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The Horror Double Bill

Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.Expect discussions on shared themes, directors. writers and atmosphere, as we explore what the films say about the time they were made and our fears in the present; including social history, folklore, censorship, and a love of horror in all its forms.New episodes every Sunday.📸 @thehorrordoublebill📧 thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com

tv & film film reviews

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Episode 47: Daniel Isn't Real (2019) & The Lighthouse...

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2026/04/25

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 Witne...

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Episode 46: The Innocents (1961) & Full Circle aka...

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2026/04/18

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. Th...

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Episode 45: Possession (1981) & Witching and Bitching...

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2026/04/11

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) Subw...

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Episode 44: The Wind (2018) & The Dark and The Wicked...

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2026/04/04

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 Toma...

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85:34

Episode 43: Prince of Darkness (1987) & The...

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2026/03/29

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 ...

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89:01

Episode 42: I Walked With a Zombie (1943) & The...

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2026/03/22

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 Wi...

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90:34

Episode 41: The Empty Man (2020) & Beyond the Black...

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2026/03/15

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 o...

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108:30

Episode 40: The Masque of the Red Death (1964) &...

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2026/03/08

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 b...

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106:31

Episode 39: The Birds (1963) & Don't Look Now (1973)

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2026/03/01

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 Pl...

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100:11

Episode 38: The Spiral Staircase (1946) & Blood &...

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2026/02/22

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 Ke...

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98:49

Episode 37: The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue...

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2026/02/15

Welcome to episode 37 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 we have The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue from 1974 and director Jorge Grau, starring Ray Lovelock, Cristina Galbo and Arthur Kennedy We follow this with When Evil Lurks from 2023 and director Demian Rugna, starring Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demian Salomon, Silvina Sabater, and Luis Ziembrowski. Recommendations: Tombs of the Blind Dead (A...

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Episode 36: Eyes Without a Face (1960) & Blood From...

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2026/02/08

Welcome to episode 36 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 we have Eyes Without a Face (1960) directed by George Franju, starring Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob & Alida Valli. Then we jump forward to Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971) directed by Seth Holt, starring Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir and James Villers Recommendations Tales From the Darkside – The Movie (1990) Gritos en la Noche (aka T...

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Episode 35: City of the Dead (1960) & The Blackcoat's...

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2026/02/01

Welcome to episode 35 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 this week is City Of The Dead from 1960 and director John Moxey, released in the US as Horror Hotel, and starring Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel, Valentine Dyall, and Venetia Stevenson. Then we jump forward to 2015 for The Blackcoat’s Daughter, written and directed by Osgood Perkins, and stars Emma Roberts, Keenan Shipka, Lucy Boynt...

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Episode 34: Theatre of Blood (1973) & Stagefright (1987)

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2026/01/25

Welcome to episode 34 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. For this week’s double bill we are off to the theatre, taking in the works of William Shakespeare and a 1980s stage musical, with a healthy slice of murder and mayhem on the side. First up, we have Theatre of Blood from 1973, directed by Douglas Hickox. This stars Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, and a whole cast of British talent inclu...

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Episode 33: Se7en (1995) & Cure (1997)

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2026/01/18

Welcome to episode 33 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 we have David Fincher’s Se7en from 1995, starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Gwyneth Paltrow.. Then we head across to Tokyo for Cure from 1997, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. This stars Kōji Yakusho, Anna Nakagawa, and Masato Hagiwara. Recommendations The Guard from Underground (1992) Sweet Home & Resident Evil : https://www.y...

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112:42

Episode 32: Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) & In The...

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2026/01/11

Welcome to episode 32 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 Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) directed by Piers Haggard and starring Linda Hayden, Michele Dotrice, Wendy Padbury, and Patrick Wymark. Then we have John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1994) starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, and David Warner. Recommendations https://www.youtube.com/@TheEldritchArchives T...

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74:47

Episode 31: Dead End (2003) & The Day of the Beast...

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2025/12/21

Welcome to episode 31 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something for greater than the sum of their parts This week we are discussing two movies that are both very dark comedies and are both set on Christmas Eve, First up is Dead End from 2003 written and directed by Jean Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa. This stars Alexandra Holden, Ray Wise, Lynn Shea, and Mick Cain. Then we head over to Spain for The Day of the Beast from 1995 ...

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Episode 30: The Curse of the Cat People (1944) & The...

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2025/12/14

Welcome to episode 30 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 both films are directed by Robert Wise, a multiple Oscar-winning American director whose works have included The Body Snatcher, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Andromeda Strain, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, West Side Story, and The Sound of Music, as well as this week’s two movies. So first up, for our Christmas movie we have T...

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Episode 29: Dead of Night (1945) & From Beyond the...

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2025/12/07

Welcome to episode 29 of The Horror Double Bill; the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are continuing our Christmas season, where at least one film in our pairing will have a seasonal theme – or perhaps more appropriately, as this week we are all about anthology movies, at least one of the stories in one of our pairings will have a seasonal theme. First up this week is Dead of Night from 1945, the first British ...

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Episode 28: Whistle & I'll Come to You (1968) & Night...

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2025/11/30

Welcome to episode 28 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts This week we are beginning our Christmas season, and discussing two films that are based on the work of M.R James. First up we have Whistle And I’ll Come To You, directed by Jonathan Miller from 1968 and then Night of the Demon from 1957, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, and Niall McGinnis Along the ...

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