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In this episode of the Straight On Till Morning Show, I host a programme on the FrightFest festival, which took place from 21st to the 25th August 2025 in London. I talk to Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies and co-writer of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema, and film critic Dr Anton Bitel, who guide... Continue Reading →
In this episode of the Straight On Till Morning Show, I host a programme on the FrightFest festival, which took place from 22nd to 26th August 2024 in London. Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies and co-writer of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema, and film critic Dr Anton Bitel, guide us through their festival highlights.... Continue Reading →
It was a pleasure to contribute to BBC Screenshot on Shock Value, presented by Mark Kermode and Ellen E. Jones. It airs on Friday 9th August at 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4 and will be available on the BBC iPlayer shortly afterwards. Programme listing for Screenshot Shock Value on BBC Radio 4
In the next episode of the Straight On Till Morning radio show, I talk to Jane Giles and Ali Catterall, the co-directors of the new documentary Scala!!! Or the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits. Thursday 4th January 2024, 8pm,... Continue Reading →
In our upcoming Straight On Till Morning show I discuss FrightFest 2023, sponsored by Pigeon Shrine, which took place from 24-28 August 2023 in London, with Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies and co-writer of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema, and film critic Dr Anton Bitel. Among the themes covered this year were cosmic monsters,... Continue Reading →
In this episode of the Straight On Till Morning radio show, I host a discussion on Korean horror film with Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies, and film critic Anton Bitel in the aftermath of the London Korean Film Festival. https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/https://johnnyalucard.com/https://projectedfigures.com First broadcast on 29th November 2022. Pic credit: The Anchor (Dir. Jeong Ji-yeon, 2022)... Continue Reading →
Listen to the annual podcast round-up of the Arrow FrightFest festival with Kim Newman, Anton Bitel and me: This year's themes were: Influencers Religious cults Unwelcome guests New women Tight spots Films mentioned include: Deadstream Follow Her Sissy Something in the Dirt Candy Land New Religion The Leech Who Invited Them Torn Hearts Piggy Family... Continue Reading →
In a radio show broadcast on Monday 6 September 2021 at 8pm on Resonance 104.4FM, I discuss the Arrow Video FrightFest festival (26 August - 5 September) with Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies and co-writer of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema, and film critic Anton Bitel. Repeated on Tuesday 7 September, 10am. Podcast on... Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure of talking to Anna Bogutskaya about a pair of 1950s she-creature films, Curse of the Cobra (1955) and The Wasp Woman (1959) in the 26/06/2020 episode of the Final Girls weekly podcast. https://thefinalgirls.transistor.fm/episodes Picture credit: The Wasp Woman (Dir. Roger Corman, 1959)
Death and Beyond: In this month’s show, Virginie Sélavy caught up with Death Waltz Records’ Spencer Hickman and legendary composer Fabio Frizzi at this year’s Horror Channel Frightfest to talk about Frizzi’s scores for such classic Italian horror films as The Beyond and Zombi 2 in the light of his upcoming new London live show... Continue Reading →
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