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The team are joined once more by Claire as they watch/play Netflix Interactive “Black Mirror” episode “Bandersnatch”.

Will you choose the right path? Have you got the 3 letter code? And have you spotted all the lions yet?

The team take a deep dive into the Black Mirror shared universe, enjoy a tasty snack and along the way discuss our favourite films of 2018, a proposed 10-step guide to horror for Claire and “Bros: When The Screaming Stops”.

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Happy New Year listeners! The team are back and they’ve brought a friend - Dr Dean joins us again! And what a film to kick us off for 2019: 1988’s “Night of the Demons”, in which Amelia Kinkade flashes her pants, Hal Havens flashes his arse, Linnea Quigley flashes, well, everything (again), and we have handy hints on where to keep your makeup in a dress with no pockets.

Along the way we discuss “A Christmas Carol”, “Horrors of Malformed Men”, Mark Gatiss’ “Dead Room”, MR James on the radio and “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” (although more about that next episode...).

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And now for the second of our two “A Ghost Story for Christmas” Bonus Episodes!

We stay in 1972 for Lawrence Gordon Clark’s adaptation of MR James’ “A Warning To The Curious”.

A bleak, haunting tale, where Chris’s dad takes a holiday, random farm workers adopt threatening positions and “there’s no diggin’ ere!”

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Yes! You lucky people, here’s the first of two Christmas Bonus Episodes!

These are once again plucked from the BBCs on/off traditional TV “A Ghost Story for Christmas” strand.

We first turn our heat sensors onto Nigel Kneale’s 1972 entry “The Stone Tape”, in which Jane Asher is menaced by lorries, lights and pretty much everything else, Ol’ Jackie just laughs and laughs, and one man manages to personify the 70s in all their tawdry glory.

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The team stick to the road and head to East Proctor for horror/comedy classic “An American Werewolf in London”, in which there is naked balloon theft, a lot of services you definitely don’t get on the NHS anymore and John Landis insists on filming his erection metaphors under very bright lights.

Along the way to The Slaughtered Lamb, we discuss “Stan Against Evil”, “American Horror Story Apocalypse”, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” and Night of the Demons documentary “You’re Invited”.

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A rather special Welcome to Horror this week. Lee reached out to director Mike Pecci, and he’s given us the chance to watch and review his atmospheric short film “12KM”. Totally brand new to all the team, we offer our thoughts on this weird and creepy chiller.

Along the way we discuss Matthew Holness’ debut “Possum”, “Under The Shadow”, “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”, “An American Haunting” and the art of the jump scare.

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It’s the sequel nobody expected: Episode 37 “The Bride of # Ask Welcome To Horror”

Lee, Chris and Adam answer your questions to varying degrees of seriousness, ridiculousness and mental competence in our second #askwelcometohorror episode.

Yet again, we’ve had some excellent questions from loyal listeners SJ Thomas, Pinball Bobby of Not For Everyone Podcast and former guest Claire Dellow.

No prep necessary for this ep, just jump straight in, enjoy and let us know your thoughts on the topics discussed at Facebook, Soundcloud and our website.

If you want to #askwelcometohorror yourself - post your question(s) on Instagram, Facebook or Soundcloud using the hashtag - and we’ll be answering them in a future episode.

A special little double bill for Halloween:

First up we watch Lee and Lady Jennifer’s childhood favourite; the 1986 TV Movie of “The Worst Witch” - the show that introduced a young Lee to Halloween, kicking off his love of the macabre.

In a complete volte-face, our second watch of the night is “Terror”, the Halloween episode of Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson’s sitcom “Bottom” - probably the best way to explain to our US cousins how a UK Halloween felt in the 80s and 90s.

Along the way we discuss our childhood Halloweens, as well as Mandy, Killing Eve, The Haunting of Hill House” and American Horror Story: Apocalypse.

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Have a fantastic Halloween and don’t forget to #askwelcometohorror

We kick off October with a party at the ol’ Frankenstein Place, where we learn the benefits of keeping a decent spare tyre, take a jump to the left with Christopher Biggins and have Meatloaf for dinner.

Along the way Adam and Lady Jennifer swap near death experiences, and we discuss “Electric Dreams”, Netflix original series “Maniac” and “Tales of the Unexpected” (inspired by Adam and Lee listening to brilliant podcast “The Oblong Babysitter” - check it out immediately. Well, immediately after you’ve listened to us).

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And don’t forget to #askwelcometohorror

After finally tackling a 1950s film, we race back to the twenty first century for 2016’s hidden gem “A Dark Song”.

A magnificent film in which we learn the right consistency for drinking fresh blood and the hazards of not putting away after washing up.

Along the way we discuss “Kohraa”, “Westworld”, “Yakuza Apocalypse”, “Skeletons In The Closet”, “Hereditary”, “Aaaaaaaah!” and Adam overshares about his stool sample.

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