Golden Age Horror Podcast (GoldenAgeHorror.com)

A series of encounters between a space blob and the world’s oldest teenagers.

Andrew and Matt go under the sea, where the seaweed is always greener (in someone else’s lake). Creature from the Black Lagoon was directed by Jack Arnold and stars Richard Carlson Julie Adams Richard Denning Antonio Moreno Nestor Paiva Whit Bissell. The Creature was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater. […]

The return of Vincent Price (Danzig voice intensifies)

I messed up and lost my audio for this one, so treat yourself to two excerpts from recent Patreon content – THE THING (1982) and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)

Let’s talk about pods baby. Show Notes Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) was directed by Phillip Kaufman and stars: Donald Sutherland Brooke Adams Veronica Cartwright Jeff Goldblum Leonard Nimoy The film’s Wikipedia page It’s a remake of the 1955 film, which is adapted from the novel by Jack Finney. There are two other remakes, […]

We move into our sci-fi horror with this archetype-defining classic. Show Notes Village of the Damned was directed by Wolf Rilla and stars George Sanders The film’s Wikipedia page The story was adapted from the novel by John Wyndham We watched the version that is streaming on the Criterion Channel Topics Discussed European Nightmares: Horror […]

Andrew and Matt conclude their series on Folk Horror with this old Nicholas Roeg chestnut, starring Julie Christie, classic beefman Donald Sutherland, and, of course, Venice. Show Notes Don’t Look Now was directed by Nicholas Roeg and stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. The film’s wikipedia page The story was inspired by Daphne Du Maurier’s short […]

Desperate to produce content for the content mills, Andrew and Matt resort to remote recording and in the process discuss the first Australian film on the podcast. Show Notes Picnic at Hanging Rock, which is for grownups only please, was directed by Peter Weir and stars Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean […]

Andrew and Matt live out the quarantine days with a trip into this psychedelic medieval witchcraft animated film. Show Notes Belladonna of Sadness, which is for grownups only please, was directed by Eiichi Yamamoto and starred Aiko Nagayama and Tatsuya Nakadai. The film’s wikipedia page We were inspired to watch this film after reading this […]

A double feature this month – we talk about the excellent 1968 BBC adaptation of “Whistle and I’ll Come To You”… and also the other one. Show Notes The first version of Whistle and I’ll Come to You was released in 1968, was directed by Jonathan Miller and stars Michael Hordern. The second version was […]