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Welcome to episode 65 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are covering two suitably autumnal films, both of which share a memorable filming location of Bishops Park in London, and both of which explore themes of Satanism in the UK’s capital city.

First up, we are back with director Sergio Martino and actors Edwige Fenech, George Hilton and Ivan Rassimov for All the Colors of the Dark from 1972.

Then we remain in the 1970s for one of the biggest horror blockbusters of all time, which is, as of the time of recording, coincidentally celebrating its 50th anniversary. This is The Omen, from director Richard Donner, starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Patrick Troughton and Billie Whitelaw.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the life and careers of George Hilton and Ivan Rassimov, why the whisky brand J&B became ubiquitous with the gialli, outrageous Satanic panic around the first TV screening of The Omen in the UK, the career of actor Gregory Peck, and much more.

References

All the Colors of the Dark (interviews and extras on the Blu-ray release of the film from Shameless Entertainment)

House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse

La Dolce Morte by Mikel J. Koven

Italian Giallo in Film and Television by Roberto Curti

So Deadly So Perverse by Troy Howarth

https://www.shameless-films.com/2022/06/01/the-london-locations-of-sergio-martinos-all-the-colours-of-the-dark/

https://www.bietti.it/riviste/sergio-martino/tutti-i-colori-del-buio-le-strane-inquietudini-della-signora-harrison/

https://hacerselacritica.com/entrevista-a-george-hilton-por-dario-cosenza-y-marcos-vieytes/

https://cerebrin.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/entrevista-a-sergio-martino/

https://www.nanarland.com/interviews/entretiens/fr/sergio-martino.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hilton_(actor)

https://www.the-independent.com/news/obituaries/ivan-rassimov-36364.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Rassimov

The Omen, by Adrian Schober (Devil’s Advocates) 

Billie Whitelaw... Who He? By Billie Whitelaw

Cinefantastique Volume 5, issue 3

https://www.moviesinfocus.com/interview-richard-donner-on-the-omen-superman-part-1/

https://asitecalledfred.com/2021/07/05/richard-donner-ken-plume-interviews/

https://www.avclub.com/david-warner-on-twin-peaks-tron-titanic-time-bandits-1798265384

https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/david-warner-recounts-his-trek-adventures

https://absoluteunderground.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AU_72_web.pdf

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-omen-writer-david-seltzer-talks-horror-classic-nearly-50-years-later

https://youtu.be/caa0DW-hrXQ?si=fzkMYw0718wEg60x

https://youtu.be/IClFcTnP0N0?si=QzYGNR6RL_wEU_dH

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Welcome to episode 64 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are returning to the world of sapphic blood suckers, with two films about female vampires that were, to some extent or another, inspired by the novella Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu

First up, we have Dracula’s Daughter from 1936, Universal Studios follow-up to their 1931 Bela Lugosi classic Dracula. This was directed by Lambert Hill and stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, and Edward Van Sloan.

Then we follow this with the appropriately named The Blood Spattered Bride, a Spanish production from 1972 directed by Vicente Aranda. This stars Maribel Martin, Simon Andrew, Alexandra Baestedo, and Dean Selmiar

Along the way will be deep diving into the story Carmilla and its influence on the modern vampire, queer coding in Dracula’s Daughter, pro and anti-feminist sentiments in the Blood Spattered Bride, whether actor Dean Selmier was in fact an undercover contract killer and much, much more

References

Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931–1946, written by Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas and John Brunas

Dracula’s Daughter by Gary D. Rhodes, Tom Weaver, Michael Lee and David Colton (Scripts from the Crypt)

Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema by Nicolás G. Schlegel

Euro Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

The Aurum Film Encyclopedia of Horror, edited by Phil Hardy. 

The Blood Spattered Bride - interviews and commentaries on the Blu-ray release of the film from Mondo Macabro

https://www.aisge.es/vicente-aranda

https://cerebrin.wordpress.com/2020/01/24/entrevista-a-simon-andreu/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Aranda

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11899128/Vicente-Aranda-film-director-obituary.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula%27s_Daughter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Holden

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107212334/

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Welcome to episode 63 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where almost every week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are returning to the 1980s, the world of the Italian giallo and the serial killer, with two films that blend eye-popping cinematography, electronic synth scores, brutalist architecture and brutal murders.

First, we have Tenebrae from director Dario Argento, released in 1982. This stars Anthony Franciosa, Giuliano Gemma, Daria Nicolodi and John Steiner.

Then we follow this with White of the Eye from director Donald Cammell, which was released in 1987. This stars David Keith, Cathy Moriarty, Art Evans and Alan Rosenberg.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the real-life stalking incident which inspired Tenebrae, meta commentary and accusations of misogyny, the life and career of Donald Cammell, and much more.

References

Fear: The Autobiography of Dario Argento

Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento by Maitland McDonagh

Dario Argento: the Man, The Myths and The Magic by Alan Jones

Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman

La Dolce Morte by Mikel J Koven. 

Tenebrae - interviews and special features 4K release from Synapse Films/Arrow Video

https://www.gamesradar.com/dario-argento-life-in-pictures/

https://offscreen.com/view/argento_maestro

https://francescolocane.com/2022/11/22/dario-argento-lo-sguardo-imperfetto-intervista-inedita/

https://www.bietti.it/riviste/dario-argento/una-stanza-piena-di-luce-intervista-a-mirella-dangelo/

https://youtu.be/DljSpS4BDA4?si=_gC58ttxLXxViI6N

https://youtu.be/2Qc1dRlSQtE?si=FO0Qc6bgKhnwCghZ

https://youtu.be/UmDOJC1pxF4?si=CqW-gtHRKst0aIXG

https://youtu.be/F6CL6x7A6oo?si=d8ziWBeVQKjQcvW_

https://youtu.be/zkWNdswWf38?si=7FPqOf8fGl2vboJk

https://www.ondarock.it/interviste/claudiosimonetti/

Donald Cammell, A Life on the Wild Side by Rebecca and Sam Umland

The Cinema of Donald Cammell by Jeremy Mark Robinson

White of the Eye: interviews and special features blu ray release from Arrow Video 

https://youtu.be/lwZ7xsFQjaQ?is=gXaug5H2IzHqqNKZ

https://animatedviews.com/2015/conversation-with-terry-rawlings/

https://www.drkrm.com/cammell1.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenebrae_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Cammell

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Welcome to episode 62 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are attending two family reunions, at which the return of prodigal children exposes secrets, lies, madness, and murder.

First up, we have Paranoiac! from Hammer Studios in 1963. This was directed by Freddie Francis and stars Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Alexander Davion, and Sheila Burrell.

Then we follow this with a return to Spain and A Bell from Hell, from 1973. This was directed by Claudio Guerín Hill, and stars Renaud Verley, Christina von Blanc, Viveca Lindfors, Maribel Martín, and Nuria Gimeno.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing Hammer’s move from horror into the world of the psychological thriller, the attempted fraud which loosely inspired Paranoiac, the career of director and cinematographer Freddie Francis, why there’s no such thing as a cursed movie, the tragic death of Claudio Guerín Hill, and much, much more.

Recommendations

A Taste of Fear (1961)

Dr Terrors House of Horrors (1965)

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970)

Tales that Witness Madness (1973)

The Imposter (2012)

References

Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography by Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio

The Films of Oliver Reed by Susan D. Cowie and Tom Johnson

https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/freddie-francis/

https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/jimmy-sangster/

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3717782/paranoiac-was-one-of-hammers-very-best-mini-hitchcock-thrillers-hammer-factory/

https://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2016/05/docs-journey-into-hammer-films-60-paranoiac-1963/

https://eofftvreview.wordpress.com/2021/02/26/paranoiac-1963/

https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discovery/history-stories/the-tichborne-case-a-case-of-identity-fraud/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tichborne_case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoiac_(film)

Paranoiac - blu-ray from Final Cut Entertainment.

A Bell from Hell (4k release Severine Films 2025)

https://www.cineymax.es/perfiles/191910-perfil-de-claudio-guerin

https://criticalia.com/pelicula/la-campana-del-infierno

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/07/06/actualidad/1530878062_733421.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_from_Hell

Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema by Nicholas G. Schlegel.

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Welcome to episode 61 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are in pursuit of a killer or two, the first in Germany in 1931 and the second in London four decades later, in 1972.

First up, we have M, directed by Fritz Lang. This stars Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Georg John and Theodor Loos.

Then we follow this with Frenzy, from director Alfred Hitchcock. This stars Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Alec McCowen and Anna Massey.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the career and films of director Fritz Lang, actor Peter Lorre, the real-life crimes that inspired both movies, attitudes towards sexual violence in the 1970s, and much, much more.

Recommendations

Metropolis (1927)

Scarlet Street (1945)

The Woman in the Window (1944)

Mad Love (1935)

Blood Simple (1984)

Arsenic & Old Lace (1944)

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

Sleuth (1972)

References

M  by Samm Deighan (Devil’s Advocates) 

Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby

Fritz Lang: The Life and Legacy of the Influential German-American Film Legend by Charles River Editors

Fritz Lang by Lotte H. Eisner

M (blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment)

Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy by Raymond Foery

Frenzy (Devil’s Advocates) series of books. 

https://filmfolly.com/features/m-explained-fritz-langs-shockingly-relevant-story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_K%C3%BCrten

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_(1931_film)

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/alfred-hitchcock-frenzy

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/frenzy-hitchcocks-return-perfection-penultimate-film/

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1679830/Michael-Caine-Hollywood-feud-director-Alfred-Hitchcock-Frenzy-film

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a440534/helen-mirren-on-alfred-hitchcock-meeting-i-was-arrogant-ignorant/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2022/cteq/m-fritz-lang-1931/

https://youtu.be/GNm0ultOUC0?si=Ao74fogYdec9McDC

https://www.executedtoday.com/2016/02/15/1926-josef-jakubowski-weimar-germany-wrongful-execution/

https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/chronologie/Josef-Jakubowski-Unschuldig-wegen-eines-Mordes-enthauptet%2Cjakubowski100.html

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Welcome to episode 60 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are running away to join the circus—a prospect that seems more and more appealing with every passing day.

First up, we have the highly controversial Freaks, from 1932 directed by Tod Browning. This stars Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams and Henry Victor.

Then we follow this with the incredibly surreal Santa Sangre, from 1989 directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. This stars Axel Jodorowsky, Adan Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Thelma Tixou and Guy Stockwell.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the life and career of directors Tod Browning and Alejandro Jodowrosky, the history of the quote unquote freak show, the careers of Harry and Daisy Earles, and much, much more.

Recommendations

The Unholy Three (1925)

The Unknown (1927)

Dracula (1931)

Mark of the Vampire (1935)

The Devil Doll (1936)

References

Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood’s Master of the Macabre by David J. Skal and Elias Savada

Tod Browning’s Dracula by Gary D. Rhodes

Freaks: A Film by Tod Browning by Jack Hunter

American Gothic: Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby. 

Freaks (1932) blu ray (Criterion).

Anarchy and Alchemy: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky by Ben Cobb

The Seven Lives of Alejandro Jodorowsky compiled and curated by Vincent Bernière and Nicolas Tellop

Santa Sangre (1989) blu-ray special edition (Severin Films)

Spaghetti Nightmares: Italian Fantasy-Horrors as Seen Through the Eyes of Their Protagonists Luca Palmerini

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Barnum-Bailey-Revolt-Of-The-Freaks/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/09/tod-browning-freaks-banned

https://collider.com/freaks-history-tod-browning/

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Baartman

https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/baartman-sara-saartjie-1789-1815/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_and_Christine_McKoy

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-dark-world-of-human-curiosities-uncovering-the-history-of-freak-shows-8633a1b95321

https://www.britannica.com/art/freak-show

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423524/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jodorowsky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Browning

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Welcome to Episode 59 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are exploring the surreal and erotic world of French director Jean Rollin and a time-jumping, twisted narrative from director JT Mollner.

First up, we have Fascination from 1979, directed by Jean Rollin and starring Brigitte Lahaie, Fanny Magier, Franca Maï and Jean-Marie Lemaire.

Then we follow this with Strange Darling, filmed in 2023, released in 2024 and directed by JT Mollner. This stars Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Ed Begley Jr. and Barbara Hershey.

Along the way, we'll be discussing the life and careers of Jean Rollin, director JT Mollner, actress Willa Fitzgerald, actor Kyle Gallner, and much, much more.

Recommendations

Dinner in America (2020)

References

Fascination: The Celluloid Dreams of Jean Rollin by David Hinds

Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby.

Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin, directed by Kat Ellinger and Dima Ballin

Fascination (1979) Indicator Films blu ray - interviews, features and commentaries

https://www.mondo-digital.com/jeanrollintalk.html

https://www.kinoeye.org/02/07/black07.php

https://www.cultcollectibles.com/rollin/interview.htm

https://diaboliquefilms.com/orchestrator-of-storms-the-fantastique-world-of-jean-rollin/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/flesh-and-blood-the-cinema-of-jean-rollin/

https://comicbookmovie.com/horror/strange-darling-interview-with-director-jt-mollner-and-cinematographer-giovanni-ribisi-exclusive-a212771

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/08/22/strange-darling-filmmaker-on-how-his-twisty-horror-tale-came-to-life/

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/willa-fitzgerald-strange-darling-awards-insider

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/interview-strange-darling-jt-mollner-210000410.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGHo6tEN-HdQHXhxk4NbZ2StYJf-FEfajRBj0qPh3c3xSQmYzRR2a76AzOO25xPoL2Xno3Mu75eR0ODZuS7L451m8mdjYUnGu_eCH-6uQiwC5dReQ0lg2vkp88PQKhuCPlvy9a6G6rmmfZfvsboJEWxqSK61Pj-jxuGlCmcuLZQ-

https://neon.reviewjournal.com/entertainment-columns/christopher-lawrence/jt-mollner-freaks-you-out-in-new-way-with-outlaws-and-angels/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/movies/kyle-gallner-interview.html

https://www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/508811/kyle-gallner-interview-the-strange-darling-star-in-graphic-detail-august-cover-story/

https://youtu.be/3Nv2IjA-JU8?si=T4gZZHR_c5M-2GhN

https://youtu.be/WT0Q_uuFFYA?si=6j2kmdJ0wtPhpF1V

https://youtu.be/Ygm2jEonymI?si=FCzGuRc4BfL0DEh3

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Welcome to episode 58 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week, we are exploring the world of the insane asylum, starting off with the oldest film we have covered to date and our very first silent movie.

This is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari from 1920, which was directed by Robert Wiene. This stars Frederich Ferer, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss and Lil Dagover.

Then we follow this with something a little more recent, although it is still 25 years old. This is Session 9 from 2001, directed by Brad Anderson. It stars David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Stephen Gevedon and Josh Lucas.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the birth of the horror film, German Expressionist cinema, the life and career of Conrad Veidt, the true crime that inspired Session 9, The Danvers State Psychiatric Hospital, recovered memory syndrome and satanic panic, and much, much more.

Recommendations

The Hands of Orlac (1924)

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Casablanca (1942)

References

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari by David Robinson (BFI Film Classics) 

Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene by Uli Jung and Walter Schatzberg. 

Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby

The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror, edited by Phil Hardy

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Veidt

https://www.filmportal.de/material/interview-mit-olaf-brill

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/conrad-veidt-lived-out-his-anti-nazi-commitment/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Krauss

https://historymatters.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/blog-archive/2020/defending-democracy-the-protests-against-werner-krauss-in-west-berlin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Dagover

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891998/

Session 9 blu-ray (Second Sight Films)

Fangoria magazine issue 168 

https://www.newschoolfreepress.com/2021/10/29/stephen-gevedon-talks-session-9-fan-theories-a-review-of-the-last-thing-mary-saw-more-from-brooklyn-horror-film-festival/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/jan/07/features.magazine

https://1428elm.com/2017/09/26/stephen-gevedon-session-9-retrospective-interview/4

https://movieweb.com/agent-orange-session-9-with-director-brad-anderson-david-caruso/

https://www.aboutfilm.com/features/session9/interview.htm

https://screenanarchy.com/2004/10/brad-anderson-an-interview-with-the-director-of-session-9-and-the-machinist.html

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/history-of-danvers-state-hospital/

https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/09/decline-danvers-state-hospital/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Remembers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovered-memory_therapy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repressed_memory

https://www.fangoria.com/session-9-20-years-later/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/danvers-state-hospital

https://www.danversstatehospital.org/history

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Welcome to episode 57 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are exploring voyeurism, meta commentary and the world of the snuff movie with one film that, according to its director, ruined his career, and another that launched the career of its director

First up we have Peeping Tom from 1960, directed by Michael Powell. It stars Karl Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, and Maxine Audley.

Then we follow this with the debut feature from acclaimed director Alejandro Amenábar. This is Tesis from 1996, and it stars Ana Torrent, Eduardo Noriega, Fele Martínez, and Nieves Herranz.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the career of Michael Powell and the critical mauling that Peeping Tom, and Powell, received from the critics, the depiction of so-called snuff movies in cinema, the early career of Alejandro Amenábar and much more

Recommendations

Videodrome (1983)

Mute Witness (1995)

Strange Days (1995)

References

Peeping Tom (1960) Studio Canal (interviews and commentaries)

Peeping Tom by Kiri Bloom Walden (Devil’s Advocates) 

A Very British Psycho: https://youtu.be/nc7jDPFgob4?si=cJ0_EOShHjMRex6T

https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/peepingtom.html

https://www.planet-interview.de/interviews/karlheinz-boehm/33637/

https://medium.com/geouwehoer/how-michael-powells-peeping-tom-1960-predicted-our-culture-of-voyeurism-in-2020-20e06b6bafc

https://powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/60_PT/PT_Femme1.html

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8473-peeping-tom-he-has-his-father-s-eyes?srsltid=AfmBOop_p2jUayaE1weY62utcGITK-IX9UC7JvdVkmXsfeUgYknGhLFj

https://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/peeping-tom-1960

Tesis (1996) Umbrella Entertainment Blu-ray (interviews and commentaries)

Spanish Horror Film by Antonio Lázaro-Reboll

The Spanish Fantastic by Shelagh Rowan-Legg

Supranational Horrors by Rui M. Trindade Oliveira

Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman 

https://www.madrimasd.org/blogs/imagen_cine_comunicacion_audiovisual/2012/05/31/126017

https://espacio.fundaciontelefonica.com/noticia/alejandro-amenabar-nunca-cierro-las-puertas-al-mas-alla/

https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/09/11/alejandro-amenabar-si-cervantes-viviera-hoy-probablemente-estaria-en-una-carroza-del-orgullo-gay-cadena-ser/

https://www.academiadecine.com/2021/05/27/amenabar-el-chico-que-los-tenia-alucinados/

https://www.aceprensa.com/resenas-cine-series/tesis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Powell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Powell_filmography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeping_Tom_(1960_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis_(1996_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_(1979_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodline_(1979_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Findlay_(filmmaker)

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Welcome to episode 56 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are in Europe, where we return to the psychological thriller and the Italian giallo, with two films drenched in murder and paranoia.

First up, we have Les Diaboliques from 1955, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. This stars Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel.

Then we follow this with The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh from 1971 and director Sergio Martino. This stars Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov and Cristina Airoldi.

Along the way, we will be discussing the early careers of directors Henri George Clouzot and Sergio Martino, the incredibly tense production of Les Diaboliques, Mondo movies, a real-world Italian murder case that inspired several giallo, actress Edwige Fenech, and much much more

Recommendations

Le Corbeau (1943)

The Wages of Fear (1953)

Sorcerer (1977)

References

Les Diaboliques by Susan Hayward - Ciné-Files French Film Guides series

https://www.cinematheque.fr/article/1112.html

Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History by Roberto Curti

Darkening the Italian Screen: Volume One by Eugenio Ercolani

So Deadly, So Perverse: Volume One by Troy Howarth

International Horror Film Directors, edited by Danny Shipka and Ralph Beliveau

All the Colours of Sergio Martino by Kat Ellinger

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh blu ray (Severin Films) – interviews and extras

https://www.nanarland.com/interviews/entretiens/fr/sergio-martino.html

https://www.flashbackfiles.com/ernesto-gastaldi-interview

https://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/the-daily-grindhouse-chats-to-ernesto-gastaldi/

https://westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com/2019/08/interview-with-ernesto-gastldi.html?m=1

https://pochestorie.corriere.it/2017/09/11/treni-aerei-un-killer-e-una-vittima-il-delitto-fenaroli/

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Welcome to episode 55 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are discussing international folk horror with two films which explore the horrors of  war, capitalism, and greed while referencing the histories of the countries in which they were made. 

First up, we have Onibaba from Japan, which was released in 1964. Directed by Kaneto Shindō, it stars Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura and Kei Satō.

Then we follow this with our first film from India, Tumbbad from 2018, from director Rahi Anil Barve. This stars Sohum Shah, Jyoti Malshe and Mohammad Samad.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the career of Kaneto Shindō, Japanese Noh theatre, the history of Indias independence, and much, much more.

References

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tumbbad-actor-sohum-shah-chameleon-label-5398840/

https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/tumbbad-run-hide-but-you-cant-escape-5409541/

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/ship-of-theseus-director-anand-gandhi-reveals-he-directed-tumbbad-not-rahi-anil-barve-i-scrapped-what-had-been-shot-reshot-it-10140102/

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tumbbad-sohum-shah-making-video-5386609/

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tumbbad-sanyukta-kaza-editor-vfx-sohum-shah-film-5531626/

https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/britains-east-india-company-ran-highly-profitable-brutally-exploitative-narco-state

https://existingcustomers.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk/blog/gandhi-and-the-salt-march/

https://www.sohumshahfilms.com/about-us

https://goseetalk.com/interview-director-adesh-prasad-and-composer-jesper-kyd-on-tumbbad/

https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/fantastic-fest-interview-tumbbad-brings-horror-to-india-12099399/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbbad

https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/hollywood-features/subversive-artistic-and-rooted-the-new-hindi-horror-film

https://scroll.in/reel/898196/everybody-loves-the-camerawork-in-tumbbad-pankaj-kumar-tells-us-how-the-film-was-shot

https://scroll.in/reel/897390/sohum-shah-on-folk-horror-film-tumbbad-it-could-not-have-been-made-in-any-other-way

https://medium.com/@dhriti2894/tumbbad-isnt-a-horror-film-it-s-a-mirror-of-human-greed-5c2a851d3e07

https://independent-magazine.org/2026/01/08/too-daring-for-a-domestic-audience-examining-the-1964-japanese-horror-film-onibaba/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/may/30/kaneto-shindo

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/317-onibaba-black-sun-rising?srsltid=AfmBOoohphNd6PfGFvlU66KmmChhDb4uNujxw_Em24AlAn2hTKv2FF0s

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2012/06/01/films/film-reviews/remembering-kaneto-shindo/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/oct/15/onibaba-kaneto-shindo-devil-woman

https://signalhorizon.com/kaneto-shindos-onibaba-and-the-horrible-dangers-of-policing-female-desire/

https://www.jcablog.com/post/onibaba-film-review

https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/japan%202021%3Cbr%3E100%20years%20of%20japanese%20cinema/2021/11/19/onibaba/

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2026--my-mind-was-always-on-the-commoners-shindo-on-kuroneko-in-his-body-of-work?srsltid=AfmBOorXhnK7Zxh_vJxaMYKz6KefpX_5fk1BdEef4svX7V8T3uX25paD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onibaba_(film)

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Welcome to episode 54 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are plunging into the world of ecological horror, with two films that suggest that unless we learn to learn more harmoniously with the planet, we will suffer the consequences – one way or another

First, we have The Day the Earth Caught Fire from 1961. This was written and directed by Val Guest and stars Edward Judd, Janet Monroe, Leo McKern, Michael Goodliffe, and Bernard Braden.

Then we follow this with our first Australian movie on the podcast, which is Long Weekend from 1978. This was written by Everett De Roche, directed by Colin Eggleston and stars Peter Hargreaves and Briony Behets

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the career of writer director Val Guest, British nuclear test in the 1950s, why Australia banned horror for 20 years, the birth of the Australian horror movement, the career of screenwriter Everett De Roche and much much more.

Recommendations

The Quatermass Xperminent (1955)

Quatermass 2 (1957)

The Twilight Zone – episode The Midnight Sun (1961)

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense – In Possession (1984)

The Last Wave (1977)

References

British Science Fiction Cinema, edited by I. Q. Hunter

The Day the Earth Caught Fire BFI blu ray – interviews, commentaries and special features

https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/val-guest

https://www.ajb007.co.uk/discussion/56473/interviews-with-cast-and-crew-non-bond-films

https://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/panic-streets-london-filming-day-earth-caught-fire

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/may/16/guardianobituaries.obituaries

Australian Horror Films 1973 to 2010 by Peter Shelley

Australian Gothic: A Cinema of Horrors by Jonathan Rayner

https://www.naa.gov.au/blog/exit-ghouls

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2008/dossier-on-australian-exploitation/everett-de-roche/

https://www.cine-excess.co.uk/down-under-rises-up-naturersquos-revenge-in-ozploitation-cinema.html

https://cinemaaustralia.com.au/2015/10/11/5-things-you-never-knew-about-long-weekend/

https://lwlies.com/home-ents/long-weekend-ozploitation-classic

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hargreaves-john-william-31765

https://newtheatrehistory.org.au/wiki/index.php/Person_-_John_Hargreaves

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362970/bio/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Weekend_%281978_film%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Caught_Fire

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066909/

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Welcome to episode 53 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where nearly every week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are off to Hollywood, with two films that explore the horrors of the silver screen, from obsessive fandom and fantasy to the darkest depths of ambition. 

First up we have Fade to Black from 1980. This was written and directed by Vernon Zimmerman, and stars Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Linda Kerridge, and Eve Brent

Then we jump forward to 2014 and Starry Eyes, written and directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. This stars Alexandra Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan and Fabianne Therese.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the career of producer Irwin Yablans, depictions of Hollywood in the horror film, directors Kevin Kolsche and Dennis Widmyer and much much more

Recommendations

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)

Torture Garden (1967)

Barton Fink (1991)

Mulholland Drive (2001)

References:

The Man Who Created Halloween by Irwin Yablans

Going to Pieces: The Rise & Fall of the Slasher Film by Adam Rockoff

Fade to Black: special features and interviews from the blu ray from 88 Films.

https://anthemmagazine.com/alex-essoe-pays-the-price-of-fame/

https://thehollywoodnews.com/2015/03/11/thn-interview-starry-eyes-directors-dennis-widmyer-kevin-kolsch/

https://brokehorrorfan.com/post/102534766538/interview-kevin-kolsch-dennis-widmyer-starry

https://btchflcks.com/2015/01/old-hollywood-legend-in-a-new-skin-an-interview-with-the-filmmakers-of-starry-eyes.html

https://thewolfmancometh.com/2014/03/25/writerdirectors-kevin-kolsch-and-dennis-widmyer-producer-travis-stevens-and-star-alex-essoe-talk-starry-eyes-interview-sxsw-14/

https://www.flickfeast.co.uk/spotlight/starry-eyes-interview-kevin-kolsch-dennis-widmyer/

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/547793/28-things-we-learned-from-the-fade-to-black-commentary/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-26-ca-8461-story.html

https://itcamefromblog.com/2022/11/15/paint-it-black-when-dennis-christopher-detoured-into-slasher-territory/

https://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/Hysteria/fade_to_black.htm

https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/kevin-koelsch-and-dennis-widmyer-starry-eyes/

https://wickedhorror.com/features/interviews/exclusive-alex-essoe-talks-starry-eyes/

https://youtu.be/bE-m4rVJC4o?si=TguU9KKs_TUe8neu

https://youtu.be/Ya6-7k48FAU?si=l0GJOqE7gJIOdZWA

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Welcome to episode 52 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are going to New York in search of missing sisters and finding ourselves in a whole heap of trouble with the powers of darkness.

First, we have The Seventh Victim from 1943 and producer Val Lewton. This was directed by Mark Robson and stars Kim Hunter, Jean Brooks, Tom Conway and Isabel Jewell

Then we are following this with Inferno from Dario Argento and 1980. This was his follow-up to 1977’s Suspiria, and was the movie in which he fully introduced the idea of the Three Mothers, three supernatural figures inspired by the writing of Thomas de Quincey. This stars Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi and Gabriele Lavia.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the actresses Kim Hunter and Daria Nicolodi, and falling down some very esoteric rabbit holes, including satanic conspiracies involving the freemasons, the works and disappearance of the alchemist Fulcanelli, and the arcane world of actor, artist and self-described visual philosopher Leigh J McClosky.

References

Val Lewton: The Reality of Terror by Joel E. Siegel

Dreams of Darkness by J. P. Telotte

Icons of Grief: Val Lewton’s Home Front Pictures by Alexander Nemerov. 

The Seventh Victim blu-ray from Criterion

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-val-lewton

https://brightlightsfilm.com/darkness-darkness-films-val-lewton-looking-back-b-movie-master/

Fear by Dario Argento

Dario Argento, The Man, The Myths, And the Magic by Alan Jones, 

Broken Mirrors Broken Minds the Dark Dreams of Dario Argento by Maitland McDonough

Art Of Darkness the Cinema of Dario Argento edited by Chris Gallant

Spaghetti Nightmares edited by Luca M Palmerini and Gaeto Mistretta

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Welcome to episode 51 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are exploring the amorphous world of the science fiction horror hybrid, with two movies that pit man against gelatinous monstrosities from inner and outer space.

First up, we have X the Unknown from 1956, an early entry into the horror market from British studio Hammer, This was directed by Leslie Norman and stars Dean Jagger, Leo McKern and Edward Chapman.

Then we jump forward to 1988 for the enjoyably goofy The Blob, from director Chuck Russell and co-writer Frank Darabont, and stars Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn and Candy Clark.

Along the way, we will be discussing the careers of writer-directors Jimmy Sangster and Chuck Russell, unlikely parallels with Spielberg’s Jaws, shapeless monstrosities in the horror movie, the inspiration for and the production story of the 1958 version of the Blob, and much, much more.

References

The House that Hammer  Built Volume 2, 1950 – 1954 & Volume 3: 1955–1958 by Wayne Kinsey

Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film by Peter Hutchings,

Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography by Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio

Father of the Blob: The Making of a Monster Smash and Other Hollywood Tales by Jack H Harris

https://strasbourgfestival.com/en/interview-jimmy-sangster/

https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Sangster

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/21/jimmy-sangster-obituary

The Blob (1988) - Scream factory blu ray interviews, commentaries and extras 

https://ia801403.us.archive.org/4/items/Fear_04_1989-01-02_no_ads/Fear_04_1989-01-02_no_ads.pdf

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0762727/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751080/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blob_(1988_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blob

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_the_Unknown

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Welcome to episode 50 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

Cannibal Man/The Week of the Killer/The Apartment on the 13th Floor (1972) dir. Eloy de la Iglesia, w. Vicente Parra, Emma Cohen, Eusebio Poncela, Vicky Lagos and Charly Bravo.

Ecologia del delitto/A Bay of Blood/Twitch of the Death Nerve/Carnage/Blood Bath (1971) dir. Mario Bava w. Luigi Pistilli, Claudine Auger, Claudio Camaso, Laura Betti and Anna Maria Rosati.

Recommendations

The Glass Ceiling (1971) 

No-one Heard the Scream (1973)

Kill Baby Kill (1966)

Danger Diabolik! (1968)

Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

References

Spanish Horror Film by Antonio Lázaro-Reboll

Cannibal Man blu-ray edition (Severin Films)

Subversive Effects of Perversion: Sexuality and Social Construction in The Cannibal Man by Carlos Gómez

https://www.terrorweekend.com/2021/11/la-semana-del-asesino-review.html?m=1h

ttps://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/famosos/2021-03-06/vicente-parra-galan-homosexual-amigo-sara-montiel_2977668

https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2006-03-24/muere-el-realizador-de-cine-eloy-de-la-iglesia_741304

https://www.cageyfilms.com/2021/10/the-films-of-eloy-de-la-iglesia/

https://elpais.com/cultura/2006/03/23/actualidad/1143068408_850215.html

So Deadly, So Perverse Volume One by Troy Howarth,

The Haunted World of Mario Bava by Troy Howarth

Italian Horror Cinema, edited by Stefano Baschiera and Russ Hunter

A Bay of Blood blu-ray special edition (Severin Films)

https://www.davinotti.com/articoli/intervista-allo-sceneggiatore-dardano-sacchetti/55

https://www.sdangher.com/2022/04/06/speciale-reazione-a-catena-mario-bava-e-lecologia-della-critica-italiana/

https://cinepugno.home.blog/2020/10/10/interview-with-mario-bava-1970-1971/

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Welcome to episode 49 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

In this weeks episode we discuss two films from British director Bernard Rose,  one based on the children's book Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr, and the other based on a work from the opposite end of the literary spectrum The Forbidden by Clive Barker.

First up is Paperhouse (1988) Dir. Bernard Rose w. Charlotte Burke, Glenne Headly, Elliott Spiers, and Gemma Jones

and then we follow this with

Candyman (1992) Dir. Bernard Rose w. Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen, Kasi Lemmons, Xander Berkeley, and Vanessa Williams.

Along the way we discuss the links between children's fiction and horror, childhood trauma, the career of director Bernard Rose, surreal imagery in the horror film, the early works of writer Clive Barker, the history of Cabrini Green, themes of class, repression and oppression, the career of the late, great Tony Todd and much more.

Recommendations

Shockheaded Peter by Heinrich Hoffmann

Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr

The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

The Books of Blood by Clive Barker

The Great & Secret Show by Clive Barker

Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

IvansXTC (2000)

References

https://filmfreakcentral.net/2022/08/bernard-rose-interview/

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/interviews/mystic-nic-praise-nicolas-roeg

https://www.theotherfolk.blog/dissections/paperhouse

https://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/its-that-weird-thing-that-happens-when-things-arent-concrete-bernard-rose-remembers-paperhouse/

https://www.mikesouthon.biz/portfolio/paperhouse-highlights

Candyman by John Towson (Devil’s Advocates)

Candyman Special Edition 4k (Arrow Video)

https://www.clivebarkerarchive.com/blog/tag/The+Forbidden

https://www.clivebarker.info/salomeforbidden.html

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/25/how-we-made-candyman-virginia-madsen-tony-todd-bee-sting

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/09/tony-todd-star-of-candyman-dies-aged-69

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/01/tony-todd-candyman-sequel-black-lives-matter-platoon

https://horrornewsnetwork.net/twenty-year-retrospective-of-candyman-with-virginia-madsen/

https://people.com/virginia-madsen-reveals-plan-candyman-prequel-mourns-tony-todd-8744052

https://www.movingpictureshow.com/?p=9402

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Rose_(director)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candyman_(1992_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperhouse_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Barker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_Blood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Todd

https://flexiblehead.blog/2016/02/10/tony-todd/

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Welcome to episode 48 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week after a short break and several episodes of ambiguity, we are exploring the much more direct and explicitly supernatural world of the vampire, with one movie that started the Universal monster series in the 1930s and another which reinvigorated vampire mythology at the start of the 1970s.

First, we have Dracula from 1931, directed by Tod Browning. This stars Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, David Manners, and Helen Chandler.

Then we jump forward to 1970’s Count Yorga, Vampire, directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Michael Murphy, Judy Lang, and Donna Anders.

Along the way, we will be discussing the life and careers of the legendary Bela Lugosi,  co-star Dwight Frye and Robert Quarry, how Dracula was brought to the screen, the horrors of typecasting, how a 1970s exploitation movie redfined vampires for the 1970s and much much more

Recommendations

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Island of Lost Souls (1932)

The Black Cat (1934)

The Raven (1935)

Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Dark Eyes of London (1939)

The Body Snatcher (1945)

References

Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931 to 1946 by Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, and John Brunas

Tod Browning’s Dracula by Gary D. Rhodes

American Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

The Blood Is the Life by various authors, published by We Belong Dead. 

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2019/10/29/dracula-goes-to-war-bela-lugosi-ww1-and-the-making-of-a-macabre-hollywood-legend/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Lugosi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(1924_play)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film)

https://drphibesvibes.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/robery-quarry-interview-from-2004

www.filmink.com.au/unsung-auteurs-bob-kelljan

https://www.zomboscloset.com/count-yorga-vampire-1970pressbook/?doing_wp_cron=1777637670.0476369857788085937500

https://thelastdrivein.com/category/directors-and-filmmakers/bob-kelljan-director-actor/

https://www.tcm.com/articles/181323/in-the-know-count-yorga-vampire-trivia

https://thelastdrivein.com/category/top-classic-horror-films/page/19/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-02-me-passings2.s1-story.html

https://i0.wp.com/www.zomboscloset.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Count-Yorga-Pressbook-008.webp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Yorga,_Vampire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_Count_Yorga

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Quarry

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Welcome to episode 47 of the Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

First up is Daniel Isn’t Real (2019) dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer, w Miles Robbins & Patrick Schwarzenegger

Then The Lighthouse (2019) dir. Robert Eggers, w Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson.

Recommendations

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1940/10/thus-i-refute-beelzy/654631/

Enoch by Robert Bloch

Asylum (1972)

Tales that Witness Madness (1973)

In This Way I Was Saved by Brian DeLeeuw

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind, 

Some Kind of Hate (2015)

At Close Range (1986)

Archenemy (2020)

References

https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-speaks-the-truth-about-daniel-isnt-real-part-two/

https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/adam-egypt-mortimer-discusses-his-cosmic-horror-film-daniel-isnt-real/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffewing/2020/12/11/interview-a-chat-with-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-about-archenemy-superheroes-and-genre-film/

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3596127/8-films-inspired-daniel-isnt-real/

https://screenrant.com/patrick-schwarzenegger-interview-daniel-isnt-real-clip/

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/patrick-schwarzenegger-daniel-isnt-real

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/314433/exclusive-interview-with-daniel-isnt-real-director-adam-egypt-mortimer/

https://dailydead.com/sxsw-2019-interview-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-talks-daniel-isnt-real/

The Lighthouse - Arrow Video 4k special edition extras and comentaries

https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/lightha.htm

https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/robert-eggers-lighthouse-influences

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/04/robert-eggerss-historical-visions-go-mainstream

https://silverscreenriot.com/talking-robert-eggers-witch/

https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/screenwriters-lecture-series-2019-robert-eggers/

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/dec/22/robert-pattinson-i-dont-really-know-how-to-act-batman-the-lighthouse

https://www.gq.com/story/willem-dafoe-on-why-the-lighthouse-worked-so-well

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-lighthouse-robert-eggers-filmmaker-toolkit-podcast-episode-94-1202186291/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalls_Lighthouse#Smalls_Lighthouse_Tragedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Isn%27t_Real

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light-House

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Eggers

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Welcome to episode 46 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are back with haunted houses, classic ghost stories, and more than a little ambiguity, with one film based on a novella by Henry James and the other based on a novel by Peter Straub.

First up, we have The Innocents from 1961, directed by Jack Clayton. This stars Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens, and Pamela Franklin.

Then we jump forward to 1977 for Full Circle, which was released in the US as The Haunting of Julia. This was directed by Richard Loncraine and stars Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, and Jill Bennett.

Recommendations

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Julia by Peter Straub

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

The Other by Thomas Tryon

Momsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girlie (1970)

References

The Innocents by Christopher Frayling (BFI Film Classics) 

https://youtu.be/ZpV5J91BnV0?si=SPH8nq8FBgApLusl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_(play)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_(1961_film)

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/gothic-glamour-innocents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Clayton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James

Full Circle (BFI blu ray) - interviews and extras 

https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/events/2023/04/19/full-circle/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Circle_(1977_film)

https://academic.oup.com/screen/article/65/1/47/7632062

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(film)

RichardLoncraine.com.

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Welcome to episode 45 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are discussing

Possession (1981) dir. Andrzej Żuławski w. Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill

Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi aka Witching and Bitching (2013) dir. Alex de la Iglesia w. Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, and Carmen Maura

Recommendations

The Story of Adele H (1975)

The Driver (1978)

Camille Claudel (1988)

One Deadly Summer (1983)

Subway (1985)

The Last Circus (2010)

References

Possession by Alison Taylor

Possession 4k Special Edition from Second Sight Films

House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/biggest-regret-of-isabelle-adjanis-career/

www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-interview-andrzej-zulawski

https://metrograph.com/making-a-monster/

https://a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/film/isabelle-adjani-in-confession

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/isabelle-adjani-possession-never-accept-again-1234895552

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/sam-neill-possession-could-not-be-made-today-abuse-on-set-1234821437

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/09/possession-movie-film-1981-octopus-isabelle-adjani-sam-neill

https://www.glamour.es/placeres/cultura/articulos/entrevista-con-alex-de-la-iglesia-y-carmen-maura-por-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi/18848

https://www.glamour.es/placeres/cultura/articulos/entrevista-con-alex-de-la-iglesia-y-carmen-maura-por-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi/18848

https://cinema.everyeye.it/articoli/intervista-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi-alex-de-la-iglesia-21024.html

https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/244346/

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Welcome to episode 44 of The Horror Double Bill, where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

The Wind (2018) dir. Emma Tammi, with Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, Julia Goldani Telles, and Miles Anderson.

The Dark and the Wicked (2020), dir. Bryan Bertino, with Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Lynn Andrews, and Xander Berkeley.

Recommendations 

Curse of the Undead (1959), Near Dark (1987), Ravenous (1999), The Burrowers (2008), Bone Tomahawk (2015), The Monster (2016)

References

The Geography of Horror by Marco Lukic

The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture by Bernice M. Murphy

Desert Horror Movies and Horror Westerns by John LeMay

West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns by Jane Tompkins.

https://www.thecherrypicks.com/stories/emma-tammi-on-the-horrors-of-isolation

https://filmthreat.com/interviews/the-wind-with-emma-tammi

https://moveablefest.com/caitlin-gerard-emma-tammi-teresa-sutherland-wind/

https://latinhorror.com/interview-emma-tammi-the-wind/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/prairie-madness-study-silence-great-plains

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1893/09/the-isolation-of-life-on-prairie-farms/523959/

https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/director-bryan-bertino-vicious-horror-movie-north-texas-40601111

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/355261/interview-michael-abbott-jr-talks-working-with-bryan-bertino-on-the-dark-and-the-wicked-and-that-three-legged-goat/

https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/the-dark-and-the-wicked-marin-ireland-interview

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-dark-and-the-wicked-star-marin-ireland-faced-her-fears-4089466/

https://dailydead.com/interview-xander-berkeley-discusses-his-enigmatic-character-in-the-dark-and-the-wicked-and-reflects-on-candyman/

www.gonewiththetwins.com/interview-bryan-bertino-strangers

https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-producer-adrienne-biddle-on-the-family-terrors-of-the-dark-and-the-wicked/

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Welcome to episode 43 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are visiting church with two films which that suggest our holiest of buildings could hide mysterious ancient forces lurking in their cellars.

Prince of Darkness (1987) dir. John Carpenter w. Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Dennis Dunn, and Lisa Blount.

The Borderlands aka Final Prayer (2013) dir. by Elliot Goldner w. Gordon Kennedy, Aidan McArdle, and Robin Hill.

Recommendations

Starman (1984)

The Caretaker: https://youtu.be/4e6x5j_JKWA?si=Xr02l4TdF7gf77bw

The Great Escape (1963)

Wake in Fright (1971)

Death Line (1972)

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

Sources & References

The Films of John Carpenter by John Kenneth Muir

John Carpenter: Prince of Darkness by Giles Boulenger. 

Prince of Darkness blu-ray special edition release from StudioCanal.

The Borderlands blu ray release from Second Sight Films

https://www.heyuguys.com/heyuguys-interview-elliot-goldner-borderlands

https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2014/03/borderlands-qa

https://hmzfilm.com/2013/12/08/hmz-film-exclusively-interviews-the-creators-and-cast-of-the-borderlands

https://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/2014/03/27/the-borderlands-interview-with-jennifer-handorf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Borderlands_(2013_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pleasence

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/italian-mystic-gisella-cardia-faces-trial-over-claim-virgin-mary-statue-wept-blood

https://www.dartmoor.gov.uk/learning/dartmoor-legends/the-legend-of-brentor-church

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000587/

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3283841/

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Welcome to episode 42 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are exploring the horrors of colonialism with two films that suggest that the price for cultural oppression and appropriation is a very heavy one.

I Walked with a Zombie (1943) dir. Jacques Tourneur, with Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett and Christine Gordon.

The Reptile (1966) dir. John Gilling, with Jennifer Daniel, Noel Willman, Ray Barrett and Jacqueline Pearce.

Fundraiser :

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References:

I Walked with a Zombie by Clive Dawson

The Book of the Dead by Jamie Russell

Horror Noir a History of Black American Horror by Robin R means Coleman 

Jacques Tourneur The Cinema of Nightfall by Chris Fujiwara

Val Lewton The Reality of Terror by Joel E Siegel.

English Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography by Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio

Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine iss 20.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_independence_debt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Haiti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ripper

https://dandayjr35.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-what-character-blogathon-michael.html?m=1

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0728085/

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Welcome to episode 41 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

First up is The Empty Man (2020) starring James Badge Dale, Aaron Poole and Marin Ireland, and was written and directed by David Prior 

Then we follow this with Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010). This stars Michael Rogers and Eva Allen and is the feature debut from director Panos Cosmatos. 

Recommendations

Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – The Autopsy, The Viewing

AM1200 : https://youtu.be/WeBNxJmqVVA?si=oheIatFEXJ8kLYev

Phase IV (1974)

Thebiblemachine comparison video: 

https://youtu.be/wsppyXIbFPI?si=HgqfHqRvIkst4RLl

References

https://theplaylist.net/the-empty-man-david-prior-interview-20211105/

https://scified.com/news/tomorrow-war-aliens-artist-ken-barthelmey-talks-his-cave-mummy-creation-from-the-empty-man-2020

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/everything-zen-david-prior-on-the-empty-man-9701

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-empty-man-david-prior-interview

https://vancouversun.com/news/for-vancouver-filmmaker-panos-cosmatos-beyond-the-black-rainbow-helped-alleviate-grief-of-losing-parents

https://filmmakermagazine.com/45658-panos-cosmatos-beyond-the-black-rainbow/

https://alienatedinvancouver.blogspot.com/2012/06/norm-li-interview-beyond-black-rainbow.html?m=1

https://thatshelf.com/interview-beyond-the-black-rainbow-director-panos-cosmatos/

https://chud.com/97657/interview-panos-cosmatos-beyond-the-black-rainbow/

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/matt-barone/interview-beyond-the-black-rainbow-director-panos-cosmatos

https://www.vice.com/en/article/black-mountains-jeremy-schmidt-scored-the-trippiest-canadian-movie-ever/

https://mediamikes.com/2011/05/interview-with-michael-rogers/

https://thepcprinciple.com/interview-eva-bourne/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Worldwide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silva_Method

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhard_Seminars_Training

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Dynamics

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Welcome to episode 40 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are exploring pestilence and death with two films that revolve around plague, satanism, religious intolerance and necromancy

First up, we have The Masque of the Red Death from 1964 and director Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Patrick Magee and Jane Asher.

Then we follow this with Black Death from 2010, directed by Christopher Smith. This stars Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Andy Nyman and Carice van Houten.

Along the way we’ll be discussing the life and early career of director Roger Corman, the historical facts of the Black Death, the horror career of Andy Nyman and much much more

Recommendations

The Birthday Party: 

https://youtu.be/2hCfFfIeq7A?si=No07MVQLA4kpMdVS

The House of Usher (1960)

The Pit & The Pendulum (1961)

The Premature Burial (1962)

Severance (2006)

The Glass Man (2011)

How I made 100 Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman

Corman/Poe - Interviews and Essays Exploring the Making of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe Films by Chris Alexander

The Masque of the Red Death by Steve Haberman  

https://youtu.be/pyfdh8KScH0?si=jxXE_baIecjekiCX

https://youtu.be/uGgpoVYvDzs?si=wWmRHhNzA1v5i0zr

https://youtu.be/zOHUM3LJAHY?si=G8BW4UXmRPlKv8P_

Black Death - interviews and extras that can be found on the special edition Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment

The Black Death Press Book

https://www.medievalists.net/2010/05/black-death-interview-with-dario-poloni/

https://opium.org.pl/2010/03/08/embraced-by-black-death-interview-with-christopher-smith-the-director-of-upcoming-medieval-horror-black-death/ 

https://cinemawithoutborders.com/2532-christopher-smith-director-of-black-death/

https://filmmakermagazine.com/21080-christopher-smith-black-death/filmmakermagazine.com.

https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2010/07/holding-court-with-hazel-court.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death_(1964_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corman

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Welcome to episode 39 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we have two films that are based on works by Daphne du Maurier, an English novelist, playwright, and biographer whose stories and novels have been adapted multiple times for stage, radio television and of course for film.

First up nature strikes back with The Birds from 1963 starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. 

Then we jump forward a decade for a story of grief, guilt and extra sensory perception in Venice with Don’t Look Now from 1973. This stars Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie and Hilary Mason, and was directed by Nicolas Roeg.

Along the way, will be discussing the life aren’t works of Daphne du Maurier, the troubling relationship between Hitchcock and his lead actress Tippi Hedren, the career of Nicolas Roeg, and much much more

Recommendations

The Birds by Daphne du Maurier

Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Performance (1970)

Walkabout (1971)

The Comfort of Strangers (1990)

Who Saw Her Die (1972)

The Bloodstained Shadow (1978)

The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

 References

The Birds by Daphne du Maurier

Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_du_Maurier

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-blagger-s-guide-to-daphne-du-maurier-7742072.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/05/fiction.daphnedumaurier

dumaurier.org

The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds  by Tony Lee Moral (Kamera books)

The Birds by Camille Paglia (BFI Film Classics)

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/what-tippi-hedren-learned-from-alfred-hitchcocks-harassment

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/tippi-hedren-memoir-the-birds-extract

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippi_Hedren

Don’t Look Now by Mark Sanderson (BFI Film Classics)

Don't Look Now blu-ray special edition from Studio Canal. 

Don’t Look Now by Jessica Gildersleeve  (Devil’s Advocates) 

https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/big%20screen%20classics/2024/09/10/dont-look-now/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_and_Other_Stories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film)

https://journals.openedition.org/jsse/3924

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_du_Maurier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_du_Maurier

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Welcome to episode 38 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are returning to the world of the 1940s horror noir and the Italian giallo, with two highly influential movies that would shape some of the tropes that we now see as standard in many films

First up, we have The Spiral Staircase from 1946 directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Dorothy Maguire, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent, and Kent Smith

Then we follow this with Six Women for the Killer, also known as Blood and Black Lace from 1964 and director Mario Bava. This stars Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Ariana Gorini and Thomas Reiner.

Recommendations

The Killers: https://youtu.be/qN8CKO-_th8?si=bSjwl02I927bTgmG

The Girl Who Knew Too Much: https://youtu.be/kHolwKaXHHw?si=uiiNHwREjIZaWhIn

The Whip & The Body (1963)

Black Sabbath (1963)

References 

The File on Robert Siodmak by Joseph Greco

American Gothic Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby

https://metrograph.com/the-strange-affair-of-robert-siodmak

https://offscreen.com/view/siodmak-spiral-staircase

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/dec/21/christmas-holiday-my-favourite-christmas-film-gene-kelly-robert-siodmak

https://www.dasmagazin.de/magazin-historie/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/siodmak

https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd11861472X.html#ndbcontent

https://abergavennylocalhistorysociety.org.uk/gallery/Ethel%20Lina%20White.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/obituaries/ethel-lina-white-overlooked.html

The Haunted World of Mario Bava by Troy Howarth

So Deadly So Perverse by Troy Howarth

Blood and black Lace by Roberto Cuti (Devils Advocates Series).

Special features and interviews on the blu ray release of the film from Arrow Video

The Aurum Film Encyclopedia of Horror

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-mario-bava

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bava

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spiral_Staircase_(1946_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Siodmak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_Black_Lace

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Welcome to episode 37 of the Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

First up we have The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue from 1974 and director Jorge Grau, starring Ray Lovelock, Cristina Galbo and Arthur Kennedy

We follow this with When Evil Lurks from 2023 and director Demian Rugna, starring Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demian Salomon, Silvina Sabater, and Luis Ziembrowski.

Recommendations:

Tombs of the Blind Dead (Armondo de Ossario 1972)

Blood Ceremony (1973 Jorge Grau):

https://youtu.be/E7rgJcNuPaU?si=uUKywANJNYT-oNip

Queens of Evil (1970) - available on TUBI

Tienen Miedo (2002, Demian Rugna):

https://youtu.be/IVqG_zGL5sM?si=lRuOlGnWLriIGjLU

Terrified (2017 Demian Rugna)

References & Sources

“Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema” by Jamie Russell

"Nightmare Movies" by Kim Newman

"Spanish Horror Film" by Antonio Lazzaro Reboll

"Jorge Grau: Catalonia’s Cult Film King" from the Synapse blu ray special edition 

https://cerebrin.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/entrevista-a-jorge-grau-%E2%80%9Cme-gustaria-hacer-un-retrato-de-edgar-allan-poe%E2%80%9D/

https://youtu.be/SRgHIPT0_Y4?si=VCvOf5X6KAf78BqQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lovelock_(actor)

demianrugna.com

When Evil Lurks Second Sight 4K special edition

https://letterboxd.com/horrorville/story/satanic-hispanics-director-demian-rugna-on/ 

https://thehollywoodnews.com/2025/07/28/demian-rugna-discusses-when-evil-lurks/

https://www.polygon.com/23935228/when-evil-lurks-director-interview-demian-rugna-meaning/

https://www.goreinthestore.uk/interviews/demian-rugna#:~:text=DEMI%C3%81N%20RUGNA%20%2D%20The%20pesticide%20scandal,the%20pesticide%20was%20the%20demon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/agrochemicals-and-industrial-waste-threaten-argentinas-gran-chaco/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2000/jul/13/uknews#:~:text=The%20issue%20of%20lead%20in,to%20abolish%20lead%20in%20petrol.

https://filmhounds.co.uk/2025/07/when-evil-lurks-demian-rugna-second-sight-interview/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giannetto_De_Rossi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Evil_Lurks

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27373134

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Welcome to episode 36 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

First up we have Eyes Without a Face (1960) directed by George Franju, starring Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob & Alida Valli.

Then we jump forward to Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971) directed by Seth Holt, starring Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir and James Villers

Recommendations

Tales From the Darkside – The Movie (1990)

Gritos en la Noche (aka The Awful Dr Orloff) (1962)

Lot No 249 (BBC TV 2023)

The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

A Trip to The Moon: https://youtu.be/ZNAHcMMOHE8?si=2JAs0RNZGDFN3sJK

The Impossible Voyage: https://youtu.be/4ZVgCTQFKXo?si=FTwbh7xCDBL4exRg

Valerie Leon Hai Karate advert: 

https://youtu.be/B2qQlsFN9ck?si=ABhD1I0wIAMvVzMI

Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb

The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker  (the complete version published by Seven Treasures Publications)

Little Shoppe of Horrors Magazine issue 24

Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb Featurette from the Studio Canal bluray release

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker

https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=13400#:~:text=Bram%20Stoker%2C%20born%20in%20Dublin,of%20%E2%80%9Can%20immense%20dog%E2%80%9D.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Wilde

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jewel_of_Seven_Stars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_from_the_Mummy%27s_Tomb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fiction_about_mummies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology_of_ancient_Egypt

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/74/article/445326

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/572065/index.html

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3673210/blood-mummys-tomb-one-hammers-last-great-monster-movies-hammer-factory/

Eyes Without a Face

https://www.cinematheque.fr/article/1777.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Franju

https://online.ucpress.edu/fq/article-abstract/35/2/31/39712/Mystery-and-Melodrama-A-Conversation-with-Georges?redirectedFrom=fulltext 

https://www.deepfocusreview.com/definitives/eyes-without-a-face/#:~:text=But%20producer%20Jules%20Borkon%20saw,many%20comparisons%20to%20Alfred%20Hitchcock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s

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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 parts

First 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 more

Recommendations

Little Shoppe of Horrors Magazine

https://www.littleshoppeofhorrors.com/

Appointment with Fear (BBC radio)

https://youtu.be/Nq3x3ybA3EA?si=k0VwnHG-4gyRtToh

The Night Stalker 1972

The Night Strangler 1973

References

Little Shoppe of Horrors issue 20

City 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 Hogan

https://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.html

https://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-daughter

https://americana-uk.com/interview-elvis-perkins-on-recording-old-songs-and-being-called-elvis

https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/a-movie-can-be-a-poem-oz-perkins-on-the-blackcoats-daughter

https://youtu.be/JHIhbClRfds?si=VmPTwDpvl_dKhAaq

https://youtu.be/zfoL6AeQDE8?si=RG0Vd0Pf2tJZ-h4r

https://youtu.be/epo1_fELKGY?si=aPDuRM4R43jafbMd

https://youtu.be/1M6oERl-eDs?si=1I2CSfaIV3d05qIV

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Welcome to episode 34 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

For this week’s double bill we are off to the theatre, taking in the works of William Shakespeare and a 1980s stage musical, with a healthy slice of murder and mayhem on the side. First up, we have Theatre of Blood from 1973, directed by Douglas Hickox. This stars Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, and a whole cast of British talent including Robert Morley, Dennis Price, Harry Andrews, Michael Hordern, and Arthur Lowe.

Then we head across to Italy for StageFright from 1987, directed by Michele Soavi and starring David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Mary Sellers, and Giovanni Lombardo Radice.

Along the way we’ll be discussing the life and career of Vincent Price, actor, writer and director Luigi Montefiore, the career of director Michele Soavi, and much more.

Recommendations

The Fly (1958)

The House on Haunted Hill (1959)

The Tingler (1959)

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971)

Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972)

The Price of Fear (BBC Radio series)

The Dark Fantastic (2025)

The Dark Fantastic Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFJimPVVW60

Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)

Sir Donald Wolfit Films (for curiosity)

Svengali (1954)

Blood of the Vampire (1958)

The Hands of Orlac (1960)

References

VincentPrice.com

Into the Velvet Darkness – A Celebration of Vincent Price, published by We Belong Dead

Theatre of Blood by John Llewellyn Probert.

Spaghetti Nightmares: Italian Fantasy Horrors as Seen Through the Eyes of Their Protagonists by Luca M. Palmerini and Gaetano Mistretta, 

Stagefright (Shameless Entertainment blu ray release)

https://www.fangoria.com/from-terror-mentee-to-master-of-horror-an-interview-with-michele-soavi/

simonboswell.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Price

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Blood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Soavi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_Fright_(1987_film)

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0811714/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001637/

https://www.avclub.com/diana-rigg-on-the-avengers-mrs-peel-game-of-thrones-1798281429

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Welcome to episode 33 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

First up we have David Fincher’s Se7en from 1995, starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Gwyneth Paltrow.. Then we head across to Tokyo for Cure from 1997, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. This stars Kōji Yakusho, Anna Nakagawa, and Masato Hagiwara.

Recommendations

The Guard from Underground (1992)

Sweet Home & Resident Evil : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2THjrOMT0Y

SE7EN

Seven by Richard Dyer (BFI Film Classics)

Commentaries and interviews on the WB Blu Ray release

https://andrewkevinwalker.com/

https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-written-andrew-kevin-walker-c70ae9ace6f0?gi=d6964be3df44

https://thecinemen.com/2025/10/30/andrew-kevin-walker-interview-austin-film-festival/

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-04-18/david-fincher-seven-imax-tcm-classic-film-festival-interview

https://screenrant.com/seven-movie-ending-box-inside-explained-gweneth-paltrow-head-david-fincher/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/03/david-fincher-interview-transcript

https://letterboxd.com/journal/david-fincher-seven-interview/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jul/14/guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank1

https://youtu.be/Sb723n-cWdA?si=Yk1oCUUnUMpxIZN0

CURE

CURE by Dominic Lash (BFI Film Classics)

CURE  Masters of Cinema Blu Ray release from Eureka Entertainment

The Flms of Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Master of Fear by Jerry White

https://www.slashfilm.com/1130847/kiyoshi-kurosawa-wanted-cure-to-feel-like-an-american-detective-story/

https://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/emerging_cinema.html

https://limiterevista.com/2024/04/14/interview-with-kiyoshi-kurosawa/

https://www.fangoria.com/the-j-horror-virus-exclusive-clip/

https://youtu.be/9PkF8h5ULBs?si=7qLCHd_vhUBGzYs5

https://youtu.be/5hIbgSppWuI?si=W321hpFtGPsaCnpW

https://youtu.be/bJJLA62CxeQ?si=Htg_qYL81SAVWuKs

https://youtu.be/H0aTroCBodI?si=tHU307dC1EJZ5sI8 

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Welcome to episode 32 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. 

First up is Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) directed by Piers Haggard and starring Linda Hayden, Michele Dotrice, Wendy Padbury, and Patrick Wymark. Then we have John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1994) starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, and David Warner.

Recommendations

https://www.youtube.com/@TheEldritchArchives

The Great God Pan: https://youtu.be/GW2q07Z8qeo?si=IkN0zAH1evuoZlub

The Willows: https://youtu.be/JexumpZ99Ww?si=BnREVRPPugHnQTYo

The Music on the Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwpr5xSubw

Exegesis Lovecraft Documentary by Qais Pasha (available on TUBI)

Blow Up (Antonioni 1966)

Sredni Vashtar by Saki

References

Blood on Satan’s Claw written by David Evans Powell, published by Liverpool University Press as Devil’s Advocates

English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897 to 2015 by Jonathan Rigby

robertwynnesimmons.com

interviews and commentaries with the cast, crew, and director that can be found on the special edition Blu-ray release from 88 Films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_on_Satan%27s_Claw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hayden_(actress)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSmDBP1NK88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvyk-kmutc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Haggard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Goodman_Brown

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_Janet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch-Cult_in_Western_Europe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell

In the Mouth of Madness by Michael Blyth, Devil’s Advocates series from Liverpool University Press

Interviews, commentaries, and special features that can be found on the special edition Blu-ray release from Arrow Films. 

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/in-the-mouth-of-madness-oral-history

https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/qw0tyj/please_explain_cosmic_horror_to_me/

https://www.newpulptales.com/author-interview-with-ramsey-campbell/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Prochnow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Carmen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill

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Welcome to episode 31 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something for greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are discussing two movies that are both very dark comedies and are both set on Christmas Eve, First up is Dead End from 2003 written and directed by Jean Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa. This stars Alexandra Holden, Ray Wise, Lynn Shea, and Mick Cain. Then we head over to Spain for The Day of the Beast  from 1995  and director Alex De La Iglesia; starring Santiago Segura, Armando de Razza, Alex Angulo, and Terele Pavez. T

Along the way will be discussing the careers of Lynn Shea and Ray Wise, Alex de la Iglesia's views on Christmas, the story of Don Quixote and much much more

The Spectral Lines Zine: 

https://thespectrallines.bigcartel.com/

The Occultaria of Albion

https://www.occultariaofalbion.co.uk/

Recommendations mentioned in this episode

Alone in the Dark (1982)

Resources and Research

Dead End

Making of featurette available on the Pathe DVD release

https://morbidlybeautiful.com/lin-shaye-interview-one/

https://www.joblo.com/interview-ray-wise/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shaye

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/3277/andrea-jean-baptiste-dead-end/

http://www.reviewgraveyard.com/Interview/04-04-01_Jean-BaptisteAndrea.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wise

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936403/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Andrea

Day of the Beast

Interview with Alex de la Iglesia and “Heirs of the Beast” documentary feature, available on the Severin Films blu ray release

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/3339/de-la-iglesia-alex-day-of-the-beast-etc/

https://filmint.nu/round-table-discussion-with-alex-de-la-iglesia/

https://www.xataka.com/entrevistas/alex-iglesia-dia-bestia-partida-rol-cura-personaje-chtulhu

Spanish Horror Film by Antonio Lazaro Reboll, 

The Spanish Fantastic Contemporary Filmmaking In Horror Fantasy And Sci-Fi by Shelagh Rowan Legg

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Welcome to episode 30 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week both films are directed by Robert Wise, a multiple Oscar-winning American director whose works have included The Body Snatcher, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Andromeda Strain, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, West Side Story, and The Sound of Music, as well as this week’s two movies.

So first up, for our Christmas movie we have The Curse of the Cat People from 1944, starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Elizabeth Russell, and Ann Carter. Another film in the series from RKO Studios and producer Val Lewton, this marked Wise’s feature directing debut, although he did in fact share the directing credits with Gunther von Fritsch.

Then we jump forward to 1963 and one of the most famous haunted house movies of all time, The Haunting. This was based on The Haunting of Hill House, written by Shirley Jackson, and stars Julie Harris, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, and Claire Bloom.

Along the way we’ll be discussing in detail the career of Robert Wise, the career and writing of Shirley Jackson, and much, much more.

Recommendations:

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

The Summer People by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Directed by Robert Wise

The Return (TV Ghost Story) : 

https://youtu.be/MkPCslMN-ps?si=SEZ6IQTN6v72Vxwo

Sources and References

Val Lewton: The Reality of Terror by Joel E. Siegel 

Icons of Grief: Val Lewton’s Home Front Pictures by Alexander Nemerov.

Little Shop of Horrors, (issue 49) - The Roads to Hill House: The Making of Robert Wise’s The Haunting”  by Anthony McKay. 

https://www.the-haunting.com/index.html

Dance Macabre by Stephen King

The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson with an introduction by Donna Tartt

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Welcome to episode 29 of The Horror Double Bill; the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are continuing our Christmas season, where at least one film in our pairing will have a seasonal theme – or perhaps more appropriately, as this week we are all about anthology movies, at least one of the stories in one of our pairings will have a seasonal theme.

First up this week is Dead of Night from 1945, the first British horror movie released after World War II, and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Chricton, Robert Hamer, and Basil Dearden. It stars Mervyn Johns, Sally Anne Howes, Googie Withers and Michael Redgrave.

Then we head to 1974 and From Beyond the Grave, the last anthology movie released by British studio Amicus. Directed by Kevin Connor, it stars Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Angela Pleasence David Warner, Ian Bannen, and Diana Dors.

Along the way will be discussing the history of Ealing Studios, the career of writer R Chetwynd Hayes, the Amicus anthology horror series, director Kevin Connor, and much more

References

English Gothic: classic horror cinema 1897 to 2015 by Jonathan Rigby

Hammer and Beyond - the British horror film by Peter Hutchings

Dead of Night written by Jess Connolly and David Owen Bates (published by Devil’s Advocates)

https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/roots%2C%20rituals%20and%20phantasmagoria/2024/09/02/dead-of-night/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00431-9/fulltext

Remembering Dead of Night, a documentary which can be found on the Criterion collection Blu-ray and 4K special edition releases

British Cult Cinema the Amicus Anthology by Bruce G Hallenbeck 

Phantasmagoria Magazine R Chetwynd- Hayes special tribute edition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_of_Night

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Beyond_the_Grave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amicus_Productions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Johns

https://ealingstudios.com/about-ealing/history-3/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealing_Studios

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Welcome to episode 28 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are beginning our Christmas season, and discussing two films that are based on the work of M.R James. First up we have Whistle And I’ll Come To You, directed by Jonathan Miller from 1968 and then Night of the Demon from 1957, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, and Niall McGinnis 

Along the way we will be discussing the origins of the ghost stories for Christmas tradition, the works of MR James, and much much more

Sources

Radio play:

https://youtu.be/upE-BdMHHVw?si=kX7W3SpSt--TjFzk

https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/classic-gothic-ghost-stories/a-history-of-winter-tales-and-christmas-ghost-stories-to-make-the-blood-run-wintery-cold/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/

https://visitsleepyhollow.com/how-charles-dickens-stole-christmas/

https://www.history.co.uk/

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/12/16/ghost-stories-for-christmas

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-chilling-ghost-stories-became-a-christmas-tradition/

Whistle and I’ll Come to You

https://headpress.com/blog/2024/12/04/whistle-down-the-wind-an-extract-from-no-diggin-here/

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ghost-story-christmas-whistle-ill-come-you

https://www.webofstories.com/play/jonathan.miller/23;jsessionid=B9BEC49F95119602BDA6DFAC03EFD09D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._James

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_and_I%27ll_Come_to_You_(1968_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Miller

Night of the Demon

English Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

Jacques Tourneur The cinema of Nightfall by Chris Fujiwara

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/52516

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/127530/3/FINAL%20Rev%20Writing%20NoTD%20Article%20for%20HJFRT%20Alison%20Peirse%20080216.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Demon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Andrews

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000763/

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Welcome to episode 27 of the horror double bill the podcasts where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are exploring the horrors of Victorian London and Jack the Ripper, with two films that use the legend of the famous serial killer to explore themes of conspiracy, class, and the patriarchy

First up is Murder by Decree from 1979 and director Bob Clark starring Christopher Plummer James Mason, David Hemmings, and Donald Sutherland. Then we travel back to 1971 for Hands of the Ripper from Hammer Studios, directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Eric Porter, Angharad Reese, Keith Bell and Dora Brian.

Along the way will be discussing the history of Jack the Ripper movies from the 1920s onwards, the origins of the royal conspiracy theories surrounding the murders, the horror career of directors Bob Clark and Peter Sasdy and much more

References used

Jack the Ripper & Murder By Decree

English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897 - 2015 by Jonathan Rigby

Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby

The House that Hammer Built Volume 2 by Wayne Kinsey

https://www.tumgik.com/themastercylinder

https://www.framerated.co.uk/murder-by-decree-1979/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_by_Decree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Clark

https://cfe.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/content/bios/bob-clark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper:_The_Final_Solution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper_(1959_film)

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls048149930/

Hands of the Ripper

https://carrionfilms.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Peter-Sasdy-Interview.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sasdy

Hammer and Beyond – The British Horror film by Peter Hutchings 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_of_the_Ripper

English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897 - 2015 by Jonathan Rigby

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Welcome to episode 26 of the horror double bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

I'm Craig Johnson and this week we are entering the world of conspiracies and paranoia, with two films featuring journalist protagonists falling into increasingly dangerous territory. 

First up we return to the Italian giallo, with Short Night of Glass Dolls from 1971, directed by Aldo Lado and starring Jean Sorel, Ingrid Thulin, Barbara Bach and Mario Adorf. Then we jump forward to 2012 and our second faux documentary of the series, with The Conspiracy from director Christopher MacBride starring Aaron Poole and James Gilbert.

Along the way we will be discussing the careers of Aldo Lado and Jean Sorel, the not so secret societies the Bilderberg Group and The Bohemian Grove, the cognitive biases that come in to play with conspiracy theories and much more.

References

Short Night of Glass Dolls

Darkening the Italian Screen Part Two edited by Eugenio Ercolani, 

88 Films blu ray restoration of the movie - When Butterflies Turn to Glass & Czech Mate 

Celluloid Dreams 4k restoration special features

https://movieplayer.it/articoli/aldo-lado-intervista-monica-vitti-censura-ennio-morricone_20793/

https://www.globalist.it/culture/2021/12/01/non-ho-mai-rivisto-i-miei-film-aldo-lado-regista-di-cult-come-la-corta-notte-delle-bambole-di-vetro-si-racconta/

https://www.filmtv.it/articoli/105/pupi-avati-racconta-salo-di-pasolini/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Sorel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Thulin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Adorf

The Conspiracy 

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/46916/the-conspiracy-exclusive-q-a-with-director-christopher-macbride/

https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/interview-christopher-macbride-the-conspiracy/

https://thatshelf.com/interview-christopher-macbride-aaron-poole/

https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/aaron-poole-the-conspiracy-interview-350691.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-emotional-meter/202401/the-psychology-of-conspiracy-theories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg_Meeting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove

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Welcome to episode 25 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair 2 movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are discussing two movies that use the ghost story as a vehicle to explore themes of family, loss, grief, and instability. First up, we have our first Korean entry in the series with a Tale of Two Sisters from 2003 and director Kim Jee-woon, which stars Im Soo-Jung, Yum Jung-ah and Moon Geun-young. Then we follow this with a trip back to Spain for The Orphanage from 2007 and director J.A Bayona, starring Belen Rueda, Geraldine Chaplin, Roger Princep and Fernando Cayo

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the foundations of Korean horror cinema, the career and movies of director Kim Jee-woon, the folk tale Rose Flower and Red Lotus, the careers of Sergio G Sanchez and J A Bayona, and much more.

References and Sources:

A Tale of Two Sisters

Asia Shock by Patrick Galloway

Korean Horror Cinema written by Alison Pearce

Arrow Films Blu-ray release - interviews with the cast and director as well as the directors commentary

https://cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=25485

https://cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=19282

https://www.fangoria.com/kim-jee-woon-a-tale-of-two-sisters/

https://www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/461562/a-tale-of-two-sisters-a-korean-horror-masterpiece/

https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/a-brief-history-of-k-cinema?srsltid=AfmBOop0ogJla4KoWgRPoSLjse0kCpsUsHuJBtBDpNw7JOZhqbFAc9zN

The Orphanage

Imprint Films Blu-ray release - interviews with the cast and crew, and a behind the scenes making of documentary

The Spanish Fantastic: Contemporary Filmmaking in Horror Fantasy and Sci-fi by Sheila Rowan leg

Spanish Horror Film by Antonio Lazarro Rebol

https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-belen-rueda-enfrenta-primer-papel-protagonista-orfanato-representara-espana-oscar-20071009175718.html

https://culturevulture.net/film/an-interview-with-the-filmmakers-of-the-orphanage/

https://www.female.com.au/juan-antonio-bayona-the-orphanage-interview.htm

https://www.hollywood.com/general/the-orphanage-juan-antonio-bayona-sergio-sanchez-57174730

https://www.ioncinema.com/news/uncategorized/interview-juan-antonio-bayona-sergio-sanchez-the-orphanage

https://www.fangoria.com/interview-screenwriter-sergio-g-sanchez-on-giving-birth-to-the-orphanage-and-collaborating-with-guillermo-del-toro/

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Welcome to episode 24 of the horror double bill the podcasts where each week we combine two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are returning to the theme of childhood, only this week it is the kids and not the adults who are in peril. 

First up we have The Night of the Hunter from 1955, the only film ever directed by the great actor Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. Then we’ll be heading back to Mexico for the quite brilliant Tigers are Not Afraid from 2017 written and directed by Issa Lopez and starring Paolo Lara Juan Ramon Lopez Hansel Casillas and Rodrigo Cortez.

Both of this week’s movies juxtapose fairytale imagery with the grim realities of murder corruption and crime, depicting their young protagonists as casualties of societal and financial collapse, the first through the great depression of the 1930s and the second through the rise and reach of gang culture in present day Mexico. 

Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter by Simon Callow, published by BFI film classics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Grubb

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/51604

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Laughton

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1657-the-night-of-the-hunter-holy-terror?srsltid=AfmBOorxu8VtTUmkrWGymPa25wN6Nvim63PVF9ojmLW3GxYI2e3PQRK7

Tigers Are Not Afraid

Shudder blu-ray release extras: directors commentary, behind the scenes making of feature, Q&A with Issa Lopez and Guillermo Del Toro

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/mexico

https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-issa-lopez/

https://insessionfilm.com/interview-issa-lopez-director-writer-of-tigers-are-not-afraid/

https://deepestdream.com/issa-lopez-talks-dream-narrative-behind-tigers-are-not-afraid/

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/299293/tigers-are-not-afraid-and-neither-is-director-issa-lopez/

https://www.hola.com/us/entertainment/20240111354355/issa-lopez-mexican-force-behind-season-4-true-detective/

https://videocine.com.mx/noticia/entrevista-paola-lara-vuelven/

https://producaocultural.procomum.org/2012/01/11/1525

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Welcome to episode 23 of the Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we combine two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are exploring the great outdoors with two films that fall into the sub genre of backwoods horror, though to be fair the second one is more backwoods adjacent

First up we wade through the swamps of Louisiana with Southern Comfort from 1981 and director Walter Hill, starring Keith Carradine, Powers Booth, Fred Ward, and Peter Coyote. Then we travel to 2005 and the Appalachian Mountains with The Descent from director Neil Marshall, starring Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Mendoza, Akex Reid and Myanna Buring.

Along the way we’ll be discussing the origins of the back woods horror sub-genre, exploring some of the classic and if we’re honest not so classic entries, discussing the career of Walter Hill, debating whether Southern Comfort is an allegory for the Vietnam war and much much more.

Sources & References

Introduction and both movies

The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture Backwoods Horror and Terror in The Wilderness by Bernice M Murphy

The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic Volume 1 edited by Clive Bloom

Southern Comfort 

interviews, commentaries and documentaries that can be found on the Vinegar Syndrome special edition blu-ray release of the film

Men, Women and Chainsaws by Carol J Clover

https://thequietus.com/culture/film/film-southern-comfort-walter-hill-40-anniversary/

https://brightlightsfilm.com/human-frailty-swallowed-whole-on-walter-hills-southern-comfort-1981/

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56697

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hill

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56697

The Descent

The Making of The Descent by Janine Pipe and Neil Marshall

https://youtu.be/gqx5snAahzA?si=6-3pqO6_B8313zFn

https://www.dreadcentral.com/interviews/3370/marshall-neil-the-descent/

https://theasc.com/articles/the-descent-creepy-crawlers

https://www.horrorthriller.com/Movies/Directors/N_Marshall/Centu_rion_Inter_view.html

Contemporary British Horror Cinema Industry, Genre and Society by Johnny Walker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Marshall

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/neil-marshall

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Welcome to episode 22 of the Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we combine two movies to create something for a greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are exploring religious fanaticism, the dangers of group think, cult mentalities, and discussing our first folk horror of the series, as well as our first pseudo-documentary.

First up we have Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General from 1968 and director Michael Reeves starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Hillary Dwyer and  Rupert Davies. Then we travel forward in time to 2013 and the sacrament from right a director Ti West starring AJ Bowen Joe Swanberg Jean Jones and Amy Seimetz.

Along the way will be discussing the all too brief career of Michael Reeves, the real witch finder Matthew Hopkins, Vincent Price, Ti West, the rise and fall of media company Vice, and much more

Mods and Shockers Book

https://webelongdead.co.uk/product-category/books/

Witchfinder General

https://youtu.be/ZsXo5oY1m7g?si=pN7OZndjltvClmXS

https://youtu.be/7tWNBXl1pVM?si=EuWldCAJ0yspJQM-

Witchfinder General by Ian Cooper 

British Film Makers – Michael Reeves by Benjamin Halligan

Beasts in the Cellar - The Exploitation Film Career of Tony Tensor by John Hamilton

Folk Horror on Film edited by Louis Bayman and KJ Donnelly 

https://flexiblehead.blog/2011/10/07/witchfinder-general/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hopkins

https://medium.com/@Witches7Hunt/first-witch-who-was-elizabeth-clarke-fbcba944b7b9

The Sacrament

Interviews with AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz and Gene Jones that appear as special features of the Second Sight Blu Ray release

https://youtu.be/IpHIXtzzSlQ?si=mhqTSLol0n1gCyt8

https://youtu.be/VamKMnRAHB4?si=QmMPc02Vraz3jMmT

https://youtu.be/okOXHN2COBY?si=0HrUy-dbGPcWgGYi

https://youtu.be/rCErUAOiCBE?si=n9vj5yfBV026pj4d

https://youtu.be/fmr0PtkncWY?si=TlNCvyfO1FhoeuaV

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2024/mar/25/the-rise-and-fall-of-vice-media-podcast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_Media

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Episode 21: Cat People (1942) & The Company of Wolves (1984)

Welcome to episode 21 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.

This week – after a very short break - we are back with the shapeshifters with two films that use metamorphosis as metaphor for sexuality, albeit with very different interpretations.

First up we have Cat People from 1943 and legendary producer Val Lewon. Directed by Jacques Tourneur it stars Simone Simon, Tom Cowway, Kent Smith and Jane Randolph. Then we follow this with The Company of Wolves from 1984, directed by Neil Jordan and staring Angela Lansbury, Sarah Patterson, David Warner and – in a blink and you’ll miss it cameo, the late great Terrence Stamp.

 Along the way, we will be discussing the history of RKO Studios, director Jacques Tourneur, actor Simone Simon, author Angela Carter and much much more. 

Sources

RKO Pictures:

https://www.britannica.com/art/history-of-film/Post-World-War-I-American-cinema

https://www.britannica.com/money/RKO-Radio-Pictures-Inc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_Booking_Offices_of_America

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fkt267nd72c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures

Cat People

https://youtu.be/rYLQTFUN7yI?si=LEACT0CJNyBvtoaD

Cat People by Kim Newman (BFI classics) 

Val Lewton the reality of terror by Joel E Siegel

Jacques Tourneur The Cinema of Nightfall by Chris Fujiwara 

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves by James Gracie (Devils Advocates)

 https://youtu.be/7GMb_VPoLr4?si=K52Do2OwxvB48Ndm

https://youtu.be/uzro7hXvp4c?si=TCk44HyEB2rBlPQr

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Welcome to episode 20 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are exploring the horrors of ageing and identity with two movies that take the viewer on a disorienting journey into the price of reinvention and rejuvenation

First up we have Seconds from 1966 and director John Frankenheimer, featuring a career best performance from former matinee idol Rock Hudson alongside Salome Jen and Will Geer. Then we bring ourselves bang up to date – nearly - with the Substance from 2024 and director Coralie Fargeat, featuring a career best performance from Demi Moore alongside Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.

References

Seconds

Seconds by Jez Conolly and Emma Westwood

The directors commentary on the Masters of Cinema blu ray release

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/22848?

https://theasc.com/magazine/nov97/seconds/pg1.htm

https://theasc.com/articles/aces-of-the-camera-james-wong-howe-asc?

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/08/a-second-life-for-em-seconds-em-the-1966-cult-classic-that-made-audiences-sick/278930/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frankenheimer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Hudson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconds_(1966_film)

https://youtu.be/FV2LuK8wVsg?si=z-IZcYN5eF6ZB0h4

https://youtu.be/UjT-db11ZwM?si=W9L12SzTFjBuSDrZ

The Substance

https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/coralie-fargeat/

https://www.screendaily.com/features/coralie-fargeat-on-making-the-substance-her-own-way-everything-had-to-be-in-excess/5199519.article

https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/coralie-fargeat-feminist-body-horror-the-substance-1235048769/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/14/we-can-be-violent-to-ourselves-brutal-demi-moore-on-body-image-reinvention-and-her-most-shocking-role-yet

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/demi-moore-on-the-substance-and-resisting-a-toxic-beauty-culture/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Substance

https://youtu.be/8H64HNvXrqU?si=tJyXTPL6niEzfnZM

https://youtu.be/UMicrbtjFKU?si=vAM0EnUtOI-qMsSR

https://youtu.be/BKcMm5RG2M4?si=fn0a134K_Vz5lCBi

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-substance-shot-list-coralie-fargeat-awards-insider

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a62297701/the-substance-coralie-fargeat-interview/

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This week we are exploring the horrors of Artificial intelligence and tech noir with two films from very different eras but similar fears and concerns. 

First up is Colossus: The Forbin Project from 1970, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Eric Braden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsett, and William Schallert. Then we jump forward nearly half a century to 2018 with Upgrade, written and directed by Leigh Whannell, and featuring Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, and Benedict Hardy. 

Both of these films imagine worlds where technology outpaces human intelligence and in which something designed as a helpful tool quickly mutates into something far more sinister. Between them, the two address themes including autonomy, privacy, the arrogance of sciences, and the fallibility and future of our species. 

References used:

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/ridley-scott-video/

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/jean-luc-godards-dystopian-sci-fi-classic-alphaville-turns-50

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal_Man_(film)

https://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2024-10-09-the-terminator-at-40-james-camerons-dark-vision-is-more-relevant-than-ever

Colossus The Forbin Project

https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23505-THE-FORBIN-PROJECT?cxt=filmography

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Braeden

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/colossus-the-forbin-projects-eric-braeden-retrospective-interview

The directors commentary on the blu ray release of the movie from Spirit Entertainment

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Whitlock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._F._Jones

Upgrade

An interview with Leigh Whannell titled "Man.Machine.More" that appears on the Second Sight blu ray release

https://www.avclub.com/saw-creators-leigh-whannell-and-james-wan-1798222299

https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/leigh-whannell-upgrade/

https://thenerdstemplar.com/2018/05/29/interview-leigh-whannell-upgrade/

https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/01/leigh-wannell-upgrade-interview/

https://punchdrunkcritics.com/2018/06/interview-upgrade-director-leig/

https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-upgrade-interview-pt-1-leigh-whannell-and-logan-marshall-green-on-practical-effects-and-who-almost-directed/

https://dailydead.com/sxsw-2018-interview-leigh-whannell-logan-marshall-green-and-betty-gabriel-talk-upgrade/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEqZipI7eyc

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Episode 18: The Uninvited (1944) & The Changeling (1980)

Welcome to episode 18 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are exploring the horrors of the haunted house which strangely enough is very different to the trope of the old dark house that we discussed back in episode 12.

First up we have The Uninvited from 1944, directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, Gail Russell, Ruth Hussey, and Donald Crisp then we jump forward in time to 1980 with the changeling directed by Peter Medak, and starring George C Scott Trish Vandeveer and Melvin Douglas

Along the way we will be discussing Hollywood’s rather strange early reluctance to depict ghosts in the horror genre, The career of Ray Milland, the tragedy of GAIL Russell, the somewhat dubious true story behind the movie The changeling, the career and controversies surrounding George C Scott and much more.

Sources & References

The Uninvited (1944)

Extras and commentary on the Criterion Collection Blu Ray release of the film and an interview with Lewis Allen that was included in the Criterion Collection accompanying booklet

Danse Macabre by Stephen King

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2934-the-uninvited-spirits-by-starlight

https://ladailymirror.com/2007/07/05/gail-russell/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uninvited_(1944_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Russell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Milland

The Changeling (1980)

Extras and the directors commentary on the second sight pictures blu ray release of the film

https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/denver-house-inspired-horror-film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Scott

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas

https://montecristomagazine.com/arts/horror-classic-changeling#gsc.tab=0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Changeling_(film)

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Episode 17: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) & Symptoms (1974). Fall into madness. 

Welcome to episode 17 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two films to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are exploring the horrors of autumn, with a double bill of movies that use the tuning of the seasons as metaphors for the increasingly fragmented psyches of their protagonists. 

 First up we have Lets Scare Jessica to Death from 1971, then we follow this with Symptoms from 1974

Both movies use the beauty of their respective autumnal landscapes as a serene backdrops for their increasingly nightmarish scenarios. The crisp leaves muted colours and early morning mists of Connecticut in the US and Hillingdon in Great Britain gradually morphing from a place of sanctuary, escape and tranquillity one of slow stultifying death and decay. Released at the start of the 1970s, and with an emphasis on alternative and creative lifestyles, both also can be said to represent the demise of the love generation, as the hope and optimism of flower power gave way to Vietnam, civil unrest and the winter of discontent. 

Sources:

House of Psychotic Women by Kier La Janisse

 https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/death-of-the-60s-dream-1969/

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/did-the-sixties-dream-die-in-1969?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert

https://sfist.com/2017/03/02/what_was_the_summer_of_love_an_expl/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Love

Hancock on Hancock by John Hancock

Imprint blu ray special edition of lets Scare Jessica to Death (special features)

https://screenanarchy.com/2006/10/interview-with-director-john-hancock.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Scare_Jessica_to_Death

BFI blu ray special edition of Symptoms (special features)

English Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

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Welcome to episode 16 of the horror double bill the podcast where each week we pair 2 movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are exploring the terrors of ballet school with two European horror films that are connected through more than just the depiction of dance. 

First up we Head to France and 2011 for Livide from the directing duo of Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Chloe Colloud, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Chloe Marcq, and Felix Moati

Then we head across to Italy – or should that be Germany – and 1977 for Suspiria from Dario Argento, starring Jessican Harper, Stefania Cassini, Alida Valli and Joan Bennet

Both films can be said to be the horror movie as fairy tale, and if we are honest neither is going to appeal to viewers who prefer naturalistic and realistic narratives. Livid moves the directors of 2007’s Inside away from the extreme violence of their debut and into the realms of fantasy, while Suspiria is a full-blown assault on the senses that was inspired by Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to name just one of its very diverse influences. 

Along the way we will be discussing the careers of Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, Baroque approaches to lighting design, the creative and relationship drama behind Suspiria, fairy tale approaches to horror and much more

References:

Livid

https://archive.ph/20121211050709/http://asberman.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/from-the-vault-livide-interview-with-julien-maury/

https://collider.com/alexandre-bustillo-julien-maury-livid-hellraiser-remake-interview/

https://medium.com/keeping-it-spooky/french-frights-livide-6936d081a623

https://monstrousindustry.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/interview-with-livid-directors-alexandre-bustillo-and-julien-maury/#:~:text=AB%2BJM%3A%20For%20both%2C%20our%20relationship,on%20our%20first%202%20movies 

https://newhorror.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/from-the-vault-livide-interview-with-julien-maury/#:~:text=you%20are%20again%20taking%20a,for%20the%20look%20of%20Livide

https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/153462/

https://www.ghoulsmagazine.com/articles/interview-director-julien-maury-talks-kandisha?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Films of the New French Extremity by Alexandra West. 

Suspiria

Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento by Maitland McDonagh

Fear The Autobiography of Dario Argento

Dario Argento: The Man, The Myths and The Magic by Alan Jones

Spaghetti Nightmares edited by Luca M Palmerini and Geatano Mistretta. 

Dario Argento An Eye for Horror Directed by Leon Ferguson

Dario Argento Panico directed by Simone Scaffidi.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Bennett

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alida_Valli

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_De_Quincey

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