After spending four years working on the Hammer Horror Podcast, the team decided to dust off the cobwebs of Britain's finest Horror production company and open up the horror movie umbrella to dissect and discuss classic screen legends, movie franchises and films both old and new.
Carpenter's penultimate film would see an amalgamation of some of his previous films with a fairly decent cast, but was he able to establish the magic of his earlier career?The Surgeons team dissect and discuss Ghosts of Mars to find out.
The Surgeons continue their trend this season looking at the films of Director John Carpenter. We're mid 90s now and coming towards the end of this auteur's career with the James Woods vampire horror that sees him as vampire slayer, Jack Crow.Did this movie stand the test of time?Let the team decide.
Following our interview with star Felissa Rose, the Surgeons team dissect and discuss the cult film that launched her career.
Star of Sleepaway Camp Felissa Rose swings by the mortician's slab to discuss her role in the cult film along with her next feature Camp Twilight with host Saul Muerte.
The Surgeons team take a look at John Carpenter's remake of the 1960 feature based on the John Wyndham classic novel.He's done remakes before so what could go wrong? Well quite a lot actually.
In this latest episode, The Surgeons dissect and discuss John Carpenter and Kurt Russell's reprisal of the iconic character Snake Plissken. How did this film fair compared to its predecessor?
"Do you read Sutter Cane?" This episode looks at John Carpenter's In The Mouth of Madness starring Sam Neill, a film that was considered a box office failure but went on to receive cult status. Does it deserve high praise? The Surgeons team dissect and discuss the movie to find out.
The Surgeons team continue to dissect and discuss the films of John Carpenter with the las tfilm he would direct in the 80s and cult classic, They Live. But does it still stand up and is it relevant today?
Was this Carpenter's first misfire as a director? Does it deserve more recognition?The Surgeons dissect ant discuss this feature to see whether it warrants another look.
The Surgeons team take a look at another classic movie from horror auteur John Carpenter. As they discuss and dissect Prince of Darkness they set out to see if the film still stands the test of time.
The Surgeons team continue to dissect and discuss the movies of John Carpenter in our current season. In this episode we scrutinise Big Trouble In Little China starring Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall, a film that didn't pull the numbers at the Box Office but has since become a cult classic.
The Surgeons continue their journey through Director John Carpenter's film work with this shift away from his horror movies into sci-fi fantasy, Starman starring Jeff Bridges.
The Surgeons team kick off the seventh season proper which is dedicated to the films of John Carpenter films from Christine to The Ward.First up, how does the killer Plymouth Fury hold up today?Saul Muerte and Watch It Wombat's NIck Allford dissect and discuss to find out.
Celebrating 40 years since Lucio Fulci's cinematic classic entry into the horror genre, the Surgeons dissect and discuss the movie to see if it still has the same impact from its initial release.
It's been 2o years since this female take on the lycanthropy mythology first hit the festival circuits and caused more than a stir in the horror genre. The surgeons team take a look back at this film to see if it still has a pulse.
To celebrate its 40th Anniversary, the Surgeons team dissect and discuss Prom Night starring Jamie Lee Curtis, but has it stood the test of time?
We close out our look into some of the late director Stuart Gordon's films with his final Lovecraftian film, Dagon.How does it stand up compared with Re-Animator and From Beyond?
Continuing our dedicated episodes to Director Stuart Gordon, we look at Dolls. How does this film fair today?
The surgeons team continue to look back at the late, great Stuart Gordon's work with this gem of a movie, based on the novella by HP Lovecraft.
The Surgeons team respectfully honour the late Stuart Gordon with some of his finest work on the director's chair, beginning with the classic HP Lovecraft adaptation, Re-Animator
The surgeons team take a look at this Hitchcock classic and dissect the birth of Norman Bates on the silver screen.
Our last episode of the season and our journey through the Nightmare franchise ends with the remake,What do the Surgeons team think of this film 10 years after its initial release?
It's Alien Day! And the Surgeons team continue to dissect and discuss the third instalment on all things xenomorph in the second part to Alien 3.
It's Alien Day! The Surgeons had a lot to say about the third instalment of the Alien franchise that it needed to be split into two parts. Catch the first half of their discussions here.
The Surgeons team dissect and discuss when these two titan slasher icons went head to head.
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, The Surgeons team dissect this classic and original slasher film.Does it deserve higher praise?Check out our thoughts in this latest podcast.
The Surgeons team continue to dissect director Wes Craven's middle years features in what we have dubbed 'The Nightmare Years' with this much loved classic, The People Under The Stairs
As The Changeling celebrates 40 years, the Surgeons team dissect this classic horror film to see if it still stands up to scrutiny.
They said he was dead, but Freddy returned although not as we may have expected him. Wes Craven resurrected the beloved villain in a bold new enterprise back in 1994. Did it pay off? Does it still stand true today? The Surgeons team dissect and discuss this film to find out some of these answers.
The surgeons team attempt to dissect and discuss possibly the most farcical entry into the franchise.
Ever since the inception of the Surgeons of Horror podcast, our very own Dr. Yee aka "The Big Cheese" has been dying to do a dissection of the found footage genre, so it's about time we gave him that chance. Let's hope he doesn't pay the price of doing so.
To celebrate thirty years since its release The Surgeons team look back at the Director's Cut of Nightbreed.
40 years ago, Italian director Ruggero Deodato changed horror film history with the introduction of found footage. People thought that ALL the images they saw were real and as such it got banned and dubbed a video nasty, But how bad could it be? To celebrate this anniversary, the Surgeons dissect the feature and question if it still stands true today.
The Surgeons team continue to dissect and discuss the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise moving into the fifth instalment, The Dream Child
The Surgeons team continue to dissect and discuss the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise with the fourth instalment, The Dream Master.
Back in 1989 Wes Craven attempted to create a rival slasher to his creation, Freddy Kreuger with Horace Pinker, a serial killer who uses electricity to come back from the dead. Did this work? Does Shocker still spark any interest for today's audience?The Surgeons team dissect the film to find out.
The Surgeons continue to dissect and discuss Wes Craven's middle years with the cult classic, The Serpent and the Rainbow, bit does it still stand the test of time?
You voted and the surgeons dissected your favourite horror movie of the year, IT: Chapter Two
The Surgeons team continue to dissect and discuss the A Nightmare On Elm Street franchise with the third instalment, Dream Warriors.
The Surgeons team dissect and discuss the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with the first sequel, Freddy's Revenge.
We wrap our Friday the 13th discussions with the most recent movie - now ten years old and offered as a reboot, but what do the Surgeons team make of it now?
Ahead of the release from Blumhouse Productions remake, The Surgeons team dissect and discuss the original feature.
You voted and the Surgeons team have gathered to dissect and discuss your favourite 2018 horror movie, Hereditary, Ari Aster's directorial debut and arguably modern classic.
The Surgeons team delve further into the Nightmare years with this 1986 thriller, Deadly Friend
We delve further into what we have dubbed Wes Craven's Nightmare Years with this made for tv movie, Chiller
The Surgeons team return to the late great Wes Craven's work through the middle years of his career that we have dubbed The Nightmare Years, beginning with A Nightmare On Elm Street.
WARNING! contains spoilers.The Surgeons team dissect and discuss the latest film from Mike Flanagan based on the Stephen King novel.
Ahead of the nationwide release of Doctor Sleep, we look back at Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
It's Halloween week, time to reflect on the resurrection of Michael Myers from last year's movie hit, Halloween.
You voted for your favourite horror film from 2017 and the Surgeons team discuss and dissect IT in our latest podcast
The Surgeons team celebrate 30 years of Puppet Master by dissecting and discussing this much-loved cult classic horror film.
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