Films covered: Salt Along the Tongue, Five, Mother of Flies, Serpent's Skin, Dog of God, Transcending Dimensions, Redux Redux, Cogn-AI-tive, The Home, Jimmy & Stiggs, The Red Mask, Bone Lake, Daughters of Darkness, Malpertuis, The Descent, The Toxic Avenger, the Andy Milligan doc, and The Fairy Moon

New episode out now reporting from FrightFest! We give you a rundown on what we saw & some of the recurring themes we noticed (our biggest takeaways: beware of demons, witches and shamans, and always check that you don't double book that Airbnb, folks) rss.com/podcasts/sci...

Thanks to everyone who came to see Jaws at Genesis Cinema and listened to my intro. I talked about Spielberg's origins in New Hollywood of the 70s, how Jaws led to the rise of the blockbuster and other ways it impacted pop culture. The film on the big screen still plays like gangbusters.

Thanks so much to @travisjj.bsky.social for being our first guest and talking Terminator with us!

Woke up this morning with an awful cold, so have to miss the last day of Frightfest. Really gutted. Was so looking forward to seeing the new Adams family film Mother of Flies, Sick Puppy, and the new Alice Maio Mackay film Serpent's Skin. 😩😩😩

FrightFest Film #12: Redux Redux. A revenge thriller with a SF premise -what if you could kill the person who wronged you over and over again across the multiverse?- it manages to stay grounded, mostly due to its low tech aesthetic and the excellent perfs of the 2 female leads. The best of the fest.

FrightFest Film #11 : Bone Lake. A booking mixup sees two couples share the same rental, bringing temptations and trust issues to the surface. A twisty turny erotic thriller that erupts into carnage, this was much better than I was expecting.

FrightFest Film #10 - The Descent. First time seeing the film on the big screen in a new 4K restoration and it looked incredible. "That shot" still gets me every fucking time.

FrightFest Film #9: Jimmy & Stiggs A down on his luck filmmaker on a seemingly neverending bender is abducted by aliens & enlists his newly sober friend to help prepare in case they return. The whole film is a loud & unrelenting assault on the senses, drenched in neon lighting & awash in alien blood

FrightFest Film #7 The Red Mask. Really enjoyed this meta slasher. Manages to deconstruct horror tropes while also delivering the requisite thrills, taking welcome potshots at toxic horror fandom (sorry dudes, horror has always been woke!)

FrightFest Film #6 The Toxic Avenger. Sweet and so much fun. Keeps a lot of the spirit of the original. And nice to see director Macon Blair in a cameo sporting an Ain't Rights t-shirt (which I guess means there is a Toxie/Green Room shared universe?).

FrightFest Film #5 Transcending Dimensions. I can't even really begin to describe this film. Sensory, spiritual and totally mind-blowing on the big screen.

FrightFest Film #4 The Degenerate: The Life & Films of Andy Milligan. I went along to this to learn something and I did: Milligan was a singular filmmaker, fiercely determined but clearly hard to get along with, caught in a trap that allowed him to be prolific but never advance in budget or respect

FrightFest Film #3: Dog of God. This fucking RIPS. A Latvian medieval heavy metal pagan hallucinogenic folk horror fairy tale. Full of fluids and phalluses, witches and werewolves, accompanied by a throbbing soundtrack.

FrightFest Film #2: Cogn-AI-tive. An AI company must contend with its creation taking on a life of its own.The threat of AI taking our lives as well as our livelihoods plays to current anxieties but the film itself feels indebted to the 80s and 90s - think Hackers meets Chopping Mall.

FrightFest Opening Film - The Home. Pete Davidson stars in a non-comic role as a young man forced into community service at a retirement home, where things soon reveal themselves as 'not quite right'. Very predictable with clichéd scares (and A LOT of dream sequences) derivative of much better films

The good folks at @scifrightspod.bsky.social have their first guest! Unfortunately, their options were limited, so it's me. But if you wanna here me, @liamdunn82.bsky.social and @lindsayhallam.bsky.social dig into the entire Terminator franchise, smash that link.

New episodes of SciFrights Bites is out now! We check out the new film everyone is talking about - Zach Creggar's WEAPONS! We cover the film’s influences, structure, style & scares before getting into spoiler territory, going deep into the film’s villain and the societal implications of its themes.

🎧✨NEW EPISODE✨🎧 Maya of @mannersandmadness.bsky.social speaks with @americanhysteria.bsky.social @jesspurserart.bsky.social @lindsayhallam.bsky.social & Indigo of Full Blossom of the Evening to discuss Magic in Twin Peaks & David Lynch’s work. bluerosetaskforce.transistor.fm/episodes/wom...

It was such a pleasure to talk about this incredible film on @top100pod.bsky.social podcast. Give it a listen!

Show us your favourite movie robot!

I got to talk about something non-horror related for a change - which just happens to also be one of my favourite films of all time. Thanks @fatscoleman.bsky.social for having me on your podcast @top100pod.bsky.social

Our new episode explores how direct relationships develop between humans and A.I. We discuss one woman’s nightmare of A.I. domination in Demon Seed, and Alex Garland’s examination of human/A.I. relations (and possible robot liberation) in Ex Machina. Please check us out & leave a review!

Introducing SciFrights Bites, a shorter episode on a new release. First up we discuss 28 Years Later. We explore the legacy of the first 2 films, before delving into how the new film comments on the current times and expands the series mythology.

Malpertuis Szamanka Dead Talents Society Companion 28 Years Later (and you can hear my thoughts on it on @scifrightspod.bsky.social )

Can't get over how we're being asked to pretend "Death, death to the IDF" is some kind of hate crime at the exact same time IDF soldiers are telling the Israeli press they're being ordered to massacre starving civilians at aid sites.

We begin our new season on AI and technofear by focusing on just one film (which just happens to be Liam's favourite movie) - Stanley Kubrick's monumental masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. There is so much to unpack with this film so consider this the deepest of dives - into the infinite and beyond

So I just found out about Mubi's investors. Luckily there are great versions of Twin Peaks on physical media that you can enjoy.

And to celebrate Twin Peaks: The Return on MUBI, here is an article on the show's use of horror in ways that are both stylistic and metaphysical #mubi #davidlynch #twinpeaks #twinpeaksthereturn

All of Twin Peaks (aka the greatest TV show of all time) is now on MUBI. If you're interested in David Lynch's role in the evolution of the "television auteur", check out my article for @sensesofcinema.bsky.social #mubi #davidlynch #twinpeaks

Thanks to Umbrella Entertainment here is my contributors copy of NEW EXTREMITY ONE. Sharing space on this epic release with @antbit.projectedfigures.com @horrornonna.com @fictionmachine.bsky.social @lindsayhallam.bsky.social continues…

We're concluding our first season of @scifrightspod.bsky.social looking at the different ways Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has influenced horror and sci-fi cinema. Please listen wherever you get your podcasts, leave us a review, let us know what you think of the films, and help us spread the word!

Some lovely words from one of our listeners, along with some appreciation for the 'contribution' from our cat, Angelo!

Also listen out for a cameo appearance from our cat, Angelo!

New episode out now! We go beyond testing the limits of the human body to exploration of the mind. Liam gives us a rundown of the history & representation of mind control, then we discuss Kubrick’s 1971 dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange and the gruesome and disturbing tech thriller Possessor.

More in depth analysis in this episode of @scifrightspod.bsky.social diving deep into two films about getting off your face... well getting your face off anyway! Great to hear Evolution (2015) get some love from @lindsayhallam.bsky.social in the 'honourable mentions' section. Keep up the good work!

Our film is on Arrow Player! We made a sci-fi horror with a very Frankensteinian story about a child created in a lab, so we practice what we preach.

Watched Sinners at the BFI IMAX with intro from Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goranson and it's awesome! Kinda like if the first half of From Dusk til Dawn had been O Brother, Where Art Thou. There is a musical sequence in this that almost made me cry it was that good. A must-see in IMAX if you can.

My film THEY CALLED ME DAVID is now available on Arrow Player! Its a sci-fi horror shot on Super 8 made for no money with @liamdunn82.bsky.social We still can't believe the good people @arrowvideo.bsky.social have put us alongside so many films that inspired us www.arrow-player.com/they-called-...

In our new episode we go under the knife, examining the weird trend of films in the 1960s about face transplants. We discuss Georges Franju’s classic of art horror fantastique Eyes without a Face & Frankenheimer’s Twilight Zone-esque sci-fi oddity Seconds. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts

Today in Film History class they voted to watch Trainspotting and it was kinda wild to watch this film, which came out when I was a teenager and was zeitgeist-defining, now in my 40s watching it with 20 year olds. To say it hit different is an understatement (the students loved it).

New episode out now! Really enjoyed this one, Eyes Without a Face is one of my all-time favourites (and Liam is a Frankenheimer freak)

This was such an amazing event, thank you to everyone who joined us in paying tribute to the genius of David Lynch.

Magic, madness, metempsychosis: David Lynch's INLAND EMPIRE (2006) screens 4pm today at The Victoria, Dalston (intro’d by @lindsayhallam.bsky.social) + Lynch-themed DJ set, for @distortedframe.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2023/04/26/i...

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Edited by my forever crit-sister Kat Ellinger, issue 4 of @filmsradiance.bsky.social's DIRTY ARTHOUSE zine is here, with words by @mdconterio.bsky.social @willowcatelyn.bsky.social @lindsayhallam.bsky.social + more, and me on Zulawski's Szamanka. www.radiancefilms.co.uk/products/dir...

Dirty Arthouse Volume 4 is now available and it is Kermit approved! Featuring writing from myself, @horrornonna.com @lindsayhallam.bsky.social and more!!! www.radiancefilms.co.uk/products/dir...

New episode out now! I think we're starting to get the hang of it...

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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him. Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.