Off Book #18 – Hokum, with Damian McCarthy
This week we host one of the most exciting horror filmmakers of the decade – Damian McCarthy, the twisted mind behind Caveat, Oddity and now, Hokum. It’s the biggest film in Damian’s career so far...
1 Touko 54min
277 – Marcus Kliewer & Rules Help Control the Fun
Cognitohazards abound this week, as Marcus Kliewer joins me for a conversation about the reality-shredding We Used to Live Here and his new novel of obsessional rules, The Caretaker. In both books...
28 Huhti 1h 19min
276 – Kylie Lee Baker & Swords Make Everything Worse
A conversation about codes of honour and the rules of haunting in this week’s episode – as I’m joined by Kylie Lee Baker, author of 2025’s incredible Bat Eater, and the brand-new Japanese Gothic. ...
21 Huhti 1h 8min
275 – Caroline Bicks & The Stuff Too Dark for Even Stephen King
When Stephen King tells you to have a guest on your podcast – you listen! That’s how I came to meet Caroline Bicks, the inaugural Stephen E. King Chair at the University of Maine, and author of th...
14 Huhti 1h 34min
Off Book #17 – Undertone, with Ian Tuason and Nina Kiri
Listen at your own peril this week. I spoke with Ian Tuason and Nina Kiri, the director and star of Undertone – billed as “the scariest movie you’ll ever hear!” It’s the story of an isolated...
10 Huhti 51min
Let Us Palaver #8 – The Black House Debrief
Nat and I stick around in the shadowed recesses of Black House for another half hour, to discuss all the things that Chris got right and wrong – and to make some entirely unfounded claims of our own. ...
3 Huhti 33min
The Dark Tower Deep Dive #8 – Black House
Time to whet our appetites for the Dark Tower again – this time with an extra serving of ass cheek! After three months away, we’re picking up with travellin’ Jack Sawyer after we left him in The Tali...
31 Maalis 2h 29min
