A History of Horror Podcast

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Christopher Brown looks at horror movie cinema across the globe. Episodes go from the silent age through to modern times.

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Introducing a new podcast from Christopher Brown – The Last Horror Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2016 2:19

Introducing the latest podcast from Christopher Brown. All about horror, cinema and storytelling.

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The future and the end

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2016 26:06

What next for horror and cinema in general? The last episode tries to see what the future is.

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Digital growth, VOD and the return to cinema

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2016 31:37

Films are more freely available than they ever have been. Horror films can stream on Youtube and Netflix but people are still heading towards the cinema

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African nasties and a different underground

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2016 28:02

Nigeria and South Africa dominate a brief discussion on film from this part of the world

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Egypt, Turkey, UAE

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2016 30:38

A brief look at films from Egypt, Turkey and a Tobe Hooper film from the UAE

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9/11, a foreign threat and present day US mainstream

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2016 38:47

After the twin tower attacks horror changed. The birth of torture porn and the return to retro shocks. America realised that the reason the killer might be the house was that they might not just like them.

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Japanese influences

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2016 51:10

In the 1990s what was, in Japan, a return to retro-styles of horror felt fresh for Western audiences. Vicious violence and sex fell away to be replaced by scary ghosts coming to get you

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90s postmodernism, serial killers and the brief rebirth of the slasher

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2016 48:08

From serial killers, to a new breed of slasher movie and to seeing dead people. The USA 90s horror landscape had plenty going for it.

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China, India, Pakistan

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2015 49:37

A trip to China shows the split between Hong Kong and the mainland, India is a Bollywood treat and Pakistan only had their first gore film in 2007

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The art of the British ghost story

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2015 48:19

At Christmas time there's plenty of reasons to be afraid. Here we look at the traditions of telling ghost stories this time of year.

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Ozploitation

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2015 37:01

A real mixed bag of crazy, wild and weird films. All with only one thing in common

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VHS Boom, nasties and the slow growth of the underground

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2015 42:20

VHS brought democracy and freedom for film. It brought a new asthetic to horror too. Along with a flood of new nostalgia and, of course, the video nasties.

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Spanish werewolves and other Mediterranean frights

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2015 43:30

We head to Spain. See Jess Franco, spot some werewolves and get attacked by some Blind Dead. Greece briefly figures too.

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Mexican horror and South America

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2015 55:59

Down in Mexico there is some great horror and across that entire part of the world is a quiet horror boom

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Grindhouses

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2015 34:39

Taking a look at a very particular element of exploitation culture has changed how we see low budget horror. Christopher makes a case that the concept of Grindhouse has altered our view of 70s cinema.

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American ghosts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2015 56:24

Looking at the obsession of American ghost stories and supernatural elements in people's homes

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Cinema Bis

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2015 45:40

The French love a bit of gore, from the theatre through to Eurocine, Cinema Bis and The New French Extremism. These films are all designed to make you think and shudder.

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Italian copies

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2015 61:12

Italian cinema can get a bit of a bad reputation. Here we look at the scene and see if that's a tad unfair. There are, after all, plenty of classics too.

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American masters of horror and the boom in genre

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2015 60:46

Between 1968 and 1984 there was a boom in horror in America. This podcast starts at Night Of The Living Dead and the explosion of adult horror

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Northen European Nastiness

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2015 40:36

Looking at films from Scandinavia, you can see the influences of myth and folklore

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Russian Horror

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2015 38:32

There isn't much of it, but Russian horror is an interesting little subgenre, dancing between the surreal and brutal honesty

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Aliens and Reds under beds

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2015 58:11

The 50s was a time of Cold War, nuclear bombs and paranoia. Gothic horror just wouldn't cut it, so sci-fi horror began to grow

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Hammer and British Thrills part two

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2015 62:13

From the grand gothic of Hammer we know slip over to a very English fear. There is old magic in the countryside, religious extremism and bloody murder as we take a look at the unique genre of folk horror

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Hammer and British Thrills Part One

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2015 57:08

We go from the start of horror through to the boom of Hammer in this first half look at British horror films Part two will look at Folk Horror through to modern fights and will be released on April 19th

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Monsters

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2015 57:02

We're back in America for the moment Hollywood realises that there is money to be made from horror movies. Universal introduce their iconic monsters to the world and the classic film versions of Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man and more are born.

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Germany And A Silent Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2015 38:00

We continue our journey by going to Germany and examining the impact of expressionism on the country at the time, and art right up to the modern day. We look at films such as The Student Of Prague, Nosferatu and Vampyr

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Pioneers of Cinema

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2015 39:16

We begin our History of Horror journey right at the birth of cinema. From the beginning exploitation was present with horror films and we can see this with Edison's productions among others. There was also the rise of the cinema special effect and the work of master film-maker George Melies

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Infocast – A History Of Horror Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2015 3:34

A quick introduction to A History Of Horror Podcast before we start. Christopher Brown sets the scene and explains what the plan is for the next year.

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