This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm doing two more installments of the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas series. This time we have Mark Gatiss once again in M.R. James territory with 2022's Count Magnus, but we also have him dipping into the work of Arthur Conan Doyle with 2023's Lot No. 249.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:51] Chin Stroker VS Punter Promo

[02:59] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[13:06] Count Magnus (2022)

• "Count Magnus" by M.R. James

[39:12] Lot No. 249 (2023)

• "Lot No. 249" by Arthur Conan Doyle

[01:06:11] FEEDBACK

[01:18:39] ENDING MUSIC: Count Magnus by Paterikon

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my journey through BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas with two M.R. James adaptations from Mark Gatiss: 2019's Martin's Close and 2021's The Mezzotint.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:54] Trick or Treat Radio Promo

[03:11] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[11:04] Martin's Close (2019)

• "Martin's Close" by M.R. James

[29:10] The Mezzotint (2021)

• "The Mezzotint" by M.R. James

[47:38] FEEDBACK

[51:53] ENDING MUSIC: A Time to Die by Mezzotint

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm bringing this year's NoirVember to a close with two brutal neo-noirs from two directors I love: 2013's Blue Ruin from Jeremy Saulnier and 2019's Dragged Across Concrete from S. Craig Zahler. And joining me in this journey into darkness is Paul from the Strange Highways Podcast!

[00:00] INTRO

[01:42] CromCast Promo

[02:26] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[13:57] Blue Ruin (2014)

[01:02:57] Dragged Across Concrete (2019)

[01:50:37] FEEDBACK

[01:56:31] ENDING MUSIC: Shotgun Safari by The O'Jays

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing NoirVember by taking a look at two flicks from the country which gave us the term film noir - 1955's Rififi and 1970's Le Cercle Rouge.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:22] Projection Booth Podcast Promo

[02:32] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[10:17] Rififi (1955)

[48:32] Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

[01:14:07] FEEDBACK

[01:17:44] ENDING MUSIC: Rififi by Magali Noël

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing NoirVember with a Robert Mitchum double-feature of 1947's Out of the Past and 1948's Blood on the Moon.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:57] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo

[02:40] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[14:13] Out of the Past (1947)

[42:09] Blood on the Moon (1948)

[01:06:41] FEEDBACK

[01:14:35] ENDING MUSIC: From a Logical Point of View by Robert Mitchum

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing NoirVember as I'm joined by Mike White of the Projection Booth Podcast for a Burt Lancaster double-feature of 1947's Brute Force and 1957's Sweet Smell of Success.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:48] Chin Stroker vs Punter Promo

[02:56] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[18:59] Brute Force (1947)

[01:03:31] Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

[01:59:17] FEEDBACK

[02:23:59] ENDING MUSIC: Brute Force by The Haunted

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm kicking off NoirVember with a Humphrey Bogart double-feature of 1941's High Sierra and 1950's In a Lonely Place.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:52] Trick or Treat Radio Promo

[03:09] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[14:46] High Sierra (1941)

[48:23] In a Lonely Place (1950)

[01:14:18] FEEDBACK

[01:17:07] ENDING MUSIC: In a Lonely Place by The Smithereens

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31 Days of Halloween 2025 comes to an end as the Christmas Creep comes even for Art the Clown in 2024's Terrifier 3.

ENDING MUSIC: Every Day is Halloween (Squirrely Version) by Ministry

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31 Days of Halloween continues with some Taiwanese found footage folk horror in 2022's Incantation.

ENDING MUSIC: The Gods Weep by Cthonic

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31 Days of Halloween continues with some Lovecraft-inspired weirdness in 2017's The Endless.

ENDING MUSIC: Endless, Nameless by Nirvana

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