Dark Natter

In today's episode Jon and Liam are putting the controversial one-off BBC Halloween special Ghostwatch through its paces... tune in to find out whether it packs enough punch to secure a place in the Hall Of Pain!  Highlights include Jon reliving at least two childhood experiences that possibly explain why he's ended up this way.

Huge thanks as always to Ross Budgen for our opening theme music, and also to The Real Cheesemakers, whose cataclysmic homage to Mr Pipes closes out the show!

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Jon and Liam travel back (and forward, and back again) in time to do battle with the Terminator franchise, which seemingly will not stop... ever... until we are dead.

Tune in to find out whether Arnie's blockbusting robot thrillers have what it takes to make it into the Hall Of Pain, or whether this series is getting rusty...

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It's Halloween, so Jon and Liam are bringing you a Halloween special episode about... the Halloween franchise!  They've ploughed through all ELEVEN Halloween movies (so you don't have to), and will slash, hack and carve them up to find out whether Michael Myers' long career of carnage is enough to cement his place in the Hall Of Pain... or whether he's just a mouldy old pumpkin.

Jon is also shamelessly plugging his new book release, so follow this link if you like collections of short horror stories with shocking twists... https://amzn.to/2PB9yTA

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Jon and Liam get their claws into this decade's favourite cross-media internet meme horror sensation... or whatever he is.  Find out whether there's anything behind the faceless stare, or if the Slenderman is all suit and no substance... and whether the long-limbed creep can secure a berth in the illustrious Hall of Pain!

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In this episode, Liam and Jon squeeze every drop of plasma out of Bloodborne, From Software's gore-drenched gothic horror video game classic... find out whether the tale of the Hunters of Yharnam can find a place in the Hall Of Pain!

Our thanks as always to Ross Budgen for our theme music, and huge apologies to Vaatividya for mangling his name - here's the link to his fantastic Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro analysis videos:

https://www.youtube.com/user/VaatiVidya/featured

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Liam and Jon squeeze every last drop of dread, horror and acid blood out of the Alien franchise - tune in to find out whether the xenomorphs and their creepy android pals can make it into the Hall Of Pain...

Huge thanks as always to Ross Budgen for our theme music, and to Ian Holm for being the creepiest android of all time.

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Liam and Jon put The Blair Witch Project - and its sequels - through the Dark Natter wringer to decide whether they're worthy of a place in the hallowed Hall of Pain.  Expect mirth, merriment, monsters and... mucus?

Our thanks as always to Ross Budgen for the show's theme tune, and to Rustin Parr for making this all possible.

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In this debut episode, Jon and Liam discuss the complete works of Stephen King, and decide whether the famed horror writer deserves a place as the inaugural inductee into the Hall Of Pain.  Expect bad jokes, tomfoolery, and bucketloads of spine-chilling terror...

Our huge thanks go to Ross Budgen for Something Wicked, his excellent synth tune that we've used as our sinister theme music!

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Coming soon!!  Dark Natter is the podcast where your favourite works of dark fiction are sliced, diced and dissected for forensic analysis.  Enter the Hall Of Pain, whose creepy custodians Jon Richter (dark fiction writer) and Liam Martin (dark fiction connoisseur) will guide you through a nostalgic, light-hearted examination of your favourite sinister creations.

With thanks to Robert Austin, whose ace and creepy tune we have utilised to spine-chilling effect!

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