and one of the best horror films ever made.

Back to the well after a long break. Here’s a special story for Christmas about something that happened to me a few years ago. Normal podcasting will resume soon.

A culmination of plenty of the themes brewing from his work up to this point in the 70s. One of Romero’s better films overall and, certainly, an interesting take on the vampire genre

The Romero Sessions: The Crazies. Romero’s return to horror features plenty of moments and themes that mark out his early work.

Romero’s Season Of The Witch is the film that he released that was terribly treated on its release. There are plenty of themes flying around the movie and some fantastic moments. Come for the 70s fashion, stay for the social satire

The Romero Sessions – There’s Always Vanilla. Romero hated his second motion picture, but is there more to it than its poor reputation?

The Romero Sessions: Night Of The Living Dead. Our deep dive into George A Romero’s back catalogue begins with a horror cinema classic

How did a kids’ drama project end up with the police interested and in the tabloid newspapers? Suffer Little Children is a VHS horror film that found itself in a fair bit of trouble in 1985.

A true ghost story of something that happened to me a long time ago. Merry Christmas to all listeners.

The kIds aren’t behaving themselves? Why not threaten them with these great festive folk characters

Light’s Out Christmas Story and Suspense’s Korean Christmas Carol and Out For Christmas feature in this collection of festive radio stories, ready to get you in the mood for the holidays.

Halloween III The Season Of The Witch. Halloween 3 has had a bit of a re-appraisal over the years. Still a mixed bag in terms of fan opinion, but its certainly got some moments.

Twin Peaks has come to an end? What did the ending mean? Does it even matter? Come into the woods and have a look around.

A person retrospective of the great man

28: A brief look at the work of the classic cult film maker John Waters from his early shorts through the to the breakthrough of Pink Flamingos to A Dirty Shame

27: A history of old time horror radio. From The Witch’s Tale, Suspense and through to modern podcasts like Darkest Night and The Black Tapes.

26: Orson Welles and The War Of The Worlds. From the myth of mass hysteria and how that iconic piece of radio was created through to how it is now seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g

25: The art of introducing cult films at stupid times on a Monday morning.

24: Andrew Getty’s The Evil Within is a strange film and a very personal story. Frightening, strange, offensive and other-worldy the movie was a labour of love for a reclusive millionaire. Here we look at its making of and odd charms

23: When you discuss exploitation films is it fair to just dismiss them as trash? Is there more than we can say about them? This podcast uses a documentary as a jumping off point to briefly discuss where exploitation can slot into social critique.

22: Amanda Reyes is an expert in the world of America’s TV movies. She has a book coming out called Are You in the House Alone? A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999 from Headpress and a lecture in London called Tele-terrors: The Real and Imagined Horrors Inside the Made for Television Movie in April.

21: Are we starting to see a return to body horror in genre cinema? Christopher looks at Get Out, Raw, Neon Demon and more and makes a case for why this trend might be happening now.

20: A chat with Jon Larkin from the Screaming Queenz podcast about the impact of sexuality on horror. To hear read more go to the Screaming Queenz website and the podcast is here

19: A short story written and performed by Christopher Brown

18: Are you sick of found footage movies? Do you wonder why people keep on making them? Here Christopher looks at the boom, talks about why it grew. Touches on Blair Witch, Grave Encounters and Paranormal Activity and suggests we are now at an end

17 – Charlie Brigden is a writer and podcaster who focuses on soundtracks. His latest project, The Sound Of Fear, looks at horror. This chat covers a wide variety of films through the years. We cover Nosferatu, Universal Monsters and dodgy Psycho vinyl

16: Why do we need to define horror within certain set rules. Are It Follows, The Babadook and Goodnight Mommy less horror because of they way they are shot?

15: After the popularity of the Christmas Ghost Story I present you another story written and performed by myself.

14: Ed Wood – director, writer, actor. Supposedly one of the worst film-makers ever. In this podcast we unpick his work and explain why he is so loved.

13: Taking a look through the ’40s to present day of horror comics and the impact they have had on genre.

12: The movie gimmick has a long history in cinema. Here we look at John Waters, William Castle and the world of the 3D film.

11: Freaks, El Topo, Pink Flamingos. Midnight Movies were a part of the ’70s counter-culture. Here we tell the story behind midnight movies and the impact they have on today

Episode 10: A ghost story to tell you this time of year. A Drinker’s Story was written and performed by myself. I hope you enjoy it.

Episode 9: This Christmas special take a look at the very strange sub-genre of the Santa Slasher. Although coming from comics the idea has generated a fair amount of controversy in its time.

Episode 8 A winter chat about all things Folk Horror with writer and film-maker Adam Scovell. Adam is the author of Folk Horror Hours Dreadful and Things Strange. We talk Super 8, psychogeography, Wicker Man and dodgy cinema chairs.