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Modern Horror Podcast

What is modern horror? Join author and podcaster A. J. Black and horror writer and podcaster Hugh McStay for a bloodthirsty exploration of cinematic horror from 2010 onwards, talking everything from INSIDIOUS to IT FOLLOWS to IN A VIOLENT NATURE and beyond. Prepare to have your collies wobbled and spines tingled. We"ll be right back... A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk

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63:54

Doctor Sleep & Stephen King's America with Carl Sweeney

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/06/11

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week, in a format breaking episode, Tony flies solo with guest, academic and podcaster Dr. Carl Sweeney, re-airing a 2019 episode of their defunct film podcast, Motion Pictures, where they discussed that year's adaptation of Doctor Sleep by Mike

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66:20

Saint Maud

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/05/28

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week the gents dive deep into the murky waters of psychological horror with Rose Glass’ sublimely dark exploration of mental illness and religious ideation with 2019’s Saint Maud. The gents discuss the personal hell of mental illness, exalt the virtues

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80:42

Folk Horror: Kill List

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/05/14

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week the gents tackle one of the great folk horror movies of the last twenty years with Ben Wheatley’s sublime 2011 chiller, Kill List. And to examine such a dense and dark tale they have roped in the help of writer, podcaster and Kill List expert,

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91:52

TV Horror: Black Mirror (Season 7)

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/04/30

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week Tony and Hugh break format to, for the first time, discuss a TV show by looking at the seventh season of Charlie Brooker's dark anthology series, Black Mirror. They break each of the six episodes down one by one before figuring out their ranking

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85:11

The Damned with writer Jamie Hannigan

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/04/16

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week Tony and Hugh venture to 19th century Scandinavia for Thordur Palsson's The Damned, which sees the widowed owner of an Icelandic fishing village is faced with a terrifying moral choice that unleashes a darkness of myth and legend. To help them

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67:38

Demons: Late Night With the Devil with Dan Owen

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/04/02

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week Tony and Hugh travel back to the heyday of Late Night 70’s US talk shows as they get to grips with the Cairns Brother’s 2023 horror Late Night With the Devil. Joined by Hugh’s Vampire Videos co-host Dan Owen, the gents talk about mockumentary

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52:15

Arthouse Horror: Skinamarink

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/03/19

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week Hugh and Tony tackle Kyle Edward Ball’s weird, unsettling and incredibly divisive arthouse horror Skinamarink. The gents talks about the nature of abstract nightmare, dip their toes in the murky world of analogue horror and debate whether or not

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51:20

The Gorge

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/03/05

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week your hosts take a leap into The Gorge from Scott Derrickson, one of the biggest Apple TV high concept movie offerings yet. Hugh and Tony discuss what lies in the gorge and whether it matches up, Derrickson's career, blockbuster action horror and

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75:28

The Monkey with Dan Owen

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/02/26

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week the gents are joined again by Vampire Videos' Dan Owen, in the second of an unofficial Osgood Perkins two-parter, to discuss his gonzo Stephen King short story adaptation, The Monkey. The trio dig into Perkins' personal themes riven through the

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79:54

Serial Killer: Longlegs

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/02/19

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week the gents are joined by Vampire Videos' Dan Owen to discuss Osgood Perkins occult FBI procedural horror, Longlegs. A dark and twisted film anchored by two remarkable performances, the gents discuss the film’s guerrilla marketing, its gorgeous

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62:37

Horror Comedy: Ready or Not with Dee Molumby

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/02/12

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Hugh, Tony and returning guest Dee Molumby as they discuss Radio Silence’s riotous horror-comedy, Ready or Not. Discussing horror satire, the rise of ‘Eat-the Rich’ cinema and breaking down one of horror cinema’s most audacious endings, your learned

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64:03

Companion

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/02/05

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. On the agenda this week; toxic masculinity, technological nightmares and bloody murder. No, we don’t just mean Hugh and Tony’s standard weekend plans, join gruesome twosome as they deconstruct Drew Hancock’s black-comedy/sci-fi horror, Companion... Host /

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68:22

Presence

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/01/29

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh as they look at the latest film from legendary director Steven Soderbergh as he ventures into the horror field with ghost story, Presence. They discuss poltergeists in film, Soderbergh's diverse career and unpick a spooky tale that went in

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67:00

Wolf Man

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/01/22

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh as the delve into their first new major horror release of 2025, discussing Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man, which updates the classic Universal monster. They get into werewolf cinema, previous historical versions, the fascinating 'Dark Universe',

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54:18

Found Footage: Death of a Vlogger

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2025/01/08

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Hugh and Tony for their first foray into the Found Footage genre with Graham Hughes’ micro-budget horror film, Death of a Vlogger. A fascinating film with big ideas and a crips execution, the gents ponder the idea of internet shaming, the state of the

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68:05

Christmas Horror: Krampus with Steve O’Brien

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2024/12/23

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Ho-Ho-Ho futhermuckers! Join Tony, Hugh and first-time guest Steve O’Brien as they slide onto Santa’s naughty list to tackle 2015’s Christmas Horror treat, Krampus! Host A. J. Black Co-Host / Editor Hugh McStay Guest Steve O’Brien - Twitter -

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69:18

Zombies: Train to Busan with Mary Muñoz

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2024/12/11

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh, alongside guest Mary Muñoz, as they discuss the state of the Zombie film and TV show across recent years before chomping down into Yeon Sang-ho's 2016 zombie action horror thriller, Train to Busan... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh

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62:50

Slasher: In a Violent Nature

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2024/11/27

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh as they dig into what the Slasher movie means in a modern context before analysing Chris Nash's low budget 2024 reinvention of that genre, In a Violent Nature... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media

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53:48

Heretic

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2024/11/13

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This time, Tony and Hugh sit down to discuss the Hugh Grant-starring chiller Heretic, exploring religious and theological horror, the power of belief and much more... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Find the podcast on social media via

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68:13

Smile & Smile 2 with Kat Hughes

Modern Horror Podcast ·

2024/11/06

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Welcoming horror critic and podcaster Kat Hughes to the show, the guys discuss Parker Finn's Smile franchise in gruesome, gory detail; from it's short story origins to it's blockbuster success and beyond, the terrifying curse is put through the wringer as

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