The Horror Double Bill

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.

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Episodes

23 episodes

Episode 13: Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) & An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Welcome to episode 13 of The Horror Double Bill. This week we are exploring the horrors of lycanthropy and the legend of the werewolf, a creature that has been used for centuries as a metaphor for themes including sexual repression, puberty, ma...

August 10, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 13 • 1:26:08

Episode 12: The Cat and The Canary (1939) & The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)

Welcome to episode 12 of the horror double bill the podcast where each week we combine 2 films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.This week we are exploring the horrors of the old dark house, and the enduring inf...

August 03, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 12 • 1:12:22

Episode 11: The Ghoul (2016) & Triangle (2009)

Episode Eleven: The Ghoul (2016) & Triangle (2009) : Time loops, mobius strips and the nature of realityWelcome to episode 11 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we combine two films to create something far greater...

July 27, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 11 • 1:17:58

Episode 10: We Are What We Are (2010) & Raw (2016)

Welcome to episode 10 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we combine two films to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.This week we are exploring the horrors of cannibalism – a subject that wa...

July 20, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 10 • 1:14:02

Episode 9: They Look Like People (2015) & The Invitation (2015)

Episode Nine: The Look Like People (2015) & The Invitation (2015). Urban paranoia, independent cinema and the horrors of friendshipWelcome to episode 9 of the Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we put two films together ...

July 13, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 9 • 1:00:02

Episode 8: Isle of the Dead (1945) & Martin (1977)

Episode Eight: Isle of the Dead (1945) & Martin (1977) : There's no such thing as a vampire.Welcome to episode 8 of The Horror Double Bill – the podcast where we put two films together to create something greater than the sum its par...

July 06, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 7 • 1:19:38

Episode 7: Village of the Damned (1960) & Who Can Kill a Child (1976)

Episode Seven: Village of the Damned (1960) & Who Can Kill a Child (1976). There's something very wrong with the children....Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where we combine two films, and fall down several rabbit hol...

June 29, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 7 • 1:08:38

Episode 6: Night of the Eagle (1962) & The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Episode Six: Night of the Eagle (1962) & The Devil Rides Out (1968). Must be the season of the witch......Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where we combine two films, and fall down several rabbit holes, to create someth...

June 22, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 6 • 1:09:23

Episode 5: The House With Laughing Windows (1976) & Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

Episode 5: The House with Laughing Windows (1976) and Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) : Rural Giallo, Postwar Italy, and the Haunted LandscapeIn this episode of The Horror Double Bill, we journey deep into the unsettling beauty of the I...

June 15, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 5 • 1:08:45

Episode 4: And Soon The Darkness (1970) & The Hitcher (1986)

Episode 4 – The Horror Double Bill: And Soon the Darkness (1970) & The Hitcher (1986)In this episode of The Horror Double Bill, we explore two chilling roadbound nightmares that turn travel into terror. First, we examine And Soon th...

June 08, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 4 • 1:04:31

Episode 3: Frightmare (1974) & Possum (2018)

The Horror Double Bill Episode Three: Frightmare (1974) & Possum (2018) British suburban gothic, moral outrage, and the horror of family values.This week on The Horror Double Bill, we’re digging into the unsettling world of British ...

June 01, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 3 • 1:01:16

Episode 2: The Leopard Man (1943) & Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

The Horror Double Bill Episode 2: The Leopard Man (1943) & Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) Guilt, madness and the Italian GialloWelcome to The Horror Double Bill, where horror is a feeling, not just a genre.In this episode,...

May 25, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 2 • 1:06:07

Episode 1: La Cabina (1972) & El Bar (2017)

Episode One: La Cabina (1974) and El Bar (2017) - claustrophobia and paranoia in MadridWelcome to the debut episode of The Horror Double Bill, a podcast that celebrates horror in all its unsettling, uncanny, and occasionally absurd form...

May 18, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 1 • 1:05:45

The Horror Double Bill

Episodes

Episode 23: Southern Comfort (1981) & The Descent (2005)

Episode 22: Witchfinder General (1968) & The Sacrament (2013)

Episode 21: Cat People (1942) & The Company of Wolves (1984)

Episode 20: Seconds (1966) & The Substance (2024)

Episode 19: Colossus The Forbin Project (1970) & Upgrade (2018)

Episode 18: The Uninvited (1944) & The Changeling (1980)

Episode 17: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) & Symptoms (1974)

Episode 16: Livid (2011) & Suspiria (1977)

Episode 15: Sleep Tight (2011) & Them (2006)

Episode 14: Messiah of Evil (1973) & The Fog (1980)