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. 9H AGO

    Episode 43: Prince of Darkness (1987) & The Borderlands (2013)

    Welcome to episode 43 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 visiting church with two films which that suggest our holiest of buildings could hide mysterious ancient forces lurking in their cellars. Prince of Darkness (1987) dir. John Carpenter w. Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Dennis Dunn, and Lisa Blount. The Borderlands aka Final Prayer (2013) dir. by Elliot Goldner w. Gordon Kennedy, Aidan McArdle, and Robin Hill. Recommendations Starman (1984) The Caretaker: https://youtu.be/4e6x5j_JKWA?si=Xr02l4TdF7gf77bw The Great Escape (1963) Wake in Fright (1971) Death Line (1972) From Beyond the Grave (1974) Sources & References The Films of John Carpenter by John Kenneth Muir John Carpenter: Prince of Darkness by Giles Boulenger.  Prince of Darkness blu-ray special edition release from StudioCanal. The Borderlands blu ray release from Second Sight Films https://www.heyuguys.com/heyuguys-interview-elliot-goldner-borderlands https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2014/03/borderlands-qa https://hmzfilm.com/2013/12/08/hmz-film-exclusively-interviews-the-creators-and-cast-of-the-borderlands https://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/2014/03/27/the-borderlands-interview-with-jennifer-handorf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Borderlands_(2013_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pleasence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/italian-mystic-gisella-cardia-faces-trial-over-claim-virgin-mary-statue-wept-blood https://www.dartmoor.gov.uk/learning/dartmoor-legends/the-legend-of-brentor-church https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000587/ https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3283841/ Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 26m

  2. MAR 22

    Episode 42: I Walked With a Zombie (1943) & The Reptile (1966)

    Welcome to episode 42 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 exploring the horrors of colonialism with two films that suggest that the price for cultural oppression and appropriation is a very heavy one. I Walked with a Zombie (1943) dir. Jacques Tourneur, with Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett and Christine Gordon. The Reptile (1966) dir. John Gilling, with Jennifer Daniel, Noel Willman, Ray Barrett and Jacqueline Pearce. Fundraiser : https://www.instagram.com/progressionsocietyartschool/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-home-for-ronys-mother-and-sister/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=de_DE&attribution_id=sl%3Ac5c89064-7ffd-45fc-a316-21cbf99be3a4&ts=1774109063 References: I Walked with a Zombie by Clive Dawson The Book of the Dead by Jamie Russell Horror Noir a History of Black American Horror by Robin R means Coleman  Jacques Tourneur The Cinema of Nightfall by Chris Fujiwara Val Lewton The Reality of Terror by Joel E Siegel. English Gothic by Jonathan Rigby Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography by Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine iss 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_independence_debt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Haiti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ripper https://dandayjr35.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-what-character-blogathon-michael.html?m=1 https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0728085/ Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 29m

  3. MAR 15

    Episode 41: The Empty Man (2020) & Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

    Welcome to episode 41 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 The Empty Man (2020) starring James Badge Dale, Aaron Poole and Marin Ireland, and was written and directed by David Prior  Then we follow this with Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010). This stars Michael Rogers and Eva Allen and is the feature debut from director Panos Cosmatos.  Recommendations Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – The Autopsy, The Viewing AM1200 : https://youtu.be/WeBNxJmqVVA?si=oheIatFEXJ8kLYev Phase IV (1974) Thebiblemachine comparison video:  https://youtu.be/wsppyXIbFPI?si=HgqfHqRvIkst4RLl References https://theplaylist.net/the-empty-man-david-prior-interview-20211105/ https://scified.com/news/tomorrow-war-aliens-artist-ken-barthelmey-talks-his-cave-mummy-creation-from-the-empty-man-2020 https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/everything-zen-david-prior-on-the-empty-man-9701 https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-empty-man-david-prior-interview https://vancouversun.com/news/for-vancouver-filmmaker-panos-cosmatos-beyond-the-black-rainbow-helped-alleviate-grief-of-losing-parents https://filmmakermagazine.com/45658-panos-cosmatos-beyond-the-black-rainbow/ https://alienatedinvancouver.blogspot.com/2012/06/norm-li-interview-beyond-black-rainbow.html?m=1 https://thatshelf.com/interview-beyond-the-black-rainbow-director-panos-cosmatos/ https://chud.com/97657/interview-panos-cosmatos-beyond-the-black-rainbow/ https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/matt-barone/interview-beyond-the-black-rainbow-director-panos-cosmatos https://www.vice.com/en/article/black-mountains-jeremy-schmidt-scored-the-trippiest-canadian-movie-ever/ https://mediamikes.com/2011/05/interview-with-michael-rogers/ https://thepcprinciple.com/interview-eva-bourne/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Worldwide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silva_Method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhard_Seminars_Training https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Dynamics Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 31m

  4. MAR 8

    Episode 40: The Masque of the Red Death (1964) & Black Death (2010)

    Welcome to episode 40 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 exploring pestilence and death with two films that revolve around plague, satanism, religious intolerance and necromancy First up, we have The Masque of the Red Death from 1964 and director Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Patrick Magee and Jane Asher. Then we follow this with Black Death from 2010, directed by Christopher Smith. This stars Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Andy Nyman and Carice van Houten. Along the way we’ll be discussing the life and early career of director Roger Corman, the historical facts of the Black Death, the horror career of Andy Nyman and much much more Recommendations The Birthday Party:  https://youtu.be/2hCfFfIeq7A?si=No07MVQLA4kpMdVS The House of Usher (1960) The Pit & The Pendulum (1961) The Premature Burial (1962) Severance (2006) The Glass Man (2011) How I made 100 Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman Corman/Poe - Interviews and Essays Exploring the Making of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe Films by Chris Alexander The Masque of the Red Death by Steve Haberman   https://youtu.be/pyfdh8KScH0?si=jxXE_baIecjekiCX https://youtu.be/uGgpoVYvDzs?si=wWmRHhNzA1v5i0zr https://youtu.be/zOHUM3LJAHY?si=G8BW4UXmRPlKv8P_ Black Death - interviews and extras that can be found on the special edition Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment The Black Death Press Book https://www.medievalists.net/2010/05/black-death-interview-with-dario-poloni/ https://opium.org.pl/2010/03/08/embraced-by-black-death-interview-with-christopher-smith-the-director-of-upcoming-medieval-horror-black-death/  https://cinemawithoutborders.com/2532-christopher-smith-director-of-black-death/ https://filmmakermagazine.com/21080-christopher-smith-black-death/filmmakermagazine.com. https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2010/07/holding-court-with-hazel-court.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death_(1964_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corman Instagram: @thehorrordoublebill email: thehorrordoublebill@gmail.com youtube: @thehorrordoublebill artwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

    1h 49m

  5. MAR 1

    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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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
    43
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Horror Double Bill
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