–And Now The Podcast Starts! is a critical, fun journey into horror with five informed fans of film and TV. Each episode will focus on a different topic for review or discussion, usually taking a horror subject as a starting point, but going in an unexpected direction, and often featuring special guests.
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Happy New Year! In a change to the proposed episode on The Woman in Black, Howard and Dan conclude their discussion of Milton Subotsky's horror anthologies, begun in the episodes listed below. The Woman in Black episode will first be made available to Patreon supporters. Discussion excerpts are already available on our Patreon page . Works Cited Dr Terror's House of Horrors (Amicus…
Merry Christmas! In another gem from the archives of A Very British Horror, Chris and Paul discuss BBC-TV's classic 1976 Ghost Story for Christmas, The Signalman, based on the story by Charles Dickens. Plus there's a short update from Dan about what will come next from the main podcast. Works Cited The Signalman (BBC-TV 1976, director: Lawrence Gordon Clark) A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room…
AKA Halloween Retrospective #13. In 2018, Howard, Dan and Spider-Dan began this podcast's epic mission to review every single film in the Halloween franchise. Now, the journey concludes as the three discuss 2022's Halloween Ends. Beware, the discussion includes a full summary of the film's story, including spoilers. Introduction 00:00:00 Plot summary (spoilers) 00:04:27 Spoiler discussion with…
AKA Halloween Retrospective #12. In 2018, Howard, Dan and Spider-Dan began this podcast's epic mission to review every single film in the Halloween franchise (then only 11 films strong). After several years away, Dan and Spider-Dan reconvene (with Howard chiming in via phone call) to discuss two recently-added entries in the series, beginning with 2021's Halloween Kills. Beware, the discussion…
Paul and Chris discuss the ingenious late-period Hammer film Hands of the Ripper, which deals with the daughter of Jack the Ripper. The next episodes of And Now The Podcast Starts.... will be released in time for Halloween, in which Howard and Dan will be joined by Spider-Dan to discuss Halloween Kills (2021) and Halloween Ends (2022). If you'd like to have early access to these discussions,…
To complement the discussion of the Amicus anthology film The House That Dripped Blood in our episode #111, we're proud to present another gem from the archives of A Very British Horror, in which Chris and Paul discuss the following film in that series, 1972's Tales from the Crypt. Works Cited Tales from the Crypt (Metromedia Producers Corporation/Amicus Productions, UK 1972, director: Freddie…
AKA Lee/Cushing, Howard/Dan #7 (Preview Version) Howard and Dan reconvened in person for the first time since 2019 to record a new episode about a Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee film, and it's the 1971 horror anthology The House That Dripped Blood. This episode features only their conversation, but a more expansive edit - with illustrative music and other clips, as well as a specially-written…
In another release from the archives of the sadly-missed podcast A Very British Horror, Chris Denton and Paul Monk discuss 1989's occult horror, Warlock. Works Cited Warlock (New World Pictures, US 1989, director: Steve Miner)
Ian and Dan discuss this summer's controversial hit from Zach Cregger, as well as the director's previous film, Barbarian. Warning: nothing but spoilers for both, as well as No Country for Old Men and Midsommar. Works Cited Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema, US 2025, director: Zach Cregger) Barbarian (Twentieth Century Studios, US 2022, director: Zach Cregger) Hereditary (A24, US…
Another release from the archive of the wonderful and sadly missed podcast, A Very British Horror, in which Paul and Chris discuss the 1971 Hammer horror film, Vampire Circus.
