Welcome to episode 29 of The Horror Double Bill; the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are continuing our Christmas season, where at least one film in our pairing will have a seasonal theme – or perhaps more appropriately, as this week we are all about anthology movies, at least one of the stories in one of our pairings will have a seasonal theme.

First up this week is Dead of Night from 1945, the first British horror movie released after World War II, and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Chricton, Robert Hamer, and Basil Dearden. It stars Mervyn Johns, Sally Anne Howes, Googie Withers and Michael Redgrave.

Then we head to 1974 and From Beyond the Grave, the last anthology movie released by British studio Amicus. Directed by Kevin Connor, it stars Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Angela Pleasence David Warner, Ian Bannen, and Diana Dors.

Along the way will be discussing the history of Ealing Studios, the career of writer R Chetwynd Hayes, the Amicus anthology horror series, director Kevin Connor, and much more

References

English Gothic: classic horror cinema 1897 to 2015 by Jonathan Rigby

Hammer and Beyond - the British horror film by Peter Hutchings

Dead of Night written by Jess Connolly and David Owen Bates (published by Devil’s Advocates)

https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/roots%2C%20rituals%20and%20phantasmagoria/2024/09/02/dead-of-night/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00431-9/fulltext

Remembering Dead of Night, a documentary which can be found on the Criterion collection Blu-ray and 4K special edition releases

British Cult Cinema the Amicus Anthology by Bruce G Hallenbeck

Phantasmagoria Magazine R Chetwynd- Hayes special tribute edition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_of_Night

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Beyond_the_Grave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amicus_Productions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Johns

https://ealingstudios.com/about-ealing/history-3/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealing_Studios

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Welcome to episode 28 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are beginning our Christmas season, and discussing two films that are based on the work of M.R James. First up we have Whistle And I’ll Come To You, directed by Jonathan Miller from 1968 and then Night of the Demon from 1957, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, and Niall McGinnis

Along the way we will be discussing the origins of the ghost stories for Christmas tradition, the works of MR James, and much much more

Christmas Ghost Stories

https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/classic-gothic-ghost-stories/a-history-of-winter-tales-and-christmas-ghost-stories-to-make-the-blood-run-wintery-cold/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/

https://visitsleepyhollow.com/how-charles-dickens-stole-christmas/

https://www.history.co.uk/

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/12/16/ghost-stories-for-christmas

https://dickenssearch.com/

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-chilling-ghost-stories-became-a-christmas-tradition/

Whistle and I’ll Come to You

https://headpress.com/blog/2024/12/04/whistle-down-the-wind-an-extract-from-no-diggin-here/

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ghost-story-christmas-whistle-ill-come-you

https://www.webofstories.com/play/jonathan.miller/23;jsessionid=B9BEC49F95119602BDA6DFAC03EFD09D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._James

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_and_I%27ll_Come_to_You_(1968_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Miller

Night of the Demon

English Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

Jacques Tourneur The cinema of Nightfall by Chris Fujiwara

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/52516

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/127530/3/FINAL%20Rev%20Writing%20NoTD%20Article%20for%20HJFRT%20Alison%20Peirse%20080216.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Demon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Andrews

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000763/

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Welcome to episode 27 of the horror double bill the podcasts where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are exploring the horrors of Victorian London and Jack the Ripper, with two films that use the legend of the famous serial killer to explore themes of conspiracy, class, and the patriarchy

First up is Murder by Decree from 1979 and director Bob Clark starring Christopher Plummer James Mason, David Hemmings, and Donald Sutherland. Then we travel back to 1971 for Hands of the Ripper from Hammer Studios, directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Eric Porter, Angharad Reese, Keith Bell and Dora Brian.

Along the way will be discussing the history of Jack the Ripper movies from the 1920s onwards, the origins of the royal conspiracy theories surrounding the murders, the horror career of directors Bob Clark and Peter Sasdy and much more

References used

Jack the Ripper & Murder By Decree

English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897 - 2015 by Jonathan Rigby

Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby

The House that Hammer Built Volume 2 by Wayne Kinsey

https://www.tumgik.com/themastercylinder

https://www.framerated.co.uk/murder-by-decree-1979/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_by_Decree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Clark

https://cfe.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/content/bios/bob-clark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper:_The_Final_Solution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper_(1959_film)

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls048149930/

Hands of the Ripper

https://carrionfilms.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Peter-Sasdy-Interview.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sasdy

Hammer and Beyond – The British Horror film by Peter Hutchings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_of_the_Ripper

English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897 - 2015 by Jonathan Rigby

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