114 - AMSTERDAMNED

Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for a discussion of 1988's Dutch action thriller Amsterdamned, written and directed by Dick Maas. Their conversation covers a range of topics including ITV's overnight schedule, a real-life kidnapping, The Quizmaster Murders, the Godzilla threshold and Keeping Up Appearances.

Below are the original trailer, the music video of the theme song and a clip of the infamous boat chase. I wanted to link to something from The Nightmare Man, but it’s been thoroughly scrubbed from the internet. Try looking “elsewhere”.

099 - THE WICKER MAN (2006)

Simon Guerrier returns to the podcast for a further instalment in the special series covering films outside the regular remit, in this case the notorious 2006 remake of The Wicker Man, adapted and directed by Neil LaBute, starring Nicholas Cage and Ellen Burstyn.

Their discussion of this famous disaster covers bigoted directors, children as plot tokens, the concept of suspense, the critic as pathologist and angry cycling.

Below are a trailer, Radiohead’s Wicker Man-inspired video for Burn the Witch and Andrew Ellard’s Video Notes on Quantum of Solace, as mentioned by Simon.

080 - DEATH LINE

Jeremy is joined again by writer and podcaster Paul Morris to discuss the 1973 British horror film Death Line, released in the US as Raw Meat, starring Donald Pleasance and featuring Christopher Lee. Their discussion covers such topics as fiction's greatest policeman, the last 30 years of pop music, the gulf between 'real' and 'fake' horror and class violence, while Jeremy tries to pitch a new show.

Paul has been working on a new project recently, a podcast discussing the missing episodes of Doctor Who, available both here and here.

030 - THE 2016 REVIEW

Jeremy returns for a new year and is joined by Chris Arnsby for a review of the last year's new releases. Listen in to discover the secret genius of Dan Brown, the importance of good diction, which film only Chris saw and find out what Jeremy sounds like when he's really cross.

See below for a playlist of previous best film winners!

 
 

027 - MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE

Jeremy and Chris Arnsby present a commentary for the 1966 horror anti-classic Manos: The Hands of Fate, intended for listening while playing the film via home video or online. Join them as they uncover the Cocktail Party of the Damned, David Niven's shoulders and lashings of waldorf salad.

025 - HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH

Jeremy and Chris Arnsby commemorate the season with the 1983 horror Halloween III: Season of the Witch, co-written and produced by John Carpenter. Topics under discussion include the inventor of modern television, the vanished Carry On film, Terry Wogan - mass murderer, the joke too dirty for Blazing Saddles and Admiral Horatio Pumpkinhead.

 
 

021 - RAVENOUS

Jeremy is joined by Amy Parr-Young to discuss the 1999 comic horror Ravenous, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle, with the conversation taking in such topics as Black Mirror, religious cults and pulled pork sandwiches.

 
 

004 - THE WICKER TREE

George Grimwood joins Jeremy again to discuss the 2011 horror The Wicker Tree, the spiritual sequel to The Wicker Man from the director of the original film, in a conversation that encompasses creamed spinach, disappointing Stephen King miniseries, a villain who watches The Simpsons and how to eat a live gibbon.