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As requested by Bobby from the fantastic Not For Everyone Podcast; the gang sit down to watch “In The Mouth of Madness” from the maestro: Mr John Carpenter.

A film in which Jürgen Prochnow cosplays as Neil Gaiman, the Police unveil interesting new community support strategies and Sam Neil wakes up screaming on the bus home (we’ve all been there).

Along the way the discussion takes in our new #askwelcometohorror campaign, Lady Jennifer’s shoes, Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy, “2001: A Space Odyssey” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Splash”.

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Love is in the air for monsters, and the team are joined for this episode by special guest Lady Jennifer (The Bride of Lee’n’stein).

We dial back the clock to another true classic of Universal Horror, and cinema in general: “The Bride of Frankenstein”, in which Ernest Thesiger grows his own, Karloff shares a blunt with a blind man, and Una O’Connor gets the fear. A lot.

Along the way, Lady Jennifer roasts chestnuts on an open fire, Lee unboxes our Welcome To Horror T-Shirts, and Adam is swallowed by a sofa.

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[For anyone wondering - the outro music for this episode is the Bride herself, Elsa Lanchester singing “Fiji Fanny”, from her delightful album “Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs”]

In a change to our scheduled film, the Welcome To Horror team are joined by special guests (and genuine actual women) Ladies Jennifer and Sharon to watch Netflix original “The Ritual”.

This adaptation of Adam Nevill’s novel, which seems destined to become a modern classic, has several important life lessons, including just hand over your jewellery, and absolutely never, ever, ever go camping.

Along the way we discuss Rocky Horror, Altered Carbon, the British sense of humour and endurance double bills.

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Back by unpopular demand, the team are joined once more by special guest Dr Dean of the mighty Pit Ponies!

This episode, they watch Simon Sprackling’s 1994 British Horror “Funny Man”; in which Christopher Lee advertises for Persil, and a sort of Northern Jester version of Freddy Krueger kills, amongst others, Velma from Scooby-Doo.

The gang discuss the pros and cons of trying to make a low budget horror film in Britain in the 90s, the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes TV adaption (again!), Dean’s gaming habits, Netflix original “The Good Place”, and plan their own Psychedelic Wig Evening.

Sorted.

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The third and final Poe-Cast Bonus Episode we bring you is “The Facts in the Case of M.Valdemar”. The last segment from Episode 19’s “Tales of Terror” - adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories starring the great Vincent Price.

Performed by SLUD (aka WTH’s Adam) with specially composed soundscapes, we hope you enjoy these little bonus additions.

Normal service will resume next Sunday with Episode 20: “Funny Man”...

As promised on Episode 19 “Tales of Terror”; we’re bringing you 3 Bonus Episodes of the original Edgar Allan Poe stories that were adapted for the Roger Corman classic. These are the tales that inspired so many amazing films (and a few crap ones too), we hope you enjoy hearing the originals.

Performed by SLUD (aka Adam) with specially composed soundscapes.

Episode 1 is available now, Episode 3 coming tomorrow...

We hope you enjoyed Episode 19 “Tales of Terror” - as promised; we’re bringing you 3 Bonus Episodes of the original Edgar Allan Poe Stories that were adapted for the film.

Performed by SLUD (aka our very own Adam) we hope these will chill, entertain and give a greater insight into “Tales of Terror” itself.

Keep your eyes peeled over the weekend for the next two.

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside!

The Welcome To Horror Team brave potential hypothermia by taking the Horrormobile to Southend in January, and attend Day 2 of the Horror-On-Sea Film Festival!

Apologies re-sound quality as we recorded Gonzo-Style between films!

Such a great day, an excellent mixture of shorts and features, all reviewed in this bonus episode.

If you like what you hear, remember to check out the Horror-On-Sea facebook page, they have a full programme this coming weekend (26,27 & 28th of Jan 2018) - why not check it out yourself, we had a blast and caught some truly great stuff you probably won’t find at your local cinema.

Features reviewed: “Egomaniac”, “Holy Terrors”, “The Snarling” and “Witches Brew”.

Shorts reviewed: “Alex”, “Chihuahua Man”, “Devil Town”, “The Flytipper”, “Happy Valentines”, “Life of the Party” and “Weird World of Molly Brown”

It’s a full hit of classic Horror on this bumper episode of Welcome To Horror. With his eyes clamped open à la A Clockwork Orange, Chris is exposed to a series of firsts:

His first Poe adaptation, his first film directed by Roger Corman, and his first with icons Basil Rathbone, Peter Lorre and Vincent Price.

With 3 stories in one film, will this be all too much for him? Listen in and find out.

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Happy New Year to all our listeners!

We kick off 2018 with a look at Chapter 1 of Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s “It”. The gang take the Horrormobile to Derry, Maine, famous for it’s random balloons and hungry storm drains.

We float down to the Barrens and discuss quite how shitty childhood can be in a small town.

Along the way they mention the recent revival of The League of Gentlemen, the true horror of Olaf’s FROZEN Adventure and that notorious bit from the book they (thankfully) left out.

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