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A Year In Horror
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Your host Paul Waller (not Weller) is a horror movie addict. During 2020 the workload for his band and music management job slowed right down.
At this same time he discovered the movie social networking platform LETTERBOXD. Armed with this database he decided to fill in the gaps of his horror film knowledge. Within week one he was averaging 3 a day.
This podcast is the result of that horror compulsion - A YEAR IN HORROR
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Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 (Part 3: The Films + Our Top Picks)
2d ago00:51:37Tap to summarizeFantasia International Film Festival 2026, the 30th edition. This is the annual film festival founded in 1996 and held primarily in Montreal, Canada. It specialises in genre films, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, and cult cinema, and draws over 100,000 attendees each year including Marc Canale and myself, old hands at this now, two years on the trot at A Year in Horror HQ. Once again we've been invited to take part in covering the big one and we can not wait to get stuck in. Today we run through the second batch of films we caught at this years event and then pick our favourites of the festival. 00.33 - Intro 01.15 - Home Bodies 03.56 - The Mouths 08.54 - I Love Paris 11.26 - Redneck 16.38 - Nightborn 19.37 - The Last Footage 30.06 - Colony 39.23 - Peril at Pincer Point 41.27 - Top Picks + Outro
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1974 (Part 4)
4d ago01:51:03Tap to summarize1974 was a top year for horror movies and it contains some of the most popular titles of all time. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1974? Well, here we have the top 9. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several shots of whisky and a 6 hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1974, A Year In Horror. 0.32 - Phantom of the Paradise (w/ Patty Schemel) 38.17 - Black Christmas 43.50 - The Antichrist 49.50 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Larry Schemel) 1.47.45 - Outro
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1974 (Part 3)
5d ago01:35:02Tap to summarize1974 was a top year for horror movies and it contains some of the most popular titles of all time. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1974? Well, here we have the top 9. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several shots of whisky and a 6 hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1974, A Year In Horror. 0.31 - The Devil's Bride (w/ Marc Canale) 11.34 - The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (w/ Christopher Barling) 48.08 - Deranged (w/ Marc Canale)
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1974 (Part 2)
6d ago01:40:58Tap to summarize1974 was a top year for horror movies and it contains some of the most popular titles of all time. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1974? Well, here we have the top 9. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several shots of whisky and a 6 hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1974, A Year In Horror. 0.31 - Sci-Fi Corner 6.24 - Also Rans (Part 2) 8.05 - Messiah Of Evil (w/ Lono) 1.06.13 - Sugar Hill (w/ Father Malone) A YEAR IN HORROR PATREON
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1974 (Part 1)
1w ago01:37:20Tap to summarize1974 was a top year for horror movies and it contains some of the most popular titles of all time. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1974? Well, here we have the top 9. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several shots of whisky and a 6 hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1974, A Year In Horror. 0.00 - Introduction 15.59 - The worst 10 horror movies of 1974 22.36 - Also Rans (Part 1) 30.46 - Penda's Fen (w/ Niki Jones) 49.41 - Young Frankenstein (w/ Lono)
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Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 (Part 2: The Films)
2w ago00:34:09Tap to summarizeFantasia International Film Festival 2026, the 30th edition. This is the annual film festival founded in 1996 and held primarily in Montreal, Canada. It specialises in genre films, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, and cult cinema, and draws over 100,000 attendees each year including Marc Canale and myself, old hand at this now, two years on the trot at A Year in Horror HQ. Once again we've been invited to take part in covering the big one and we can not wait to get stuck in. Today we run through the first batch of films we caught at this years event. 00.33 - Intro 01.34 - Sleep No More 04.07 - Tunnels: Sun in the Dark 06.21 - Redline 09.03 - You Are the Film 17.24 - Ancestral Beasts 19.22 - Sour Minnows 22.00 - When You Open the Door 29.53 - Metal Messiah
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Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 (Part 1: Intro)
4w ago00:34:18Tap to summarizeFantasia International Film Festival 2026, the 30th edition. This is the annual film festival founded in 1996 and held in Montreal, Canada. It specialises in genre films, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, and cult cinema, and draws over 100,000 attendees each year including Marc Canale and myself, old hand at this now, two years on the trot for A Year in Horror. Once again we've been invited to take part in covering the big one and we can not wait to get stuck in. Today we both offer up our top 5 picks that we can not wait to see during the festival run. Plus a stack of potential greats in our also ran choices.
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Hokum (2026) w/ Acid Reign
Jul 801:06:39Tap to summarizeUK Thrashers Acid Reign are back with a new album 'Daze of the Week'. Writer and director Damian McCarthy is also back, he, with his latest movie 'Hokum'. I can think of nothing better than mashing up the two of them into a fantastical English/Irish folk horror thrash assault. This is the result.
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David Cronenberg (Part 4)
Jul 301:20:09Tap to summarizeCripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - The Dead Zone (w/ Marc Canale) 38.16 - The Fly (w/ Marc Canale) 1.16.25 - Outro
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David Cronenberg (Part 3)
Jul 201:45:21Tap to summarizeCripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - A History of Violence 6.28 - Shivers (w/ Kevin Lyons) 51.01 - Videodrome (w/ AJJ) patreon.com/ayearinhorror
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