Ep 244 The Call of Cthulhu
There’s more temporal shenanigans as we go all the way back to the 1920s, by going all the way back to 2005 for the HP Lovecraft Historical Society’s film adaptation of “The Call of Cthulhu”. A fi…
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00:36:52 Andrew Leman 2005
There’s more temporal shenanigans as we go all the way back to the 1920s, by going all the way back to 2005 for the HP Lovecraft Historical Society’s film adaptation of “The Call of Cthulhu”. A fi…
00:38:26
This episode we’re discussing the bang-up-to-date podcast “Broken Veil” from Joel Morris and Will Maclean. Two intrepid podcasters gathering weird stories from friends, find the tales begin to coal…
00:23:00
Adam’s back in the Library with a bonus episode of extra gubbins left over from our recent episode on “Late Night With The Devil” As always, we recommend you listen to our main episode (number 207)…
00:36:47
We go back in time to remember a Halloween past, and become embroiled in a diabolical ratings war as we watch “Late Night With The Devil”. A film in which we learn that Scoleciphobia and Hypnosis a…
01:10:09
Welcome To Horror Presents: “The Memoirs of We Have Been Watching”. It’s been a little while - but here’s one of our regular instalments of “We Have Been Watching”, in which we discuss all our extr…
00:38:43
We’re taking a look at another “locally-sourced” horror; the time-tangled psychedelic noir that is “Burnt Flowers” from Director/Writer/Actor Michael Fausti. Spanning across 3 eras, a Police Detect…
00:35:50
We turn our attention to a cracking little historical horror from Actor, Director, Writer (and all round top bloke) Andrew Elias. “Tales From The Great War” begins with 4 British soldiers stationed…
00:28:26
Here’s Adam with a bonus episode of all the facts and gubbins we didn’t quite get to on our “The World’s End” episode. We recommend that you listen to our main episode (number 199!) first, before d…
00:23:42 Edgar Wright 2007
Adam brings us another bonus episode of random facts and things about “Hot Fuzz” that we didn’t quite get round to on our main episode. This time round he overuses the word “stalwart” and, once aga…
01:05:15
Welcome To Horror Presents: “The Adventures of We Have Been Watching”. Once again it’s time for the team to spurt forth with their brain translators to inform you of their extra curricular eye feas…
00:34:30 Lawrence Kasdan 2003
In the second half of our Not For Everyone Podcast recommendations, we’re watching another Stephen King adaptation - 2003’s “Dreamcatcher”. A film in which Morgan Freeman’s eyebrows are designed to…
00:38:47
Welcome To Horror Presents: “We Have Been Watching And The Monster From Hell”. It’s time, faithful listeners, for the WTH team to have another one of our fireside chats about our inter-schedule vie…
00:39:16 Robert Wiene 1920
And so we conclude our festive season of ‘Silent Nights’ by going back even further, for the magnificent “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”. A film in which we witness possibly the worst interior design…
00:38:02 Richard Kelly 2001
Go suck a fuck, it’s our episode on “Donnie Darko” (spoilers AND swearing). A film in which we learn the incorrect place to store a Lifeline exercise card; that there’s nothing more beautiful than …
00:38:53
Welcome To Horror Presents: “We Have Been Watching Must Be Destroyed”. It’s another of our regular round ups of what the team having been shoving into their brain-faces. This time we discuss “Last …
00:37:27 Michael Powell 1960
Last episode we watched “The Red Shoes”, considered by many to be the masterpiece of directors Powell and Pressburger, by contrast we now turn to the film that practically ended Michael Powell’s ca…
00:49:08 Emeric Pressburger 1948
It’s Lady Jennifer’s birthday request; and we’re joined by previous guest Dani for “The Red Shoes” (1948). A dazzlingly beautiful film in which we learn that if a prominent figure in the arts ISN’T…
01:02:38
It’s sequel time, as we present “Least Haunted 2: Electric Loup-Garou”. It’s another glimpse into all things weird and spooky with three judgemental pricks. We have a strange tale from a listener (…
00:46:49 Robert Wise 1963
With housing a seeming perennial nightmare, we’re going to look at some nightmare houses, kicking off with an absolute, stone cold classic - Robert Wise’s “The Haunting” (that’s the 1963 one, not t…
00:40:37 Marjane Satrapi 2014
There’s a lot of films called “The Voices”; but we’re covering the best - the Marjane Satrapi directed 2014 one, starring Ryan Reynolds. A film that teaches you the value of covering cold meat, eve…
00:38:57
Welcome To Horror Presents: “The Revenge of We Have Been Watching”. Time, once again, to discuss all the different audio/visual media that we have shoved up our brains, via our lugs and peepers, ov…
00:40:00 Brad Anderson 2001
We conclude our Haunted April season (in May) with Brad Anderson’s atmospheric chiller “Session 9”. A film in which we learn that health and safety at work is one thing, but health safety in the ki…
00:54:32
Welcome To Horror Presents: “The Ghost of We Have Been Watching”. It’s that movie recap moment as we discuss what has been entering our brains via our eyes and ears from the glowing screens we can …
00:38:11 Roger Corman 1961
Audience request month continues with Roger Corman’s “The Pit and The Pendulum”. A film in which a grief-stricken Vincent Price keeps his dead wife’s bedroom exactly as she left it, and similarly e…
00:33:46 Eugenio Martín 1974
Audience request month kicks off with a train journey as we climb aboard the “Horror Express”. A film in which Christopher Lee’s moustache bristles with traditional British pomposity; Peter Cushing…
01:40:13
After our last episode’s look at Hammer’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, we take a deep dive into the great Grimpen Mire, and compare and contrast 3 further adaptations of the classic tale. We c…
01:38:11 Roman Polanski 1999
Special guest Manny joins us for this look at a late 90s Satanic Thriller, Roman Polanski’s “The Ninth Gate”. A film in which Frank Langella proves that most Satanic Societies are all “big cloaks, …
01:05:32 Brian Yuzna 1989
It’s allegory time with none-more-80s what-the-fuck-fest; Brian Yuzna’s “Society”. A documentary about the upper-echelons of the Beverly Hills gentry, which reveals the true face (and fist, and ent…
01:56:46 Daniel Myrick 1999
In 2021, three podcasters went into a Zoom chat and were never seen again. The recordings of that meeting, believed lost, were recently recovered, and it became clear that they were talking about t…
01:31:19 Andy Nyman 2017
We hide our guilt, chill our bones and look for the tenth number as we watch “Ghost Storeis” by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson, adapted from their smash hit stage play. A film in which Daddy’s got Meo…
01:28:08 Danny Boyle 2002
We’re joined by Claire for her birthday choice; Danny Boyle’s apocalyptic vision “28 Days Later”. A film in which Tommy Shelby overcomes a coma-inducing head injury to master parkour and kick the f…
01:32:05 Wolf Rilla 1960
The team are joined by Westley Sith of the Mos Eisley Happy Hour for a thoroughly British nightmare; the 1960 adaptation of John Wyndham’s “The Midwich Cuckoos”, filmed as “Village of the Damned”. …
01:36:10 Steven Spielberg 1975
Anchors away! The team are joined by the mighty Alex for an aquatic masterpiece - the impeccable “Jaws”. A film that highlights how helpful a wrist strap can be for a marine biologist; demonstrates…
01:24:57 George A. Romero 1978
We return to George A Romero’s Living Dead universe for the second instalment in the series: 1978’s classic “Dawn of the Dead”. A film in which we learn that a screwdriver can be an effective subst…
01:27:42 Wes Craven 1996
This episode we watch a classic film that’s so 90s it’s on tour with Oasis, in an Adidas tracksuit, with a Tamagotchi in it’s pocket and signing into it’s Compuserve Email account: Wes Craven’s “Sc…
To quote Noddy Holder “IT’S CHRISTMAS!” and so we settle down before a roaring TV screen to watch festive family favourite; 1974’s proto-slasher “Black Christmas”. A film which highlights all the …
01:04:55 Dario Argento 1977
This week is a full on assault of the senses with Dario Argento’s classic “Suspiria”. A film in which there are more Nazi references than an online argument; soundtrack maestros Goblin have bought…
01:19:39 Richard Donner 1976
It’s time to plaster the walls with pages from The Bible and check each other for numerical birthmarks as we watch 1976’s Antichrist caper “The Omen”. A film in which someone drops a church spire o…
01:25:55 John Carpenter 1978
It’s only taken us 98 episodes to finally turn our attention to undisputed classic, slasher blueprint and seasonal favourite John Carpenter’s “Halloween”. A film in which Jamie Lee Curtis hides in …
01:24:39 Scott Derrickson 2012
The team gathers around the 8mm projector to view 2012’s perfectly named “Sinister” from Blumhouse Films. A film that teaches you that you never go into Dad’s office, that you never ignore a scared…
01:12:56
This episode we turn to a lesser known classic with 1962’s “Night Of The Eagle” (aka “Burn, Witch, Burn”). A film which in which Mr Peter Wyngarde discovers his wife’s keeping dead spiders in her k…
01:21:23 Paul Annett 1974
The team sink their teeth into another slice of lycanthropy, this time with a dash of Blaxploitation and a garnish of Agatha Christie. Yes folks, it’s Amicus Films’ horror swansong “The Beast Must …
01:25:59 Denis Héroux 1977
The gang’s all here! Lady Jennifer, Chris, Lee and Adam sit down for Adam’s birthday choice and listener suggestion, which is the feline-themed anthology “The Uncanny”. A film in which Donald Pleas…
00:48:28
Lee and Adam conclude their look at great horror comedy TV. On this episode they discuss the legacy of “The League of Gentlemen”, as Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton bring us first “Psychoville…
01:20:51 Roy Ward Baker 1967
Having haunted the show since the very beginning - Chris finally gets to watch “Quatermass and The Pit”. A film in which the British working man is celebrated in all his insolent glory, the militar…
Welcome To Horror Episode 59 ”The ‘Burbs” is available now on Soundcloud, Apple Podcast App/iTunes Store, and at welcometohorror.com Recaptured and strapped to his chair, Chris joins Lee and Adam …
01:04:14 Robert Hamer 1945
The team sit down in front of a stone-cold classic- Ealing Studios only horror film;1945’s “Dead of Night” A film in which cigarettes are handed out like sweets, a teenage Truly Scrumptious is far …
01:36:35 Paul W. S. Anderson 1997
The team are reunited to view Chris’s belated birthday choice; 90s cult science fiction/horror “Event Horizon”. A film in which eyes are not required, smoking in the workplace has been reinstated b…
00:16:30 George A. Romero 1968
Bonus Episode! That’s right you lucky people. Lee and Lady Jennifer discuss the fantastic new stage adaptation of George A Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead”, following its run at the Pleasance Th…
01:35:36 David Slade 2018
The team are joined once more by Claire as they watch/play Netflix Interactive “Black Mirror” episode “Bandersnatch”. Will you choose the right path? Have you got the 3 letter code? And have you sp…
00:26:44 Peter Sasdy 1972
Yes! You lucky people, here’s the first of two Christmas Bonus Episodes! These are once again plucked from the BBCs on/off traditional TV “A Ghost Story for Christmas” strand. We first turn our hea…
01:03:21 John Carpenter 1982
In attempt to combat the heatwave, we’re taking a trip to Antartica for John Carpenter’s The Thing, in which Kurt Russell plies his computer with drink, Jed the dog gives an Oscar-worthy performanc…
01:05:02 John Carpenter 1994
As requested by Bobby from the fantastic Not For Everyone Podcast; the gang sit down to watch “In The Mouth of Madness” from the maestro: Mr John Carpenter. A film in which Jürgen Prochnow cosplays…
00:23:29
We hope you enjoyed Episode 19 “Tales of Terror” - as promised; we’re bringing you 3 Bonus Episodes of the original Edgar Allan Poe Stories that were adapted for the film. Performed by SLUD (aka ou…
01:09:13 Lesley Manning 1992
Lee, Chris and Adam are joined by special guest Lady Jennifer as they conclude their 3 episode Halloween season for October. The gang sit down and relive that Halloween Night 25 years ago, when the…
00:54:57 John Carpenter 1987
Join Lee, Chris and Adam as they watch John Carpenter's underrated 1987 masterpiece Prince of Darkness, in which troubled Priest Donald Pleasence discovers the world's oldest Lava Lamp and Alice Co…