Boobs, Blood & BadAsses

I’ve not sat to watch a Hammer film in over a decade, but I’ve seen them all multiple times. It’s great to be reminded of all the trivia I knew (and forgot) about the actors and directors. And yes- so much cross over with Doctor Who! The dialogue between the hosts is high energy and we can tell they love these films. It’s fun to listen to. The sound has issues. It can be distracting. But it’s oodles of fun. Even as a straight woman, I can appreciate boobs and blood. And I love badassses.

I just discovered this podcast a few days ago and been binging them. I hope there’s more to come in the future!!!

I stumbled across this podcast the other day and really enjoy the fun and conversational nature of the two hosts. The films are discussed with fondness and you can tell they really enjoy the material they cover. There is a sense of humor about things that doesn't make fun of the films yet instead embraces them. The main hosts are very entertaining. My input has to do with techincal issues; editing and audio levels. There are some segments where a section of audio repeats itself and others where an interview ends abruptly. Example of the latter is the episode for Satanic Rites of Dracula. The host is interviewing the historian who did the commentary and asks him about the multiple titles for the film. The historian starts to explain and the conversation ends abruptly before the answer is provided. Not sure if he was just cut off or that part was edited out. The answer is never explained. Audio wise - there is usually one segment and host / guest whose levels are really up/hot so you constantly have to adjust the volume to avoid your ears from being blown out. Example would be the episode on Frankestein Created Woman. The audio level on the interview with the historian at the beginning is really loud then the rest of the episode is lower. In the episode for Dracula Prince of Darkness, the level on one of the co-hosts is really hot whereas the other two you have to strain to listen or constantly adjust the volume. In addition - that episode just cuts off and ends in the middle of a story about accidents with stuntpeople. They never finished the discussion on the film which was very enjoyable. A review of the material before an episode is posted would be really helpful.

I liked the podcast in the beginning but, with each episode, the sound quality just gets worse and worse. I was really looking forward to the Taste the Blood of Dracula episode but, the sound is so bad, it’s unlistenable! I tried but I gave up after 10 minutes!!! UPDATE 2021: I’m now only hate-listening to this horrid excuse for a podcast! While the sound quality has (marginally) gotten better, the 2 hosts seem to know nothing about any of the Hammer films they “review”! They stumble through each episode not even knowing how to pronounce many of the cast and crew’s names! In their latest episode, Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb, about the second of Hammer’s 4 Mummy movies, they talk about how they don’t even know which movie comes next in the series and they start dissing the wonderful Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb all the while admitting that they haven’t even seen the movie yet!!! It makes one wonder why they even decided to start a podcast about HAMMER films in the first place! I find myself, in my car, yelling corrections to the multitude of errors they spout in all their episodes! If you want a master class on how NOT to put a podcast together, you’ve come to the right place! If you want a REAL podcasts about HAMMER with British hosts who know what they’re talking about, I recommend Hammer House of Podcast.