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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Welcome to episode 31 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something for greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are discussing two movies that are both very dark comedies and are both set on Christmas Eve, First up is Dead End from 2003 written and directed by Jean Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa. This stars Alexandra Holden, Ray Wise, Lynn Shea, and Mick Cain. Then we head over to Spain for The Day of the Beast from 1995 and director Alex De La Iglesia; starring Santiago Segura, Armando de Razza, Alex Angulo, and Terele Pavez. T

Along the way will be discussing the careers of Lynn Shea and Ray Wise, Alex de la Iglesia's views on Christmas, the story of Don Quixote and much much more

The Spectral Lines Zine:

https://thespectrallines.bigcartel.com/

The Occultaria of Albion

https://www.occultariaofalbion.co.uk/

Recommendations mentioned in this episode

Alone in the Dark (1982)

Resources and Research

Dead End

Making of featurette available on the Pathe DVD release

https://morbidlybeautiful.com/lin-shaye-interview-one/

https://www.joblo.com/interview-ray-wise/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shaye

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/3277/andrea-jean-baptiste-dead-end/

http://www.reviewgraveyard.com/Interview/04-04-01_Jean-BaptisteAndrea.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wise

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936403/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Andrea

Day of the Beast

Interview with Alex de la Iglesia and “Heirs of the Beast” documentary feature, available on the Severin Films blu ray release

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/3339/de-la-iglesia-alex-day-of-the-beast-etc/

https://filmint.nu/round-table-discussion-with-alex-de-la-iglesia/

https://www.xataka.com/entrevistas/alex-iglesia-dia-bestia-partida-rol-cura-personaje-chtulhu

Spanish Horror Film by Antonio Lazaro Reboll,

The Spanish Fantastic Contemporary Filmmaking In Horror Fantasy And Sci-Fi by Shelagh Rowan Legg

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