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General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast

Ross, Jon & James | Exploring Cult British Horror Films, TV & Books

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast 🕷️ Welcome to General Witchfinders, a podcast dedicated to the dark heart of British horror. If you’re passionate about Hammer Horror films, classic folk horror, Nigel Kneale’s Quatermass, and the chilling legacy of British supernatural cinema and television, this is the podcast for you. 🩸 Hosted by lifelong friends Ross, Jon, and James, General Witchfinders dives deep into the world of British gothic and folk horror. We explore everything from

tv & film film history

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FIH005 - In The Earth (United Kingdom 2021)

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2023/05/28

After his involvement in the reboot of the Tomb Raider movie franchise was scuppered by the Pandemic, Ben Wheatley, director of Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England and High-Rise, announced in September 2020,that he had written and directed a horror film over the course of 15 days in August. This became In the Earth, a science fiction horror film staring Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, John Hollingworth and Mark Monero. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film a

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Clip show - episodes 4-6

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2023/05/05

Clips from the best bits from episodes four to six4 - James Herbert - The Ratshttps://podfollow.com/general-witchfinders/episode/fcc6efe904b6f9160ab7a0656bc46dd0f5901e93/view5 - Nigel Kneale’s - The Stone Tapehttps://podfollow.com/general-witchfinders/episode/ff8003920d88e2462eaa2353dc2a007a102c2789/view6 - The Satanic Rites of Draculahttps://podfollow.com/general-witchfinders/episode/75233646bd312312a10f794fb49b2ffed51b2a72/view Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show

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35 - The Shout

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2023/04/08

The Shout is a 1978 British horror film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski (who is also an Actor was in Mars Attacks and played a General in Marvels The Avengers).It was based on a short story by Robert Graves (author of I, Claudius and great friend of Spike Milligan, with whom, from the 1960s until his death, he frequently exchanged letters, Many of which are collected in the book ‘Dear Robert, Dear Spike’)Grave's short story was adapted for the screen by Skolimowski and Michael Austin screenwriter of

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34 - Nigel Kneale's - Quatermass and the Pit / AKA...

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2023/02/28

Quatermass and the Pit (or as it’s known in the US ‘Five Million Years to Earth’) is a 1967 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions, a sequel to the earlier Hammer films The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2 (see General Witchfinders episode 17 for more details). Like its predecessors it is based on a BBC Television serial, of the same name, written by Podcast hero Nigel Kneale.It was directed by Roy Ward Baker (who is responsible for such highs as A Night to Remember

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33 - Ghost Adventures - Ancient Ram Inn

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2023/02/05

Ghost Adventures is an American paranormal and reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2008, on the Travel Channel before moving to Discovery+ in 2021. An independent film of the same name originally aired on the Sci-Fi Channel on July 25, 2007. The program follows ghost hunters Zak Bagans, Nick Groff (season 1–10), Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted.The crew also claims to have recorded spirit possessions on

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32 - BBC A Ghost Story for Christmas - Whistle and...

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/12/24

"Whistle and I'll Come to You" is a 1968 BBC television drama adaptation of the 1904 ghost story "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'" by M. R. James. It tells of an eccentric and distracted professor who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring a Knights Templar cemetery on the East Anglian coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes a frightening supernatural force. The production starred Michael Hordern and was adapted and directed by Jonathan Miller. It was broadcast as part of the

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31 - The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires aka The 7...

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/11/26

The martial arts horror film The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires was released in 1974. It stars. Peter Cushing as Professor Van Helsing Christopher Lee… oh hang on… John Forbes-Robertson as Count Dracula(Not the son of Johnston Forbes-Robertson, but did play Mr Badger in 2 episodes of Jonny Briggs) Robin Stewart as Leyland Van Helsing(29 episodes of Sons and Daughters) Julie Ege (pronounced eg-gay", not "edge") as Vanessa Buren(1962 Miss Norway and competed in Miss Universe pageant Awarded the

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30 - Night of the Demon (AKA Curse of the Demon)

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/10/28

NOT The 1980 James C. Wasson film in which an anthropologist and his students attempt to track down a Bigfoot responsible for a rash of violent murders… OR the 1988 Kevin Tenney film, Night of the Demons’where Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween, awakening demonic spirits… Rather, we all, hopefully, watched the 1957 British horror film, produced by Hal E. Chester and Frank Bevisdirected by Jacques (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie) Tourneur (or ‘Jack Turner’ as the

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29 - Tales of the Unexpected - The Memory Man

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/10/07

Tales of the Unexpected was a British television series that aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending.Every episode of series one, and a number of episodes in subsequent series were based on short stories by Roald Dahl, collected in the books Tales of the Unexpected, Kiss Kiss, and Someone Like You.Made by Anglia Television for ITV with interior scenes recorded at their Norwich studios, whilst location

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FIH004 - Possum (2018 - United Kingdom)

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/09/22

Possum is a 2018 British psychological horror film written and directed by Matthew (Garth Marenghi)Holness in his feature film debut, starring Sean Harris and Alun (Krull) Armstrong. It centres on a disgraced children's puppeteer who returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront the abuse and trauma he suffered there.Possum is an adaption of Holness' short story of the same name, published in the horror anthology The New Uncanny: Tales of Unease, and partially inspired by the theories on

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FIH003 - The Wailing / Gokseong (2016 - South Korea)

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/08/27

In this episode, we are joined by BOOMER fromPodcast in the Woodshttps://linktr.ee/woodspodcastThis is the episode Ross was in btw: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6G5TocltVLFUgVdPdPUC2V?si=fQ7JuHMLTP2mbSqlrpH20QThe Wailing is a 2016 South Korean horror film written and directed by Na Hong-jin and starring Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Chun Woo-hee. And was cited in the documentary “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched” as an excellent example of international, specifically Asian, Folk horror. The film

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FIH002 - The Ritual (2017 - UK / Canada)

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/07/31

The Ritual is a 2017 British/ Canadianhorror film starringRafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, and Sam Troughton (grandson of two time General Witchfinder featured actor, Patrick - 2nd Doctor -Troughton, or as we like to call him Kinky Klove)The film is based on the 2011 novel The Ritual by Adam Nevill, which we've been told by listener ‘Mr London’, is pretty creepy.The original tagline that was used when advertising the film was 'They should have gone to Vegas'. But due to the massacre

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28- Scars of Dracula

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/07/15

Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Films.It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, along with Dennis (i should be so good for you) Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn.Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a few elements of Bram Stoker's original character: the Count is introduced as an "icily charming host;" he has command over nature; and he is seen scaling the walls of his castle. It also gives Lee

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FIH001 - The Innocents (2021 - Norway)

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/06/30

The General Witchfinders present: Folk in Hell! (a spinoff podcast)The InnocentsNOT the 1961 film with Deborah Kerr, which we WILL be covering in the mothership show at some point, which has a far more comprehensive Wikipedia article than the sparsely covered film that we did watch, hence Ross adding in this short paragraph to bulk out the intro a little -Rather, we are talking about - The Innocents or De Uskyldige - a 2021 Norwegian supernatural thriller film directed by Eskil Vogt.Four children

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27 - Nigel Kneale Double Bill - The Road & Beasts: BABY

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/06/16

Thomas Nigel Kneale was a British screenwriter who wrote professionally for more than 50 years, was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and was twice nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. This year is the 100 anniversary of his birth.Predominantly a writer of thrillers that used science-fiction and horror elements, he was best known for the creation of the character Professor Bernard Quatermass.. Kneale wrote well-received television dramas such as The Year of the Sex

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26 - An American Werewolf in London

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/05/08

An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 horror comedy film written and directed by John Landis. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, the film stars David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne and John Woodvine. The film's plot follows two American backpackers, David and Jack, who are attacked by a werewolf while travelling in England, causing David to question whether he will become a werewolf under the next full moon. The film made $62 million worldwide

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25 - Twins of Evil aka Twins of Dracula

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/04/15

Twins of Evil (also known as Twins of Dracula) is a 1971 British horror film directed by John Hough and starring Peter Cushing's in his first film after the death of his poor wife, Helen, along with Damien Thomas and the real-life identical twins and former Playboy Playmates, Mary and Madeleine Collinson. It also sees the return of one of General Witchfinders favourite cinematographers, Mr Dick Bush.*Twins of Evil was the third film in Hammer's "Karnstein trilogy," following The Vampire Lovers and

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24 - The Wicker Man

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/03/18

The Wicker Man is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Big Chris Lee. In his 7th appearance on The General Witchfinders. The screenplay by Anthony (frenzy) Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual, centres on the visit of Police Sergeant Neil Howie to the isolated island of Summerisle in search of a missing girl. Howie, a devout Christian, is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island

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Clip show - episodes 1-3

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/02/23

Here are some clips from the first three episodes of the podcast, go and listen to the whole thing here...Dracula AD 1972https://shows.acast.com/general-witchfinders/episodes/1-dracula-ad-1972The Curse of Frankensteinhttps://shows.acast.com/general-witchfinders/episodes/2-the-curse-of-frankenstienSapphire and Steel - Assignment 4https://shows.acast.com/general-witchfinders/episodes/3-sapphire-and-steel-assignment-4 Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show

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23 - The Oblong Box

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2022/02/11

The Oblong Box is a 1969 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler, starring, The King of the Grand GuignolThe Merchant of Menace, The Master of Horror: Vincent Price, as well as Christopher Lee and Alister Williamson. This was the first film to star both Price and Lee.Loosely based on the 1844 short story "The Oblong Box", it explores and combines several themes typical to the work of Edgar Allan Poe, such as premature burial and masked figures, with the non-Poe theme of voodoo ritual

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