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- Elio Petri: The Tenth Victim (1965) and A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
In this episode we are joined by Josh Saco, the Executive Director of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, to discuss Italian director Elio Petri , a director who worked across the 60s and 70s in many genres, whose films have undergone a rediscovery over the past decade or so. We explore his 1965 pop-art sci-fi satire The Tenth Victim (27:40) and the 1968 Gothic giallo ghost story A Quiet Place in the Country (01:07:25).
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Check out what's coming up at The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and look through its archive.
SciFrights is hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
Music composed and performed by Damo Alexander and Rosie Gilbey
Artwork by Millie Hallam
NEXT EPISODE:
We are finally doing it - our next episode will be on David Lynch! We will be discussing Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and Twin Peaks: The Return, with an emphasis on the now iconic Part 8 episode.
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1 hr 41 min - Claire Denis: Trouble Every Day (2001) and High Life (2018)
In this episode we are joined by filmmaker and programmer, Craig Williams, to explore the work of arthouse auteur, Claire Denis. We discuss her graphic tale of cannibalistic lust, TROUBLE EVERY DAY (20:06), and the dark psychosexual space prison film, HIGH LIFE (01:11:35).
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Follow Craig Williams on Instagram @mondodraig
Check out his film THE WYRM OF BWLCH PEN BARRAS on the fantastic folk horror boxset from Severin Films, All the Haunts Be Ours, Volume 2
And if you're in London, you can come along to Craig's monthly film night Cosmik Debris at The Nickel Cinema
Listen to Lindsay's audio commentary for TROUBLE EVERY DAY on the Blu-Ray out now from Eureka Entertainment.
SciFrights is hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
Music composed and performed by Damo Alexander and Rosie Gilbey
Artwork by Millie Hallam
NEXT EPISODE:
Coming in late September, our next episode will be on Italian director Elio Petri and his films THE TENTH VICTIM (1965) and A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (1967). Both films are available on DVD and to rent on streaming.
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1 hr 56 min - Danny Boyle: 28 Days Later (2002) and Sunshine (2007)
In this episode we are joined by Mike Muncer, host of The Evolution of Horror podcast, to discuss Danny Boyle, a director who has been working steadily across many genres. We begin by going over Boyle's career, his signature style and collaboration with writer Alex Garland (14:04), then we get into the low-res digital frenzy of 28 DAYS LATER (21:20) and his one foray into Science Fiction, the psychological solar thriller SUNSHINE (01:15:10).
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Check out Mike's new book THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR: A TERRIFYING GUIDE TO HORROR MOVIE HISTORY: https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/mike-muncer/the-evolution-of-horror/9781035427918/
SciFrights is hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
Music composed and performed by Damo Alexander and Rosie Gilbey
Artwork by Millie Hallam
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2 hr 13 min - Kathryn Bigelow: Near Dark (1987) and Strange Days (1995)
Continuing our new season on Director Double Bills, in this episode we focus on action auteur Kathryn Bigelow, exploring her 1987 vampire Western NEAR DARK (31: 57) and the 1995 cyberpunk tech-noir STRANGE DAYS (1:39:15).
Joining us today to discuss these films is an incredible guest, author and academic, Professor Stacey Abbott, who wrote the BFI Classic on NEAR DARK.
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We highly recommend checking out Stacey's book on NEAR DARK: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/near-dark-9781911239291/
SciFrights is hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
Music composed and performed by Damo Alexander and Rosie Gilbey
Artwork by Millie Hallam
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2 hr 47 min - David Cronenberg: The Brood (1979) and The Fly (1986)
We are joined by an incredible guest, comic book artist and author, Stephen R. Bissette, to discuss one of our favourite directors, David Cronenberg!
We will be focusing on two key films: first up we’ll explore how a broken marriage spawns monstrous offspring in THE BROOD (41:40), and what happens when a scientist’s self-experimentation goes terribly wrong (when does it not?) in body horror masterpiece, THE FLY (01:52:35).
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We highly recommend Stephen's book on THE BROOD: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52562621-the-brood
SciFrights is hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
Music composed and performed by Damo Alexander and Rosie Gilbey
Artwork by Millie Hallam
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2 hr 59 min - John Carpenter: Escape from New York (1981) and The Thing (1982)
Welcome to our new season, "Director Double Bills". In each episode we will focus on a filmmaker and explore two of their films, one horror and one Science Fiction.
We begin the season with a big one: JC himself – John Carpenter. We are joined by film critic Travis Johnson to explore Carpenter's impact on both genres and go deep into two of his greatest works – the 1981 dystopian classic Escape from New York (35:30), followed by what many consider to be his masterpiece, 1982’s The Thing (01:33:34).
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Check out Travis's work at Blunt Magazine: https://bluntmag.com.au/author/travisjohnson/
Hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
Music composed and performed by Damo Alexander and Rosie Gilbey
Artwork by Millie Hallam
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2 hr 54 min - Down the Rabbit Hole: The Matrix (1999) and Red Rooms (2023)
We conclude our current season on A.I. and technofear, going down the rabbit hole into the deepest reaches of cyberspace, reaching across planes of reality and into the depths of depravity. To do this, we discuss Lana and Lily Wachowski’s era-defining Sci-Fi masterpiece The Matrix, and a recent film that really blew us away, Pascal Plante’s dark psychological thriller Red Rooms (01:17:10). We end with Honourable Mentions of films (and TV shows) that further warp the boundaries between reality and the online world (02:26:50).
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Hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
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Artwork by Millie Hallam
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2 hr 37 min - Best of 2025
We're back from a little break with a round-up of the best of 2025. We count down our Top 10 horror and Sci-Fi films of the year, along with some other Honourable Mentions, discovered older classics, and our favourite TV shows of the year.
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Hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
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Artwork by Millie Hallam
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1 hr 31 min - Dirty Computers - Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) and Pulse (2001)
We continue our current season looking at A.I. and technofear, exploring the malevolent forces lurking in our computers and the dark (possibly haunted?) depths of cyberspace. Joining us this episode is Brogan Morris, writer, journalist, and programmer for Distorted Frame Film Club, to discuss Joseph Sargeant’s 1970 techno-thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project (12:35) and Kyoshi Kurosawa’s 2001 Internet horror Pulse (01:02:34). We end with some Honourable Mentions of other films where technology is used for destructive and sinister purposes (01:58:38).
Content Warning: our discussion of Pulse contains references to suicide.
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Hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
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Artwork by Millie Hallam
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2 hr 9 min - The Next Generation: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) & M3GAN (2022)
In this episode we discuss representations of robot children and the relationships between robots and children. Here we see examinations of how technology affects the family and ideas around parenthood and our responsibility towards both human children and our artificial creations. Is there even much difference between the two? To answer this question, we discuss Steven Spielberg's (by way of Stanley Kubrick) sci-fi fairy tale A.I. Artificial Intelligence (02:20) and B-movie horror satire M3GAN (01:17:03). We finish by listing some Honourable Mentions of other films that explore the many implications of the development of child robots (01:48:23).
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Hosted, produced, and edited by Liam Dunn and Lindsay Hallam
Music composed and performed by Damo Alexander and Rosie Gilbey
Artwork by Millie Hallam
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About SciFrights
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SciFrights – a movie podcast from the Interzone where horror meets science fiction.
In each episode hosts Liam Dunn and Dr Lindsay Hallam will explore a theme through two films, one horror…
and one science fiction. They will discuss the place of the film within the history of the genre, the ways the film employs genre tropes and style, and analyse the film’s historical context and social commentary.