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This week we return to the realm of the dark psychological thriller by looking at JT Mollner's 2023 film, Strange Darling.

Another favourite of Hugh's that we've threatened to cover for ages, this indie picture subverts what we might expect from the standard serial killer hunts women story into something altogether knottier, darker and visually arresting. We unpick what Mollner's influences might have been, two outstanding central performances, and dig into where this intriguing tale fully goes...

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Hugh McStay

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A. J. Black

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This week you might think we've gone mad because we're not talking about a horror movie, rather Christopher Nolan's epic 2026 telling of Homer's The Odyssey.

So what's going on? Well, we're pretty convinced that Nolan's infused his story of Odysseus returning from the Trojan War with some absolute nightmare fuel, from Lovecraftian monsters to terrifying witches and giant metal-clad warriors. It's a movie with horror elements so we dial into those areas, as well as wonder what a Nolan horror film, proper, could one day look like...

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A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

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This week the gents are having their first ‘cheat’ pick as

Joined by the magnificent host of The Horror and Her Podcast, Emma Arneil, the gang discuss one of the saddest, creepiest and perhaps most profound horror films of the last twenty years. So join us for a discussion of a film where we touch on found-footage horror, ghostly apparitions and a meditation on the existential fear that we may never know those we love the most.

Oh, and for some reason, Mungo Jerry...

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Hugh McStay

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Guest

Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)

The Horror and Her Podcast

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Hugh and Tony tackle Adam Wingard’s highly influential 2011 home

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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 finally get around to discussing Liam Gavin’s 2016 occultist horror A Dark Song after Hugh banging on about it for the best part of two years.

The gents discuss a very unique modern horror film, explore

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This week the gents are discussing Sean Byrne’s 2015 psychological supernatural horror, The Devil’s Candy. A film chock full of Heavy

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Hugh McStay

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A. J. Black

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This week we look at the newest box office horror sensation, the adaptation of prodigy director Kane Parsons' YouTube series, Backrooms.

We discuss the rise of a new generation of filmmaker emerging from a different creative medium; the history of The Backrooms and its attendant lore; the fusion of low-fi horror concepts with prestige actors; and wonder about the vanguard this might lead given its rampant success...

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This week we are tackling Netflix’s most recent collaboration with the Duffer Brothers, Haley Z Robinson’s horror mini-series Something

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Hugh McStay

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A. J. Black

Guest

Sam Stokes

Den of Ten

Reel Talk

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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.

This time they look at the latest chilling outing from director Damian McCarthy, starring Adam Scott, Hokum.

Joined once again by host of The Horror and Her, recurring guest Emma Arneil, they look at the scares and chills in his latest Irish-set horror, and how he's putting the country on the horror map; some of the key performances; listeners contribute thoughts in a mailbag section; and Emma makes quite the spooky revelation as they explore their own scary hotel ghost stories...

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A. J. Black

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Hugh McStay

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Emma Arneil

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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.

This time they head for the wilds of Ireland for some haunting psychological horror in Damian McCarthy's Oddity.

Joined by host of The Horror and Her, recurring guest Emma Arneil, the trio get excited for McCarthy's next film Hokum as they consider the career's ascendant horror filmmaking career; they dig deep into the characters he creates (comparing one villain to a character in Coronation Street, no less); look at the quiet terror of the supernatural in the film; and consider just how often the golem has been used as a modern movie monster...

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A. J. Black

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Hugh McStay

Guest

Emma Arneil

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