A History of Horror Podcast

Christopher Brown
  • 4.7 (16)
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A History of Horror Podcast

Christopher Brown looks at horror movie cinema across the globe. Episodes go from the silent age through to modern times.

  1. Infocast – A History Of Horror Podcast

    01/25/2015

    Infocast – A History Of Horror Podcast

    A quick introduction to A History Of Horror Podcast before we start. Christopher Brown sets the scene and explains what the plan is for the next year.

    4 min
  2. Pioneers of Cinema

    03/01/2015

    Pioneers of Cinema

    We begin our History of Horror journey right at the birth of cinema. From the beginning exploitation was present with horror films and we can see this with Edison's productions among others.  There was also the rise of the cinema special effect and the work of master film-maker George Melies

    39 min
  3. Germany And A Silent Revolution

    03/15/2015

    Germany And A Silent Revolution

    We continue our journey by going to Germany and examining the impact of expressionism on the country at the time, and art right up to the modern day. We look at films such as The Student Of Prague, Nosferatu and Vampyr

    38 min
  4. Monsters

    03/29/2015

    Monsters

    We're back in America for the moment Hollywood realises that there is money to be made from horror movies. Universal introduce their iconic monsters to the world and the classic film versions of Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man and more are born.

    57 min
  5. Hammer and British Thrills Part One

    04/12/2015

    Hammer and British Thrills Part One

    We go from the start of horror through to the boom of Hammer in this first half look at British horror films Part two will look at Folk Horror through to modern fights and will be released on April 19th

    57 min
  6. Hammer and British Thrills part two

    04/19/2015

    Hammer and British Thrills part two

    From the grand gothic of Hammer we know slip over to a very English fear. There is old magic in the countryside, religious extremism and bloody murder as we take a look at the unique genre of folk horror

    1h 2m
  7. Aliens and Reds under beds

    04/26/2015

    Aliens and Reds under beds

    The 50s was a time of Cold War, nuclear bombs and paranoia. Gothic horror just wouldn't cut it, so sci-fi horror began to grow

    58 min
  8. Russian Horror

    05/09/2015

    Russian Horror

    There isn't much of it, but Russian horror is an interesting little subgenre, dancing between the surreal and brutal honesty

    39 min
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Christopher Brown looks at horror movie cinema across the globe. Episodes go from the silent age through to modern times.

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  • Creator
    Christopher Brown
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © A History Of Horror Podcast
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