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The Curse of the Cat People
Episode 189
Happy holidays! Our festive special this year focuses on The Curse of the Cat People (1944), directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise (of Star…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Flight of Dragons
Episode 188
Our final patrons' choice episode for 2025 is the 1982 VHS relic The Flight of Dragons from TV special animation legends Rankin/Bass. Based loosely o…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Dust Bunny & Eternal Return (TIFF 2025 bonus reviews)
In the last of our series of early previews of forthcoming films, gleaned from Conrad's time at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) under …
10 months, 1 week ago
Dead Birds
Episode 187
Dead Birds (2004), directed by Alex Turner and produced during the early-2000s boom in grimy, low-budget horror, is a Confederate-era ghost story tha…
10 months, 1 week ago
And Sons & Rose of Nevada (TIFF 2025 bonus reviews)
We're back with our penultimate pair of exciting early previews of forthcoming attractions, gleaned from Conrad's time with Joe Lipsett at the Toront…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Retreat & Honey Bunch (TIFF 2025 bonus reviews)
Joe Lipsett of Horror Queers joins Conrad again for another couple of advance previews of films at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), an…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Seventh Son
Episode 186
Seventh Son (2014), an overcooked fantasy-adventure directed by Sergei Bodrov and adapted loosely from Joseph Delaney’s 'The Spook’s Apprentice', was…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Heel & Bad Apples (TIFF 2025 bonus reviews)
Our fourth bonus preview of forthcoming attractions that Conrad and Joe Lipsett caught at TIFF focuses on two British thrillers with a similar theme:…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Mārama & At the Place of Ghosts (TIFF 2025 bonus reviews)
Our TIFF coverage continues with two horror-inflected films centring indigenous characters, and using hauntings as a method of exploring generational…
11 months ago
Don't Look Under the Bed (with Amanda Jane Stern)
Episode 185
Happy Halloween! Writer, actor and producer Amanda Jane Stern returns for spooky season to introduce us to Don’t Look Under the Bed (1999), the Disne…
11 months, 1 week ago