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Happy Easter! Jesus may have died for our sins, but did he do it wearing a Juicy Couture tracksuit? I don’t THINK SO. For Episode 24 I’m joined by CASS CLARKE, editor at /Film, film critic, co-host of the Horror Hangover podcast and author of the upcoming novella THE CARETAKER which is due from our friends over at Hear Us Scream Press. Join Cass and I as we discuss succubal angst, righteous redemption, the horror of bad marketing and ask ourselves: fellas, is it gay to be totally and utterly obsessed with your BFF? That’s right, we’re off the Devil’s Kettle to explore and embrace the feminine rage of Karyn Kusama’s JENNIFER’S BODY. Follow Cass on Twitter: @cass__clarke Horror Hangover: @HorrorHangover_ Check out their website: www.cassandraashclarke.com Rowan Ellis - Why Jennifer's Body Flopped, Explained (hint: it's sexism) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqAqu2mqZps Subscribe to the HBF newsletter at www.hornbloodfire.com/newsletter Follow me on IG and Twitter @hornbloodfire HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

Get in loser, we’re getting depressed as hell! For Episode 23 I’m joined by writer CHRISTINA BRENNAN, who is currently in the editing process for her Devil’s Advocate book on the film we’re discussing today. Kubrick called this film the most terrifying he had ever seen, yet there’s some debate as to whether it’s a horror - or just horrifying. Join Dr Christina and I as we discuss determinism, disappearing and the Gothic nature of a fate worse than death, in George Sluizer’s 1988 thriller THE VANISHING. Follow Christina on Twitter: @bigloudscreams Check out her website: www.drchristinabrennan.com Subscribe to the HBF newsletter at www.hornbloodfire.com/newsletter Follow me on IG and Twitter @hornbloodfire HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

💘 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! 💘 We all know this day is a scam made up by card companies and capitalist overlords, but it’s also a day to celebrate love, lust and our most lavicious of horror crushes. I asked members of the horror and film community to call in to my Valentine’s Day hotline and confess their crushes: with the caveat that I wanted them creepy, weird and very problematic. And what kind of host would I be if I didn't include a few of my own very questionable fancies? IMMEASURABLE THANKS TO THE CALLERS BOTH ANONYMOUS AND NAMED, YOU BEAUTIFUL HORNY FREAKS MAKE MY LIFE WORTH LIVING: Kinell @Colak Zoe Rose Smith @ZoboWithAShotgun Mike Leitch @autistichorror Rebecca McCallum @PendlePumpkin Kat Hughes @gizmoshikari Mal Jutley @maljutley Cass Clarke @cass__clark Liz Bishop @athomewithhorror Austin Torres @wouldyoudieshow Rebecca Sayce @blsaycewrites Andy Connor @WhereIsKnowhere Grace Britten @film_overload_ Iona Smith @Fall_Out_Iona Andrew Jara @jarafilms Clare Wright @sundayyscaries LT @queerdem0n Vannah Taylor @thehorrorhellion Vincent Gaine @DrGaine MX Bel Morrigan @MxBelMorrigan Jenna Jarvis @JJnaedrums Jessie Martinez @softxdeath Ryan Scott @RyanScottWrites Bry @peppermint_te3 John Patterson @AstroSlop Dame Sash @cinematic_villainy J.M. Brandt @mrjmbrandt Tori Potenza @theneonbanshee Andy CT @AndyCTWrites Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana @what_scream Alice Boyd-Leslie @aboydleslie Alice Taylor-Matthews @AliceTaylorM Caitlyn Downs @ScaredSheepless Chandler Bullock @_Shockaholic Blayne Waterloo @somehaginblack Niels Hárpøth @NielsHarpoth Joe Higgins @Head_Haunter_ Christina Brennan @cmbrennan_ Brett Petersel @Brett

Episode 22 takes us to small-town surburbia where I'm joined by DEVAUGHN TAYLOR, co-host of the Specter Cinema Club, filmmaker and disco daddy. DeVaughn’s FFO of provocative, luscious and sticky is maybe my favourite to date (I know, I know, I say it all the time), and led us to the perfect culmination of teenage angst and bloodlust in a 2010’s cult classic. So say your prayers, sharpen your scalpels and get ready to dissect the monstrous feminine, the philosophy of psychopathy and the life-changing power of embracing your bodily functions, in Richard Bates Jr.'s EXCISION. Follow DeVaughn on: Twitter: @_daddydisco IG: @_DaddyDisco Follow Specter Cinema: @spectercinema Subscribe to Specter Cinema Club podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/specter-cinema-club/id1516917857 Subscribe to the HBF newsletter at www.hornbloodfire.com/newsletter Follow me on IG and Twitter @hornbloodfire HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

When discussing the 'the scariest found-footage movie of all time', I knew I needed an expert in the genre. So there was nobody better to ask than the KING of found footage horror art and illustration, Trevor Henderson. Trevor has long been inducing nightmares in the best of us, with his iconic works such as Siren Head and Mr Bag taking on lives and lore of their own in the viral world of creepypasta. Trevor has a hugely exciting year coming up; already he's had one of his ghastly creations (compliment) feature in SCARE PACKAGE 2, an upcoming middle grade book with Scholastic, a new series of his podcast Mayfair Watchers Society and a very secret announcement upcoming regarding concept art for a feature film... Get comfy, pop in that cursed video tape, and listen as Trevor and I discuss cosmic horror, demonic metaphors and ectoplasmic worms in Koji Shiraishi's J-horror masterpiece NOROI: THE CURSE Follow Trevor on Twitter: @slimyswampghost IG: @TrevorHenderson Website: https://trevorhenderson.format.com Subscribe to Mayfair Watchers Society podcast here HyperRealFilm club essay: https://hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/noroi-occult-koji-shiraishi-movie-review Subscribe to the HBF newsletter at www.hornbloodfire.com/newsletter Follow me on IG and Twitter @hornbloodfire HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

2022 aka twelve months of HITS AND BANGERS. What a year, eh? This was a hard episode to record I'll tell you that, but I finally did it. A huge bunch of honorable mentions, and the ten films I classed as my ultimate favourites of the year. Let me know what how our choices align; Would you have drank from Mother's hairy milk bottle? Or scrumped an apple from Geoffrey's orchard? Do you think Casey really got pizza with JLB? And what exactly did Howard do when he came home from the war and faced Pearl's mess? TIMESTAMPS for the spoiler averse; Honorable Mentions WATCHER - Chloe Okuno 6:00 BODIES BODIES BODIES - Halina Reijn 7:00 THE HARBINGER - Andy Mitton 7:55 MEGALOMANIAC - Karim Ouelhaj 8:50 TERRIFER 2 - Damien Leone 9:45 CRIMES OF THE FUTURE - David Cronenberg 11:10 A WOUNDED FAWN - Travis Stevens 12:25 THE LEECH - Eric Pennycoff 13:00 HUESERA - Michelle Garza Cervera 14:00 HELLBENDER - The Adams Family 15:25 OZZY'S DUNGEON - Flying Lotus 16:15 THE FIFTH THORACIC VERTEBRA - Park Sye-yong 17:20 Top Ten WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR - Jane Schoenbrun 18:30 MEN - Alex Garland 23:55 INCANTATION - Kevin Ko 27:00 THE SADNESS - Rob Jabbaz 31:00 BARBARIAN - Zach Cregger 34:50 NOPE - Jordan Peele 39:00 SPEAK NO EVIL - Christian Tafdrup 43:05 X/PEARL - Ti West 46:30 YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER - Kate Dolan 50:40 RESURRECTION - Andrew Semans 53:50 HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

Apologies for the hiatus gang - but I’m back and today I’m joined by Blayne Waterloo, editor at FANGORIA and Hear Us Scream Vol. 2 and host of the Ladies and Ligaments podcast. Blayne is a superstar, sweetheart and goddamn sex symbol - so there was only one choice for her FFO of bawdy, feminist and gore. That’s right, it’s time to get down and dirty with the crew of the Farmer’s Daughter in 2022’s sexiest slasher - Ti West’s X. Follow Blayne on: Twitter: @SomeHagInBlack IG: @HagInBlack Buy Hear Us Scream Vol. 2 here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLG4YTJM/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_F6SHV1K3F6XYTKNAHED1_0 Follow Ladies and Ligaments on Twitter: @LadiesLigaments Subscribe to Ladies and Ligaments here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ladies-and-ligaments/id1598939586 Subscribe to the HBF newsletter at www.hornbloodfire.com/newsletter Follow me on IG and Twitter @hornbloodfire HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

Today I’m joined by Vannah Taylor, MA student at San Diego State University with a lifelong love of horror working towards writing a thesis on gender in horror films. Vannah is also a horror writer for various outlets, she’s a dancer, and she’s an all-round icon. This is the very first episode of HBF that was actually recorded IN PERSON back during my trip to LA in summer. Meeting Vannah irl was an absolute delight, and as our taste in horror films is so similar, I knew she wouldn’t disappoint when it came to bringing amazing chat and analysis. Her FFO of gender, filth and melancholy matched perfectly with one of my all-time favourite movies, one that’s rife with tentacles, trauma and female trouble: Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 POSSESSION. Follow Vannah on: Twitter: @horrorhellion IG: @thehorrorhellion Letterboxd: horrorhellion https://linktr.ee/horrorhellion Read Vannah’s writing for: Hear Us Scream https://bit.ly/3T2TW9j Beauty Of Horror https://bit.ly/3s42p07 Subscribe to the HBF newsletter at www.hornbloodfire.com/newsletter Follow me on IG and Twitter @hornbloodfire HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

🩸 WELCOME TO SEASON 2🩸 Today I’m joined by Zoë Rose Smith; creator and EIC of Ghouls Magazine, ZoboWithAShotgun, co-host of OurBloodyObsession podcast and creative producer over at Hellmouth Pictures. Since I planned Season 2, there was only one name on my list for the first episode. Zoë did not disappoint by throwing me a delicious FFO of disturbing, dystopia, cerebal and as Zoë is the Queen of Extreme I knew I had to choose something controversial for our chat. So please, grab yourself a tall glass of moloko vellocet, dust off your bowler hat and settle in as we discuss Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 story of a descent into satirical sociopathy, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. Follow Zoë on: Twitter: @ZoBoWithShotgun IG: @ZoBoWithAShotgun https://linktr.ee/zobowithashotgun Ghouls Magazine www.ghoulsmagazine.com @GhoulsMagazine OurBloodyObsession Podcast @OurBloodyPod Hellmouth Pictures @HellmouthPics Subscribe to the HBF newsletter at www.hornbloodfire.com/newsletter Follow me on IG and Twitter @hornbloodfire HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by horror model and host of Horror and More with Anya Gorre - the one and only, gorgeous Anya Gorre! Anya’s modelling is intensely scary and sexy all at once - she’s dedicated to capturing the perfect spooky shot, even if it means heading into abandoned buildings and (unknowingly) possibly active crime scenes. Her style preferences were also reflected in her FFO of blood, occult and nighttime. As it’s the season finale, I knew we had to go out with a bang. And that’s why Anya and me are analysing, in INTENSE DETAIL, Ari Aster’s 2018 demonic debut, HEREDITARY. Apologies for a little audio scratchiness on this one - just blame Paimon. Follow Anya on Instagram: @anya_gorre Anya’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Anya.Gorre Follow Horror and More on Instagram: @horrorandmorewithanyagorre Listen here: https://omny.fm/shows/horror-and-more-with-anya-gorre/playlists/podcast Visit Anya’s Patreon for sexy spooks: https://www.patreon.com/gorreXmorbid HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by Dr Alison Peirse; associate professor of film at the University of Leeds, writer, playwright, filmmaker and creator of the greatest newsletter around - seriously, there’s nothing Alison can’t do. Alison threw me a real challenge by choosing trickiest FFO I’ve ever had: knitting, the ocean, cats. I’m sorry to say that I did not find anything that matched all three, so I definitely need to do my homework. The film we chose though is very ocean-focused and features some fabulous knitwear - join us as we dissect Robert Egger’s 2019 bro-buddy comedy, THE LIGHTHOUSE. Follow Alison on Instagram: @alisonpeirse Visit her website for all Alison’s latest events and news, and to subscribe to the iconic LOSER’S CLUB newsletter: www.alisonpeirse.com HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by my first guest from down under, Cat Benstead. If you don’t know and love Cat’s work, are you even a member of the horror community? Not only is she the host of TGIF Podcast, the co-host of the fangtastic Club Dead podcast, she’s also the founder of Hear Us Scream, an inclusive online outlet for writers in horror AND Cat is the co-editor of the soon-to-be duo anthology of essays from women and NB people in horror, also titled Hear Us Scream. I’m so honoured and excited to be part of Hear Us Scream Vol. 2, and working more with Cat in the future. Cat’s FFO of badass, bloody, action threw the doors WIDE open so an amazing selection of action-horrors, and we eventually settled on Robert Rodriguez’s 2007 grindhouse masterpiece, PLANET TERROR. Follow Cat on Twitter: @catstead_ Instagram: @hearusscreamcat Follow Hear Us Scream for all the updates on Vol. 2 Twitter: @HearUsScreamm IG: @hearusscream Support the IndieGogo here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hear-us-scream-the-voices-of-horror-volume-two#/ Follow TGIF @TGIFPodcast_ and listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BkLrdXUJEextTXffc5IIP Follow @clubdeadpod and listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/club-dead/id1569762634 HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by Ariel Hansen, filmmaker, actor and co-founder of Bad Cookie Pictures. Ariel is one of the many guests who has left me floored with her creativity - from her directing and acting talents to her clothes and costume-making skills. Her short film Nepenthes is a gooey, gory delight and just one of her many fantastic works. With her FFO of supernatural, occult and experiment, I decided to take a risk and choose a film neither of us had seen before. It doesn’t fully match the FFO but we had a wonderful time talking about it and I’d certainly list this as one of my favourite modern moody horrors. Join Ariel and I as we drift off to a surreal and shadowy slumber with 2021’s COME TRUE. Check out Ariel on Instagram and Twitter: @HansensHorror Check out Ariel’s shorts and skills on the Bad Cookie YouTube Channel: youtube.com/c/BadCookiePictures HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by Rebecca McCallum, film journalist, assistant editor for Ghouls Mag and author of Mums + Sons zine. Rebecca is one of the most hard-working women in horror, having had her writing featured in Rue Morgue, Dread Central and Grim Magazine, as well as her series with Moving Pictures film club about the Women of Hitchcock AND her recently published pocketbook. I knew having Rebecca on the show meant incredibly thoughtful analysis and amazing insights, and her FFO of Gothic, dreams and women leant itself perfectly to a film deserving of such: Roman Polanski’s 1968 meditation on the horrors of motherhood and misogyny: ROSEMARY’S BABY. Join Rebecca and I as we dissect one of the most important, troubled, terrifying and relevant horror films of our time. Vodka blush anyone? Content warning: This episode contains discussion of rape, child abuse and sexual assault. Check out Rebecca on Instagram and Twitter: @PendlePumpkin Rebecca’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/PendlePumpkin Pre-order Mums + Sons: https://plasticbrainpress.bigcartel.com/ Rosemary’s Baby 6:66 Podcast: theshining237.com Nathan Abrams - ‘Why Rosemary’s Baby Was a Jewish Horror Movie’: https://bit.ly/3xvIFXa HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by Joe Chen, drummer and vocalist for UK death metal band Vacuous, and writer/review for Grinding Horror Zine. Joe’s music taste might be on the blacker side, but his FFO of uncanny, heartless and colour was a welcome challenge; after all, an iconic colour palette is integral to the mood of any good horror. Alex Garland’s 2018 trippy sci-fi biobodyhorror has colour in abundance; nauseating yellows and lush forest greens all seeping through the migraine-inducing spill of the Shimmer. Join Joe and I as we discuss disease, decay and death metal. Check out Joe on Instagram: @joforworms Vacuous band: @vacuousdeath Zine: @grindinghorrorzine HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by Jolene-Marie Richardson, costume designer for The Last Drive In and many other amazing projects, fashion historian and co-host of @todyefor - a podcast on horror, history and costuming. Jolene’s eye for style is evident in her FFO of retro, camp and grit - and frankly there was no other film I’d rather discuss than Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses. Listen now to hear Jolene tell us all off about the phrase ‘assless chaps’ and laugh at me struggle incessantly with the phrase ‘Firefly Family’, Check out all of Jolene’s work at: jolenemariedesigns.com Podcast: @todyeforpodcast Instagram: @jolenemarie_designs HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by Ariel and Candace, hosts of the Not Your Final Girl podcast Ariel and Candace delivered a mega FFO of queer, slow burn, woods, body horror and folk horror. With such amazing words we were spoiled for choice, but eventually settled on Lukas Fiegelfeld’s 2017 impossibly bleak, effortless gorgeous Hagazussa. I was suffering from a ‘welcome back to the UK’ cold during recording so I’m sorry for sniffing on the mic every 3 seconds. CW: this episode contains discussion of rape, sexual assault and infanticide. Check out Not Your Final Girl podcast on Spotify: spoti.fi/35RniE2 Apple Music: apple.co/3INPBS6 And the NYFG link tree: linktr.ee/nyfgpod HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by alt-pop singer-songwriter and horror fan Maryze. Maryze’s FFO was: campy, feminist and psychological twist. While the ‘psychological’ aspect of this movie might be up for debate, it’s full of twists and turns, games and japes and a family tradition to die for. That’s right, it’s time for hide and seek with 2019’s READY OR NOT (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett). LET ME KNOW ON IG - where would you hide in the Le Domas mansion? And do you believe in Graniel? Follow Maryze on IG and Twitter: @maryzemusic Check out her music on Youtube: https://bit.ly/3gSxluH Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3JQwkzV Apple Music: https://apple.co/3BGoNAR Subscribe to the new HornBloodFire NEWSLETTER: https://hornbloodfire.com/newsletter HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by Ariel Powers-Schaub, Administrative Assistant, senior contributor and fellow writer for GhoulsMag.com. Ariel’s FFO was campy, stunts and blood - so how could we not go for something so utterly batshit crazy and fun? Join Ariel and I as we slip and slide around the bloodbaths of dystopian Tokyo in Yoshihiro Nishimura’s 2008 Tokyo Gore Police. Katana-legged BDSM pets? Ok! Crocodile vaginas? Sure! Human flesh chairs? Why the hell not!? Check out Ariel’s Twitter and Letterboxd: @Ari_Hellraiser Read more of Ariel’s writing over at Ghouls: www.ghoulsmagazine.com Kariwanz latex: @kariwanz HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

On today’s episode I’m joined by James Hillmer, a researcher and PHD student in Korean history and host of the stand up comedy based podcast Don’t Sit in the Front. James and I have common ground, having both lived in South Korea and even ran in the same social circles there, so I knew I had to use his expertise and tackle a Korean horror - we chose Na Hong-jin’s 2015 bleak and bloody The Wailing. Join James and I as we discuss shamanism, Squid Game and so much more. Check out James’ Instagram and podcast: @jdhillmer @dontsitinthefront James is also producer of the Korean culture and politics podcast @heungcoalition Image of Princess Bari and Moo-myeong: https://imgur.com/4KL4IDg Definitive Explanation of The Wailing: https://filmcolossus.com/the-wailing-movie-explained/ HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine