No Darkness But Ours

No Darkness But Ours

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  • Don Coscarelli's 'Phantasm' films

    For the first time on No Darkness But Ours, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick set out to discuss an entire horror franchise - Don Coscarelli's Phantasm films.

    From the first movie in 1979, all the way through to the final instalment, Ravager, in 2016, we talk deadly flying silver spheres, 1971 Barracudas, insane four-barrelled sawn-off shotguns and the performances of A. Michael Baldwin, the late great Angus Scrimm as the terrifying Tall Man, and the one and only Reggie Bannister as the lovable Everyman hero pitted against the embodiment of Death Itself.

    Phantasm, Phantasm II, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, Phantasm: OblIVion and RaVager are all hugely entertaining films in their own right, but also rich in musings on mortality. Come step through the dimension fork and join us!

    This episode of the podcast is for Reggie Bannister, with love and admiration.

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    Photograph of Reggie Bannister giving an interview at Scarefest 2015, Lexington, KY by DarkestGoth Magazine

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠

    1 hr 22 min
  • David Lynch: A Tribute

    Visionary, one-of-a-kind filmmaker David Lynch died on 16th

    January 2025. Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick discuss his extraordinary career and body of work, his legacy and influence.

    Photograph: David Lynch at Cannes, 2017: Georges Biard, CC

    BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Film Review: The Damned (dir. Thordur Palsson, 2024)

    Thordur Palsson’s icy period horror THE DAMNED is in cinemas now. What did Gemma and Simon think? Click to find out.

    Big thanks to Amelia Gardiner at Strike Media who provided

    an advance screener in exchange for an honest review.

    Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1itnHQHgxUI

    Strike Media: https://strike-media.com/what-we-do/

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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    19 min
  • Three Halloween Tales

    A Happy Halloween/Samhain to all our viewers and listeners, and to celebrate here are Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick, each with a macabre tale to tell. And this year they’re joined by a special guest, in the form of

    the one and only Stephen Volk!

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    51 min
  • In Conversation with... Stephen Volk

    Creator of Gothic, Afterlife (no, not the one with

    Ricky Gervais – the good one,) the classic Ghostwatch and much more besides, screenwriter and novelist Stephen Volk joins Gemma and Simon to discuss his work.

    Steve’s latest superb story collection, The Good Unknown, is available from Tartarus Press here: http://tartaruspress.com/volk-the-good-unknown.html

    Steve’s website: https://www.stephenvolk.net/

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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    Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠

    1 hr 22 min
  • In Conversation with... (the return of) Hailey Piper!

    On the release date of her astonishing new novel ALL THE

    HEARTS YOU EAT, we’re delighted to welcome the magnificent Hailey Piper back onto the show. We discuss vampires, worms, giant bird-women, haunted hotels and
    shunting. And more.


    To buy ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT: https://titanbooks.com/71814-all-the-hearts-you-eat/

    Hailey’s website: ⁠https://haileypiper.com/⁠

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠

    1 hr 35 min
  • In Conversation with... Joanne Mitchell

    We both loved Joanne Mitchell’s debut film, Broken Bird,

    so we’re delighted to welcome Joanne herself onto the show to talk about the making of the film!

    Joanne’s website: https://www.joanne-mitchell.com/

    Mitchell-Brunt Films: https://www.mitchell-bruntfilms.com/

    Our review of Broken Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrDahSZ3XWA

    Thanks to Greg Day at Clout PR for helping set up this

    interview, and again to Keir Waller at Strike Media for giving us the chance to review Broken Bird.

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠

    34 min
  • In Conversation with... Nadia Bulkin

    Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick talk to Nadia Bulkin about her new novella, Red Skies In The Morning, and her landmark collection, She Said Destroy. Along with politics, Indonesian horror, survival, and cats.

    For more about Nadia and her work:

    https://nadiabulkin.com/

    https://linktr.ee/nadiabulkin

     

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠

    1 hr 42 min
  • Clawfoot (dir. Michael Day, 2023)

    Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick renew Michael Day’s Clawfoot, starring Francesca Eastwood and Milo Gibson – a film of psychological suspense, outrageous black comedy and interior décor – and we learn that you NEVER mess with Simon when he’s making Bolognese

    Our thanks to Rebecca Cherry at Strike Media for providing us with a screener of the film.

    https://strike-media.com/what-we-do/

     

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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    Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠

    23 min
  • Film Review: Broken Bird (dir. Joanne Mitchell, 2024)

    Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick discuss Joanne Mitchell’s debut feature, Gothic psychological horror film BROKEN BIRD, starring Rebecca Calder, James Fleet, Sacharissa Claxton and Jay Taylor. What did we think? Press play and find out.

     

    For more about Joanne Mitchell and the film:

    https://www.joanne-mitchell.com/broken-bird/

    https://www.instagram.com/joannemitchellb/

    https://x.com/joannemitchellb

    https://www.mitchell-bruntfilms.com/

     

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    Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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    43 min

About No Darkness But Ours

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Gemma Files is an award-winning Canadian horror author, while Simon Bestwick has been hailed as 'among the most important writers of contemporary British horror.' We both have a macabre sense of humour, and opinions. Lots of opinions. We're also friends who enjoy talking about the genre we love. So why not come and join us while we do... in No Darkness But Ours.