The Lament Configuration

You want more FrightFest? Our coverage concludes with Greg, Ria, Tom and another special guest, Tom Cannon, reviewing the films we watched on Sunday and Monday, including one very divisive film that completely split the group. Featuring Doorsploitation.   Timestamps: Sunday (Short Film Showcase 2, Hell is Where the Home is, Await Further Instructions, Terrified, Tigers Are Not Afraid, Bodied, The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years, He's Out There): 1:08 - 41:30 Monday (Possum, Climax, Wolfman's Got Nards, Open 24 Hours, The Witch in the Window, Black Site, The Field Guide to Evil, The Golem): 41:30 - 1:21:14

Summer's coming to an end which means The Lament Configuration are finally back bringing you the very best in horror for 2018! This year, our FrightFest coverage has expanded to such a degree that we can't fit it all in one show! In this half, Greg, Ria and our special guest Tom Dennett-Cook review the films we watched on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.   Timestamps: Thursday (The Ranger, Summer of 84, Mega Time Squad): 3:49 - 24:03 Friday (The Cleaning Lady, Braid, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, FrightFest: Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema, Piercing, Crystal Eyes, Boar): 24:03 - 57:41 Saturday (What Keeps You Alive, One Cut of the Dead, The Tokoloshe, Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires, Upgrade, The Laplace's Demon): 57:41 - 1:19:50

We are very proud to present our very first interview - and what an interview it was - with PAUL McEVOY. Paul is one of the organisers of FrightFest, the biggest genre festival in the UK. Hear his thoughts on this year's lineup and what we should be watching, such as THE RANGER, UPGRADE, TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID, CLIMAX and much more. Plus his honest opinions on why big studios won't show their films at FrightFest, current horror trends, why Frightfest doesn't just show horror movies, why some movies are more divisive than others and much more. Even if you've never heard of FrightFest, you will still be enthralled and entertained for all 60 minutes!

Somehow, we are more than halfway into 2018 so there's no better time to take a look back at the horror films released between January and June. Ria and Greg pick five films each to discuss with NO SPOILERS: there's the great, the good, the fun, the bad and the downright awful. A good show for planning a Saturday night  drinking and watching movies with your mates!   Timestamps: A Quiet Place, Unsane: 2:04 - 16:53 Hellraiser: Judgement, Truth or Dare: 16:54 - 32:24 Revenge, Pyewacket: 32:25 - 44:57 Winchester, Terrifier: 44:58 - 56:16 You Were Never Really Here, Hereditary: 56:17 - 1:10:23

Everyone loves lists so we've ranked them: all 72 video nasties from worst to best! See which of the video nasties we described as “borderline unwatchable”, “mind-numbingly boring”, “the absolute worst”, “once you've seen it, you can't unseen it”, “perversely entertaining”, “the epitome of so-bad-it's amazing”, “grim as hell”, “literally like nothing you've seen in your life”, “excellent”, “far too good to be hidden away”, “what a horror film should be” and much, much more.   Timestamps: 72 - 51: 4:23 - 28:16 50 - 26: 28:17 - 1:02:06 25 - 11: 1:02:07 - 1:22:32 10 - 6: 1:22:33 - 1:31:06 5 - 1: 1:31:07 - 1:41:19

If you've never listened to one of our shows before, this is the one you want to start off with. It's one of, if not, the best shows we've done. These are the last three video nasties reviews and all three films on the show today are directed by the Godfather of Gore himself, Lucio Fulci. These are all great films that we highly recommend. You should expect old lady zombies with lazy eyes, a zombie vs. shark fight, splinters to the eye, thug life crabs, the Book of Eibon, gateways to hell, dogs called Dickie, killer tarantulas, Michael Jackson's Thriller, horrendous child dubbing and, because it's Fulci, many many brutal deaths. And you will face the sea of darkness, and all therein that may be explored…   Timestamps: Zombie Flesh Eaters: 3:54 - 28:47 The Beyond: 28:47 - 54:27 The House by the Cemetery: 54:27 - 1:13:34

We only have six video nasties left to review, all of which are zombie films! For part one of our zombie special, we review two excellent films and one… not so excellent film. Featuring zombie Treguard, old British names, people not winding up their car windows during a zombie outbreak, Technohead, many impressions of British accents, and lots of fog. Plus find out Ria Fend's life goal.    Timestamps: The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue: 1:16 - 33:52 Dead & Buried: 33:52 - 51:36 Forest of Fear: 51:36 - 1:09:06

Three more Italian video nasties, this time with a supernatural theme. There's the follow-up to a classic, a film about killer eggs and a cheesy zombie film… so a mixed bag quality-wise but still fun to review nonetheless! Including many many cats, wet t-shirt contests, Ghostbusters, rats with red eyes, exploding eggs, Goblin, creatures with lightbulb eyes, jungle elephants and 24 Days Later - you read that right. Check it out before it gets outsourced!   Timestamps: Inferno: 2:17 - 31:10 Contamination: 31:10 - 52:13 Zombie Creeping Flesh: 52:13 - 1:16:45

We've covered slasher films before on The Lament Configuration but these are a little bit different: these are Italian slasher films, so expect lots of gore and sleaze. These three video video nasties are all available on DVD and Blu-ray from 88 Films if you want to check them out. Featuring the world's most inept psychiatric facility, old computers, bad child acting, questionable effects, Germans wearing giant headphones, bad toupees, ketchup, and ummm… foetus eating. Make sure to have your compasses at the ready!   Timestamps: Nightmares in a Damaged Brain: 1:57 - 31:17 Anthropophagus: 31:17 - 48:22 Absurd: 48:22 - 1:06:09

On the show today, we have three video nasties directed by legendary exploitation director, Jess Franco: expect bad dubbing, many zooms and lots of nudity. Including wobble boards, topless moon bathing, bandsaws, A GIANT FAKE BOULDER, prison bush, pyjamas, ping pong ball eyes, and the return of low angle tribal twerking. The best way to listen to this podcast is in bed.   Timestamps: Bloody Moon: 5:55 - 27:23 Women Behind Bars: 27:23 - 45:19 Devil Hunter: 45:19 - 1:04:08

Happy Easter from The Lament Configuration! What better way to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord than listening to our latest episode… On the show today, we have three more video nasties: this time with an Italian flavour, because they all come under the filone of giallo.- these are Italian films that mix horror, thriller and murder-mystery elements. This is a good episode for those who've never seen one before and it's spoiler-free: let's crack open the J&B!   Timestamps: What is giallo?: 1:05 - 5:57 Tenebrae: 5:57 - 38:12 A Bay of Blood: 38:12 - 58:48 Killer Nun: 58:48 - 1:18:48

Three more nasties featuring crazy ladies today: this time, slasher movies. Featuring possibly the most bizarre intro we've ever done, incest, basketball, Bill Paxton, drugged milk, killer Rottweilers, birthdays, landladies called Amantha, jazz festivals, wooden acting, dominos and three tomatoes on the side of a plate. Plus an expletive-filled rant on the awful Unhinged remake.    Timestamps: Night Warning: 3:10 - 28:35 Madhouse: 28:35 - 47:00 Unhinged: 47:00 - 1:09:38 Unhinged Remake: 1:09:38 - 1:14:05

For the next two episodes, we are covering video nasties featuring women who kill. Or crazy ladies: something most of us can all relate to I'm sure. The three nasties in part one are more psychological and interesting than most. Expect a woman having sex with an octopus, 70s dialogue, tattoos drawn on in biro, vegan bread and the glorious return of the real-or-not-real game.   Timestamps: Possession: 3:13 - 40:48 The Witch Who Came From the Sea: 40:48 - 56:16 Expose: 56:16 - 1:15:17

Warning: on the latest episode of The Lament Configuration, we are joined, once again, by Tom Dennett-Cook to discuss three video nasties in the Nazispolitation subgenre. If you're likely to be upset or offended by this subject matter, we advise you not to listen to the show. With that being said though, it's hard to take most of these films seriously so, in that respect, we invite you all to listen and be entertained, which is the point after all. Including fly-sploitation, Naz-splaining and lots, lots more.   Timestamps: What is Nazisploitation?: 3:05 - 7:59 Love Camp 7: 7:59 - 33:25 SS Experiment Camp: 33:25 - 53:45 Gestapo's Last Orgy: 55:27 - 1:19:18

More of those video nasties, this time featuring HAIRY BEASTS. Including a werewolf, a Yeti, Bigfoot and… a short hairy guy that gurns a lot. Presented in Beast-Vision.   Timestamps: Night of the Demon: 3:13 - 22:21 The Werewolf and the Yeti: 22:21 - 45:40 The Beast in Heat: 45:40 - 1:10:15

As promised, we review every film in the Evil Dead series after the first one: Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness and the Evil Dead remake; fun films to talk about, you'll agree. Find out which one is our favourite, what we think of remakes generally, do we like the slapstick elements and a lot more besides. Featuring ever-changing Lindas, cheesy sex scenes, skeletons, one-liners, celebrity lookalikes and the Knights Who Say Ni! Expect really intense scenes.   Timestamps: Evil Dead 2: 2:05 - 36:36 Army of Darkness: 36:36 - 57:58 Evil Dead (2013): 57:58 - 1:19:41 Ash vs. Evil Dead: 1:19:41 - 1:22:20

It's the first show of 2018 and we are back with a bang, covering the most famous of the video nasties, along with two nasties directed by the late Ulli Lommel (RIP). Featuring trees - which are thought of as fairly harmless (apparently), Trapdoor, more of Ria Fend's weird dreams, Alan Partridge, EVIL MIRRORS, men in dungarees, DEATH BY SHAVING FOAM (!) and, my personal favourite, DEATH BY ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH!!!!! Guest appearance by Greg's cat.   Timestamps: The Evil Dead: 1:29 - 43:44 The Boogeyman: 43:44 - 1:05:34 Revenge of the Boogeyman: 1:05:34 - 1:21:49

It's that time of year again - and the one year anniversary of the show - as we decide our best and worst horror films of 2017. One thing we can all agree on is that 2017 has been one of the best years for horror in recent memory, which made it really really hard to pick our best films of the year. As is customary, there are also terrible films to vent our fury at, which is very cathartic and fun. Do you agree with our choices? Let us know and thank you for listening.   Timestamps: Bottom Five Films of 2017: 1:31 - 22:00 Top Ten Films of 2017: 22:00 - 55:32

We lament the second half of the horror year in review, SPOILER FREE, including, everyone's favourite, the WORST films we had to endure in the last six months for your pleasure. Featuring: It, Annabelle: Creation, Jigsaw, Happy Death Day, The Ritual, Flatliners, Leatherface, The Babysitter, Better Watch Out, Hounds of Love, mother!, and loads more packed into 90 minutes like sausage meat. A fun show as always so check it out~!

You Just Can't Keep a Good Guy Down… We Explore The Remaining Films in the Child's Play Franchise - Bride, Seed, Curse and Cult of Chucky - One of Which Greg Would Rather Gouge His Eyes Out Than Watch Again! Including Gender Swapping, Rob Zombie (of course), Bride of Frankenstein Homages, Voodoo For Dummies, Speak and Spell, Martha Stewart, More Random Explosions, Chucky Nookie, Accelerated Voodoo Pregnancies, Russell Brand, Hannah From S Club 7, Britney Spears Impersonators, CGI Chucky Face, Nanny Cam, Tommy Wiseau, and Throat Slitting With a Nail File. This is the End, Friend!

Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna Play? We Explore The Full Child's Play Franchise - Including the First Horror Film Ria Fend Ever Saw - Starting With Child's Play 1, 2 and 3. Featuring Don Mancini, Other Evil Doll Films, Voodoo, Peddlers, Random Explosions, Good Guy Toolkits, Batteries, Brad Dourif, Terminator, Electroshock Therapy, Corporate Yuppies, Chucky Posting Himself, People Flying Through the Air, Awesome Moustaches and Hide the Soul. Eat Dirt, Tommy!

We Lament Our London Film Festival Watches of 2017 including Gala Premiers of The Shape of Water & The Killing of a Sacred Deer plus reviews of Veronica, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Ghost Stories, Thelma and The Endless. Also featuring Morrissey, Friendship Reminders on Facebook, Social Anxiety, Unusual Sexual Tastes, Ouija Boards, Reclining Seats, Lots of Violence, Paul Whitehouse and Ginger Snaps

I'm Going To Be Remembered For Saying the Train Is Long, Aren't I… If You've Not Had a Chance to Listen To It Yet, It's Not Too Late to Listen to Our Halloween Special! We Were Joined by Thomas Dennett-Cook of the Off The Reels podcast to Talk About Slashers. We Cover All Your Favourites Like Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Black Christmas, Prom Night, Terror Train, My Bloody Valentine, Silent Night Deadly Night, Sleepaway Camp, Candyman, Scream, the Best and Worst Sequels, Remakes and Lots Lots More. Plus Money Shots, Prophets of Doom, Shelly, Ambulance Drivers, Long Trains, Gingerdead Man and Our Favourite Slasher Cliches, Villains, Final Girls, Weapons, and Deaths! Seasons Greetings, Happy Halloween!   Timestamps: Characteristics and cliches: 3:09 - 13:32 The first slasher film and early influences: 13:33 - 21:13 70's exploitation and proto-slashers: 21:14 - 34:15 Halloween: 34:16 - 47:08 Prom Night, Terror Train and other Halloween clones: 47:09 - 56:54 Friday the 13th: 56:55 - 1:05:33 1981 slasher explosion: 1:05:34 - 1:13:34 Different types of slasher: 1:13:35 - 1:20:22 A Nightmare on Elm Street: 1:20:23 - 1:26:05 Sequels, supernatural and the late 80s: 1:26:06 - 1:37:20 Scream and the 90s: 1:37:21 - 1:47:49 Remakes: 1:47:50 - 2:00:28 Post-2000s slashers: 2:00:29 - 2:11:23 “Best of” awards: 2:11:24 - 2:19:43

It Looks Like Pizza! We Explore Video Nasties featuring Death on Film. Including Mondo, ‘Deathstimates', Dr Frances B Gross, Monkey Brains, the ‘Real or Not Real' Game, Rubbish Fake Animal Attacks, Bad Cult Leaders, Inappropriate Music, Foot Orgasms, ‘Born to be Wild' Ripoffs, Austin Powers, Quentin Tarantino, More Greg Dissing Rob Zombie, Shaky Old Goats, Reader's Digest, Lucifer and the Archangels, and David Lynch. Not One to Listen to While Eating Some Lovely Soft Mango Pieces…

As You Can Tell, I've Got Very Strong Opinions on This One… It's The Revenge of the Rape Revenge and Ria Fend Gets Very Angry as We Explore Three More Video Nasties. Including Inappropriate Intros, “We've All Been There”, “I'm Not A Man”, Speedboats, More Greg Ranting About Remakes, Jigsaw, Bum Shots, 70s Pimps, Ted Turner, Sassy Grandmas, Eraserhead, American Drive Ins, and Cat Dad. Lovely Stuff!

We're Only Going to Cut Her a Little… We Are Finally Back to Explore More Video Nasties, This Time on the Topic of Rape/Revenge: a Very Controversial Subject For Sure! Featuring Spicy Intros, Inept Police, Fake Disclaimers, Blood Lust, Tits Business, Jingly Jangly Music, Kids on Ice, Home Alone again, Three Word Reviews, Beating up Santa, Greg Ranting About Remakes, and Funny Pronunciations of Swear Words.  Go on Dad, Get Him With the Chainsaw!

We are Joined by Special Guest Tom Cannon to Review Our Frightfest Watches of 2017. We Cover Opening Night World Premieres of Cult of Chucky & Death Note, It Stains The Sands Red, Killing Ground, Replace, Double Date, Mayhem, Imitation Girl, The Villainess & Short Film Showcase 2 (Man In The Moon, Event Horizon, Feeding Time, Mayflower, Real Gods Require Blood, Nimmer & Bloodshed.) Including Popping A Frightfest Cherry, Jennifer Tilly, Growing Up In 90's Manchester, Halloween, Drunk Actors, The Argos Catalogue, Tobe Hooper, Don Mancini, The Dollhouse, Hannah From S Club 7, Anime, Some Beautiful Swearing, CGI Faces, Deadly Games of Cat and Mouse and a Few Too Many Tipples. Kills On Point...   Timestamps: Cult of Chucky: 10:15 - 21:27 Death Note, Killing Ground: 21:27 - 36:30 Short Film Showcase 2, Replace: 36:30 - 52:28 Double Date, Mayhem: 52:28 - 1:04:46 Imitation Girl, The Villainess: 1:04:46 - 1:16:31

Let Me Try And Attack This From Another Angle... We Have An Open Discussion Exploring The Guardian's Steve Rose's 'Post-Horror' Article. Including 'Post Horror', Horror Framework, Fear, The Evolving Genre, A Ghost Story, Psychological Horror, Existential Dread, The Passage of Time, The Guardian, Anxiety, Legacy, Pushing The Envelope, The Death of Found Footage, Zombie Films, Social Media, Death Wave, Politics, Haunted House Films, Social Climate, Click Bait and Cliches. When Is Horror Not Horror?

We're Going To Hell, Ladies First. We Explore The Full Hellraiser Franchise - The Inspiration and Identity for Our Podcast Name and A Favourite Horror Franchise - Continuing With Seven More Sequels - Hellraiser III to IX (Arguably The Worst Sequel). Featuring Greg Getting Irked, Spoilers All Over The Place, Motörhead, Really Terrible Cenobites, Halloween, Child's Play, CD Head Cenobite, The Boiler Room, Heavy Metal, Boob Massages, Armored Saint, Conga Line of Death, The Vagrant, The Pillar of Souls, Barbie Cenobite, Pyro In A Church, Seduction and Pursuit, Alan Smithee, Angelique, An Ambitious Mess and Green Pinhead. If In Doubt Set It In Space...

We'll Tear Your Soul Apart. We Explore The Full Hellraiser Franchise - The Inspiration and Identity for Our Podcast Name and A Favourite Horror Franchise - Starting With Hellraiser I and II - Arguably The Best Sequel. Featuring Clive Barker, Lucky Episode 13, The Hellbound Heart, The Books of Blood, Rawhead Rex, Faustian Bargains, Labyrinth, Doug Bradley, Skinless Actors, Knightmare, Dungeon Master Treguard, Nothing Personal Babe, Making of Cenobites, The Doctor Is In and The Pillar of Souls. And Jesus Wept...

And he's got a flamethrower! We Explore Video Nasties featuring Misogyny. Including a Giant Incinerator, Home Alone, Psycho, Dynamite Outfits, Low Grade Viewing, William Shatner, Charred Corpses, Mastermind, Ditsy Films, the Cherry on top of the very Stupid Cake and Elasticated Dancing Suits. I've started so I'll finish...

We Lament the first half of the Horror year in review without spoilers before we return to our usual Video Nasty format. Which were our three favourites and least liked films of 2017 so far..? Including: Split, A Cure For Wellness, Rings, The Bye Bye Man, Don't Knock Twice, Wolves At the Door, A Dark Song, The Devil's Candy, The Void, Alien: Covenant, Life, Prevenge, The Love Witch, Raw and Get Out

This Is Why It's Important To have Locks On Your Door... We Explore Video Nasties featuring the Word DON'T. Including More Pink Than We Can Handle, Laser Beams For Eyes, Dick and Cherry, Linnea Quigley, Napoleon Dynamite, Doyle - of Misfits and Danzig, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Teddy Bears Picnic, Pencil Neck Geeks, Necrophilia and A Guy With A Penchant For Axes. I Do Taste Like Strawberry! TASTE ME! ~ Plus Shoutouts To Some VIP's ~

You Filthy Things! We Explore Video Nasties featuring Mad Scientists. Including Ape Rape (I Bet You Didn't Think Ria Fend Was Going To Coin That Term!), Rubbish Fake Bats, Frozen Zombies, Knee Kissing, Terrible Acting, Detective Voice Overs, Sister-Wives, Visible Panty Lines, Lizard Stunt Bums and Female Mexican Wrestling. You Will Be Left Not Untouched, But Intact.

It's Wacky, Fun... Crazy! It's Outrageous! It's the real crazy show where anything goes. We Explore Video Nasties directed by Tobe Hooper & More. Including a Young Robert Englund, Crocodiles That Will Eat Anything, Pat Sharp, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dolly Parton, Old School Ghost Trains, Deirdre Barlow, Quentin Tarantino and Food So Bad Your Face Will Break Out in Boils.

Good Lord, What a Perversion! Worst Video Nasty so far hilariously reviewed by Greg Knox as We Explore The Video Nasties set on an Island. Including Nice Holiday Destinations, A Tag Team of Psycho Perverts, A Blowtorch To The Face, A Whole Damn Cucumber and Films That Will Make You Swear. Is It All A Dream..? I Just Hope He's Got A Waterproof Watch!

What Do You Consider To Be... Unusual? LEGS CUT OFF As We Explore The Video Nasties With Killers Sacrificing to a Deity - including Eyebrows on Fleek, Ancient Weird Religious Rites, Satanic Pigs, Paint By Numbers of Horror, Jive Talk and Just A Homicidal Maniac, That's All.

One To Be Played Loud, As We Explore The Video Nasties With Power Tools and Psychotic Killers, including Cult Punk Rock Film, Driller Killer. Drills, Nail Guns, Claw Hammers, Screwdrivers, Scissors, Cleavers and A Goddamn Buffalo.

Just Cool Your Engines for some Sheer Horror with Top of the Slasher Crops 'The Burning'. You'll be up to your Neck in Heads, Tan Lines and Big Macs Overdone with this Episode - It's Finger Snipping Good!

Then... they ate his genitals. We continue to 'get Nasty' in this second, Close to the Bone, Uncensored, Horror instalment with a sick sense of humour. Covering all 72 infamous Video Nasties, we chew the fat on three more controversial Cannibal films. Commence low angle tribal twerking.

Two words for you... Dog Bomb. We start to 'get Nasty' in this second, Close to the Bone, Uncensored, Horror instalment with a sick sense of humour. Now covering all 72 infamous Video Nasties, we start by chewing the fat on three controversial Cannibal films. NOW REMIXED AND REMASTERED.   Timestamps: What is a video nasty?: 1:38 - 3:27 Cannibal Holocaust: 4:25 - 34:01 Cannibal Apocalypse: 34:02 - 45:03 Cannibal Terror: 45:03 - 1:01:04

Greg and Ria discuss the best (and worst) of horror from 2016 as well as preview what's to come in 2017. Films discussed include 10 Cloverfield Lane, Blair Witch, The Conjuring 2, 31, The Green Inferno, The Neon Demon, Bone Tomahawk and The Witch. NOW REMIXED AND REMASTERED FEATURING PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD MATERIAL.   Timestamps: 10 Cloverfield Lane, Blair Witch, The Conjuring 2: 1:14 - 16:31 Under the Shadow, 31 & The Green Inferno: 16:31 - 28:13 The Neon Demon, Worst Films of 2016: 28:13 - 42:14 Bone Tomahawk, The Witch, The Wailing: 42:14 - 53:03 Preview of 2017: 53:03 - 1:05:14