PODCAST · tv
The Podcast on Nightmare Park
by David Read
Horror and weird film fans Peter Fuller and David Read, nominate a film for each other to watch, then discuss them, invariably moving off in wild tangents. Peter Fuller is a Rondo award-winning print, radio and television journalist and author, specialising in world cinema and popular culture and the leading expert on the life and career of Vincent Price. Peter recently published Supper with the Stars.David Read has worked an editor and animator for 30 years, and also VJ/Djs as Profondo Mondo. He published a book of Horror Crosswords, and is writing a book on BBC Radio Horror.
-
34
Episode 33 - Night of the Eagle (1962) and Spider Baby (1967)
David is joined by super sub Graham Humphreys as they discuss a pet peeve of David's 'Night of the Eagle' from 1962, as David is a lifelong obsessive about the late, great Fritz Leiber (who wrote the source novel Conjure Wife) so has a good ramble, and Graham's pick of Spider Baby is a strange 1960s film that is a favourite of Rob Zombie!
-
33
Episode 32 - Autopsy (1975) and The Visitor (1979)
David and Peter have a crazy time watching a couple of strange 1970s films, the giallo Autopsy (1975) and the.. well, rather strange The Visitor (1979).
-
32
Episode 31 - Sitting Target(1972) and Sweeney! (1972)
Peter and David get all gritty and British with a couple of seventies thrillers, Oliver Reed and Ian McShane in Sitting Target, and Thaw and Waterman in the the first big screen Sweeney outing...
-
31
Episode 30 - Asylum (1972) and Tale of Tales (2015)
With special guest, author John Llewellyn Probert, Peter and David review some portmanteau horror fun, with the classic 1972 Amicus film Asylum, and the 2015 wonderfully European Tale of Tales!
-
30
Episode 29 - Holocaust 2000 (1977) and Saturn 3 (1980)
Peter and David go Kirktastic, with a Kirk Douglas double bill.. be prepared to be scared, confused, and of course, virlie!
-
29
Episode 28 - The Swimmer (1968) and What have they done to your Daughters (1974)
Peter and David are back with a strasnge sixties film starring Burt Lancaster, and a bit of poliziottesco fun with 'What have they done to your daughters'
-
28
Episode 27 - Tourist Trap (1979) and Timecrimes (2007)
Peter and David are back again with a couple of reviews, including the strange late eventies supernatural slasher, Tourist Trap and the equally strange 2007 film from Spain, Timecrimes!
-
27
Episode 26- Bone (1972) and The House of the Devil (2009)
In this episode we look at Larry Cohen's debut feature, the biting social satire, Bone and Ti West's answer to the satanic panic, The House of the Devil.
-
26
Episode 25 - Vanishing Point (1971) and The Vanishing (1988)
In a podcast first, Peter and David record it together in the same room, and have a great time as we review these very different films that share a word!
-
25
Episode 24 - Amityville II: The Possession (1982) and The Beast Within (1982)
Peter & David, enjoy a couple of old school 80s horrors with plenty of old fashioned horror SFX!
-
24
Episode 23 - Bug (1975) and Inland Empire (2006)
Peter and David are back to celebrate a couple of directors we lost recently, we review David Lynch's Inland Empire (2006) and Jeannot Szwarc's Bug (1975).
-
23
Episode 22 - Trick 'r Treat (2007) and The Ward (2010)
Peter and David go wildy off topic as the discuss the cult hallowen horror Trick 'r Treat and John Carpenter's (to date) last film, The Ward (2010)
-
22
Episode 21 - The Hitcher (1986) and The Ambulance (1990)
Peter and David chat about the Rutger Hauer classic, The Hitcher (1986) which has a new Blu release, and the Larry Cohen film, The Ambulance from 1990!
-
21
Episode 20 - The Night Visitor (1971) and Sir Henry at Rawlinson's End (1980)
With Peter on holiday David is joined by Peter's understudy Graham Humphreys review the Max von Sydow thriller 'The Night Visitor' (1971) and the Vivian Stanshall's 'Sir Henry at Rawlinson's End' (1980)
-
20
Episode 19 - Who Saw Her Die (1972) and The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) (1986)
Peter and David review the new Shameless Blu ray giallo release , Aldo Lado's 'Who Saw Her Die' (1972) and Larry Cohen's biopic The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
-
19
Episode 18 - The Deathmaster (1972) and The Gourmet (1986)
Peter and David are joined by artisit Graham Humphreys to review the Robert Quarry vampire flick The Deathmaster (1972) and the strange Channel 4 film starring Charles Gray, The Gourmet (1986?)
-
18
Episode 17 - 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) and Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Peter and David look at two related, but different films about dark carnivals... 1964's 7 faces of Dr. Lao, an adaptation of the novel, The Circus of Dr. Lao (1935). This novel influenced Ray Bradbury to write his wonderful novel Something Wicked This Way Comes in 1962, which was adapted by Disney in 1983.
-
17
Episode 16 - Burnt Offerings (1976) and Dead of Winter (1987)
Peter and David look at the classic haunted house film starring Olver Reed, Karen Black and Bette Davis, Burnt Offerings... and then have chilly thrills with Mary Steenbergen and Roddy McDowall in Dead of Winter!
-
16
Episode 15 - Nightwatch - Demons Are Forever (2023)
Peter and David watch the sequel to the classic 1994 Danish thriller Nightwatch, which has just landed on Shudder!
-
15
Episode 14 - The Day the Fish Came Out (1967) and No Blade of Grass (1970)
David and Peter are joined by Graham Humphreys to review the strange 1960s film that is 'The Day the Fish Came Out' and they see if 'No Blade of Grass' beats out Panic in the 'Year Zero' for apocalyptic fun...
-
14
Episode 13 - Panic in Year Zero (1962) and Looker (1981)
David and Pete go back to some nuclear panic thanks to Ray Milland for 'Panic in Year Zero' from 1961, before looking at trhe 1981 film Looker, which seems remarkably prescient about deepfakes and shady corporations....
-
13
Episode 12 - Fade to Black (1980) and Wolfen (1981)
David and Peter go back to the eighties with the Fade to Black and enjoy Albert Finney's hairdo in Wolfen.
-
12
Episode 11 - Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) and Nightmares In A Damaged Brain (1981)
David and Peter take a look at Lucio Fulci's 1972 Italian sort of giallo Don't Torture a Duckling and Severin's new UHD release of the infamous video nasty Nightmares In A Damaged Brain...
-
11
Episode 10 - Venom (1981) and Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
David & Peter review the 1981 thriller Venom, with the cult pairing of Klaus Kinski and Oliver Reed, before being joined by Jason WIlson to review the Sammo Hung helmed Encounters of the Spooky Kind!
-
10
Episode 9 - The Frightened Woman (1969) and The Big Racket (1976)
David and Peter start 2024 reviewing the new release from Shameless 'The Frightened Woman' (1969) and a Eurocrime Classic, Castellari's 'The Big Racket' (1976)
-
9
Episode 8 - The Keep (1983) , with special guest Jason Wilson
To close out the year, David and Peter, along with special expert guest Jason Wilson, devote an hour to understanding that strange semi lost film by Michael Mann... The Keep
-
8
Episode 7 - Eye of the Devil and The Black Belly of the Tarantula
Peter and David look at the sixties occult thriller The Eye of the Devil and a classic seventies giallo, The Black Belly of the Tarantula
-
7
Episode 6 - Night Gallery and The X Files
David and Pete dive into TV this week as they review Return of the Sorcerer with Vincent Price from the Night Gallery and Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose from the X Files...
-
6
Episode 5 - Halloween Special! Special guest, Graham Humphreys joins us to discuss The Exorcism and Night Train to Terror.
Peter and David are joined by artist extraordinaire, Graham Humphreys as he offers us the 1985 cult classic, Night Train to Terror.. whilst David nominates the 1972 TV drama from Dead of Night.. The Excorcism.
-
5
Episode 4 - The Power and Zeder
Peter and David see sixties mind altering experiments with The Power (1969) and Italian Zombies, but not really, in Zeder (1983).. plus.. did you know Peter wrote a novel?
-
4
Episode 3 - Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice and Der Hund Von Blackwood Castle
Peter and David dive in to Psychobiddy and Hagspolitation with Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969) and Krimi with Der Hund Von Blackwood Castle (1968).. with a sidetrack into Bernard Cribbins...
-
3
Episode 2 - The Loved One and Nightwatch (Nattevagten)
In this episode Peter and David look at the 1965 comedy The Loved One, is it an overlooked classic.... and the 1994 Danish thriller Nightwatch (Nattevagten), plus Peter gives us a quick impression of this years Frightfest!
-
2
Episode 1 - The Baby and Unman Wittering and Zigo.
David and Peter discuss two films released just a couple of years apart in the early seventies.. but they couldn't be more different! The Baby is a 1973 film from Ted Post about a strange family headed by Ruth Roman, who have a 20 year old baby... Unman, Wittering and Zigo from 1971, sees David Hemmings start work at an English public school, who is told the class murdered their previous teacher after they disagreed with him... What did we think of them? Well dive in for a listen!
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Horror and weird film fans Peter Fuller and David Read, nominate a film for each other to watch, then discuss them, invariably moving off in wild tangents. Peter Fuller is a Rondo award-winning print, radio and television journalist and author, specialising in world cinema and popular culture and the leading expert on the life and career of Vincent Price. Peter recently published Supper with the Stars.David Read has worked an editor and animator for 30 years, and also VJ/Djs as Profondo Mondo. He published a book of Horror Crosswords, and is writing a book on BBC Radio Horror.
HOSTED BY
David Read
Loading similar podcasts...