Modern Horror Podcast

By Film Stories

What is modern horror?

Join author and podcaster A. J. Black and horror writer and podcaster Hugh McStay for a bloodthirsty exploration of cinematic horror from 2010 onwards, talking everything from I... more

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The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.

Modern Horror Podcast episodes:

November 19, 2025 The Borderlands with Sam Stokes
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern
Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,
worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
Hugh and Tony welcome new guest Sam Stokes to the podcast as
they discuss 2013’s disturbing found-footage folk-horror The Borderlands.
The gents discuss the melding of genres, the film’s central struggle of
Christianity versus Paganism and compare anxieties over the film’s deeply
unsettling and upsetting ending...
Host / Editor
Hugh McStay
Co-Host
A. J. Black
Guest
Sam Stokes
Find him on:
Den of Ten
Reel Talk
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Title music:
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1h 6min
November 09, 2025 It: Welcome to Derry 1x02 - 'The Thing in the Dark' with Dan Owen
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern
Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
Over the next few weeks, they will be covering the brand new It prequel series, Welcome to Derry, which takes the terror of Pennywise back to 1962, and joining them for the journey is Vampire Videos host Dan Owen.
The trio discuss 1x02 'The Thing in the Dark', chatting new characters, a fleshed out sense of narrative and mythology, and some deeply effective slices of nightmarish horror...
Host / Editor
A. J. Black
Co-Host
Hugh McStay
Guest
Dan Owen
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
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1h 4min
November 05, 2025 Under the Skin with John Bleasdale
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
Join Tony and Hugh, plus John Bleasdale, film critic and author of Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer, as they discuss the director's strange 2013 adaptation of Michel Faber's novel, Under the Skin.
The trio discuss Glazer's unique career thus far and dig into how this film straddles the boundaries between horror, science-fiction and beyond. Is it one of the most profound examples of its form?
Host / Editor
A. J. Black
Co-Host
Hugh McStay
Guest
John Bleasdale
Buy Darkness Visible here:
https://stickingplacebooks.com/darkness-visible-the-cinema-of-jonathan-glazer/
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord:
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
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1h 20min
November 02, 2025 It: Welcome to Derry 1x01 - 'The Pilot' with Dan Owen
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern
Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
Over the next few weeks, they will be covering the brand new It prequel series, Welcome to Derry, which takes the terror of Pennywise back to 1962, and joining them for the journey is Vampire Videos host Dan Owen.
The trio discuss 1x01 'The Pilot', the introduction of the characters, the striking beginning and end in terms of horror theatrics, and where all of this might be going in the broader context of Stephen King and It...
Host / Editor
A. J. Black
Co-Host
Hugh McStay
Guest
Dan Owen
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @filmstories
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Website: www.filmstories.co.uk
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1h 14min
October 29, 2025 Halloween Special: V/H/S Halloween
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern
Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,
worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
Hugh and Tony return to the V/H/S franchise this week as they
look at this year’s timeous offering of V/H/S Halloween. The gents discuss each segment in depth, revelling in some gory seasonal silliness, some truly dark and disturbing entries and one of the most fun segments that the series has ever produced...
Host / Editor
Hugh McStay
Co-Host
A. J. Black
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew
Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord:
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @filmstories
Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories
Website: www.filmstories.co.uk
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1h 22min
October 22, 2025 The Fall of the House of Usher - 1x07 'The Pit and the Pendulum' / 1x08 'The Raven' with Emma Arneil
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern
Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,
worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of the
House of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited
series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and
absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil.
The trio discuss the climax of the story as Frederick meets his dark fate while reaching his worst excesses, and the truth about Roderick and Madeline's past becomes clear as they prepare to face Verna one last time...
Host / Editor
A. J. Black
Co-Host
Hugh McStay
Guest
Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)
⁠⁠Beyond the Scream⁠⁠
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
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Website: www.filmstories.co.uk
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1h 45min
October 15, 2025 The Fall of the House of Usher - 1x05 'The Tell-Tale Heart' / 1x06 'Goldbug' with Emma Arneil
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern
Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,
worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of the
House of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited
series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and
absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil.
The trio talk all things Usher as Victorine and Tamerlane enter the crosshairs, and the narrative begins to rapidly approach Roderick's fateful date with destiny...
Host / Editor
A. J. Black
Co-Host
Hugh McStay
Guest
Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)
⁠Beyond the Scream⁠
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠
Twitter: @filmstories
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Website: www.filmstories.co.uk
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1h 13min
October 08, 2025 The Fall of the House of Usher - 1x03 'Murder in the Rue Morgue' / 1x04 'The Black Cat' with Emma Arneil
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern
Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,
worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of the
House of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited
series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and
absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil.
The trio talk all things Usher as Camille and Leo come under
the bloody spotlight, and the animal kingdom gets very involved in Flanagan’s menagerie of horror…
Host / Editor
Hugh McStay
Co-Host
A. J. Black
Guest
Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)
Beyond the Scream
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew
Twitter: @filmstories
Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories
Website: www.filmstories.co.uk
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1h 3min
October 01, 2025 The Fall of the House of Usher – 1x01 'A Midnight Dreary' / 1x02 'The Masque of the Red Death' with Emma Arneil
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
For Halloween we are turning October into The Month of the House of Usher, as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited
series The Fall of the House of Usher.
Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil.
The trio talk about Poe’s work, their shared love for Mike Flanagan, ruthless bastards and bastards who are ruthless, as well as chemical orgies (not the good kind) and a frankly phenomenal cast of actors chewing the scenery up at every opportunity…
Host / Editor
Hugh McStay
Co-Host
A. J. Black
Guest
Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)
Beyond the Scream
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord:
⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew
Twitter: @filmstories
Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories
Website: www.filmstories.co.uk
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1h 20min
September 24, 2025 The Innkeepers
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
Join Hugh and Tony as they discuss one of Ti West’s earliest efforts with 2011’s The Innkeepers.
The gents discuss a ghost story that seems to have been spliced with the DNA of an early Kevin Smith movie, debate whether or not the horror tale of Madeline O’Malley works, look at its place in the pantheon of modern horror ghost stories and try to understand what was going through Pat Healy’s mind when he decided on THAT hairstyle…
Host / Editor
Hugh McStay
Co-Host
A. J. Black
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord:
⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew
Twitter: @filmstories
Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories
Website: www.filmstories.co.uk
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57min

FAQs about Modern Horror Podcast:

How many episodes does Modern Horror Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.