New Horror Express

We are back! Well, sort of. It is a brief comeback as I had two unreleased episodes that I recorded last year. The first of these episodes is a discussion with previous guest author/YouTuber George Daniel Lea on his 21st century horror favourites.

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writer/director Andrew Elias about his supernatural war film “Tales from the Great War.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Andrew about why he decided to do the film as an anthology, the challenges of doing a war film on a shoestring budget and […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writer/director Michael Fausti about his anthology segment “Vergessen” which features in “Video Shop Tales of Terror” and his next feature “Burnt Flowers” (due in 2024). Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Michael about the rise and fall of the Nazisploitation sub-genre, the difficulties […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writer/director James Eaves about his 20 plus year career in horror. Over the course of the interview Scott talks to James about his most recent film “You Might Get Lost”, his cult film “The Witches Hammer” and how British horror has evolved since he enter the […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to director Sophia Cacciola about her mockumentary (co-directed with Michael J Epstein) “The Once and Future Smash” and the movie that “inspired” it “End Zone 2.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Sophia about the broken up shoot of the film, horror convention politics […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writing and directing duo Ian Tripp & Ryan Schafer about their new movie “Everybody Dies By The End.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to the pair about what directors inspired their demented lead character, directorial bad behaviour in general and how people’s tolerance […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to horror author Alex Grass about his book “A Boy’s Hammer” as well as his writing career to date. Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Alex about the influences that went into the book, the kind of research he did for it and the […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writer/director Emily Hagins for a second time, this time to talk about her new movie “Sorry About the Demon.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Emily about the movies many influences (both horror and comedic), how she went about achieving the balance between […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writer/director Danishka Esterhazy about her Slumber Party Massacre requel and her career to date. Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Danishka about the films very interesting lockdown shoot in South Africa, her relationship with the franchise and we get into the many Slumber […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writer/director/producer Aaron Koontz about his latest film the anthology “Scare Package II: Rad Chads Revenge.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Aaron about how the finished film radically differed from the initial script, how he assembled his new set of segment directors and […]

Welcome once again to our ongoing Guilty Pleasure’s bonus series! A series we begun as part of our friends Bloodhound Pix #HorrorNotFear campaign and was supposed to end last summer. It extended far beyond that but now is coming to an end with this our final edition! That said, keep an eye out on the Morbidly Beautiful network as […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to actor/writer/director Graham Skipper about his acting roles in “The Leech”, “Christmas Bloody Christmas” and “Scare Package II: Rad Chads Revenge.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Graham about how he came on board each film, what attracted him the most to each role […]

Welcome once again to our ongoing Guilty Pleasure’s bonus series! A series we begun as part of our friends Bloodhound Pix #HorrorNotFear campaign and was supposed to end last summer. It extended far beyond that but now is coming to an end in this penultimate. That said, keep an eye out on the Morbidly Beautiful network as the show […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writer/director Alex Phillips about his debut horror feature “All Jacked Up and Full of Worms.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Alex about the initial inspiration behind the film, its long COVID-delayed filming process and the best/worst reactions the film has received at […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to horror author Denver Grenell about his new horror novel “Red Ruin.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Denver about how the co-writing process was for the book (it was co-written with Ian J. Middleton), how they went about avoiding survival horror tropes and […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats once again to Terror-Fi festival director James Partridge. Over the course of the interview Scott talks to James about how he nailed down his line-up for the 2022 festival, what makes a movie a Terror-Fi movie and the inclusive ethos he has developed with the festival where […]

Welcome once again to our ongoing Guilty Pleasure’s bonus series! A series we begun as part of our friends Bloodhound Pix #HorrorNotFear campaign and was supposed to end last summer. But the show rolls on now that we have become a firm fixture at the Morbidly Beautiful network and we just have so much damn fun doing it. We […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writer/director Matheus Marchetti about his new film “Phantom Summer.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to Matheus about Phantom Summer’s unique shooting location, the difficulties of shooting a musical and his mix of high art and low art influences. Plus, we get into Matheus […]

On this episode NHE host Scott Murphy chats to screenwriters The Geare Brothers (Jeff Allen & Darren) about their film “The Retaliators.” Over the course of the interview Scott talks to the brothers about the personal origins of the script, how they go about co-writing and the hurdles they faced explaining the films tonal shifts […]

On this episode Adam Stovall is back once again on the pod and this time he is discussing his 21st Century Horror Favourites. So come on down and tune in to what made it onto Mr Stovall’s Top 5 21st Century horror film and directors lists! Listen to Adam Stovall’s previous appearance on the show here. […]