Summer’s coming to an end which means The Lament Configuration are finally back bringing you the very best in horror for 2018! This year, our FrightFest coverage has expanded to such a degree that we can’t fit it all in one show! In this half, Greg, Ria and our special guest Tom Dennett-Cook review the films we watched on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

 

Timestamps:

Thursday (The Ranger, Summer of 84, Mega Time Squad): 3:49 - 24:03

Friday (The Cleaning Lady, Braid, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, FrightFest: Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema, Piercing, Crystal Eyes, Boar): 24:03 - 57:41

Saturday (What Keeps You Alive, One Cut of the Dead, The Tokoloshe, Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires, Upgrade, The Laplace’s Demon): 57:41 - 1:19:50

We are very proud to present our very first interview - and what an interview it was - with PAUL McEVOY. Paul is one of the organisers of FrightFest, the biggest genre festival in the UK. Hear his thoughts on this year’s lineup and what we should be watching, such as THE RANGER, UPGRADE, TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID, CLIMAX and much more. Plus his honest opinions on why big studios won’t show their films at FrightFest, current horror trends, why Frightfest doesn’t just show horror movies, why some movies are more divisive than others and much more. Even if you’ve never heard of FrightFest, you will still be enthralled and entertained for all 60 minutes!

Somehow, we are more than halfway into 2018 so there’s no better time to take a look back at the horror films released between January and June. Ria and Greg pick five films each to discuss with NO SPOILERS: there’s the great, the good, the fun, the bad and the downright awful. A good show for planning a Saturday night  drinking and watching movies with your mates!

 

Timestamps:

A Quiet Place, Unsane: 2:04 - 16:53

Hellraiser: Judgement, Truth or Dare: 16:54 - 32:24

Revenge, Pyewacket: 32:25 - 44:57

Winchester, Terrifier: 44:58 - 56:16

You Were Never Really Here, Hereditary: 56:17 - 1:10:23

Everyone loves lists so we’ve ranked them: all 72 video nasties from worst to best! See which of the video nasties we described as “borderline unwatchable”, “mind-numbingly boring”, “the absolute worst”, “once you’ve seen it, you can’t unseen it”, “perversely entertaining”, “the epitome of so-bad-it’s amazing”, “grim as hell”, “literally like nothing you’ve seen in your life”, “excellent”, “far too good to be hidden away”, “what a horror film should be” and much, much more.

 

Timestamps:

72 - 51: 4:23 - 28:16

50 - 26: 28:17 - 1:02:06

25 - 11: 1:02:07 - 1:22:32

10 - 6: 1:22:33 - 1:31:06

5 - 1: 1:31:07 - 1:41:19

If you’ve never listened to one of our shows before, this is the one you want to start off with. It’s one of, if not, the best shows we’ve done. These are the last three video nasties reviews and all three films on the show today are directed by the Godfather of Gore himself, Lucio Fulci. These are all great films that we highly recommend. You should expect old lady zombies with lazy eyes, a zombie vs. shark fight, splinters to the eye, thug life crabs, the Book of Eibon, gateways to hell, dogs called Dickie, killer tarantulas, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, horrendous child dubbing and, because it’s Fulci, many many brutal deaths. And you will face the sea of darkness, and all therein that may be explored…

 

Timestamps:

Zombie Flesh Eaters: 3:54 - 28:47

The Beyond: 28:47 - 54:27

The House by the Cemetery: 54:27 - 1:13:34

Three more Italian video nasties, this time with a supernatural theme. There’s the follow-up to a classic, a film about killer eggs and a cheesy zombie film… so a mixed bag quality-wise but still fun to review nonetheless! Including many many cats, wet t-shirt contests, Ghostbusters, rats with red eyes, exploding eggs, Goblin, creatures with lightbulb eyes, jungle elephants and 24 Days Later - you read that right. Check it out before it gets outsourced!

 

Timestamps:

Inferno: 2:17 - 31:10

Contamination: 31:10 - 52:13

Zombie Creeping Flesh: 52:13 - 1:16:45

We’ve covered slasher films before on The Lament Configuration but these are a little bit different: these are Italian slasher films, so expect lots of gore and sleaze. These three video video nasties are all available on DVD and Blu-ray from 88 Films if you want to check them out. Featuring the world’s most inept psychiatric facility, old computers, bad child acting, questionable effects, Germans wearing giant headphones, bad toupees, ketchup, and ummm… foetus eating. Make sure to have your compasses at the ready!

 

Timestamps:

Nightmares in a Damaged Brain: 1:57 - 31:17

Anthropophagus: 31:17 - 48:22

Absurd: 48:22 - 1:06:09

On the show today, we have three video nasties directed by legendary exploitation director, Jess Franco: expect bad dubbing, many zooms and lots of nudity. Including wobble boards, topless moon bathing, bandsaws, A GIANT FAKE BOULDER, prison bush, pyjamas, ping pong ball eyes, and the return of low angle tribal twerking. The best way to listen to this podcast is in bed.

 

Timestamps:

Bloody Moon: 5:55 - 27:23

Women Behind Bars: 27:23 - 45:19

Devil Hunter: 45:19 - 1:04:08

Happy Easter from The Lament Configuration! What better way to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord than listening to our latest episode… On the show today, we have three more video nasties: this time with an Italian flavour, because they all come under the filone of giallo.- these are Italian films that mix horror, thriller and murder-mystery elements. This is a good episode for those who’ve never seen one before and it’s spoiler-free: let’s crack open the J&B!

 

Timestamps:

What is giallo?: 1:05 - 5:57

Tenebrae: 5:57 - 38:12

A Bay of Blood: 38:12 - 58:48

Killer Nun: 58:48 - 1:18:48

Three more nasties featuring crazy ladies today: this time, slasher movies. Featuring possibly the most bizarre intro we’ve ever done, incest, basketball, Bill Paxton, drugged milk, killer Rottweilers, birthdays, landladies called Amantha, jazz festivals, wooden acting, dominos and three tomatoes on the side of a plate. Plus an expletive-filled rant on the awful Unhinged remake. 

 

Timestamps:

Night Warning: 3:10 - 28:35

Madhouse: 28:35 - 47:00

Unhinged: 47:00 - 1:09:38

Unhinged Remake: 1:09:38 - 1:14:05