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Exorcist II: The Heretic has been called "the worst film ever made" (by Mark Kermode) and has attracted derision ever since its release in 1977, not least by the makers of the original The Exorcist (1973).  Our Ian, who worships The Exorcist, h
We return to an unplanned irregular release schedule (Dan explains all on the pod) with the first in a series of long-envisioned specials in which horror maestro Simon Clark explains to Dan why the scripts of Nigel Kneale's 1950s trilogy of TV
At Stella's urging, Dan has finally checked out the ghoulish comedy sequel, Addams Family Values, and it's fair to say he loves it.  Hear them rhapsodise, with spoilers throughout.  It's the second Missed Classic in which the team are called to
Welcome to our hot-take review of a movie that was released six months ago (and a discussion recorded four months ago)...  In what will hopefully become an annual tradition, Stella and Dan get to talk about the new Scream movie.  Just in case y
A long while after our last Missed Classic on When A Stranger Calls (1979), Ian Winterton confronts another feted movie he has heretofore avoided, 1984's iconic Wes Craven slasher, A Nightmare on Elm Street.  Dan joins him for the discussion an
WARNING - SPOILERS FOR MIDNIGHT MASS ARE COMING IN THE VERY NEXT PARAGRAPH - AND THIS IS ONE (HUGELY RECOMMENDED) SERIES THAT'S BEST ENJOYED ENTIRELY UNSPOILED!Or, "Vampire In A Cardigan".Kirsty, Stella, Ian and Dan are reunited to discus
"It's a bit like The Beatles..."Returning after a long delay, Dan, Stella, Ian and (in a surprise telephone cameo) Howard commence their latest series with a discussion of 1976's The Omen, the first in a series of retrospectives on The Omen Tr
Kirsty wanted to talk about one of her true loves, Robert Wiene's 1920 Expressionist masterpiece, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, and Dan was only too happy to indulge.  Although he drew the line at pronouncing the film's German title ('Das Cabinet
We're fishing some unreleased content from the vault this week, to present a 2021 discussion between Stella, Ian and Dan about Rosemary's Baby, Roman Polanski's still-powerful 1968 tale of inner-city Satanism, from the novel by Ira Levin. We d
Not horror, but in many ways horror-adjacent, 2022's extremely quirky sci-fi comedy-drama Everything Everywhere All At Once was announced this week to be the unlikely recipient of 11 Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenpl
Stella and Dan have wanted for some time to discuss their love of Steven Spielberg's 1971 cinematic debut, Duel, written by Richard Matheson.  However, they'd never seen the shorter, original intended-for-television version of the film before r
Following up (after a few delays) on our recent Lee/Cushing episode on the Star Wars franchise, the wonderful Sean Mason returns to the podcast to discuss the more recent instalments of George Lucas' cinematic legacy.  He is joined by another f
Happy New Year!As a counterpoint to the previous episode featuring Howard and Dan's archival music chats, here, as a final flourish of Christmassyness, is a more contemporary selection from Kirsty, Ian and Dan (again).  Each of them has chosen
In our last ep of 2022 Dan & Howard unearth musical gems from the archive of the Lee/Cushing Podcast - with never-before-heard material. Here's to 2023, folks!
Apologies, yesterday's upload had a technical issue - this should now be fixed.Blurb coming soon!But make sure you visit Lucid Dimensions on YouTubeAnd Dan's daily Christmas comedy podcast is The Faces At The Window
Blurb coming soon!But make sure you visit Lucid Dimensions on YouTube
Stella and Dan express their fandom of co-writer/star Simon Pegg and co-writer/director Edgar Wright's horror tinged 'Cornetto Trilogy', aka the comedy films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World's End (2013), plus the TV seri
We go back to the Alien franchise again, as Ian and Dan compare their personal lists of five favourite things from the 1979 classic.  We assume you've all seen this one, so it's spoiler-filled from the start.  And if you haven't seen it, stop l
Together as a foursome for the first time in a while, Kirsty, Stella, Ian and Dan discuss 2012's The Hunger Games, as well as touching on its sequels and the books the films were based on.  Beware, some spoilers...(Kirsty at one point says "
A few weeks late, we're giving our first coverage to Grimmfest 2022. Stella and Dan discuss the Italian comic heist thriller with a gruesome undertone, L'Orafo aka The Goldsmith, winner of the festival's Reaper Award for Best Screenplay.  Dan w
This episode, Dan and Stella discuss the subgenre of body horror: what are our favourite body horror sequences in film and TV, what makes them work, how body horror crosses subgenres and how it's evolved with the development of FX techniques.T
Welcome to the second proper weekly series of --And Now The Podcast Starts!  And happy Halloween.This episode, Kirsty, Ian and Dan are discussing Men, director Alex Garland's recent hybrid of folk horror, gender commentary and body horror, fir
A relaxed, horror-adjacent chat this week, as Stella and Dan put their feet up and chuckle about the horrific elements of their (and possibly everybody's) favourite sci-fi sitcom, Red Dwarf.(The Series 2 episode they discuss without naming is
Following their discussions of Aliens (1986) in the previous two episodes, and Alien3 (1992) much earlier, Dan and Ian now take on 1997's not-much-loved fourth part of the franchise, Alien Resurrection, although the two can't agree whose idea i
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