Backrooms

Backrooms

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 [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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen with Sam Stokes

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 [https://open.spotify.com/show/215OkZNC33GYodgWuBh2ov?si=6afda59d6c024b0b] Reel Talk [https://open.spotify.com/show/10ArsLzcrnUr7Ed9oNFoQQ?si=61b74ed48cc2493f] 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 [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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Hokum with Emma Arneil

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 [https://open.spotify.com/show/6QBrXRe8ElJDR4Zkw2Xims?si=85632dd8d21b450f], 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 [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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Oddity with Emma Arneil

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 [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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Lee Cronin's The Mummy with Dan Owen

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 [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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]