The Evolution of Horror

The new Crysal Lake TV show is out now! Mike chats to showrunner Brad Kane about returning to the world of Friday the 13th, then Alex West drops in for a spoiler-filled review of the show!

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Stacie Ponder joins Mike to discuss the top 50 horror movies not in the English language, as voted for by EOH Patrons!

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Mike Flanagan's latest TV show CARRIE is out now on Amazon Prime! Mike sat down with Flanagan to chat about the show and his other upcoming projects (including his new Exorcist movie a new adaptation of The Mist), then Becky Darke joins Mike for a deep dive, spoilerific discussion of the whole series...

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For our final episode in our EOH Revisited mini-series, Chris Newton joins Mike to discuss the sexiest, broodiest, gayest monster of them all, the vampire!

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This week Mike is joined by the Matt and James from Journey Through Sci-Fi to explore the dark, infinite void of space and the horrors lurking in the cosmos...

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This week, Mike is joined by Juliet Sugg to discuss madness, decay, disease and the horror from within...

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Hail Satan! Mike is joined by his Final Cut collective Alex Ayling and Mike Lee-Graham to discuss Satanism, witchcraft and the dark arts in the evolution of OCCULT horror...

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This week we continue our EOH retrospective to discuss the brain chomping, gut munching shuffling monsters of horror! Brad Hanson joins Mike to discuss the evolution of the zombie movie...

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This week we continue our EOH retrospective with corn rigs, barley rigs, woodlands and all things rural...it's the evolution of Folk Horror, as covered in the third chapter of the EOH book, out now!

CW: Conversations about scenes of sexual assault in this episode

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EOH will be back at the Edinburgh Film Festival this August! This year the festival is chock full of horror and genre movies, paritcularly in the Midnight Mass strand of the fest. Mike is joined on the podcast by festival directors Paul Ridd and Emma Boa to talk through the line-up of horror and genre movies!

Mike will be hosting the midnight world premiere of Joby Stephens' Abandoned on the 14th August. Join us!

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This week we return to the things that go bump in the night within dark, creaky houses and revisit the evolution of the ghost story! Adam Z. Robinson joins Mike to discuss one of the most enduringly popular subgenres of horror.

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We're back! To celebrate the release of the Evolution of Horror book, we're bringing you a special 8 part mini-series revisiting the first 8 sub genres! For part 1, Mike is joined by Stacie Ponder to discuss the history and evolution of slashers!

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Curry Barker's terrifying Obsession is out in cinemas now! Mike chats to director Curry Barker about making the film, plus Juliet Sugg joins Mike to discuss and review the film in depth...

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For the final episode of our Man-Made Monsters series, Mike looks back at what we've learned about the subgenre over the last 36 episodes and counts down the listeners Top 10 Man-Made Monsters movies! Plus Mary Wild drops in for a final wrap-up chat about the season.

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For the final double bill of our Man-Made Monsters series, Mike is joined by Honey Ross to discuss two recent films about female identity and bodily autonomy: POOR THINGS and THE SUBSTANCE.

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As we approach the end of the season, Brad Hanson drops in to recommend some lesser known Man-Made Monster movies! Check out Brad's full list here

Vote for your Top 10 Man-Made Monsters movies! Voting closes 30th April 2026

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Girls just wanna have fun! This week we're talking tech horror and toxic masculinity as Mike is joined by Juliet Sugg to cover the existential cam-girl horror CAM (2018) and Louise Blain to discuss the very fun and satisfying sex-box horror COMPANION (2025).

Vote for your Top 10 Man-Made Monsters movies! Voting closes 30th April 2026

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Jen Handorf joins Mike to chat about two action-packed tech horrors from masterful horror director Leigh Wannell: UPGRADE and THE INVISIBLE MAN.

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Don't trust the toys! This week Mike is joined by Rob Watts to discuss two recent horror films about the dangers of AI in children's toys…Child's Play (2019) & M3GAN (2022)

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"I'll do the fingering!" James Rendell joins Mike to discuss Ridley Scott's divisive, camp, philosophical Alien prequels, Prometheus and Alien Covenant! Out now

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