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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

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Blast from the Past - Creeping With Armstrong

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/08/16

Because Jon is rushed off his feet with work, we haven’t been able to record a usual General Witchfinders, so to give you something to listen to, here is part of a podcast that Ross and James ran for about 10 years or so called Creeping With Armstrong.This is from April 2010 (we think) just after the first episode of Matt Smith’s Doctor Who, The Eleventh Hour, when we drove to Wales to talk to Jon about it..There is a bit of horror in here but its not indicative of our usual show, please check out

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15 - The Earth Dies Screaming

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/08/01

The Earth Dies Screaming is a black and white, 1964 British horror science fiction film directed by Terence Fisher ( who also directed The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - covered in episode 2 of the General Witchfinders, and went on to film several adaptations of classic horror subjects, including Dracula (1958), The Mummy (1959), and The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)‘Dies Screaming’ stars Willard Parker, Virginia Field and Dennis Price.Human bodies are scattered around an English village, apparently

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14 - The Omen

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/07/19

Released on the 6th day of the 6th month in the year 1976, the week The Wurzels ‘Combine Harvester’, became number one in the UK (coincidence?)...The Omen, which was originally considered by Warner Bros, who thought it might be ideal for Oliver Reed, is an American-British supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner, written by David Seltzer, and eventually starred Gregory Peck, Lee Remick and David Warner.One of Richard Donner's first requests to screenwriter Seltzer was to remove all

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13 - Dead of Night

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/07/06

Dead of Night is a 1945 black and white British anthology horror film, made by Ealing Studios, was their sole attempt at making a horror movie.It Featured the following storiesThe Hearse Driver, based on "The Bus-Conductor" by E. F. BensonThe Christmas PartyThe Haunted MirrorThe Golfer's Story, based on "The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost" by H. G. WellsandThe Ventriloquist's DummyThe individual segments were directed by by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer.The

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12 - Clive Barker's Hellraiser

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/06/21

Hellraiser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker based on his 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart.The film marked Barker's directorial debut.Its plot involves a mystical puzzle box which summons the Cenobites, a religious sect in Hell known as the ‘Order of the Gash’, describing themselves as "explorers in the further regions of experience", and granting sadomasochistic pleasures to those who call upon them. The leader of the Cenobites is portrayed by Doug

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11 - Doctor Who - The Horror of Fang Rock

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/06/07

Horror of Fang Rock is the first serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 24 September 1977.The TARDIS lands on the island of Fang Rock off the south coast of England in the early 20th century. Noticing that the lighthouse isn't functioning properly, the Doctor, in his fourth incarnation (or infinity+4 by today's reckoning) played by Tom Baker, decides to investigate.Upon arrival at the lighthouse,

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10 - The Abominable Dr. Phibes

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/05/08

Selected for our 10th episode anniversary by our listeners, The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 1971 British comedy horror film, produced by Ronald S. Dunas and Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest.It stars, in his first appearance on the podcast, mister Vincent Price.Its art deco sets, dark humour, and performance by Price have made the film and its sequel Dr. Phibes Rises Again cult classics. The film also features Terry-Thomas and Hugh Griffith, with an uncredited Caroline Munro appearing in

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9 - Death Line aka Raw Meat

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/04/24

Late one night at the Russell Square station in the London Underground, university students Patricia and her American exchange student boyfriend Alex find an unconscious man on the stairwell. Fearing that he may be diabetic, Patricia checks his wallet and finds a card that reads James Manfred, OBE. They inform a police officer, but find that Manfred has vanished. Inspector Calhoun is assigned to look into the disappearance. Calhoun questions Alex and suggests that he and Patricia robbed the

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8 - Jeremy Dyson's Never Trust a Rabbit

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/04/10

Jeremy Dyson is the co-creator of the West End play Ghost Stories, and a member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen.The League initially began as a stage act in 1995, which was then transferred to BBC Radio 4 in 1997 as On the Town with the League of Gentlemen, and then became a television series on BBC Two in 1999.Dyson has written several books including a novel ‘What Happens Now’ published in 2006, nominated for the Goss first novel award and enthusiastically reviewed by Ross after

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7 - Horror Express

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/03/27

Horror Express - or Pánico en el Transiberiano translated as Panic on the Trans-Siberian, is an English language Spanish science fiction horror film loosely based on the novella Who Goes There? (also a basis for the Thing From Another World, which was in turn was remade as the classic The Thing by John Carpenter.)The film stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, with Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa, Julio Peña, George Rigaud and Ángel del Pozo in supporting roles, and Telly Savalas in a guest

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SAMPLE: Patreon Bonus 2 - Ghost Adventures

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/03/26

SAMPLE Patreon Bonus 2 - Ghost Adventures Stardust RanchHello, you may have heard Ghost Adventures come up in a few of our podcasts, although it’s not British Horror we thought it would be a great thing for us to cover as an extra for our lovely supporters.We try to release a few extra titbits each month and also plan to allow patrons to vote on what we are going to cover in some of our episodes in the future.Here are a few highlights from a commentary we recorded for episode 12, series 12 (we

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6 - The Satanic Rites of Dracula

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/03/14

Two years after the events of Dracula AD 1972, a Secret Service agent barely escapes from an English country house, in which satanic rituals are being celebrated. Before he dies, he reveals to his superiors that four prominent members of society – a government minister, a peer, a general and a famous scientist – are involved in a cult led by the satanic priestess Chin Yang.Scotland Yard's Inspector Murray is called in, for who Michael Coles reprises his role, to work on the case independently

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5 - Nigel Kneale’s - The Stone Tape

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/02/28

The Stone Tape was broadcast on BBC Two as a Christmas ghost story in 1972. It was written by Nigel Kneale, best known as the writer of Quatermass, for whosejuxtaposition of science and superstition is a frequent theme.Peter Brock played by Michael Bryant is the petulant head of a research team for Ryan Electrics. His team is developing a new recording medium that will give the company an edge over its Japanese competitors. They move into an old Victorian mansion that has been renovated for their

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4 - James Herbert - The Rats

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/02/14

Warning this book has outdated attitudes, language and cultural depiction, which may cause offence today.Harris, a young East London art teacher, notices that one of his students has a bloodied bandage around his hand. Meanwhile, a baby girl and her dog are killed by a mischief of giant rats.Harris takes the student to the hospital and sees the grieving mother with her dead child. According to the doctor, the number of seemingly unprovoked rat attacks have strangely increased.The rats become

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3 - Sapphire and Steel - Assignment 4

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/01/31

Sapphire and Steel are two interdimensional operatives.Time is a corridor that surrounds everything, but there are weak spots where Time – implied to be a malignant force – can break into the present and take things. There are also creatures from the beginnings and ends of time that roam the corridor looking for the weaknesses to break through. Sapphire and Steel are two of a group of beings described as ‘Medium atomic weighted elements’ who act as Guardians of Time.The landlord of a Lost and Found

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2 - The Curse of Frankenstein

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/01/17

19th century Switzerland!On the eve of his execution for the murder of his maid, Baron Victor Frankenstein confesses his story to a visiting priest.As an orphaned teenager the Baron engages scientist Paul Krempe to tutor him and they begin collaborating on scientific experiments. After successfully bringing a dead puppy back to life, Victor suggests that they create a perfect human being from body parts. Paul assists Victor at first but eventually withdraws, unable to tolerate the continued

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1 - Dracula AD 1972

General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast ·

2021/01/03

Ross, Jon and James discuss:Dracula AD 1972from HammerAvailable to buy or rent on Amazon and Apple in the UK.The seventh Hammer film featuring the count, and the sixth to star Christopher Lee as the count. Featuring the return of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing for the first time since The Brides of Dracula in 1960, and was the first to feature both Lee and Cushing in their respective roles since Dracula in 1958.In 1872, Dracula and his nemesis Van Helsing battle on the top of a runaway coach. The

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