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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 week the gents are joined by returning guest Mary Munoz to discuss Curry Barker’s modern masterpiece, Obsession. Together, the gang discuss the emergence of incel horror, the return of the Monkey’s Paw curse and one of the truly great horror performances from Inde Navarrette. .. Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Mary Munoz (@missmaimepeas.bsky.social) 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

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 week Tony and Hugh are tackling André Øvredal’s 2026 road horror movie Passenger. The gents discuss some great scares, a chilling set-up, lament the much missed early work of a talented director,  missed opportunities and wonder whether this whole affair should be considered a bit of a write-off… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Read Tony on Passenger at Film Stories: https://filmstories.co.uk/features/passenger-2026-the-overlooked-horror-film-with-a-slightly-different-lesson/ 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

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 week we return to the realm of the dark psychological thriller by looking at JT Mollner's 2023 film, Strange Darling. Another favourite of Hugh's that we've threatened to cover for ages, this indie picture subverts what we might expect from the standard serial killer hunts women story into something altogether knottier, darker and visually arresting. We unpick what Mollner's influences might have been, two outstanding central performances, and dig into where this intriguing tale fully goes... 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

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 week you might think we've gone mad because we're not talking about a horror movie, rather Christopher Nolan's epic 2026 telling of Homer's The Odyssey. So what's going on? Well, we're pretty convinced that Nolan's infused his story of Odysseus returning from the Trojan War with some absolute nightmare fuel, from Lovecraftian monsters to terrifying witches and giant metal-clad warriors. It's a movie with horror elements so we dial into those areas, as well as wonder what a Nolan horror film, proper, could one day look like... 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

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 week the gents are having their first ‘cheat’ pick as they travel back to 2008 for Joel Anderson’s psychological horror film Lake Mungo. Joined by the magnificent host of The Horror and Her Podcast, Emma Arneil, the gang discuss one of the saddest, creepiest and perhaps most profound horror films of the last twenty years. So join us for a discussion of a film where we touch on found-footage horror, ghostly apparitions and a meditation on the existential fear that we may never know those we love the most. Oh, and for some reason, Mungo Jerry... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram) The Horror and Her Podcast 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

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 tackle Adam Wingard’s highly influential 2011 home invasion horror You’re Next. The gents talk about the worst family in the world, the film’s impact on the wider cultural zeitgeist, the career of Adam Wingard and heap praise upon a final girl for the ages… 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

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 finally get around to discussing Liam Gavin’s 2016 occultist horror A Dark Song after Hugh banging on about it for the best part of two years. The gents discuss a very unique modern horror film, explore the history of occultism and the infamous Aleister Crowley and dive deep into the claustrophobic nightmare that Liam Gavin presents... 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

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 week the gents are discussing Sean Byrne’s 2015 psychological supernatural horror, The Devil’s Candy. A film chock full of Heavy Metal madness, Hugh and Tony discuss the fantastic performances from Ethan Embry and Pruitt Taylor Vince, admire the unsettling demonic artwork and discuss if it is possible to have ukelele-infused heavy metal tracks (stay tuned to the end to find out…) Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Buy the film from Second Sight: https://secondsightfilms.co.uk/products/the-devils-candy-limited-edition-4k-uhd-blu-ray-pre-order-available-may-25th 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

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 week we look at the newest box office horror sensation, the adaptation of prodigy director Kane Parsons' YouTube series, Backrooms. We discuss the rise of a new generation of filmmaker emerging from a different creative medium; the history of The Backrooms and its attendant lore; the fusion of low-fi horror concepts with prestige actors; and wonder about the vanguard this might lead given its rampant success... 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

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 week we are tackling Netflix’s most recent collaboration with the Duffer Brothers, Haley Z Robinson’s horror mini-series Something Very Bad is Going to Happen. Podcaster Sam Stokes returns to the pod to discuss the most extreme case of pre-wedding jitters, an examination of our need for a soul mate and Netflix’s commitment to making clever, original horror... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Sam Stokes Den of Ten Reel Talk 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

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 they look at the latest chilling outing from director Damian McCarthy, starring Adam Scott, Hokum. Joined once again by host of The Horror and Her, recurring guest Emma Arneil, they look at the scares and chills in his latest Irish-set horror, and how he's putting the country on the horror map; some of the key performances; listeners contribute thoughts in a mailbag section; and Emma makes quite the spooky revelation as they explore their own scary hotel ghost stories... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Emma Arneil 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

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 they head for the wilds of Ireland for some haunting psychological horror in Damian McCarthy's Oddity. Joined by host of The Horror and Her, recurring guest Emma Arneil, the trio get excited for McCarthy's next film Hokum as they consider the career's ascendant horror filmmaking career; they dig deep into the characters he creates (comparing one villain to a character in Coronation Street, no less); look at the quiet terror of the supernatural in the film; and consider just how often the golem has been used as a modern movie monster... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Emma Arneil 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

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 they take off the bandages and look at the brand new take on a Universal monster, with Lee Cronin's The Mummy. Joined by podcaster and recurring guest Dan Owen, the gents tackle the new approach on a classic idea, looking at previous Mummy adaptations and how this compares; examine why the director's name is on the top; and wonder if this pilfers a bit too much from a couple of other famous franchises... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Dan Owen 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

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 week the gents are able to dive headlong into the video nasties era thanks to Prano Bailey-Bond’s 2021 masterpiece, Censor. Joined by podcaster and writer Johnny Restall, the gents discuss 80’s Britain’s obsession with home video horror, a staggering debut from a new voice in horror cinema and dig into the nightmare world that Bailey-Bond has carefully crafted... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Johnny Restall The Thriller Cabinet 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

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, joined by returning guest Dee Molumby, the duo tackle Radio Silence's sequel to 2019's Ready or Not (covered by us last year, don't miss it), Ready or Not (2): Here I Come. Samara Weaving's long suffering Grace is plunged back into another game of action horror comedy stylistics but does this match the energy and skill of the original? And what does it say about where the modern horror sequel is right now? Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Dee Molumby Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

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 week the gents are in for a special treat as regular Christmas horror guest Steve O’Brien makes a return to the podcast to discuss James Wan’s 2021 film Malignant. The gents discuss one of the most bonkers horror films of the last decade with full spoilers, so if you haven’t seen the film yet we implore you to do so first; you do not want this twist ruined. And stick around to the final credits of the show for a special treat Steve created just for little old us… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Steve O’Brien - steveobrien.journoportfolio.com Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

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. Here they launch the inaugural yearly 'Spookies' Awards, where both talk through a range of categories from Best Scream Queen via Best Kill to Best Horror Picture, looking at films covered by the podcast and beyond in an attempt to crown the Spooky Award winner for the horror film of 2025. Which slice of terror will emerge victorious? Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

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, as we launch a spin-off show called Modern Horror Screams devoted to the Scream series, Hugh and Tony are joined by that show's host Baz Greenland to chat Wes Craven's Scream 4 in 2011 through to Kevin Williamson's brand new Scream 7. How has this durable franchise evolved over the last 15 years? And does it have even more lease of life? Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Baz Greenland Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

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, film lecturer and horror enthusiast Jon Wroot joins them to discuss Ti West's X trilogy - 2022's X and Pearl, and 2024's MaXXXine, charting the story of two women connected across 70 years of Hollywood cinema and fame in three very different tonal pictures covering 70s exploitation, silent cinematic madness and 80s slasher excess... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Jon Wroot Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

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 week Kat Hughes returns to the podcast to discuss Corin Hardy’s new teen horror film Whistle, and bring us an interview with the man himself! We discuss the film’s  familiar but well explored themes, haunted objects and some of the most gnarly deaths so far in 2026. Oh, and Tony falls down a manhole… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari Special Guest Corin Hardy Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

Do you like scary trailers? The first spin-off from Modern Horror arrives late February in Modern Horror Screams, hosted by Baz Greenland. Timed to coincide with Scream VI from Kevin Williamson, Baz will look at the entire Scream franchise in this limited run podcast series with an array of guests... indeed both Tony and Hugh could well be victims of this too! Subscribe now to Modern Horror Screams on all podcast platforms, including Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Joining Tony and Hugh this week is the apesolutely fabulous returning guest Kat Hughes, joining them to chat new crazed animal horror, Primate. They get into their favourite animal horrors since 2010, the movie monster chimp that is Ben, the deeper ideas beneath the movie and if that's not all, Kat drops in for a chat with Primate director Johannes Roberts about the making of the film... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Kat Hughes (@GizmoShikari) Special Guest Johannes Roberts Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

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. Joining Hugh and Tony this week, returning to the world of 28 Years Later on their journey to The Bone Temple (not a euphemism) is returning guest Kat Hughes. Our trio discuss some a heavy metal show for the ages, the film’s worrying political subtext, the terrifying Jimmies and the surprisingly tender heart of Nia DaCosta’s film... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ 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

We bid you welcome to the first MODERN HORROR PODCAST episode of 2026. 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. They begin a brand new year with a special episode where they look back at all 57 films and TV series they have covered in the last year and change, putting them in a ranking order and attempting to find the 'Dark God'; the modern horror movie to rule them all. Which film will emerge on top? Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay The Rank on a spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxoiREJpiI6XYKTkTs9M2ma4NJxuLLjaqF0RphvWeCk/edit?usp=sharing 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

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. Joining Hugh and Tony to celebrate their 50th episode is wonderful Kat Hughes and Dee Molumby as they return to the small New England town of Derry for IT: Chapter One and Two. Modern Horror’s very own Loser’s Club discuss the novel and 90’s mini-series before diving in to Andy Muschietti’s two-part adaptation of one of Stephen King’s most famous novels. A big thank you to all of our listeners for sticking with us the past 18 months and helping the podcast grow! Here’s to another 50! Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guests Dee Molumby @deirdremolumby Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari 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

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. With Tony indulging in his pre-Christmas hibernation cycle, Hugh and Dan Owen are joined this week by another magnificent Loser, podcaster and critic Kat Hughes. Our intrepid trio put their wits together to discuss the final two episodes of It: Welcome to Derry where we discover the importance of Bob Gray to our interdimensional monster (no, not Dan Owen), witness a horrific racist atrocity, discuss the US Army’s frankly insane masterplan and wax lyrical about an astonishing final instalment that may rank as one of the best hours of television this year... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Guests Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari 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

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 week Tony and Hugh, joined by recurring guest, journalist Steve O'Brien, get all festive with the schlocky, time-travelling slasher, It's a Wonderful Knife. The gents unpick any connections to the seminal It's a Wonderful Life beyond the title, whether the film successfully pulls off making a Hallmark movie into a violent horror, and decide whether this deserves to be up there amongst the best Christmas horror films out there... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Steve O'Brien 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

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. With Hugh taking a week off to soak in a bath while a grandparent berates him, Tony is joined by recurring guest, podcaster Dan Owen. They look into the fifth and sixth episodes of It: Welcome to Derry, as revelations abound about the history of Derry and indeed Pennywise, with some stray thoughts of Dan's raising a few eyebrows... Host / Editor A. J. Black Guest Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos 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

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 week the gents turn their attention to the Philippou brother’s second feature film, the horrifying and tragic Bring Her Back. Featuring a staggering performance from Sally Hawkins, Tony and Hugh discuss the film’s devastating subject matter, one of the most horrific horror set-pieces in recent memory and the emergence of two bold new voices in horror cinema in the form of Danny and Michael Philippou... 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

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. With Tony taking a week off to fulfil his life-long dream of exploring the New England sewer systems, Hugh and Dan Owen are joined this week by another magnificent Loser, podcaster and critic Mary Munoz. Our plucky trio explore the third and fourth episodes of It: Welcome to Derry where the origins of the entity are explored in some terrifying flashbacks and Andy Muschietti delivers some of the most unpleasant eye-horror this side of Eli Roth’s Hostel… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Guests Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos Mary Munoz (@MissMaimePeas) 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

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 welcome new guest Sam Stokes to the podcast as they discuss 2013’s disturbing found-footage folk-horror The Borderlands. The gents discuss the melding of genres, the film’s central struggle of Christianity versus Paganism and compare anxieties over the film’s deeply unsettling and upsetting ending... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Sam Stokes Find him on: Den of Ten Reel Talk 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

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Over the next few weeks, they will be covering the brand new It prequel series, Welcome to Derry, which takes the terror of Pennywise back to 1962, and joining them for the journey is Vampire Videos host Dan Owen. The trio discuss 1x02 'The Thing in the Dark', chatting new characters, a fleshed out sense of narrative and mythology, and some deeply effective slices of nightmarish horror... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Dan Owen 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

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh, plus John Bleasdale, film critic and author of Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer, as they discuss the director's strange 2013 adaptation of Michel Faber's novel, Under the Skin. The trio discuss Glazer's unique career thus far and dig into how this film straddles the boundaries between horror, science-fiction and beyond. Is it one of the most profound examples of its form? Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest John Bleasdale Buy Darkness Visible here: https://stickingplacebooks.com/darkness-visible-the-cinema-of-jonathan-glazer/ Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Over the next few weeks, they will be covering the brand new It prequel series, Welcome to Derry, which takes the terror of Pennywise back to 1962, and joining them for the journey is Vampire Videos host Dan Owen. The trio discuss 1x01 'The Pilot', the introduction of the characters, the striking beginning and end in terms of horror theatrics, and where all of this might be going in the broader context of Stephen King and It... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Dan Owen 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

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 return to the V/H/S franchise this week as they look at this year’s timeous offering of V/H/S Halloween. The gents discuss each segment in depth, revelling in some gory seasonal silliness, some truly dark and disturbing entries and one of the most fun segments that the series has ever produced... 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 Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ 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

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. For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of the House of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil. The trio discuss the climax of the story as Frederick meets his dark fate while reaching his worst excesses, and the truth about Roderick and Madeline's past becomes clear as they prepare to face Verna one last time... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram) ⁠⁠Beyond the Scream⁠⁠ 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

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. For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of the House of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil. The trio talk all things Usher as Victorine and Tamerlane enter the crosshairs, and the narrative begins to rapidly approach Roderick's fateful date with destiny... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram) ⁠Beyond the Scream⁠ 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

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. For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of the House of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil. The trio talk all things Usher as Camille and Leo come under the bloody spotlight, and the animal kingdom gets very involved in Flanagan’s menagerie of horror… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram) Beyond the Scream 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

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. For Halloween we are turning October into The Month of the House of Usher, as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil. The trio talk about Poe’s work, their shared love for Mike Flanagan, ruthless bastards and bastards who are ruthless, as well as chemical orgies (not the good kind) and a frankly phenomenal cast of actors chewing the scenery up at every opportunity… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram) Beyond the Scream Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ 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

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 discuss one of Ti West’s earliest efforts with 2011’s The Innkeepers. The gents discuss a ghost story that seems to have been spliced with the DNA of an early Kevin Smith movie, debate whether or not the horror tale of Madeline O’Malley works, look at its place in the pantheon of modern horror ghost stories and try to understand what was going through Pat Healy’s mind when he decided on THAT hairstyle… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ 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

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 tackle 2023's creeping folk horror Starve Acre from debut director Daniel Kokotaijo, with guest Rob Yeomans of the CineMortuary podcast - not to mention Production Manager on the film itself! Rob discusses his involvement in the film, giving insights into the production, and the gents tackle the deeper themes of this slice of 'weird Albion'; grief, trauma, psychosis and the long tail of myth and legend... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Rob Yeomans Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ 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

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 the tackle the Philippou brother’s debut feature film, Talk To Me, featuring the most unsettling hand in horror cinema since the butlers in Scary Movie 2… The gents discuss how the brothers drag possession horror kicking and screaming into the 21st Century, the emergence of more fresh new voices in modern horror cinema and how Gen Z’s attitude to trauma and grief have crafted a unique and unsettling spin on an old classic... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ 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

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 week the gents welcome Mary Munoz back to the podcast to discuss Zach Cregger’s Weapons, one of the show’s most anticipated films of the year. The gang discuss a film as funny as it is scary, several staggering performances, a marketing masterstroke and the emergence of an exciting new name in horror cinema...     Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Mary Munoz (@MissMaimePeas) Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ 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

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 week the gents are joined by returning guest Mary Munoz to discuss Zach Cregger’s deeply disturbing 2022 horror Barbarian. A dark and twisted tale that tackles misogyny, abuse, and giant, scary mothers… The team discuss the everyday dangers women face just by existing, the rodent-energy of Justin Long, Vampire Videos host Dan Owen’s dank and dark basement and which Skarsgard they would most like to open their door on a dark and rainy night (NOT A EUPHEMISM).   Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Mary Munoz (@MissMaimePeas) Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ 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

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 goes solo as host, joined by Mark McManus in a crossover with their podcast At the Movies in the 90s, as they discuss both the brand new take on I Know What You Did Last Summer, plus the original 1997 film and 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer... Host / Editor A. J. Black Guest Mark McManus Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ 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

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 they are entering into the sinister world of artificial intelligence by looking at the very different 2022 M3GAN and 2025's M3GAN 2.0, both directed by Gerald Johnstone. One a straight up horror, the other a spy action pivot, both pictures explore the dangers of unchecked AI on children and the world beyond. Tony and Hugh look at what could happen if we continue on such a trajectory as well as how M3GAN as a franchise plays with our expectations... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠ 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

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 week, they are joined by recurring guest and horror writer/podcaster Kat Hughes, to explore Danny Boyle's much-anticipated sequel, 28 Years Later. They go deep on themes, casting, visuals, that last five minutes, where the next film might go, plus touch on 28 Days & 28 Weeks Later along the way... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Kat Hughes Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠ 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

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 week, in a format breaking episode, Tony flies solo with guest, academic and podcaster Dr. Carl Sweeney, re-airing a 2019 episode of their defunct film podcast, Motion Pictures, where they discussed that year's adaptation of Doctor Sleep by Mike Flanagan and more broadly examine Stephen King's depiction of America in his books and on screen... Host / Editor A. J. Black Guest Dr. Carl Sweeney Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠ 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

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 week the gents dive deep into the murky waters of psychological horror with Rose Glass’ sublimely dark exploration of mental illness and religious ideation with 2019’s Saint Maud. The gents discuss the personal hell of mental illness, exalt the virtues of talented first time writer / director Glass and discuss one of the darkest endings in modern horror cinema... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠ 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

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 week the gents tackle one of the great folk horror movies of the last twenty years with Ben Wheatley’s sublime 2011 chiller, Kill List. And to examine such a dense and dark tale they have roped in the help of writer, podcaster and Kill List expert, Caitlyn Downs... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Caitlyn Downs (@scaredesheepless.bsky.social & @scaredsheepless on Twitter) https://linktr.ee/scaredsheepless Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN 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