On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson go on an ill-advised Portuguese holiday and wind up playing slow motion cat and mouse with some seriously dodgy undead Knights Templar. Amando de Ossorio’s Tombs of the Blind Dead is a dusty, 1970s relic from a dying Franco era Spain. Though vaguely anti-establishment, its political social commentary is often overshadowed by its blood thirsty misogyny and (of the era) attitudes to sexual violence, yet the wonderfully realised central mummified religious order of the film, provide us with one of the creepiest and genuinely scary set of monsters ever to have entered our collective cinematic psyche.  But what will the team make of it? The pair also examine seminal slasher Friday the 13th (1980) in Charity Chainsaw and answer listener questions in Mail from the Crypt. You Have been warned. 

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson blag their way into the social elite and end up getting closer to the 1% than is humanly healthy. Brian Yuzna’s Society is both throwaway teen horror comedy and dark anti-capitalist satire, combining Baywatch style aesthetics with grimly sadistic special effects by Japanese gore guru Screaming Mad George, but will the pair dub the film to be full of rich pickings or just another poverty row disgrace? The regular Mondo team will also examine 1953s House of Wax in Charity Chainsaw and give listener questions a good going over. You have been warned. 

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson pay a seasonal visit to the circus and get lost in a nightmarishly warped vision bought to us by the seriously strange mind of Alejandero Jodorowsky. Santa Sangre is a bizarre cult film encompassing religious maniacs, freak shows, tattooed ladies, lunatic asylums and horrifically graphic elephant deaths. But will the team judge it to be a weird masterpiece or a colourfully dark mess? The Mondo crew will also examine Sam Raimi’s often overlooked pre-Spiderman, twisted comic book thriller, Darkman  in regular feature Charity Chainsaw. You have been warned. 

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson wander out into the woods and find themselves at the mercy of sadists, murderers and some seriously dodgy acting. This time around the Mondo team examine Wes Craven’s extremely influential if highly controversial early shocker Last House on the Left.But will they find it to be a gutsy and courageous example of the ‘New Horror’, incorporating sharp social commentary and political subtext or will they judge it to be a more throwaway bit of mindless exploitation. The pair will also answer listener questions and pull apart Q the Winged Serpent in regular feature Charity Chainsaw. You have been warned. 

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson take an ill-advised holiday in the remote Swedish landscape finding themselves embroiled in bizarre sex rituals, witchcraft and mob sanctioned murder. Ari Aster’s Midsommar is a visually arresting bit of folk horror, which has instantly become a cult favourite, blending as it does graphic violence, knife edge tension and an unforgettable sense of foreboding. But will it weave its magic with the Mondo team or feel flatter than a pensioner’s mashed in face? The pair will also examine David Cronenberg’s seminal Scanners in Charity Chainsaw and answer loads of listener questions. You have been warned. 

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson go full on danse macabre, perversely pirouetting into the strangely hypnotic world of Dario Argento’s 1977 cult classic Suspiria. The pair will scrutinise the film’s controversial nature, its mesmerising visuals and re-examine its standing within the modern horror community. They will also compare the original to Luca Guadagnino’s 21stcentury reimagining, discussing Tilda Swinton, Thom Yorke and its choregraphy of the damned. As well as all this, it’s Rich’s turn on Charity Chainsaw and this time he’s taking us all the way back to 1971 with his second-hand copy of Blood on Satan’s Claw. You Have been warned. 

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson sharpen their fangs and try to suck some sense out of Werner Herzog’s odd little vampire remake, Nosferatu the Vampyre. The film, a strangely jarring mix of naturalism and horror is a slow burning late 70s effort which leans heavily on the director’s patent mix of drab on location settings and understated tensions. But can it still get the blood pumping or is it largely a toothless affair? Also on this episode, the duo revisit Peter Jackson’s low budget chaotic debut splatter fest, Bad Taste, which gets a thorough going over in regular feature Charity Chainsaw. You have been warned. 

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson go on an ill-advised camping holiday in the middle of the English Civil war. With little to protect them from the elements and nothing on the menu is except some dodgy looking wild mushrooms, the pair entertain themselves by questioning the very nature of the universe and examining Ben Wheatley’s odd, hallucinogenic folk horror fable, A Field in England. Shot in stark black and white, the film weaves a strange magnetic spell, combining fantastic performances from the likes of Reece Sheersmith, Michael Smiley and Richard Glover and a trippy, out there aesthetic. The pair also go toe to fist on the director’s earlier film Kill List, rip apart 90s Kenneth Branagh vehicle Mary Shelley’s Frankensteinin in Charity Chainsaw and answer loads of listener questions. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. 

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson get their hooks into early 90s horror flick Candyman. Starring Tony Todd and Virginia Marsden, it’s a rich yet slow burning classic which taps into issues around race, poverty and societal divisions. The film centres around the son of a slave who is tortured and killed by a braying mob. Years later he returns from the grave to wreak havoc on impoverished black housing project, Cabrini Green. The regular Mondo team also discuss Clive Barker, Hellraiser and tonnes of other stuff as well as ripping into John Carpenter’s Christine in new feature Charity Chainsaw. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Rich Johnson get locked in the dungeon and endure 2008 French horror Martyrs. The film, a gruelling 21st century gore-fest, springs from the abattoir mind of controversial director Pascal Laugier. The Mondo team will assess whether the film is merely another example of misogynist torture porn or if the confusing narrative is alluding to something more spiritual in nature. The pair will also discuss European chillers Eyes Without a Face and Les Diaboliques and examine cult classic Return of the Living Dead in brand new feature Charity Chainsaw. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!