The Horror Double Bill

Craig Johnson
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Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.  Expect discussions on shared themes, directors. writers and atmosphere, as we explore what the films say about the time they were made and our fears in the present; including social history, folklore, censorship, and a love of horror in all its forms. New episodes every Sunday.  📸 @thehorrordoublebill 📧 thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com 

  1. 4D AGO

    Episode 39: The Birds (1963) & Don't Look Now (1973)

    Welcome to episode 39 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts This week we have two films that are based on works by Daphne du Maurier, an English novelist, playwright, and biographer whose stories and novels have been adapted multiple times for stage, radio television and of course for film. First up nature strikes back with The Birds from 1963 starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright.  Then we jump forward a decade for a story of grief, guilt and extra sensory perception in Venice with Don’t Look Now from 1973. This stars Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie and Hilary Mason, and was directed by Nicolas Roeg. Along the way, will be discussing the life aren’t works of Daphne du Maurier, the troubling relationship between Hitchcock and his lead actress Tippi Hedren, the career of Nicolas Roeg, and much much more Recommendations The Birds by Daphne du Maurier Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Performance (1970) Walkabout (1971) The Comfort of Strangers (1990) Who Saw Her Die (1972) The Bloodstained Shadow (1978) The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)  References The Birds by Daphne du Maurier Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_du_Maurier https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-blagger-s-guide-to-daphne-du-maurier-7742072.html https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/05/fiction.daphnedumaurier dumaurier.org The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds  by Tony Lee Moral (Kamera books) The Birds by Camille Paglia (BFI Film Classics) https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/what-tippi-hedren-learned-from-alfred-hitchcocks-harassment https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/tippi-hedren-memoir-the-birds-extract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippi_Hedren Don’t Look Now by Mark Sanderson (BFI Film Classics) Don't Look Now blu-ray special edition from Studio Canal.  Don’t Look Now by Jessica Gildersleeve  (Devil’s Advocates)  https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/big%20screen%20classics/2024/09/10/dont-look-now/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_and_Other_Stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film) https://journals.openedition.org/jsse/3924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_du_Maurier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_du_Maurier Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 47m

  2. FEB 22

    Episode 38: The Spiral Staircase (1946) & Blood & Black Lace (1964)

    Welcome to episode 38 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts This week we are returning to the world of the 1940s horror noir and the Italian giallo, with two highly influential movies that would shape some of the tropes that we now see as standard in many films First up, we have The Spiral Staircase from 1946 directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Dorothy Maguire, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent, and Kent Smith Then we follow this with Six Women for the Killer, also known as Blood and Black Lace from 1964 and director Mario Bava. This stars Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Ariana Gorini and Thomas Reiner. Recommendations The Killers: https://youtu.be/qN8CKO-_th8?si=bSjwl02I927bTgmG The Girl Who Knew Too Much: https://youtu.be/kHolwKaXHHw?si=uiiNHwREjIZaWhIn The Whip & The Body (1963) Black Sabbath (1963) References  The File on Robert Siodmak by Joseph Greco American Gothic Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby https://metrograph.com/the-strange-affair-of-robert-siodmak https://offscreen.com/view/siodmak-spiral-staircase https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/dec/21/christmas-holiday-my-favourite-christmas-film-gene-kelly-robert-siodmak https://www.dasmagazin.de/magazin-historie/ https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/siodmak https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd11861472X.html#ndbcontent https://abergavennylocalhistorysociety.org.uk/gallery/Ethel%20Lina%20White.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/obituaries/ethel-lina-white-overlooked.html The Haunted World of Mario Bava by Troy Howarth So Deadly So Perverse by Troy Howarth Blood and black Lace by Roberto Cuti (Devils Advocates Series). Special features and interviews on the blu ray release of the film from Arrow Video The Aurum Film Encyclopedia of Horror https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-mario-bava https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bava https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spiral_Staircase_(1946_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Siodmak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_Black_Lace   Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 40m

  3. FEB 15

    Episode 37: The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974) & When Evil Lurks (2023)

    Welcome to episode 37 of the Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts First up we have The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue from 1974 and director Jorge Grau, starring Ray Lovelock, Cristina Galbo and Arthur Kennedy We follow this with When Evil Lurks from 2023 and director Demian Rugna, starring Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demian Salomon, Silvina Sabater, and Luis Ziembrowski. Recommendations: Tombs of the Blind Dead (Armondo de Ossario 1972) Blood Ceremony (1973 Jorge Grau): https://youtu.be/E7rgJcNuPaU?si=uUKywANJNYT-oNip Queens of Evil (1970) - available on TUBI Tienen Miedo (2002, Demian Rugna): https://youtu.be/IVqG_zGL5sM?si=lRuOlGnWLriIGjLU Terrified (2017 Demian Rugna) References & Sources “Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema” by Jamie Russell "Nightmare Movies" by Kim Newman "Spanish Horror Film" by Antonio Lazzaro Reboll "Jorge Grau: Catalonia’s Cult Film King" from the Synapse blu ray special edition  https://cerebrin.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/entrevista-a-jorge-grau-%E2%80%9Cme-gustaria-hacer-un-retrato-de-edgar-allan-poe%E2%80%9D/ https://youtu.be/SRgHIPT0_Y4?si=VCvOf5X6KAf78BqQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lovelock_(actor) demianrugna.com When Evil Lurks Second Sight 4K special edition https://letterboxd.com/horrorville/story/satanic-hispanics-director-demian-rugna-on/  https://thehollywoodnews.com/2025/07/28/demian-rugna-discusses-when-evil-lurks/ https://www.polygon.com/23935228/when-evil-lurks-director-interview-demian-rugna-meaning/ https://www.goreinthestore.uk/interviews/demian-rugna#:~:text=DEMI%C3%81N%20RUGNA%20%2D%20The%20pesticide%20scandal,the%20pesticide%20was%20the%20demon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/agrochemicals-and-industrial-waste-threaten-argentinas-gran-chaco/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2000/jul/13/uknews#:~:text=The%20issue%20of%20lead%20in,to%20abolish%20lead%20in%20petrol. https://filmhounds.co.uk/2025/07/when-evil-lurks-demian-rugna-second-sight-interview/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giannetto_De_Rossi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Evil_Lurks https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27373134 Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 39m

  4. FEB 8

    Episode 36: Eyes Without a Face (1960) & Blood From The Mummy's Tomb (1971)

    Welcome to episode 36 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts First up we have Eyes Without a Face (1960) directed by George Franju, starring Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob & Alida Valli. Then we jump forward to Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971) directed by Seth Holt, starring Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir and James Villers Recommendations Tales From the Darkside – The Movie (1990) Gritos en la Noche (aka The Awful Dr Orloff) (1962) Lot No 249 (BBC TV 2023) The Lair of the White Worm (1988) A Trip to The Moon: https://youtu.be/ZNAHcMMOHE8?si=2JAs0RNZGDFN3sJK The Impossible Voyage: https://youtu.be/4ZVgCTQFKXo?si=FTwbh7xCDBL4exRg Valerie Leon Hai Karate advert:  https://youtu.be/B2qQlsFN9ck?si=ABhD1I0wIAMvVzMI Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker  (the complete version published by Seven Treasures Publications) Little Shoppe of Horrors Magazine issue 24 Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb Featurette from the Studio Canal bluray release https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=13400#:~:text=Bram%20Stoker%2C%20born%20in%20Dublin,of%20%E2%80%9Can%20immense%20dog%E2%80%9D. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Wilde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jewel_of_Seven_Stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_from_the_Mummy%27s_Tomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fiction_about_mummies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology_of_ancient_Egypt https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/74/article/445326 http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/572065/index.html https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3673210/blood-mummys-tomb-one-hammers-last-great-monster-movies-hammer-factory/ Eyes Without a Face https://www.cinematheque.fr/article/1777.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Franju https://online.ucpress.edu/fq/article-abstract/35/2/31/39712/Mystery-and-Melodrama-A-Conversation-with-Georges?redirectedFrom=fulltext  https://www.deepfocusreview.com/definitives/eyes-without-a-face/#:~:text=But%20producer%20Jules%20Borkon%20saw,many%20comparisons%20to%20Alfred%20Hitchcock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 44m

  5. FEB 1

    Episode 35: City of the Dead (1960) & The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)

    Welcome to episode 35 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts First up this week is City Of The Dead from 1960 and director John Moxey, released in the US as Horror Hotel, and starring Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel, Valentine Dyall, and Venetia Stevenson. Then we jump forward to 2015 for The Blackcoat’s Daughter, written and directed by Osgood Perkins, and stars Emma Roberts, Keenan Shipka, Lucy Boynton and James Remar. Along the way will be discussing the meaning of Candlemas Eve, British actor Valentine Dyall, the career of director Osgood Perkins, and much more Recommendations Little Shoppe of Horrors Magazine https://www.littleshoppeofhorrors.com/ Appointment with Fear (BBC radio) https://youtu.be/Nq3x3ybA3EA?si=k0VwnHG-4gyRtToh The Night Stalker 1972 The Night Strangler 1973 References Little Shoppe of Horrors issue 20 City of the Dead - Blu ray restoration release from Arrow Video  English Gothic Classic Horror Cinema 1897 – 2015 by Jonathon Rigby  Dark Romance: Sex and Death in the Horror Film by David J Hogan https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-filmmaker-osgood-perkins-on-birthing-the-blackcoats-daughter/ https://www.screamhorrormag.com/interview-osgood-perkins-talks-blackcoats-daughter/ https://cinemastrikesback.com/qa-blackcoats-daughter/ https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/02/15/oz-perkins-talks-the-blackcoats-daughter-and-mining-horror-cinema-from-pers.html https://horrornews.net/119951/interview-lucy-boynton-blackcoats-daughter/#:~:text=Lucy%2D%20I%20mean%20prefer%20to,in%20the%20dead%20of%20winter. https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-kiernan-shipka-learned-to-act-for-an-audience-of-millions/ https://www.nylon.com/articles/kiernan-shipka-emma-roberts-blackcoats-daughter https://americana-uk.com/interview-elvis-perkins-on-recording-old-songs-and-being-called-elvis https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/a-movie-can-be-a-poem-oz-perkins-on-the-blackcoats-daughter https://youtu.be/JHIhbClRfds?si=VmPTwDpvl_dKhAaq https://youtu.be/zfoL6AeQDE8?si=RG0Vd0Pf2tJZ-h4r https://youtu.be/epo1_fELKGY?si=aPDuRM4R43jafbMd https://youtu.be/1M6oERl-eDs?si=1I2CSfaIV3d05qIV Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 27m

  6. JAN 25

    Episode 34: Theatre of Blood (1973) & Stagefright (1987)

    Welcome to episode 34 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. For this week’s double bill we are off to the theatre, taking in the works of William Shakespeare and a 1980s stage musical, with a healthy slice of murder and mayhem on the side. First up, we have Theatre of Blood from 1973, directed by Douglas Hickox. This stars Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, and a whole cast of British talent including Robert Morley, Dennis Price, Harry Andrews, Michael Hordern, and Arthur Lowe. Then we head across to Italy for StageFright from 1987, directed by Michele Soavi and starring David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Mary Sellers, and Giovanni Lombardo Radice. Along the way we’ll be discussing the life and career of Vincent Price, actor, writer and director Luigi Montefiore, the career of director Michele Soavi, and much more. Recommendations The Fly (1958) The House on Haunted Hill (1959) The Tingler (1959) The Masque of the Red Death (1964) The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971) Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972) The Price of Fear (BBC Radio series) The Dark Fantastic (2025) The Dark Fantastic Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFJimPVVW60 Dellamorte Dellamore (1994) Sir Donald Wolfit Films (for curiosity) Svengali (1954) Blood of the Vampire (1958) The Hands of Orlac (1960) References VincentPrice.com Into the Velvet Darkness – A Celebration of Vincent Price, published by We Belong Dead Theatre of Blood by John Llewellyn Probert. Spaghetti Nightmares: Italian Fantasy Horrors as Seen Through the Eyes of Their Protagonists by Luca M. Palmerini and Gaetano Mistretta,  Stagefright (Shameless Entertainment blu ray release) https://www.fangoria.com/from-terror-mentee-to-master-of-horror-an-interview-with-michele-soavi/ simonboswell.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Price https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Blood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Soavi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_Fright_(1987_film) https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0811714/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001637/ https://www.avclub.com/diana-rigg-on-the-avengers-mrs-peel-game-of-thrones-1798281429 Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 29m

  7. JAN 18

    Episode 33: Se7en (1995) & Cure (1997)

    Welcome to episode 33 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts. First up we have David Fincher’s Se7en from 1995, starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Gwyneth Paltrow.. Then we head across to Tokyo for Cure from 1997, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. This stars Kōji Yakusho, Anna Nakagawa, and Masato Hagiwara. Recommendations The Guard from Underground (1992) Sweet Home & Resident Evil : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2THjrOMT0Y SE7EN Seven by Richard Dyer (BFI Film Classics) Commentaries and interviews on the WB Blu Ray release https://andrewkevinwalker.com/ https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-written-andrew-kevin-walker-c70ae9ace6f0?gi=d6964be3df44 https://thecinemen.com/2025/10/30/andrew-kevin-walker-interview-austin-film-festival/ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-04-18/david-fincher-seven-imax-tcm-classic-film-festival-interview https://screenrant.com/seven-movie-ending-box-inside-explained-gweneth-paltrow-head-david-fincher/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/03/david-fincher-interview-transcript https://letterboxd.com/journal/david-fincher-seven-interview/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jul/14/guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank1 https://youtu.be/Sb723n-cWdA?si=Yk1oCUUnUMpxIZN0 CURE CURE by Dominic Lash (BFI Film Classics) CURE  Masters of Cinema Blu Ray release from Eureka Entertainment The Flms of Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Master of Fear by Jerry White https://www.slashfilm.com/1130847/kiyoshi-kurosawa-wanted-cure-to-feel-like-an-american-detective-story/ https://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/emerging_cinema.html https://limiterevista.com/2024/04/14/interview-with-kiyoshi-kurosawa/ https://www.fangoria.com/the-j-horror-virus-exclusive-clip/ https://youtu.be/9PkF8h5ULBs?si=7qLCHd_vhUBGzYs5 https://youtu.be/5hIbgSppWuI?si=W321hpFtGPsaCnpW https://youtu.be/bJJLA62CxeQ?si=Htg_qYL81SAVWuKs https://youtu.be/H0aTroCBodI?si=tHU307dC1EJZ5sI8  Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 35m

  8. JAN 11

    Episode 32: Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) & In The Mouth of Madness (1994)

    Welcome to episode 32 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.  First up is Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) directed by Piers Haggard and starring Linda Hayden, Michele Dotrice, Wendy Padbury, and Patrick Wymark. Then we have John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1994) starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, and David Warner. Recommendations https://www.youtube.com/@TheEldritchArchives The Great God Pan: https://youtu.be/GW2q07Z8qeo?si=IkN0zAH1evuoZlub The Willows: https://youtu.be/JexumpZ99Ww?si=BnREVRPPugHnQTYo The Music on the Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwpr5xSubw Exegesis Lovecraft Documentary by Qais Pasha (available on TUBI) Blow Up (Antonioni 1966) Sredni Vashtar by Saki References Blood on Satan’s Claw written by David Evans Powell, published by Liverpool University Press as Devil’s Advocates English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897 to 2015 by Jonathan Rigby robertwynnesimmons.com interviews and commentaries with the cast, crew, and director that can be found on the special edition Blu-ray release from 88 Films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_on_Satan%27s_Claw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hayden_(actress) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSmDBP1NK88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvyk-kmutc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Haggard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Goodman_Brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_Janet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch-Cult_in_Western_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell In the Mouth of Madness by Michael Blyth, Devil’s Advocates series from Liverpool University Press Interviews, commentaries, and special features that can be found on the special edition Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.  https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/in-the-mouth-of-madness-oral-history https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/qw0tyj/please_explain_cosmic_horror_to_me/ https://www.newpulptales.com/author-interview-with-ramsey-campbell/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Prochnow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Carmen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 53m
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Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.  Expect discussions on shared themes, directors. writers and atmosphere, as we explore what the films say about the time they were made and our fears in the present; including social history, folklore, censorship, and a love of horror in all its forms. New episodes every Sunday.  📸 @thehorrordoublebill 📧 thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com 

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  • Creator
    Craig Johnson
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Horror Double Bill
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