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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.Inspired by the legendary BBC2 horror double bills of the 1970s and 1980s, each week we discuss two films that share themes, atmosphere, directors or creators to explore what they say about the time they were made and our fears in the present.Expect discussions on film and social history, folklore, censorship, cultural anxieties, and a love of horror in all

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Episode Four: And Soon The Darkness (1970) & The...

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2025/06/08

Episode 4 – The Horror Double Bill: And Soon the Darkness (1970) & The Hitcher (1986) In this episode of The Horror Double Bill, we explore two chilling roadbound nightmares that turn travel into terror. First, we examine And Soon the Darkness (1970), a sun-drenched British thriller where isolation in the French countryside gives way to dread. Then, we dive into The Hitcher (1986), a haunting, nihilistic American horror-thriller in which a lone driver picks up far more than he bargained ...

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Episode Three: Frightmare (1974) & Possum (2018)

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2025/06/01

The Horror Double Bill Episode Three: Frightmare (1974) & Possum (2018) British suburban gothic, moral outrage, and the horror of family values. This week on The Horror Double Bill, we’re digging into the unsettling world of British horror with a pairing that’s as psychologically disturbing as it is politically charged: Frightmare (1974), directed by Pete Walker, and Possum (2018), the bleakly brilliant debut from Matthew Holness. Join us as we chew over themes of madness, repression, a...

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Episode Two: The Leopard Man (1943) & Four Flies on...

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2025/05/25

The Horror Double Bill Episode 2: The Leopard Man (1943) & Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) Guilt, madness and the Italian Giallo Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, where horror is a feeling, not just a genre. In this episode, we delve into The Leopard Man (1943), a moody psychological thriller from producer Val Lewton. Then we leap into the stylised paranoia of Dario Argento’s Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) We explore the legacy of Val Lewton’s “suggestive horror,” the evolution of ...

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Episode One: La Cabina (1972) & El Bar (2017)

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2025/05/18

Episode One: La Cabina (1974) and El Bar (2017) - claustrophobia and paranoia in Madrid Welcome to the debut episode of The Horror Double Bill, a podcast that celebrates horror in all its unsettling, uncanny, and occasionally absurd forms. Inspired by the BBC2 double bills of the 1970s and early ’80s, each week we pair two films that share themes, tones, or a peculiar sense of dread that lingers long after the credits roll. This week, we descend into the claustrophobic madness of Span...

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