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


Inspired by the legendary BBC2 horror double bills of the 1970s and 1980s, each week we discuss two films that share themes, atmosphere, directors or creators to explore what they say about the time they were made and our fears in the present.


Expect discussions on film and social history, folklore, censorship, cultural anxieties, and a love of horror in all its forms.

New episodes every Sunday.


New episodes every Sunday.


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  • Episode 30: The Curse of the Cat People (1944) & The Haunting (1963)
    Dec 14 2025

    Welcome to episode 30 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 both films are directed by Robert Wise, a multiple Oscar-winning American director whose works have included The Body Snatcher, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Andromeda Strain, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, West Side Story, and The Sound of Music, as well as this week’s two movies.

    So first up, for our Christmas movie we have The Curse of the Cat People from 1944, starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Elizabeth Russell, and Ann Carter. Another film in the series from RKO Studios and producer Val Lewton, this marked Wise’s feature directing debut, although he did in fact share the directing credits with Gunther von Fritsch.

    Then we jump forward to 1963 and one of the most famous haunted house movies of all time, The Haunting. This was based on The Haunting of Hill House, written by Shirley Jackson, and stars Julie Harris, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, and Claire Bloom.

    Along the way we’ll be discussing in detail the career of Robert Wise, the career and writing of Shirley Jackson, and much, much more.

    Recommendations:

    The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

    The Summer People by Shirley Jackson

    We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

    The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Directed by Robert Wise

    The Return (TV Ghost Story) :

    https://youtu.be/MkPCslMN-ps?si=SEZ6IQTN6v72Vxwo

    Sources and References

    Val Lewton: The Reality of Terror by Joel E. Siegel

    Icons of Grief: Val Lewton’s Home Front Pictures by Alexander Nemerov.

    Little Shop of Horrors, (issue 49) - The Roads to Hill House: The Making of Robert Wise’s The Haunting” by Anthony McKay.

    https://www.the-haunting.com/index.html

    Dance Macabre by Stephen King

    The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson with an introduction by Donna Tartt

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  • Episode 29: Dead of Night (1945) & From Beyond the Grave (1974)
    Dec 7 2025

    Welcome to episode 29 of The Horror Double Bill; the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

    This week we are continuing our Christmas season, where at least one film in our pairing will have a seasonal theme – or perhaps more appropriately, as this week we are all about anthology movies, at least one of the stories in one of our pairings will have a seasonal theme.

    First up this week is Dead of Night from 1945, the first British horror movie released after World War II, and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Chricton, Robert Hamer, and Basil Dearden. It stars Mervyn Johns, Sally Anne Howes, Googie Withers and Michael Redgrave.

    Then we head to 1974 and From Beyond the Grave, the last anthology movie released by British studio Amicus. Directed by Kevin Connor, it stars Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Angela Pleasence David Warner, Ian Bannen, and Diana Dors.

    Along the way will be discussing the history of Ealing Studios, the career of writer R Chetwynd Hayes, the Amicus anthology horror series, director Kevin Connor, and much more

    References

    English Gothic: classic horror cinema 1897 to 2015 by Jonathan Rigby

    Hammer and Beyond - the British horror film by Peter Hutchings

    Dead of Night written by Jess Connolly and David Owen Bates (published by Devil’s Advocates)

    https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/roots%2C%20rituals%20and%20phantasmagoria/2024/09/02/dead-of-night/

    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00431-9/fulltext

    Remembering Dead of Night, a documentary which can be found on the Criterion collection Blu-ray and 4K special edition releases

    British Cult Cinema the Amicus Anthology by Bruce G Hallenbeck

    Phantasmagoria Magazine R Chetwynd- Hayes special tribute edition

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

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

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

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

    https://ealingstudios.com/about-ealing/history-3/

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


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  • Episode 28: Whistle & I'll Come to You (1968) & Night of the Demon (1957)
    Nov 30 2025

    Welcome to episode 28 of The Horror Double Bill the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts

    This week we are beginning our Christmas season, and discussing two films that are based on the work of M.R James. First up we have Whistle And I’ll Come To You, directed by Jonathan Miller from 1968 and then Night of the Demon from 1957, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, and Niall McGinnis

    Along the way we will be discussing the origins of the ghost stories for Christmas tradition, the works of MR James, and much much more

    Sources

    Radio play:

    https://youtu.be/upE-BdMHHVw?si=kX7W3SpSt--TjFzk

    https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/classic-gothic-ghost-stories/a-history-of-winter-tales-and-christmas-ghost-stories-to-make-the-blood-run-wintery-cold/

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/

    https://visitsleepyhollow.com/how-charles-dickens-stole-christmas/

    https://www.history.co.uk/

    https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/12/16/ghost-stories-for-christmas

    https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-chilling-ghost-stories-became-a-christmas-tradition/

    Whistle and I’ll Come to You

    https://headpress.com/blog/2024/12/04/whistle-down-the-wind-an-extract-from-no-diggin-here/

    https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ghost-story-christmas-whistle-ill-come-you

    https://www.webofstories.com/play/jonathan.miller/23;jsessionid=B9BEC49F95119602BDA6DFAC03EFD09D

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._James

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_and_I%27ll_Come_to_You_(1968_film)

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

    Night of the Demon

    English Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

    Jacques Tourneur The cinema of Nightfall by Chris Fujiwara

    https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/52516

    https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/127530/3/FINAL%20Rev%20Writing%20NoTD%20Article%20for%20HJFRT%20Alison%20Peirse%20080216.pdf

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

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

    https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000763/

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