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Celtic mythology, Alan Garner, Martin Cruz Smith lesser-known folk-horror classics, colonial horror and George Popov's The Droving all come under the scrutiny of Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick in their ongoing discussion of folk horror. Come pull up a chair and listen in.
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Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
As Halloween approaches, join Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick in the first of a three-part investigation of folk horror. In the first episode, they grope towards a definition of folk horror, looking at the 'unholy trinity' of The Wicker Man, Blood On Satan's Claw and Witchfinder General and then further afield...
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Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Join Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick as they continue to explore the world of found footage horror on the printed page, and discuss Simon's foray into the subgenre, Black Mountain.
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Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Ever since The Blair Witch Project first terrified its audiences we've known how immersive and frightening a way to tell a story the 'found footage' film can be. Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick trace the found narrative story's literary roots in classic horror fiction such as Dracula, Poe and M.R. James and how it's come full circle with authors seeking to transfer found footage to the printed page. Join them as they discuss the blurred lines between fact and fiction, the weird world of the Canadian film industry and their own experiments in the subgenre, starting with Gemma's novel Experimental Film and her novella each thing i show you is a piece of my death.
Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Ever since The Blair Witch Project first terrified its audiences we've known how immersive and frightening a way to tell a story the 'found footage' film can be. Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick trace the found narrative story's literary roots in classic horror fiction such as Dracula, Poe and M.R. James and how it's come full circle with authors seeking to transfer found footage to the printed page. Join them as they discuss the blurred lines between fact and fiction, the weird world of the Canadian film industry and their own experiments in the subgenre, starting with Gemma's novel Experimental Film and her novella each thing i show you is a piece of my death.
Want to support our podcast? Make a one-off donation via our Ko-fi page:
https://ko-fi.com/nodarknessbutourspodcast
For sneak previews of future episodes and exclusive bonus content, subscribe to:
Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodarknessbutours
Or our Anchor feed: https://anchor.fm/no-darkness-but-ours
Music:
Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Join your hosts, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick, as they look at the how the work of M.R. James continues to shape stories of the supernatural in print and on screen right up to the present day, to awesome effect.
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Music:
Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Having discussed M.R. James' body of work, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick now set out to trace how the author's influence permeates the horror genre i every medium, right through to the present day. A teaser: the full episode will be here soon...
Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Join Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick as they sink their teeth into M.R. James' body... of work, that is! Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was one of the foremost practitioners of the classic ghost story, and continues to influence artists in the horror genre to this day. In this first of two podcasts on all things Jamesian, we look at James' work, and explore just what it is that gives it its unique and spine-chilling power.
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Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
A teaser for our imminent second episode, in which Gemma and Simon sink their teeth into M.R. James. Well, his fiction, anyway...
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/
Join Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick as they discuss the beauty and terror of snowbound horror in fiction and film, from Ally Wiles' debut novel All The White Spaces to Lovecraft's At The Mountains Of Madness, and much else in between.
Music:
Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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