Modern Horror Podcast

Do you like scary trailers? The first spin-off from Modern Horror arrives late February in Modern Horror Screams, hosted by Baz Greenland. Timed to coincide with Scream VI from Kevin Williamson, Baz will look at the entire Scream franchise in this limited run podcast series with an array of guests... indeed both Tony and Hugh could well be victims of this too! Subscribe now to Modern Horror Screams on all podcast platforms, including Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Joining Tony and Hugh this week is the apesolutely fabulous returning guest Kat Hughes, joining them to chat new crazed animal horror, Primate. They get into their favourite animal horrors since 2010, the movie monster chimp that is Ben, the deeper ideas beneath the movie and if that's not all, Kat drops in for a chat with Primate director Johannes Roberts about the making of the film... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Kat Hughes (@GizmoShikari) Special Guest Johannes Roberts Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Joining Hugh and Tony this week, returning to the world of 28 Years Later on their journey to The Bone Temple (not a euphemism) is returning guest Kat Hughes. Our trio discuss some a heavy metal show for the ages, the film’s worrying political subtext, the terrifying Jimmies and the surprisingly tender heart of Nia DaCosta’s film... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the first MODERN HORROR PODCAST episode of 2026. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. They begin a brand new year with a special episode where they look back at all 57 films and TV series they have covered in the last year and change, putting them in a ranking order and attempting to find the 'Dark God'; the modern horror movie to rule them all. Which film will emerge on top? Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay The Rank on a spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxoiREJpiI6XYKTkTs9M2ma4NJxuLLjaqF0RphvWeCk/edit?usp=sharing Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Joining Hugh and Tony to celebrate their 50th episode is wonderful Kat Hughes and Dee Molumby as they return to the small New England town of Derry for IT: Chapter One and Two. Modern Horror’s very own Loser’s Club discuss the novel and 90’s mini-series before diving in to Andy Muschietti’s two-part adaptation of one of Stephen King’s most famous novels. A big thank you to all of our listeners for sticking with us the past 18 months and helping the podcast grow! Here’s to another 50! Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guests Dee Molumby @deirdremolumby Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. With Tony indulging in his pre-Christmas hibernation cycle, Hugh and Dan Owen are joined this week by another magnificent Loser, podcaster and critic Kat Hughes. Our intrepid trio put their wits together to discuss the final two episodes of It: Welcome to Derry where we discover the importance of Bob Gray to our interdimensional monster (no, not Dan Owen), witness a horrific racist atrocity, discuss the US Army’s frankly insane masterplan and wax lyrical about an astonishing final instalment that may rank as one of the best hours of television this year... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Guests Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos Kat Hughes @GizmoShikari Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week Tony and Hugh, joined by recurring guest, journalist Steve O'Brien, get all festive with the schlocky, time-travelling slasher, It's a Wonderful Knife. The gents unpick any connections to the seminal It's a Wonderful Life beyond the title, whether the film successfully pulls off making a Hallmark movie into a violent horror, and decide whether this deserves to be up there amongst the best Christmas horror films out there... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Steve O'Brien Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. With Hugh taking a week off to soak in a bath while a grandparent berates him, Tony is joined by recurring guest, podcaster Dan Owen. They look into the fifth and sixth episodes of It: Welcome to Derry, as revelations abound about the history of Derry and indeed Pennywise, with some stray thoughts of Dan's raising a few eyebrows... Host / Editor A. J. Black Guest Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. This week the gents turn their attention to the Philippou brother’s second feature film, the horrifying and tragic Bring Her Back. Featuring a staggering performance from Sally Hawkins, Tony and Hugh discuss the film’s devastating subject matter, one of the most horrific horror set-pieces in recent memory and the emergence of two bold new voices in horror cinema in the form of Danny and Michael Philippou... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. With Tony taking a week off to fulfil his life-long dream of exploring the New England sewer systems, Hugh and Dan Owen are joined this week by another magnificent Loser, podcaster and critic Mary Munoz. Our plucky trio explore the third and fourth episodes of It: Welcome to Derry where the origins of the entity are explored in some terrifying flashbacks and Andy Muschietti delivers some of the most unpleasant eye-horror this side of Eli Roth’s Hostel… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Guests Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos Mary Munoz (@MissMaimePeas) Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Hugh and Tony welcome new guest Sam Stokes to the podcast as they discuss 2013’s disturbing found-footage folk-horror The Borderlands. The gents discuss the melding of genres, the film’s central struggle of Christianity versus Paganism and compare anxieties over the film’s deeply unsettling and upsetting ending... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Sam Stokes Find him on: Den of Ten Reel Talk Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Over the next few weeks, they will be covering the brand new It prequel series, Welcome to Derry, which takes the terror of Pennywise back to 1962, and joining them for the journey is Vampire Videos host Dan Owen. The trio discuss 1x02 'The Thing in the Dark', chatting new characters, a fleshed out sense of narrative and mythology, and some deeply effective slices of nightmarish horror... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Dan Owen Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Tony and Hugh, plus John Bleasdale, film critic and author of Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer, as they discuss the director's strange 2013 adaptation of Michel Faber's novel, Under the Skin. The trio discuss Glazer's unique career thus far and dig into how this film straddles the boundaries between horror, science-fiction and beyond. Is it one of the most profound examples of its form? Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest John Bleasdale Buy Darkness Visible here: https://stickingplacebooks.com/darkness-visible-the-cinema-of-jonathan-glazer/ Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema (and sometimes TV) from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Over the next few weeks, they will be covering the brand new It prequel series, Welcome to Derry, which takes the terror of Pennywise back to 1962, and joining them for the journey is Vampire Videos host Dan Owen. The trio discuss 1x01 'The Pilot', the introduction of the characters, the striking beginning and end in terms of horror theatrics, and where all of this might be going in the broader context of Stephen King and It... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Dan Owen Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Hugh and Tony return to the V/H/S franchise this week as they look at this year’s timeous offering of V/H/S Halloween. The gents discuss each segment in depth, revelling in some gory seasonal silliness, some truly dark and disturbing entries and one of the most fun segments that the series has ever produced... Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of the House of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil. The trio discuss the climax of the story as Frederick meets his dark fate while reaching his worst excesses, and the truth about Roderick and Madeline's past becomes clear as they prepare to face Verna one last time... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram) ⁠⁠Beyond the Scream⁠⁠ Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of the House of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil. The trio talk all things Usher as Victorine and Tamerlane enter the crosshairs, and the narrative begins to rapidly approach Roderick's fateful date with destiny... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Hugh McStay Guest Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram) ⁠Beyond the Scream⁠ Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. For Halloween we are turning October into 'The Month of the House of Usher', as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil. The trio talk all things Usher as Camille and Leo come under the bloody spotlight, and the animal kingdom gets very involved in Flanagan’s menagerie of horror… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram) Beyond the Scream Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. For Halloween we are turning October into The Month of the House of Usher, as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. Joining us for this dark, gothic and absurd ride into the works of Edgar Allan Poe is the co-host of the excellent Beyond the Scream podcast, Emma Arneil. The trio talk about Poe’s work, their shared love for Mike Flanagan, ruthless bastards and bastards who are ruthless, as well as chemical orgies (not the good kind) and a frankly phenomenal cast of actors chewing the scenery up at every opportunity… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Guest Emma Arneil (@ems06 on Instagram) Beyond the Scream Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST. Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world. Join Hugh and Tony as they discuss one of Ti West’s earliest efforts with 2011’s The Innkeepers. The gents discuss a ghost story that seems to have been spliced with the DNA of an early Kevin Smith movie, debate whether or not the horror tale of Madeline O’Malley works, look at its place in the pantheon of modern horror ghost stories and try to understand what was going through Pat Healy’s mind when he decided on THAT hairstyle… Host / Editor Hugh McStay Co-Host A. J. Black Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast Become a Modern Horror Fiend on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fr6AMwSPfN⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices