Dark Natter

The Hall Of Pain already contains writers, artists, movies, TV shows, video games, internet celebrities and even a Disneyland ride... but this episode might just welcome its first ever musical spectacular!  Join Jon and Liam as they analyse the Jeff Wayne retelling of HG Wells' classic novel.

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Resident Evil is to Liam as Silent Hill is to Jon, so expect a lot of enthusiasm for today's subject!  We scrutinise every aspect of the long-running franchise, including zombies, grotesque eyeball-arms, dodgy voice acting and Mr X's fedora.

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Today's Hall Of Pain wannabe is the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks... to help them make their decision, Jon and Liam are playing through Jon's favourite childhood adventure, Master Of Chaos.  Expect mutants, mercenaries, mongooses (mongeese?) and some decidedly dodgy dice rolls.

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In today's show, Liam and Jon meet a particularly unpleasant individual... but will the brilliant performance of Mark Duplass in this underrated Netflix psychological horror movie gem be enough to secure him a place in the (ahem) world-renowned Hall Of Pain?

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Liam and Jon are happy to welcome this delightful, friendly little fellow to the show... wait, what's he doing with those stinging nettles!?

Tune in to find out whether David Firth's most famous creation is worthy of a place in the Hall Of Pain... after we've hidden all the rusty spoons.

Just don't expect us to explain what the hell is going on...

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It's the episode we were born to record!  Liam's been a fan of this series since its first entry, while Jon has more recently climbed about the cursed, rot-infested bandwagon... tune in to find out why we both love From Software's masterpiece and its sequels so much!

Link to Jon (aka Dave)'s Justgiving page for London Marathon charity run for St John Ambulance:  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/david-darbyshire-london-2020

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In today's episode, Jon and Liam are drenching themselves in the horrifying works of visionary manga artist and writer, Junji Ito.  Ito-san was famously scheduled to be involved in creating the art assets for the cancelled Silent Hills project, but perhaps his most beloved work is the deeply disturbing and utterly unique horror epic Uzumaki... find out if our intrepid hosts enjoyed spiralling into this gruesome creation enough to grant him a place in the (ahem) illustrious Hall Of Pain!

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Liam's been in hibernation over Christmas, so for today's episode Jon is joined by pal Haydn Kilyan, who brings a wealth of Mortal Kombat knowledge to this in-depth discussion!  Will the long-running franchise's uppercuts, roundhouse kicks, fatalities, babalities, multi-coloured ninjas and kommendable kommitment to putting the letter 'K' at the start of everything be enough to secure its place in the Hall of Pain?

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In today's fear-stive special, Jon and Liam tackle the 1974 movie sometimes described as the grandfather of the slasher genre... and its surprising 2019 remake!

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Jon and Liam are delighted to welcome Ryan Hamann of the Cane & Rinse podcast stable as the show's first ever special guest!  Together we investigate his favourite theme park ride, as well as learning the inspiration for his Halloween alter-ego 'ghost host'... find out whether his enthusiasm, wit, celebrity status, and generous bribes are enough to secure the alarming attraction a place in the Hall Of Pain...

Huge thanks as always to Ross Budgen for our deliciously dark theme music, and now some links for you!

Experience the ride itself if you're too scared to visit in person...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7VIn1EAS80

Sound Of Play is the weekly video game music podcast, hosted by Ryan every alternate week.  I've listened to every single episode, because it's ace, but the Halloween specials come particularly highly recommended...

2019:  https://caneandrinse.com/sound-of-play-222/
2018:  https://caneandrinse.com/sound-of-play-170/
2017:  https://caneandrinse.com/sound-of-play-118/
2016:  https://caneandrinse.com/sop-65/
2015:  https://caneandrinse.com/sound-of-play-27-the-videogame-music-podcast/

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