The Secret History of Hollywood @moviehistories.bsky.social by @audiojoe.bsky.social Shadows - The Val Lewton Story in particular is perfect. History, docudrama, analysis are all part of a well researched, well scripted, wonderfully acted & beautifully scored masterpiece. Melancholy & triumphant.
Girls Guts And Giallo by @girlsgutsgiallo.bsky.social is a wild and provocative ride through cult cinema that transcends the boundaries of art and exploitation. Reimagining, re-appropriating and re-evaluating how we view some of the more maligned films hovering around the cinematic ether.
The House of Hammer (@househammerpod.bsky.social) is a supremely ambitious attempt to cover every Hammer film produced chronologically. They've excavated a range of obscure films that deserve more recognition & some visions of future Hammer. They have entered the colour period, On The Buses soon!
Kill It With Fire (@krycekfacility.bsky.social) deep dives into a selection of cult film from the last 50 years with an expert and finely tuned focus on little seen 90s thrillers. It provides excellent analysis and great debate between the co-hosts. Can't wait for it to come back!
The Final Girls podcast hosted by Anna Bogutskaya takes a look at various horror subgenres and themes from a feminist perspective. A great choice and variety of themes, films and guests make this a must listen for horror film fans.
Here Lies Amicus (@amicushere.bsky.social) is a comprehensive overview of the Amicus output. A podcast that never fails to help chill me out as well as entertained. The chat between the co-hosts and their occasional guests is humorous, enlightening and pure fun.
Rated H is the equivalent of hanging out with some mates in the pub talking about films all night. But simultaneously more and less wholesome than that. It has been a real pick me up in difficult times.
The New World Pictures Podcast (@newworldpicpod.bsky.social) is another irreverent journey through the films of one production company led by the iconic figure (at least, initially) of Roger Corman. A funny & enlightening attempt to evaluate a range of wild films. Loads of great interviews too!
The Wild, Wild Podcast with academic Adrian Smith and scholar Rod Barnett is a perfect introduction to the world of vintage Italian genre cinema for anyone who wants to explore further. I wish podcasts & this show had been around when I was first getting into Italian films.
The Bergcast with Howard David Ingham and Jon Dear (@accordingtojond.bsky.social) is your one-stop-shop for everything Nigel Kneale related. A comprehensive podcast that explores the many areas of Kneale's expansive creative reach. Filled with great guests and great chat about a legend.
The Second Features podcast with Adrian Smith & Laura Jane Mayne is a relaxed and insightful examination of less explored cult films from the 1960s and 1970s. It is a conversational and accessible little gem with a fantastic array of special guests who help further enlighten.
The Cult Connections (@cultconnections.bsky.social) podcast makes the tangential aspect of other podcasts its focus. Taking a cult movie, theme or genre as its starting point & then exploring the world around almost exponentially. Always enjoyable finding out where CC starts & ends its journeys.
Rod Barnett's The Bloody Pit is a chatty, informal analysis of classic genre films from across the globe and across the decades. Covering a wide range of films with a wide range of guests, this is a perfect podcast for anyone getting into cult cinema or weathered enthusiasts.
The @cinepunx.bsky.social hosted Twitch of the Death Nerve is a fantastic communist adjacent, ACAB leaning exploitation film podcast that covers every grimy nook and cranny from Lone Wolf & Cub to Candy Snatchers.
Newton Talks by James Newton takes takes a look at the world of cult cinema from a social, political and cultural context with the help of academics, film makers and writers. Always insightful and provocative whether it is discussing the grindhouse or Star Wars.
Live at the Death Factory with @nochorus.bsky.social and Astrid Rose has perfected a snarkily sincere/sincerely snarky appreciation of scum cinema from SOV offcuts to Rob Zombie as master Auteur via obscure documentaries and occasionally some of your comparatively vanilla cult films.
Rod Barnett's Naschy Cast is not only an excellent series of podcasts exploring the world of Spanish horror icon, Paul Naschy but an important journey through the wider context of Spanish cult cinema.
The Hysteria Continues delves into the slasher film (and slasher adjacent) universe. One of the delights of this podcast is its willingness to examine the more obscure offerings regardless of bourgeois notions of 'good'.
Very Nearly An Armful - A Tony Hancock Podcast is as comforting as a hot water bottle and cup of tea on a chilly winter night. Filled with interviews, clips, fascinating behind the scenes details and great insight into one of Britain's greatest comic talents.
The Horror Business (@thehorrorbiz666.bsky.social) podcast with @liamrulz.bsky.social and Justin Lore was always going to win me over with a Nile reference. A laconic double date with iconic horror double bills. Relaxed and inclusive conversations for expert & novice alike. The Cave-In of podcasts.
I have recently become obsessed with @generalwitch.bsky.social and their affectionate and not so affectionate grapples with cult British horror. If you are a fan of tabloid 90s pop cultural references and Britpop alongside your cult film analysis, then this is the podcast for you.
I have been enjoying Moving Pictures Film Club recently & their sincere, earnest and loving tributes to horror cinema. The blend of deep dive film analysis & broader cultural contextualization provides a handy primer to both the experienced horror hound & those still finding their way.
@rebeccamccallum.bsky.social's Talking Hitchcock podcast is as comprehensive as it gets. This is fast developing into the one-stop shop for everything Hitchcock. A detailed mix of fascinating analysis, vital production info and contextual biographical detail. Perfect.
Only a few episodes in, @johnnyrestall.bsky.social's Thriller Cabinet is already a must listen. An in depth analysis of the thriller genre at its broadest from a paranoid political thriller (Klute), an elegaic portrait of a serial killer (Badlands) & a creepy ghost chiller (The Changeling).
@joelipsett.bsky.social and Traced Thurman's @horrorqueers.bsky.social tackle the explicit or implicit queerness and high camp in a series of horror films from past to present with a welcome emphasis on late 90s/early 00s. Horror Queers is always a fun and enlightening journey.
Been listening to a lot of the Nightmare Junkhead (@nightmarejunkhead.bsky.social). A real good time horror podcast pick-me-up by enthusiastic and knowledgeable horror fans for horror fans. Never fails to lift me up. The deep dive soundtrack episodes especially are always top tier.
Another Scarred For Life podcast, this time from the brains behind the Scarred For Life books. Each episode involves a special guest from the world of film, TV or literature examining the pop cultural detritus (and otherwise) that caused long lasting trauma.
I've finally got round to taking in the glorious highs of Cinepunx (@cinepunx.bsky.social). The perfect melding of punk music, cult cinema and banter that makes you feel part of the family. As with familial podcast Horror Business, the regular mentions of hardcore punk is the cherry on top.
The Godfather of all film podcasts The Projection Booth Podcast (@projectionbooth.bsky.social) covers an unpredictable and vast array of films from obscure Eastern European art-house to Star Wars. The show is packed with great guests, cast & crew interviews and analysis.
The Anatomy Of A Scream (@anatomyofascream.bsky.social) podcast collective that takes on the horror genre from a range of culturally minoritised perspectives. It has grown and grown into something al encompassing that remains rooted in how it discusses notions of representation.
Fragments of Fear by Rachael Nisbet and Peter Jilmstad is a wonderful dissection of the more obscure gialli from the genre's inception up until the near present. Just as rewarding for the Giallo novice as it is the connoisseur. A podcast as inclusive as it is insightful.
The Iron Sequel by James Lawrence was a podcast that explores the film sequel in all its often overlooked glory from the ridiculous to the sublime. It journeys from Grease 2 to the various Rambos, Supermen to Police Academy 2 to Demons 2 and much more besides.
The Cannon Canon w/ Geoff Garlock and Frank Garcia Hejl were working their way through every film associated w/ the legendary Cannon (as well as other regular diversions). This was a really funny, warm-hearted & insightful ride into the land of Golan & Globus that sadly came to an indefinite hiatus.
The Question In Bodies from Howard David Ingham does exactly what it says on the podcasting tin. Exploring the body and gender in the current cultural landscape. An intellectually invigorating journey from the author of the best books on genre cinema, We Don't Go Back.
Hell's Belles from Kat Ellinger and Heather Drain was a riotous, raucous evocation of the love of films and music. They extol the importance of art in nourishing our souls, whether it be punk rock, the films of Lamberto Bava or the godliness of Tom Atkins.
