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Welcome to episode 47 of the Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

First up is Daniel Isn’t Real (2019) dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer, w Miles Robbins & Patrick Schwarzenegger

Then The Lighthouse (2019) dir. Robert Eggers, w Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson.

Recommendations

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1940/10/thus-i-refute-beelzy/654631/

Enoch by Robert Bloch

Asylum (1972)

Tales that Witness Madness (1973)

In This Way I Was Saved by Brian DeLeeuw

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind, 

Some Kind of Hate (2015)

At Close Range (1986)

Archenemy (2020)

References

https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-speaks-the-truth-about-daniel-isnt-real-part-two/

https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/adam-egypt-mortimer-discusses-his-cosmic-horror-film-daniel-isnt-real/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffewing/2020/12/11/interview-a-chat-with-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-about-archenemy-superheroes-and-genre-film/

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3596127/8-films-inspired-daniel-isnt-real/

https://screenrant.com/patrick-schwarzenegger-interview-daniel-isnt-real-clip/

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/patrick-schwarzenegger-daniel-isnt-real

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/314433/exclusive-interview-with-daniel-isnt-real-director-adam-egypt-mortimer/

https://dailydead.com/sxsw-2019-interview-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-talks-daniel-isnt-real/

The Lighthouse - Arrow Video 4k special edition extras and comentaries

https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/lightha.htm

https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/robert-eggers-lighthouse-influences

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/04/robert-eggerss-historical-visions-go-mainstream

https://silverscreenriot.com/talking-robert-eggers-witch/

https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/screenwriters-lecture-series-2019-robert-eggers/

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/dec/22/robert-pattinson-i-dont-really-know-how-to-act-batman-the-lighthouse

https://www.gq.com/story/willem-dafoe-on-why-the-lighthouse-worked-so-well

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-lighthouse-robert-eggers-filmmaker-toolkit-podcast-episode-94-1202186291/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalls_Lighthouse#Smalls_Lighthouse_Tragedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Isn%27t_Real

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light-House

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Eggers

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Welcome to episode 46 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are back with haunted houses, classic ghost stories, and more than a little ambiguity, with one film based on a novella by Henry James and the other based on a novel by Peter Straub.

First up, we have The Innocents from 1961, directed by Jack Clayton. This stars Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens, and Pamela Franklin.

Then we jump forward to 1977 for Full Circle, which was released in the US as The Haunting of Julia. This was directed by Richard Loncraine and stars Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, and Jill Bennett.

Recommendations

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Julia by Peter Straub

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

The Other by Thomas Tryon

Momsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girlie (1970)

References

The Innocents by Christopher Frayling (BFI Film Classics) 

https://youtu.be/ZpV5J91BnV0?si=SPH8nq8FBgApLusl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_(play)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_(1961_film)

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/gothic-glamour-innocents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Clayton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James

Full Circle (BFI blu ray) - interviews and extras 

https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/events/2023/04/19/full-circle/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Circle_(1977_film)

https://academic.oup.com/screen/article/65/1/47/7632062

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(film)

RichardLoncraine.com.

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Welcome to episode 45 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are discussing

Possession (1981) dir. Andrzej Żuławski w. Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill

Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi aka Witching and Bitching (2013) dir. Alex de la Iglesia w. Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, and Carmen Maura

Recommendations

The Story of Adele H (1975)

The Driver (1978)

Camille Claudel (1988)

One Deadly Summer (1983)

Subway (1985)

The Last Circus (2010)

References

Possession by Alison Taylor

Possession 4k Special Edition from Second Sight Films

House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/biggest-regret-of-isabelle-adjanis-career/

www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-interview-andrzej-zulawski

https://metrograph.com/making-a-monster/

https://a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/film/isabelle-adjani-in-confession

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/isabelle-adjani-possession-never-accept-again-1234895552

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/sam-neill-possession-could-not-be-made-today-abuse-on-set-1234821437

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/09/possession-movie-film-1981-octopus-isabelle-adjani-sam-neill

https://www.glamour.es/placeres/cultura/articulos/entrevista-con-alex-de-la-iglesia-y-carmen-maura-por-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi/18848

https://www.glamour.es/placeres/cultura/articulos/entrevista-con-alex-de-la-iglesia-y-carmen-maura-por-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi/18848

https://cinema.everyeye.it/articoli/intervista-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi-alex-de-la-iglesia-21024.html

https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/244346/

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Welcome to episode 44 of The Horror Double Bill, where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

The Wind (2018) dir. Emma Tammi, with Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, Julia Goldani Telles, and Miles Anderson.

The Dark and the Wicked (2020), dir. Bryan Bertino, with Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Lynn Andrews, and Xander Berkeley.

Recommendations 

Curse of the Undead (1959), Near Dark (1987), Ravenous (1999), The Burrowers (2008), Bone Tomahawk (2015), The Monster (2016)

References

The Geography of Horror by Marco Lukic

The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture by Bernice M. Murphy

Desert Horror Movies and Horror Westerns by John LeMay

West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns by Jane Tompkins.

https://www.thecherrypicks.com/stories/emma-tammi-on-the-horrors-of-isolation

https://filmthreat.com/interviews/the-wind-with-emma-tammi

https://moveablefest.com/caitlin-gerard-emma-tammi-teresa-sutherland-wind/

https://latinhorror.com/interview-emma-tammi-the-wind/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/prairie-madness-study-silence-great-plains

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1893/09/the-isolation-of-life-on-prairie-farms/523959/

https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/director-bryan-bertino-vicious-horror-movie-north-texas-40601111

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/355261/interview-michael-abbott-jr-talks-working-with-bryan-bertino-on-the-dark-and-the-wicked-and-that-three-legged-goat/

https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/the-dark-and-the-wicked-marin-ireland-interview

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-dark-and-the-wicked-star-marin-ireland-faced-her-fears-4089466/

https://dailydead.com/interview-xander-berkeley-discusses-his-enigmatic-character-in-the-dark-and-the-wicked-and-reflects-on-candyman/

www.gonewiththetwins.com/interview-bryan-bertino-strangers

https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-producer-adrienne-biddle-on-the-family-terrors-of-the-dark-and-the-wicked/

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Welcome to episode 43 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are visiting church with two films which that suggest our holiest of buildings could hide mysterious ancient forces lurking in their cellars.

Prince of Darkness (1987) dir. John Carpenter w. Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Dennis Dunn, and Lisa Blount.

The Borderlands aka Final Prayer (2013) dir. by Elliot Goldner w. Gordon Kennedy, Aidan McArdle, and Robin Hill.

Recommendations

Starman (1984)

The Caretaker: https://youtu.be/4e6x5j_JKWA?si=Xr02l4TdF7gf77bw

The Great Escape (1963)

Wake in Fright (1971)

Death Line (1972)

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

Sources & References

The Films of John Carpenter by John Kenneth Muir

John Carpenter: Prince of Darkness by Giles Boulenger. 

Prince of Darkness blu-ray special edition release from StudioCanal.

The Borderlands blu ray release from Second Sight Films

https://www.heyuguys.com/heyuguys-interview-elliot-goldner-borderlands

https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2014/03/borderlands-qa

https://hmzfilm.com/2013/12/08/hmz-film-exclusively-interviews-the-creators-and-cast-of-the-borderlands

https://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/2014/03/27/the-borderlands-interview-with-jennifer-handorf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Borderlands_(2013_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pleasence

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/italian-mystic-gisella-cardia-faces-trial-over-claim-virgin-mary-statue-wept-blood

https://www.dartmoor.gov.uk/learning/dartmoor-legends/the-legend-of-brentor-church

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000587/

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3283841/

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Welcome to episode 42 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are exploring the horrors of colonialism with two films that suggest that the price for cultural oppression and appropriation is a very heavy one.

I Walked with a Zombie (1943) dir. Jacques Tourneur, with Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett and Christine Gordon.

The Reptile (1966) dir. John Gilling, with Jennifer Daniel, Noel Willman, Ray Barrett and Jacqueline Pearce.

Fundraiser :

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References:

I Walked with a Zombie by Clive Dawson

The Book of the Dead by Jamie Russell

Horror Noir a History of Black American Horror by Robin R means Coleman 

Jacques Tourneur The Cinema of Nightfall by Chris Fujiwara

Val Lewton The Reality of Terror by Joel E Siegel.

English Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography by Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio

Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine iss 20.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_independence_debt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Haiti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ripper

https://dandayjr35.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-what-character-blogathon-michael.html?m=1

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0728085/

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Welcome to episode 41 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

First up is The Empty Man (2020) starring James Badge Dale, Aaron Poole and Marin Ireland, and was written and directed by David Prior 

Then we follow this with Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010). This stars Michael Rogers and Eva Allen and is the feature debut from director Panos Cosmatos. 

Recommendations

Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – The Autopsy, The Viewing

AM1200 : https://youtu.be/WeBNxJmqVVA?si=oheIatFEXJ8kLYev

Phase IV (1974)

Thebiblemachine comparison video: 

https://youtu.be/wsppyXIbFPI?si=HgqfHqRvIkst4RLl

References

https://theplaylist.net/the-empty-man-david-prior-interview-20211105/

https://scified.com/news/tomorrow-war-aliens-artist-ken-barthelmey-talks-his-cave-mummy-creation-from-the-empty-man-2020

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/everything-zen-david-prior-on-the-empty-man-9701

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-empty-man-david-prior-interview

https://vancouversun.com/news/for-vancouver-filmmaker-panos-cosmatos-beyond-the-black-rainbow-helped-alleviate-grief-of-losing-parents

https://filmmakermagazine.com/45658-panos-cosmatos-beyond-the-black-rainbow/

https://alienatedinvancouver.blogspot.com/2012/06/norm-li-interview-beyond-black-rainbow.html?m=1

https://thatshelf.com/interview-beyond-the-black-rainbow-director-panos-cosmatos/

https://chud.com/97657/interview-panos-cosmatos-beyond-the-black-rainbow/

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/matt-barone/interview-beyond-the-black-rainbow-director-panos-cosmatos

https://www.vice.com/en/article/black-mountains-jeremy-schmidt-scored-the-trippiest-canadian-movie-ever/

https://mediamikes.com/2011/05/interview-with-michael-rogers/

https://thepcprinciple.com/interview-eva-bourne/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Worldwide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silva_Method

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhard_Seminars_Training

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Dynamics

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Welcome to episode 40 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are exploring pestilence and death with two films that revolve around plague, satanism, religious intolerance and necromancy

First up, we have The Masque of the Red Death from 1964 and director Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Patrick Magee and Jane Asher.

Then we follow this with Black Death from 2010, directed by Christopher Smith. This stars Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Andy Nyman and Carice van Houten.

Along the way we’ll be discussing the life and early career of director Roger Corman, the historical facts of the Black Death, the horror career of Andy Nyman and much much more

Recommendations

The Birthday Party: 

https://youtu.be/2hCfFfIeq7A?si=No07MVQLA4kpMdVS

The House of Usher (1960)

The Pit & The Pendulum (1961)

The Premature Burial (1962)

Severance (2006)

The Glass Man (2011)

How I made 100 Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman

Corman/Poe - Interviews and Essays Exploring the Making of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe Films by Chris Alexander

The Masque of the Red Death by Steve Haberman  

https://youtu.be/pyfdh8KScH0?si=jxXE_baIecjekiCX

https://youtu.be/uGgpoVYvDzs?si=wWmRHhNzA1v5i0zr

https://youtu.be/zOHUM3LJAHY?si=G8BW4UXmRPlKv8P_

Black Death - interviews and extras that can be found on the special edition Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment

The Black Death Press Book

https://www.medievalists.net/2010/05/black-death-interview-with-dario-poloni/

https://opium.org.pl/2010/03/08/embraced-by-black-death-interview-with-christopher-smith-the-director-of-upcoming-medieval-horror-black-death/ 

https://cinemawithoutborders.com/2532-christopher-smith-director-of-black-death/

https://filmmakermagazine.com/21080-christopher-smith-black-death/filmmakermagazine.com.

https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2010/07/holding-court-with-hazel-court.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death_(1964_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corman

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Welcome to episode 39 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we have two films that are based on works by Daphne du Maurier, an English novelist, playwright, and biographer whose stories and novels have been adapted multiple times for stage, radio television and of course for film.

First up nature strikes back with The Birds from 1963 starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. 

Then we jump forward a decade for a story of grief, guilt and extra sensory perception in Venice with Don’t Look Now from 1973. This stars Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie and Hilary Mason, and was directed by Nicolas Roeg.

Along the way, will be discussing the life aren’t works of Daphne du Maurier, the troubling relationship between Hitchcock and his lead actress Tippi Hedren, the career of Nicolas Roeg, and much much more

Recommendations

The Birds by Daphne du Maurier

Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Performance (1970)

Walkabout (1971)

The Comfort of Strangers (1990)

Who Saw Her Die (1972)

The Bloodstained Shadow (1978)

The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

 References

The Birds by Daphne du Maurier

Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_du_Maurier

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-blagger-s-guide-to-daphne-du-maurier-7742072.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/05/fiction.daphnedumaurier

dumaurier.org

The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds  by Tony Lee Moral (Kamera books)

The Birds by Camille Paglia (BFI Film Classics)

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/what-tippi-hedren-learned-from-alfred-hitchcocks-harassment

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/tippi-hedren-memoir-the-birds-extract

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippi_Hedren

Don’t Look Now by Mark Sanderson (BFI Film Classics)

Don't Look Now blu-ray special edition from Studio Canal. 

Don’t Look Now by Jessica Gildersleeve  (Devil’s Advocates) 

https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/big%20screen%20classics/2024/09/10/dont-look-now/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_and_Other_Stories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film)

https://journals.openedition.org/jsse/3924

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_du_Maurier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_du_Maurier

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Welcome to episode 38 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are returning to the world of the 1940s horror noir and the Italian giallo, with two highly influential movies that would shape some of the tropes that we now see as standard in many films

First up, we have The Spiral Staircase from 1946 directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Dorothy Maguire, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent, and Kent Smith

Then we follow this with Six Women for the Killer, also known as Blood and Black Lace from 1964 and director Mario Bava. This stars Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Ariana Gorini and Thomas Reiner.

Recommendations

The Killers: https://youtu.be/qN8CKO-_th8?si=bSjwl02I927bTgmG

The Girl Who Knew Too Much: https://youtu.be/kHolwKaXHHw?si=uiiNHwREjIZaWhIn

The Whip & The Body (1963)

Black Sabbath (1963)

References 

The File on Robert Siodmak by Joseph Greco

American Gothic Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby

https://metrograph.com/the-strange-affair-of-robert-siodmak

https://offscreen.com/view/siodmak-spiral-staircase

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/dec/21/christmas-holiday-my-favourite-christmas-film-gene-kelly-robert-siodmak

https://www.dasmagazin.de/magazin-historie/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/siodmak

https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd11861472X.html#ndbcontent

https://abergavennylocalhistorysociety.org.uk/gallery/Ethel%20Lina%20White.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/obituaries/ethel-lina-white-overlooked.html

The Haunted World of Mario Bava by Troy Howarth

So Deadly So Perverse by Troy Howarth

Blood and black Lace by Roberto Cuti (Devils Advocates Series).

Special features and interviews on the blu ray release of the film from Arrow Video

The Aurum Film Encyclopedia of Horror

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-mario-bava

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bava

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spiral_Staircase_(1946_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Siodmak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_Black_Lace

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