Surgeons of Horror: Podcast

Saul Muerte

After spending four years working on the Hammer Horror Podcast, the team decided to dust off the cobwebs of Britain’s finest Horror production company and open up the horror movie umbrella to dissect and discuss classic screen legends, movie franchises and films both old and new.

  1. Sounds of Horror Ep 1: XTRO (1983)

    5d ago

    Sounds of Horror Ep 1: XTRO (1983)

    The Horror Soundtrack That Feels Like an Alien Nightmare Welcome to the inaugural episode of Sounds of Horror, a new Surgeons of Horror web series where host Saul Muerte explores the music that has helped define some of horror cinema's most unforgettable nightmares.For our first episode, we delve into the bizarre and unsettling world of XTRO (1983) and the experimental soundtrack composed by the film's writer and director, Harry Bromley Davenport.While XTRO is often remembered for its shocking body horror, disturbing imagery and cult status, its soundtrack remains one of the most overlooked elements of the film's enduring legacy. Through eerie synthesizers, disjointed melodies and unsettling atmospheres, Davenport crafted a score that feels less like traditional film music and more like an alien transmission invading the audience's subconscious.Join Saul as he examines key tracks from the score, explores the relationship between sound and body horror, and discusses why XTRO's music continues to resonate with horror fans more than four decades later.🩸 In this episode:✔ The unique sound design of XTRO✔ Analysis of key soundtrack cues✔ How music enhances the film's body horror themes✔ Why Harry Bromley Davenport's score deserves greater recognition✔ The role of experimental sound in 1980s horror cinemaAbout Sounds of HorrorInspired by discussions surrounding some of the greatest horror soundtracks ever composed, Sounds of Horror takes a critical look at the music behind the genre's most memorable films. From cult classics to genre-defining masterpieces, we'll explore how composers use sound, melody and atmosphere to create fear.🎬 Subscribe to Surgeons of Horror for more horror reviews, retrospectives, interviews and deep dives into genre cinema.📻 Follow Surgeons of Horror:Facebook: [Insert Link]Instagram: [Insert Link]Threads: [Insert Link]Website: [Insert Link]#XTRO #HarryBromleyDavenport #HorrorSoundtracks #SoundsofHorror #SurgeonsofHorror #CultHorror #BodyHorror #HorrorMovies #HorrorAnalysis #1980sHorror #MovieSoundtracks #FilmMusic #HorrorCinema #SynthSoundtrack #CultCinema

    5 min
  2. Occult Echoes 5: Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

    May 31

    Occult Echoes 5: Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

    In this episode of Occult Echoes, we explore Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt — a deeply unsettling modern horror novel that transforms the haunted house into something far more psychological, political, and personal.Following our journey into Cheiro’s You and Your Hand in Library of the Occult Ep 14, this companion piece examines how ideas of identity, destiny, and the body have evolved within horror and occult storytelling.Where Cheiro believed hidden truths could be read through the hand, Rumfitt presents the body as something vulnerable to influence, trauma, ideology, and fear.This is not simply a ghost story.It is a novel about:identity and transformationthe body as a battlegroundideological and psychological horrortrauma as hauntingthe loss of agency and selfAt the centre of the novel lies a haunted house that absorbs fear, repression, and violence — reflecting them back in deeply disturbing ways.In this episode, we explore how Tell Me I’m Worthless modernises classic occult themes without relying on traditional occult imagery, proving that possession, corruption, and transformation still haunt modern horror… just in different forms.I’m Saul Muerte.The echo continues.Ancient shadows. Modern stories.#OccultEchoes #TellMeImWorthless #AlisonRumfitt #ModernHorror #PsychologicalHorror #HauntedHouse #OccultFiction #HorrorBooks #BookReview #HorrorLiterature #LibraryOfTheOccult #SaulMuerte

    6 min

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After spending four years working on the Hammer Horror Podcast, the team decided to dust off the cobwebs of Britain’s finest Horror production company and open up the horror movie umbrella to dissect and discuss classic screen legends, movie franchises and films both old and new.