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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 1: Intro)
3d 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
1w ago01:06:39Tap 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)
2w ago01:20:09Tap 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)
2w ago01:45:21Tap 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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David Cronenberg (Part 2)
2w ago01:54:25Tap 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 Brood 6.19 - Rabid (w/ Perran Helyes) 48.54 - Maps to the Stars 51.28 - Scanners 58.31 - The Shrouds (w/ Perran Helyes)
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David Cronenberg (Part 1)
2w ago01:21:14Tap 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 - Intro 10.07 - The worst films of David Cronenberg 15.02 - Also Rans 17.02 - Dead Ringers (w/ Miranda Corcoran) 52.10 - Existenz (w/ Brad Hanson)
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The Road (2009) w/ Mork
4w ago00:33:02Tap to summarizeYou know what? It's time for a black metal band from Norway… And that is always the best of times. Today I chat with Thomas Erikson. His band is called MORK and they are bleak. The film Thomas has chosen to talk about is also bleak, THE ROAD from 2009, directed by John Hillcoat and starring Vigo Mortison and Kodi Smit Mcphee. Let's get stuck in. The new Mork album Monolitt out today on Peaceville Records.
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1978 (Part 4)
Jun 301:57:03Tap to summarizeIt's time for one of those huge episodes. Well, it's a four parter anyways. 1978 was an killer year for horror movies, day dot for the modern slasher as well. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1978? Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several pints of beer and a 7+ hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1978, A Year In Horror. It's a pretty long journey this one, am going to give you the time codes below so if you don't want spoilers then, please, avert your eyes. You can now support A Year in Horror via the Patreon. Theme Music by Max Newton & Lucy Foster. Email the podcast at ayearinhorror@gmail.com Follow me on Instagram. Follow me on Letterboxd. Follow me on Storygraph. Below are the time codes for all the different segments and my guest links. Feel free to let me know where you think I got it wrong or right and of course be kind, rewind. 0.46 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (w/ Kelly Mcneely) 47.34 - Halloween (w/ Kevin Lyons) 1.46.47 - Dawn of the Dead 1.53.49 - Outro
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1978 (Part 3)
Jun 201:23:50Tap to summarizeIt's time for one of those huge episodes. Well, it's a four parter anyways. 1978 was an killer year for horror movies, day dot for the modern slasher as well. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1978? Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several pints of beer and a 7+ hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1978, A Year In Horror. It's a pretty long journey this one, am going to give you the time codes below so if you don't want spoilers then, please, avert your eyes. You can now support A Year in Horror via the Patreon. Theme Music by Max Newton & Lucy Foster. Email the podcast at ayearinhorror@gmail.com Follow me on Instagram. Follow me on Letterboxd. Follow me on Storygraph. Below are the time codes for all the different segments and my guest links. Feel free to let me know where you think I got it wrong or right and of course be kind, rewind. 00.46 - Long Weekend 05.04 - Also Rans (Part 2) 07.27 - The Omen II (w/ Eric Ellicock) 1.13.45 - Piranha 1.17.58 - The Mafu Cage
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1978 (Part 2)
Jun 102:00:44Tap to summarizeIt's time for one of those huge episodes. Well, it's a four parter anyways. 1978 was an killer year for horror movies, day dot for the modern slasher as well. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1978? Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several pints of beer and a 7+ hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1978, A Year In Horror. It's a pretty long journey this one, am going to give you the time codes below so if you don't want spoilers then, please, avert your eyes. You can now support A Year in Horror via the Patreon. Theme Music by Max Newton & Lucy Foster. Email the podcast at ayearinhorror@gmail.com Follow me on Instagram. Follow me on Letterboxd. Follow me on Storygraph. Below are the time codes for all the different segments and my guest links. Feel free to let me know where you think I got it wrong or right and of course be kind, rewind. 0.46 - Jaws 2 (w/ Marc Canale) 53.22 - Slave of the Cannibal God 57.49 - The Toolbox Murders (w/ Ian Martineau) 1.19.53 - I Spit on Your Grave (w/ Miranda Corcoran)
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