100 Horrors

This week we buddied up with our ex-friends Spoils of Horror to do an episode swap. I say "ex-friends" because while we sent them the EXCELLENT movie 'The Greasy Strangler', they sent us the diabolical Q: The Winged Serpent. You can listen to their hilarious take on The Greasy Strangler by searching for Spoils of Horror on any podcast outlet, and you can hear us gripe about how much we disliked this monstrosity in the first ever bonus episode of 100 Horrors! Cheers all!

Ah, masculinity. Beautiful. Fragile. Terrifying. American Psycho was written by a gay man and directed by a woman and is a fiercely satirical glimpse into what it's like to be a man in the modern(ish) world. The film is an absolute classic and offers a rare glimpse into the fabled female gaze, something which is all too rare within the horror genre. AND, it's also a fantastic opportunity to see Christian Bale's arse, so there's that too...

We've had the pleasure of exploring some incredible films over the last 60 something weeks. We got to explore Rosemary's Baby, a film that digs deep into society's treatment of women and the systematic delegitimizing of the state of motherhood. We watched The Hills Have Eyes, which while boring, did pose a series of interesting questions around morality and ethics in modern America. This week we watched From Dusk Till Dawn, a film about a load of vampires in a strip club. There's loads of naked women. There's loads of blood. There's absolutely zero message to be had here. This is pure entertainment. Mr Phil Saunders joins us to discuss why this is (quite rightly so) his favourite film of all time.

We love a special guest. We love when we're related to that special guest. We love when that guest is frightened of horror films, and we especially love when they still find Wes Craven's 1996 Meta-Slasher actually scary! Ash Murray is on the show this week to discuss the only horror film she can watch "without shitting [her] pants"... her words, not ours...

Life in a Swedish suburb looks grim enough as it is. I hate the cold. Perma-snow. Perma-snotty-nose. Perma-coats. Throw a vampire into that mix and you have Hell. An actual living Hell. But, is viewing this film as grim as being in it looked? Tune in to episode 064 to find out!

Directed by Roman Polanski in 1968, this film ruined the marriage of it's leading lady, and if superstitious nutters are to be believed, it directly caused the murder of pregnant Sharon Tate only months after its release. Yeah, it's one of THOSE movies... Tune in to hear what we had to say on the matter!

Some films take on legendary status due to their incredible performances, some for their insightful narratives, some for the impact they make on the wider society, and some because they're just disgusting torture porn that leave a sick legacy of poor imitations in their wake. This week we discuss Eli Roth's 2005 film Hostel. We'll let you decide which of the aforementioned categories this one fits into...

The term "modern classic" is thrown around all too often these days, and 2014's Annabelle is no exception. Directed by John Leonetti, Annabelle is a prequel (who doesn't love those, right?) to 2013's The Conjuring. Both films are based on the sordid lies of the Warren family, and so you can disregard everything about this being a true story. Honestly, look at the doll in this and then google "the real Annabelle doll" if you want to see just how far creative license has been stretched here. For a better time, watch Child's Play. Its the same story, its just done right...

Believe it or not, Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" is based on a true story. In 1961 the residents of Capitola in California were viscously attacked by flocks of gulls that had become infected with a brain eating parasite. It was by all accounts, a horrific attack... And yet, I feel that the savagery about to land in our inboxes is going to way overshadow the events in Capitola on that dark day in 1961...

This week we welcome Mr Patrick Jordan back to discuss Joe Dante's Gremlins; a film which holds legendary status for those who grew up watching it. As you can tell, we did not grow up watching it. Please address all complaints to @100Horrors on twitter. The instagram inbox is getting considerably clogged...