Modern Horror Podcast (Film Stories)

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Hugh, Tony and returning guest Dee Molumby as they discuss Radio Silence’s riotous horror-comedy, Ready or Not. Discussing horror satire, the rise of ‘Eat-the Rich’ cinema and breaking down one of horror cinema’s most audacious endings, your learned trio will leave no stone unturned and no board game unplayed before the night is out… Host Tony Black Co-Host / Editor Hugh McStay Guest Dee Molumby (@deirdremolumby on Twitter) Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week your hosts take a leap into The Gorge from Scott Derrickson, one of the biggest Apple TV high concept movie offerings yet. Hugh and Tony discuss what lies in the gorge and whether it matches up, Derrickson's career, blockbuster action horror and much more... Host Hugh McStay Co-Host / Editor A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Hugh and Tony embark on an analogue odyssey through the world of modern anthology horror as they tackle the entirety of the V/H/S franchise in one fell swoop. The gents look at the series as a whole, discuss their personal top ten entries and dig deep into the latest film in the series, V/H/S Beyond... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A.J Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week the gents are joined by Vampire Videos' Dan Owen to discuss Osgood Perkins occult FBI procedural horror, Longlegs. A dark and twisted film anchored by two remarkable performances, the gents discuss the film’s guerrilla marketing, its gorgeous cinematography and a divisive third act pivot that blows the whole film apart. Come for the podcast, stay for Hugh’s terrible impressions… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Ho-Ho-Ho futhermuckers! Join Tony, Hugh and first-time guest Steve O’Brien as they slide onto Santa’s naughty list to tackle 2015’s Christmas Horror treat, Krampus! Host A. J. Black Co-Host / Editor Hugh McStay Guest Steve O’Brien  - Twitter - @MrsSteveMOBrien Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week Tony and Hugh travel back to the heyday of Late Night 70’s US talk shows as they get to grips with the Cairns Brother’s 2023 horror Late Night With the Devil. Joined by Hugh’s Vampire Videos co-host Dan Owen, the gents talk about mockumentary horror, Lovecraftian nightmares, Faustian pacts and…erm…Terry Wogan... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Dan Owen (@danowen.bsky.social) / Linktr.ee/vampirevideos Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Hugh, Tony and their first podcast guest Dee Molumby as they peel back the meta-layers of Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s loving hate-letter to the horror genre, The Cabin in the Woods. Host Tony Black Co-Host / Editor Hugh McStay Guest Dee Molumby (@deirdremolumby on Twitter) Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Further is a world far beyond our own, yet it's all around us. A place without time as we know it. It's a dark realm filled with the tortured souls of the dead. A place not meant for the living." James Wan's INSIDIOUS was one of the biggest horror movie hits of the 2010s, spawning a five-film and counting franchise and a raft of imitators, looking to replicate its particular style of pantomime horror. In this episode of the Modern Horror Podcast, your hosts A. J. Black and Hugh McStay dig into the series, focusing heavily on the first film and the travails of the haunted Lambert family, exploring the place of Insidious in modern horror and its ongoing legacy... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Hugh and Tony as they tackle James Watkins’ psychological horror film, Speak No Evil, and discuss in detail the Danish original that gave the world a new definition of the word ‘bleak’. The guys discuss the film’s themes, ideas and performances and go almost a full hour without talking about just how sexy James McAvoy is… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host Tony Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This time, Tony and Hugh sit down to discuss the Hugh Grant-starring chiller Heretic, exploring religious and theological horror, the power of belief and much more... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh as the delve into their first new major horror release of 2025, discussing Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man, which updates the classic Universal monster. They get into werewolf cinema, previous historical versions, the fascinating 'Dark Universe', and whether or not this version of the wolf does its predecessors justice... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Hugh and Tony for their first foray into the Found Footage genre with Graham Hughes’ micro-budget horror film, Death of a Vlogger. A fascinating film with big ideas and a crips execution, the gents ponder the idea of internet shaming, the state of the British film industry and of course one or two magnificently crafted scares… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. On the agenda this week; toxic masculinity, technological nightmares and bloody murder. No, we don’t just mean Hugh and Tony’s standard weekend plans, join gruesome twosome as they deconstruct Drew Hancock’s black-comedy/sci-fi horror, Companion... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh, alongside guest Mary Muñoz, as they discuss the state of the Zombie film and TV show across recent years before chomping down into Yeon Sang-ho's 2016 zombie action horror thriller, Train to Busan... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Mary Muñoz Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh as they dig into what the Slasher movie means in a modern context before analysing Chris Nash's low budget 2024 reinvention of that genre, In a Violent Nature... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. In this opening 'primer' for the podcast and subject area, A. J. (Tony) and Hugh discuss their backgrounds, the key pictures in the modern horror canon, and what they might be exploring to come... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Tony and Hugh tackle the most talked about horror series on the planet currently - the TERRIFIER franchise. Talking the 2016 original through to the brand new 2024 third film, they explore whether Damien Leone's modern schlockbusters are vile guff, or the beginning of a whole new icon of horror cinema... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Welcoming horror critic and podcaster Kat Hughes to the show, the guys discuss Parker Finn's Smile franchise in gruesome, gory detail; from it's short story origins to it's blockbuster success and beyond, the terrifying curse is put through the wringer as much as Skye Riley herself... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A.J Black Guest Kat Hughes - @GizmoShikari on Twitter Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week the gents are joined again by Vampire Videos' Dan Owen, in the second of an unofficial Osgood Perkins two-parter, to discuss his gonzo Stephen King short story adaptation, The Monkey. The trio dig into Perkins' personal themes riven through the piece, existing King adaptations on screen, the ghoulish kills displayed in this bloody piece, and much more... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. In this episode, a Halloween special, Hugh and Tony indulge themselves in Variety's recent Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, unpicking the list from 100-1, discussing some of the key choices, whether they should be higher or lower, and providing their own Top 10 horror films of all time. How many modern horror's will make the cut? Host Hugh McStay Co-Host / Editor A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week Hugh and Tony tackle Kyle Edward Ball’s weird, unsettling and incredibly divisive arthouse horror Skinamarink. The gents talks about the nature of abstract nightmare, dip their toes in the murky world of analogue horror and debate whether or not this film is the vanguard for a totally new type of modern horror cinema... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh as they look at the latest film from legendary director Steven Soderbergh as he ventures into the horror field with ghost story, Presence. They discuss poltergeists in film, Soderbergh's diverse career and unpick a spooky tale that went in a very different direction than either of them expected... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices