Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This time they begin a Month of Halloween, to help celebrate the new Modern Horror: Halloween spin-off podcast, by looking at the first of David Gordon Green's sequel trilogy, 2018's Halloween.

Joined by one of the Modern Horror: Halloween co-hosts and frequent guest Emma Arneil, they delve into the return of Laurie Strode, the ever-present legacy of Michael Myers, and whether you can come close to the greatness of John Carpenter's original...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Emma Arneil

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The second spin-off from Modern Horror arrives early October in Modern Horror: Halloween, hosted by Baz Greenland, Emma Arneil & Ashley Thomas.

Arriving in more than one season, the trio will examine all Halloween films to date in this limited run podcast series.

Subscribe now to Modern Horror: Halloween on all podcast platforms.

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents are joined by once again by returning guest Mary Munoz as they unpack Zach Cregger's take on Capcom's Resident Evil.

A wild ride into the darkness unleashed on Raccoon City, the film is full of comedy, replete with lashings of gore and full of gonzo action, so the trio chat how Cregger came to take this on, their history with the broader franchise, the horror moments of the film that tickled them and so much more...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Mary Munoz (⁠@missmaimepeas.bsky.social⁠)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents are joined by returning guest Mary Munozto discuss Curry Barker’s modern masterpiece, Obsession. Together, the gang discuss the emergence of incel horror, the return of the Monkey’s Paw curse and one of the truly great horror performances from Inde Navarrette. ..

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Hugh McStay

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A. J. Black

Guest

Mary Munoz (@missmaimepeas.bsky.social)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week Tony and Hugh are tackling André Øvredal’s 2026 road horror movie Passenger. The gents discuss some great scares, a chilling set-up, lament the much missed early work of a talented director,  missed opportunities and wonder whether this whole affair should be considered a bit of a write-off…

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Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week we return to the realm of the dark psychological thriller by looking at JT Mollner's 2023 film, Strange Darling.

Another favourite of Hugh's that we've threatened to cover for ages, this indie picture subverts what we might expect from the standard serial killer hunts women story into something altogether knottier, darker and visually arresting. We unpick what Mollner's influences might have been, two outstanding central performances, and dig into where this intriguing tale fully goes...

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Hugh McStay

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A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week you might think we've gone mad because we're not talking about a horror movie, rather Christopher Nolan's epic 2026 telling of Homer's The Odyssey.

So what's going on? Well, we're pretty convinced that Nolan's infused his story of Odysseus returning from the Trojan War with some absolute nightmare fuel, from Lovecraftian monsters to terrifying witches and giant metal-clad warriors. It's a movie with horror elements so we dial into those areas, as well as wonder what a Nolan horror film, proper, could one day look like...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents are having their first ‘cheat’ pick asthey travel back to 2008 for Joel Anderson’s psychological horror film Lake Mungo.

Joined by the magnificent host of The Horror and Her Podcast, Emma Arneil, the gang discuss one of the saddest, creepiest and perhaps most profound horror films of the last twenty years. So join us for a discussion of a film where we touch on found-footage horror, ghostly apparitions and a meditation on the existential fear that we may never know those we love the most.

Oh, and for some reason, Mungo Jerry...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)

The Horror and Her Podcast

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Hugh and Tony tackle Adam Wingard’s highly influential 2011 homeinvasion horror You’re Next. The gents talk about the worst family in theworld, the film’s impact on the wider cultural zeitgeist, the career of AdamWingard and heap praise upon a final girl for the ages…

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

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A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Hugh and Tony finally get around to discussing Liam Gavin’s 2016 occultist horror A Dark Song after Hugh banging on about it for the best part of two years.

The gents discuss a very unique modern horror film, explorethe history of occultism and the infamous Aleister Crowley and dive deep into the claustrophobic nightmare that Liam Gavin presents...

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Hugh McStay

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A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents are discussing Sean Byrne’s 2015 psychological supernatural horror, The Devil’s Candy. A film chock full of HeavyMetal madness, Hugh and Tony discuss the fantastic performances from Ethan Embry and Pruitt Taylor Vince, admire the unsettling demonic artwork and discuss if it is possible to have ukelele-infused heavy metal tracks (stay tuned to the end to find out…)

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week we look at the newest box office horror sensation, the adaptation of prodigy director Kane Parsons' YouTube series, Backrooms.

We discuss the rise of a new generation of filmmaker emerging from a different creative medium; the history of The Backrooms and its attendant lore; the fusion of low-fi horror concepts with prestige actors; and wonder about the vanguard this might lead given its rampant success...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week we are tackling Netflix’s most recent collaboration with the Duffer Brothers, Haley Z Robinson’s horror mini-series SomethingVery Bad is Going to Happen. Podcaster Sam Stokes returns to the pod todiscuss the most extreme case of pre-wedding jitters, an examination of our need for a soul mate and Netflix’s commitment to making clever, original horror...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Sam Stokes

Den of Ten

Reel Talk

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This time they look at the latest chilling outing from director Damian McCarthy, starring Adam Scott, Hokum.

Joined once again by host of The Horror and Her, recurring guest Emma Arneil, they look at the scares and chills in his latest Irish-set horror, and how he's putting the country on the horror map; some of the key performances; listeners contribute thoughts in a mailbag section; and Emma makes quite the spooky revelation as they explore their own scary hotel ghost stories...

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A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Emma Arneil

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This time they head for the wilds of Ireland for some haunting psychological horror in Damian McCarthy's Oddity.

Joined by host of The Horror and Her, recurring guest Emma Arneil, the trio get excited for McCarthy's next film Hokum as they consider the career's ascendant horror filmmaking career; they dig deep into the characters he creates (comparing one villain to a character in Coronation Street, no less); look at the quiet terror of the supernatural in the film; and consider just how often the golem has been used as a modern movie monster...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Emma Arneil

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This time they take off the bandages and look at the brand new take on a Universal monster, with Lee Cronin's The Mummy.

Joined by podcaster and recurring guest Dan Owen, the gents tackle the new approach on a classic idea, looking at previous Mummy adaptations and how this compares; examine why the director's name is on the top; and wonder if this pilfers a bit too much from a couple of other famous franchises...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Dan Owen

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents are able to dive headlong into the video nasties era thanks to Prano Bailey-Bond’s 2021 masterpiece, Censor.

Joined by podcaster and writer Johnny Restall, the gents discuss 80’s Britain’s obsession with home video horror, a staggering debut from a new voice in horror cinema and dig into the nightmare world that Bailey-Bond has carefully crafted...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Johnny Restall

The Thriller Cabinet

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This time, joined by returning guest Dee Molumby, the duo tackle Radio Silence's sequel to 2019's Ready or Not (covered by us last year, don't miss it), Ready or Not (2): Here I Come.

Samara Weaving's long suffering Grace is plunged back into another game of action horror comedy stylistics but does this match the energy and skill of the original? And what does it say about where the modern horror sequel is right now?

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Dee Molumby

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents are in for a special treat as regular Christmas horror guest Steve O’Brien makes a return to the podcast to discuss James Wan’s 2021 film Malignant. The gents discuss one of the most bonkers horror films of the last decade with full spoilers, so if you haven’t seen the film yet we implore you to do so first; you do not want this twist ruined.

And stick around to the final credits of the show for a special treat Steve created just for little old us…

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Hugh McStay

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A. J. Black

Guest

Steve O’Brien - steveobrien.journoportfolio.com

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Here they launch the inaugural yearly 'Spookies' Awards, where both talk through a range of categories from Best Scream Queen via Best Kill to Best Horror Picture, looking at films covered by the podcast and beyond in an attempt to crown the Spooky Award winner for the horror film of 2025. Which slice of terror will emerge victorious?

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This time, as we launch a spin-off show called Modern Horror Screams devoted to the Scream series, Hugh and Tony are joined by that show's host Baz Greenland to chat Wes Craven's Scream 4 in 2011 through to Kevin Williamson's brand new Scream 7.

How has this durable franchise evolved over the last 15 years? And does it have even more lease of life?

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Baz Greenland

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This time, film lecturer and horror enthusiast Jon Wroot joins them to discuss Ti West's X trilogy - 2022's X and Pearl, and 2024's MaXXXine, charting the story of two women connected across 70 years of Hollywood cinema and fame in three very different tonal pictures covering 70s exploitation, silent cinematic madness and 80s slasher excess...

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A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Jon Wroot

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week Kat Hughes returns to the podcast to discuss Corin Hardy’s new teen horror film Whistle, and bring us an interview with the man himself! We discuss the film’s  familiar but well explored themes, haunted objects and some of the most gnarly deaths so far in 2026.

Oh, and Tony falls down a manhole…

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Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari

Special Guest

Corin Hardy

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The first spin-off from Modern Horror arrives late February in Modern Horror Screams, hosted by Baz Greenland.

Timed to coincide with Scream VI from Kevin Williamson, Baz will look at the entire Scream franchise in this limited run podcast series with an array of guests... indeed both Tony and Hugh could well be victims of this too!

Subscribe now to Modern Horror Screams on all podcast platforms, including Spotify.

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Joining Tony and Hugh this week is the apesolutely fabulous returning guest Kat Hughes, joining them to chat new crazed animal horror, Primate.

They get into their favourite animal horrors since 2010, the movie monster chimp that is Ben, the deeper ideas beneath the movie and if that's not all, Kat drops in for a chat with Primate director Johannes Roberts about the making of the film...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Kat Hughes (@GizmoShikari)

Special Guest

Johannes Roberts

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Joining Hugh and Tony this week, returning to the world of 28 Years Later on their journey to The Bone Temple (not a euphemism) is returning guest Kat Hughes.

Our trio discuss some a heavy metal show for the ages, the film’s worrying political subtext, the terrifying Jimmies and the surprisingly tender heart of Nia DaCosta’s film...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

They begin a brand new year with a special episode where they look back at all 57 films and TV series they have covered in the last year and change, putting them in a ranking order and attempting to find the 'Dark God'; the modern horror movie to rule them all. Which film will emerge on top?

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

The Rank on a spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxoiREJpiI6XYKTkTs9M2ma4NJxuLLjaqF0RphvWeCk/edit?usp=sharing

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Joining Hugh and Tony to celebrate their 50thepisode is wonderful Kat Hughes and Dee Molumby as they return to the small New England town of Derry for IT: Chapter One and Two. Modern Horror’s very own Loser’s Club discuss the novel and 90’s mini-series before diving in to Andy Muschietti’s two-part adaptation of one of Stephen King’s most famous novels.

A big thank you to all of our listeners for sticking with us the past 18 months and helping the podcast grow!

Here’s to another 50!

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guests

Dee Molumby @deirdremolumby

Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

With Tony indulging in his pre-Christmas hibernation cycle, Hugh and Dan Owen are joined this week by another magnificent Loser, podcasterand critic Kat Hughes.

Our intrepid trio put their wits together to discuss thefinal two episodes of It: Welcome to Derry where we discover the importance of Bob Gray to our interdimensional monster (no, not Dan Owen), witness a horrific racist atrocity, discuss the US Army’s frankly insane masterplan and wax lyrical about an astonishing final instalment that may rank as one of the best hours of television this year...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Guests

Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social)

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Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week Tony and Hugh, joined by recurring guest, journalist Steve O'Brien, get all festive with the schlocky, time-travelling slasher, It's a Wonderful Knife.

The gents unpick any connections to the seminal It's a Wonderful Life beyond the title, whether the film successfully pulls off making a Hallmark movie into a violent horror, and decide whether this deserves to be up there amongst the best Christmas horror films out there...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Steve O'Brien

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards,examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

With Hugh taking a week off to soak in a bath while a grandparent berates him, Tony is joined by recurring guest, podcaster Dan Owen.

They look into the fifth and sixth episodes of It: Welcome to Derry, as revelations abound about the history of Derry and indeed Pennywise, with some stray thoughts of Dan's raising a few eyebrows...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Guest

Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents turn their attention to the Philippou brother’s second feature film, the horrifying and tragic Bring Her Back.

Featuring a staggering performance from Sally Hawkins, Tony and Hugh discuss the film’s devastating subject matter, one of the most horrific horror set-pieces in recent memory and the emergence of two bold new voices in horror cinema in the form of Danny and Michael Philippou...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards,examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

With Tony taking a week off to fulfil his life-long dream of exploring the New England sewer systems, Hugh and Dan Owen are joined this weekby another magnificent Loser, podcaster and critic Mary Munoz.

Our plucky trio explore the third and fourth episodes of It: Welcome to Derry where the origins of the entity are explored in some terrifying flashbacks and Andy Muschietti delivers some of the most unpleasant eye-horror this side of Eli Roth’s Hostel…

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Guests

Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social)

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Mary Munoz (@MissMaimePeas)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Hugh and Tony welcome new guest Sam Stokes to the podcast asthey discuss 2013’s disturbing found-footage folk-horror The Borderlands.

The gents discuss the melding of genres, the film’s central struggle ofChristianity versus Paganism and compare anxieties over the film’s deeplyunsettling and upsetting ending...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Sam Stokes

Find him on:

Den of Ten

Reel Talk

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Over the next few weeks, they will be covering the brand new It prequel series, Welcome to Derry, which takes the terror of Pennywise back to 1962, and joining them for the journey is Vampire Videos host Dan Owen.

The trio discuss 1x02 'The Thing in the Dark', chatting new characters, a fleshed out sense of narrative and mythology, and some deeply effective slices of nightmarish horror...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Dan Owen

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Tony and Hugh, plus John Bleasdale, film critic and author of Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer, as they discuss the director's strange 2013 adaptation of Michel Faber's novel, Under the Skin.

The trio discuss Glazer's unique career thus far and dig into how this film straddles the boundaries between horror, science-fiction and beyond. Is it one of the most profound examples of its form?

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

John Bleasdale

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Over the next few weeks, they will be covering the brand new It prequel series, Welcome to Derry, which takes the terror of Pennywise back to 1962, and joining them for the journey is Vampire Videos host Dan Owen.

The trio discuss 1x01 'The Pilot', the introduction of the characters, the striking beginning and end in terms of horror theatrics, and where all of this might be going in the broader context of Stephen King and It...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Dan Owen

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Hugh and Tony return to the V/H/S franchise this week as theylook at this year’s timeous offering of V/H/S Halloween. The gents discuss each segment in depth, revelling in some gory seasonal silliness, some truly dark and disturbing entries and one of the most fun segments that the series has ever produced...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of theHouse of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limitedseries The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic andabsurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil.

The trio discuss the climax of the story as Frederick meets his dark fate while reaching his worst excesses, and the truth about Roderick and Madeline's past becomes clear as they prepare to face Verna one last time...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)

⁠⁠Beyond the Scream⁠⁠

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of theHouse of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limitedseries The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic andabsurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil.

The trio talk all things Usher as Victorine and Tamerlane enter the crosshairs, and the narrative begins to rapidly approach Roderick's fateful date with destiny...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)

⁠Beyond the Scream⁠

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of theHouse of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limitedseries The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic andabsurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil.

The trio talk all things Usher as Camille and Leo come underthe bloody spotlight, and the animal kingdom gets very involved in Flanagan’s menagerie of horror…

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)

Beyond the Scream

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

For Halloween we are turning October into The Month of the House of Usher, as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limitedseries The Fall of the House of Usher.

Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil.

The trio talk about Poe’s work, their shared love for Mike Flanagan, ruthless bastards and bastards who are ruthless, as well as chemical orgies (not the good kind) and a frankly phenomenal cast of actors chewing the scenery up at every opportunity…

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram)

Beyond the Scream

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Hugh and Tony as they discuss one of Ti West’s earliest efforts with 2011’s The Innkeepers.

The gents discuss a ghost story that seems to have been spliced with the DNA of an early Kevin Smith movie, debate whether or not the horror tale of Madeline O’Malley works, look at its place in the pantheon of modern horror ghost stories and try to understand what was going through Pat Healy’s mind when he decided on THAT hairstyle…

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Tony and Hugh as they tackle 2023's creeping folk horror Starve Acre from debut director Daniel Kokotaijo, with guest Rob Yeomans of the CineMortuary podcast - not to mention Production Manager on the film itself!

Rob discusses his involvement in the film, giving insights into the production, and the gents tackle the deeper themes of this slice of 'weird Albion'; grief, trauma, psychosis and the long tail of myth and legend...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Rob Yeomans

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Hugh and Tony as the tackle the Philippou brother’s debut feature film, Talk To Me, featuring the most unsettling hand in horror cinema since the butlers in Scary Movie 2…

The gents discuss how the brothers drag possession horror kicking and screaming into the 21st Century, the emergence of more fresh new voices in modern horror cinema and how Gen Z’s attitude to trauma and grief have crafted a unique and unsettling spin on an old classic...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents welcome Mary Munoz back to the podcastto discuss Zach Cregger’s Weapons, one of the show’s most anticipated films of the year.

The gang discuss a film as funny as it is scary, several staggering performances, a marketing masterstroke and the emergence of an exciting new name in horror cinema...    

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Mary Munoz (@MissMaimePeas)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents are joined by returning guest Mary Munoz to discuss Zach Cregger’s deeply disturbing 2022 horror Barbarian. A dark andtwisted tale that tackles misogyny, abuse, and giant, scary mothers…

The team discuss the everyday dangers women face just by existing,the rodent-energy of Justin Long, Vampire Videos host Dan Owen’s dank and dark basement and which Skarsgard they would most like to open their door on a dark and rainy night (NOT A EUPHEMISM).  

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Mary Munoz (@MissMaimePeas)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This time, Tony goes solo as host, joined by Mark McManus in a crossover with their podcast At the Movies in the 90s, as they discuss both the brand new take on I Know What You Did Last Summer, plus the original 1997 film and 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Guest

Mark McManus

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This time they are entering into the sinister world of artificial intelligence by looking at the very different 2022 M3GAN and 2025's M3GAN 2.0, both directed by Gerald Johnstone. One a straight up horror, the other a spy action pivot, both pictures explore the dangers of unchecked AI on children and the world beyond. Tony and Hugh look at what could happen if we continue on such a trajectory as well as how M3GAN as a franchise plays with our expectations...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week, they are joined by recurring guest and horror writer/podcaster Kat Hughes, to explore Danny Boyle's much-anticipated sequel, 28 Years Later.

They go deep on themes, casting, visuals, that last five minutes, where the next film might go, plus touch on 28 Days & 28 Weeks Later along the way...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Kat Hughes

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week, in a format breaking episode, Tony flies solo with guest, academic and podcaster Dr. Carl Sweeney, re-airing a 2019 episode of their defunct film podcast, Motion Pictures, where they discussed that year's adaptation of Doctor Sleep by Mike Flanagan and more broadly examine Stephen King's depiction of America in his books and on screen...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Guest

Dr. Carl Sweeney

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, ModernHorror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best,worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents dive deep into the murky waters ofpsychological horror with Rose Glass’ sublimely dark exploration of mental illness and religious ideation with 2019’s Saint Maud. The gents discuss the personal hell of mental illness, exalt the virtues of talented first time writer / director Glass and discuss one of the darkest endings in modern horror cinema...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents tackle one of the great folk horror movies of the last twenty years with Ben Wheatley’s sublime 2011 chiller, Kill List. And to examine such a dense and dark tale they have roped in the help of writer, podcaster and Kill List expert, Caitlyn Downs...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Caitlyn Downs (@scaredesheepless.bsky.social & @scaredsheepless on Twitter)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week Tony and Hugh break format to, for the first time, discuss a TV show by looking at the seventh season of Charlie Brooker's dark anthology series, Black Mirror.

They break each of the six episodes down one by one before figuring out their ranking order and deciding whether this ranks as one of the best series of this long running show...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week Tony and Hugh venture to 19th century Scandinavia for Thordur Palsson's The Damned, which sees the widowed owner of an Icelandic fishing village is faced with a terrifying moral choice that unleashes a darkness of myth and legend.

To help them explore it, Jamie Hannigan - the film's writer - joins them to give a key insight into the writing and production of the film...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Special Guest

Jamie Hannigan

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week Tony and Hugh travel back to the heyday of Late Night 70’s US talk shows as they get to grips with the Cairns Brother’s 2023 horror Late Night With the Devil.

Joined by Hugh’s Vampire Videos co-host Dan Owen, the gents talk about mockumentary horror, Lovecraftian nightmares, Faustian pacts and…erm…Terry Wogan...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Dan Owen (@danowen.bsky.social) / Linktr.ee/vampirevideos

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week Hugh and Tony tackle Kyle Edward Ball’s weird, unsettling and incredibly divisive arthouse horror Skinamarink.

The gents talks about the nature of abstract nightmare, dip their toes in the murky world of analogue horror and debate whether or not this film is the vanguard for a totally new type of modern horror cinema...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week your hosts take a leap into The Gorge from Scott Derrickson, one of the biggest Apple TV high concept movie offerings yet.

Hugh and Tony discuss what lies in the gorge and whether it matches up, Derrickson's career, blockbuster action horror and much more...

Host

Hugh McStay

Co-Host / Editor

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents are joined again by Vampire Videos' Dan Owen, in the second of an unofficial Osgood Perkins two-parter, to discuss his gonzo Stephen King short story adaptation, The Monkey.

The trio dig into Perkins' personal themes riven through the piece, existing King adaptations on screen, the ghoulish kills displayed in this bloody piece, and much more...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

This week the gents are joined by Vampire Videos' Dan Owen to discuss Osgood Perkins occult FBI procedural horror, Longlegs. A dark and twisted film anchored by two remarkable performances, the gents discuss the film’s guerrilla marketing, its gorgeous cinematography and a divisive third act pivot that blows the whole film apart.

Come for the podcast, stay for Hugh’s terrible impressions…

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

Guest

Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Hugh, Tony and returning guest Dee Molumby as they discuss Radio Silence’s riotous horror-comedy, Ready or Not.

Discussing horror satire, the rise of ‘Eat-the Rich’ cinema and breaking down one of horror cinema’s most audacious endings, your learned trio will leave no stone unturned and no board game unplayed before the night is out…

Host

Tony Black

Co-Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Guest

Dee Molumby (@deirdremolumby on Twitter)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

On the agenda this week; toxic masculinity, technological nightmares and bloody murder. No, we don’t just mean Hugh and Tony’s standard weekend plans, join gruesome twosome as they deconstruct Drew Hancock’s black-comedy/sci-fi horror, Companion...

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Tony and Hugh as they look at the latest film from legendary director Steven Soderbergh as he ventures into the horror field with ghost story, Presence.

They discuss poltergeists in film, Soderbergh's diverse career and unpick a spooky tale that went in a very different direction than either of them expected...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Tony and Hugh as the delve into their first new major horror release of 2025, discussing Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man, which updates the classic Universal monster. They get into werewolf cinema, previous historical versions, the fascinating 'Dark Universe', and whether or not this version of the wolf does its predecessors justice...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Hugh and Tony for their first foray into the Found Footage genre with Graham Hughes’ micro-budget horror film, Death of a Vlogger. A fascinating film with big ideas and a crips execution, the gents ponder the idea of internet shaming, the state of the British film industry and of course one or two magnificently crafted scares…

Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Ho-Ho-Ho futhermuckers! Join Tony, Hugh and first-time guest Steve O’Brien as they slide onto Santa’s naughty list to tackle 2015’s Christmas Horror treat, Krampus!

Host

A. J. Black

Co-Host / Editor

Hugh McStay

Guest

Steve O’Brien  - Twitter - @MrsSteveMOBrien

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Tony and Hugh, alongside guest Mary Muñoz, as they discuss the state of the Zombie film and TV show across recent years before chomping down into Yeon Sang-ho's 2016 zombie action horror thriller, Train to Busan...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black

Co-Host

Hugh McStay

Guest

Mary Muñoz

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Tony and Hugh as they dig into what the Slasher movie means in a modern context before analysing Chris Nash's low budget 2024 reinvention of that genre, In a Violent Nature...

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This time, Tony and Hugh sit down to discuss the Hugh Grant-starring chiller Heretic, exploring religious and theological horror, the power of belief and much more...

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Welcoming horror critic and podcaster Kat Hughes to the show, the guys discuss Parker Finn's Smile franchise in gruesome, gory detail; from it's short story origins to it's blockbuster success and beyond, the terrifying curse is put through the wringer as much as Skye Riley herself...

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Kat Hughes - @GizmoShikari on Twitter

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

In this episode, a Halloween special, Hugh and Tony indulge themselves in Variety's recent Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, unpicking the list from 100-1, discussing some of the key choices, whether they should be higher or lower, and providing their own Top 10 horror films of all time. How many modern horror's will make the cut?

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Hugh McStay

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Tony and Hugh tackle the most talked about horror series on the planet currently - the TERRIFIER franchise.

Talking the 2016 original through to the brand new 2024 third film, they explore whether Damien Leone's modern schlockbusters are vile guff, or the beginning of a whole new icon of horror cinema...

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Hugh and Tony embark on an analogue odyssey through the world of modern anthology horror as they tackle the entirety of the V/H/S franchise in one fell swoop. The gents look at the series as a whole, discuss their personal top ten entries and dig deep into the latest film in the series, V/H/S Beyond...

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Hugh, Tony and their first podcast guest Dee Molumby as they peel back the meta-layers of Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s loving hate-letter to the horror genre, The Cabin in the Woods.

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Tony Black

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Dee Molumby (@deirdremolumby on Twitter)

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

Join Hugh and Tony as they tackle James Watkins’ psychological horror film, Speak No Evil, and discuss in detail the Danish original that gave the world a new definition of the word ‘bleak’.

The guys discuss the film’s themes, ideas and performances and go almost a full hour without talking about just how sexy James McAvoy is…

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James Wan's INSIDIOUS was one of the biggest horror movie hits of the 2010s, spawning a five-film and counting franchise and a raft of imitators, looking to replicate its particular style of pantomime horror.

In this episode of the Modern Horror Podcast, your hosts A. J. Black and Hugh McStay dig into the series, focusing heavily on the first film and the travails of the haunted Lambert family, exploring the place of Insidious in modern horror and its ongoing legacy...

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Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.

In this opening 'primer' for the podcast and subject area, A. J. (Tony) and Hugh discuss their backgrounds, the key pictures in the modern horror canon, and what they might be exploring to come...

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