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Modern Horror Podcast

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Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 72

What is modern horror? Join author and podcaster A. J. Black and horror writer and podcaster Hugh McStay for a bloodthirsty exploration of cinematic horror from 2010 onwards, talking everything from INSIDIOUS to IT FOLLOWS to IN A VIOLENT NATURE and beyond. Prepare to have your collies wobbled and spines tingled. We'll be right back... A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk

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24/08/2026
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#50
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#72
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#65
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#40
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#87
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10/08/2026
#59
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#90
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04/08/2026
#62
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03/08/2026
#40

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The Insidious franchise

Season 1 · Episode 2

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 • Duration 01:04:02

"The Further is a world far beyond our own, yet it's all around us. A place without time as we know it. It's a dark realm filled with the tortured souls of the dead. A place not meant for the living." James Wan's INSIDIOUS was one of the biggest horror movie hits of the 2010s, spawning a five-film and counting franchise and a raft of imitators, looking to replicate its particular style of pantomime horror. In this episode of the Modern Horror Podcast, your hosts A. J. Black and Hugh McStay dig into the series, focusing heavily on the first film and the travails of the haunted Lambert family, exploring the place of Insidious in modern horror and its ongoing legacy... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A Modern Horror Primer

Season 1 · Episode 1

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 • Duration 33:19

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. In this opening 'primer' for the podcast and subject area, A. J. (Tony) and Hugh discuss their backgrounds, the key pictures in the modern horror canon, and what they might be exploring to come... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Cabin in the Woods with Dee Molumby

Season 1 · Episode 4

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 • Duration 01:03:37

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Hugh, Tony and their first podcast guest Dee Molumby as they peel back the meta-layers of Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s loving hate-letter to the horror genre, The Cabin in the Woods. Host Tony Black Co-Host / Editor Hugh McStay Guest Dee Molumby (@deirdremolumby on Twitter) Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Speak No Evil (2022 & 2024)

Season 1 · Episode 3

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 • Duration 01:02:09

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Hugh and Tony as they tackle James Watkins’ psychological horror film, Speak No Evil, and discuss in detail the Danish original that gave the world a new definition of the word ‘bleak’. The guys discuss the film’s themes, ideas and performances and go almost a full hour without talking about just how sexy James McAvoy is… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host Tony Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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V/H/S Beyond & the V/H/S Franchise

Season 1 · Episode 5

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 • Duration 01:20:37

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Hugh and Tony embark on an analogue odyssey through the world of modern anthology horror as they tackle the entirety of the V/H/S franchise in one fell swoop. The gents look at the series as a whole, discuss their personal top ten entries and dig deep into the latest film in the series, V/H/S Beyond... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A.J Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Heretic

Season 1 · Episode 9

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 • Duration 53:48

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This time, Tony and Hugh sit down to discuss the Hugh Grant-starring chiller Heretic, exploring religious and theological horror, the power of belief and much more... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Smile & Smile 2 with Kat Hughes

Season 1 · Episode 8

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 • Duration 01:08:13

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Welcoming horror critic and podcaster Kat Hughes to the show, the guys discuss Parker Finn's Smile franchise in gruesome, gory detail; from it's short story origins to it's blockbuster success and beyond, the terrifying curse is put through the wringer as much as Skye Riley herself... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A.J Black Guest Kat Hughes - @GizmoShikari on Twitter Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Halloween Special: Variety's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time

Season 1 · Episode 7

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 • Duration 01:16:00

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. In this episode, a Halloween special, Hugh and Tony indulge themselves in Variety's recent Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, unpicking the list from 100-1, discussing some of the key choices, whether they should be higher or lower, and providing their own Top 10 horror films of all time. How many modern horror's will make the cut? Host Hugh McStay Co-Host / Editor A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Terrifier 1-3

Season 1 · Episode 6

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 • Duration 01:10:42

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Tony and Hugh tackle the most talked about horror series on the planet currently - the TERRIFIER franchise. Talking the 2016 original through to the brand new 2024 third film, they explore whether Damien Leone's modern schlockbusters are vile guff, or the beginning of a whole new icon of horror cinema... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In a Violent Nature

Season 1 · Episode 10

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 • Duration 01:02:50

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh as they dig into what the Slasher movie means in a modern context before analysing Chris Nash's low budget 2024 reinvention of that genre, In a Violent Nature... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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