“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk

A sneak peak at Episode 3 of our Bonus Extras Hark! What is that on the wind?! A summoning by our leader… a gathering of us village folk… a dark night of the soul…plus crisps and peanuts!

The third BONUS EPISODE see us alarmed by a Facebook advert, intrigued by a sales pitch and donning our best hiking spectacles to spend a wonderful couple of hours in a spooky old hall in that there Old London Town! Launching a fascinating new history of the Video Nasty phenomena – “Cannibal Error - publishers HeadPress with the help of the Fortean Society host an evening with some of the smartest, wisest and best-informed horror fans in London in a fascinating winter evening of history and hysteria and learning more about 80s Britain and the political propaganda behind the video nasty panic. Discover what it is to hang out with the spookiest, most sinister, smartest and most splendidly dressed horror fans in the country. Great hats, British teeth, silver jewellery and more black denim than a goth Johnny Cash tribute band’s funeral.

Grab a fedora for the head and a Fangoria for the journey. It’s Bonus 3 – DRAG ME TO HOLBORN…

The full show is of course available exclusively for subscribers – a cosy club you can join via Patreon or Apple Podcasts. https://www.patreon.com/c/letsgetthebannedbacktogether

Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has appeared on Smershpod, LBC and Radio 5 as well as writing for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.

“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk

When gorillas meet grapples in gruesome groovy get-up… Yes! Thank HAYSTACKS the DPP were there to remove this 1969 Mexican wrestling/monster movie mash-up from the eyes of innocents. And bless BIG DADDY I’m here to take you through it!

Movie legend Rene Cardona directs a cast of hammy have-a-go heroes and dastardly doctors in this bloodthirsty tale where masked Lucha Libre toss opponents from the ring…while a half man half ape abomination tears Mexico City folk to bloody shreds.

WHO is the wrestler in the red mask, and does Batman’s copyright lawyer have her details?

WHAT is the deformed creature that stalks the indoor sets, unconvincingly sprinkled with grass cuttings?

HAS the make-up department honestly never seen a monkey before? I mean, EVER?

Join Richard Asplin for a horrific adventure with a bloody ape – aka Spurious George – and discover a world of wrestling, resuscitation and a riotously rubbery rampage.

Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has written for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.

“Entertaining, sometimes brilliantly funny…” Chortle.co.uk

More?! Surely not! Hello Ban Fans! Its me, your horror host Richard Asplin. Just dropping by for a moment to offer you a free glimpse into the newest “XXX-Rated Extras” “Bonus Episode. For those with a fascination of what goes on BEHIND the camera, how low-budget horrors get from script to screen and why so much VHS on the Banned list was badly lit and crackly recorded by wobbly cameras on cardboard sets…the answers revealed! We’re taking a hilarious look at the bonkers budgets and painful productions that created our favourite nasties and explaining how you could have made Blood Feast 20 times over for the cost of Avengers-Endgame catering budget…

The full show is of course available exclusively for subscribers – a club you can join via Patron or Apple Podcasts.

But to tempt you, here’s a little slice…

Richard Asplin is an award nominated novelist, comedian, pub quiz host and has written for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph.