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Your host Paul Waller (not Weller) is a horror movie addict. During 2020 the workload for his band and music management job slowed right down. At this same time he discovered the movie social networking platform LETTERBOXD. Armed with this database he decided to fill in the gaps of his horror film knowledge. Within week one he was averaging 3 a day. This podcast is the result of that horror compulsion - A YEAR IN HORROR
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- Today1h 37m
1974 (Part 1)
1974 was a top year for horror movies and it contains some of the most popular titles of all time. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1974? Well, here we have the top 9. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several shots of whisky and a 6 hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1974, A Year In Horror. 0.00 - Introduction 15.59 - The worst 10 horror movies of 1974 22.36 - Also Rans (Part 1) 30.46 - Penda's Fen (w/ Niki Jones) 49.41 - Young Frankenstein (w/ Lono)
- 6 days ago34 min
Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 (Part 2: The Films)
Fantasia International Film Festival 2026, the 30th edition. This is the annual film festival founded in 1996 and held primarily in Montreal, Canada. It specialises in genre films, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, and cult cinema, and draws over 100,000 attendees each year including Marc Canale and myself, old hand at this now, two years on the trot at A Year in Horror HQ. Once again we've been invited to take part in covering the big one and we can not wait to get stuck in. Today we run through the first batch of films we caught at this years event. 00.33 - Intro 01.34 - Sleep No More 04.07 - Tunnels: Sun in the Dark 06.21 - Redline 09.03 - You Are the Film 17.24 - Ancestral Beasts 19.22 - Sour Minnows 22.00 - When You Open the Door 29.53 - Metal Messiah
- 2 weeks ago34 min
Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 (Part 1: Intro)
Fantasia International Film Festival 2026, the 30th edition. This is the annual film festival founded in 1996 and held in Montreal, Canada. It specialises in genre films, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, and cult cinema, and draws over 100,000 attendees each year including Marc Canale and myself, old hand at this now, two years on the trot for A Year in Horror. Once again we've been invited to take part in covering the big one and we can not wait to get stuck in. Today we both offer up our top 5 picks that we can not wait to see during the festival run. Plus a stack of potential greats in our also ran choices.
- 3 weeks ago1h 6m
Hokum (2026) w/ Acid Reign
UK Thrashers Acid Reign are back with a new album 'Daze of the Weak'. Writer and director Damian McCarthy is also back, he, with his latest movie 'Hokum'. I can think of nothing better than mashing up the two of them into a fantastical English/Irish folk horror thrash assault. This is the result.
- 4 weeks ago1h 20m
David Cronenberg (Part 4)
Cripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - The Dead Zone (w/ Marc Canale) 38.16 - The Fly (w/ Marc Canale) 1.16.25 - Outro
- 4 weeks ago1h 45m
David Cronenberg (Part 3)
Cripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - A History of Violence 6.28 - Shivers (w/ Kevin Lyons) 51.01 - Videodrome (w/ AJJ) patreon.com/ayearinhorror
- Jul 1, 20261h 54m
David Cronenberg (Part 2)
Cripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - The Brood 6.19 - Rabid (w/ Perran Helyes) 48.54 - Maps to the Stars 51.28 - Scanners 58.31 - The Shrouds (w/ Perran Helyes)
- Jun 30, 20261h 21m
David Cronenberg (Part 1)
Cripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - Intro 10.07 - The worst films of David Cronenberg 15.02 - Also Rans 17.02 - Dead Ringers (w/ Miranda Corcoran) 52.10 - Existenz (w/ Brad Hanson)
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Your host Paul Waller (not Weller) is a horror movie addict. During 2020 the workload for his band and music management job slowed right down. At this same time he discovered the movie social networking platform LETTERBOXD. Armed with this database he decided to fill in the gaps of his horror film knowledge. Within week one he was averaging 3 a day. This podcast is the result of that horror compulsion - A YEAR IN HORROR
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