Tea For Terror

Tea For Terror Episode 15: Dead Man’s Shoes (2003) Featuring Jon Towlson

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Jon Towlson, author of 40 Cult Movies don their best gas masks and tramp off to the Peak District to unpack kitchen sink horror Dead Man’s Shoes. Directed by Shane Meadows (This is England, A Room for Romeo Brass) and starring Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon, Hot Fuzz), it’s a dark and brooding serial killer revenge flick grounded in reality and barbed with a very British sensibility.

Tea For Terror Episode 14: City of the Dead (1960) Featuring Anna Biller

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and director of The Love Witch, Anna Biller delve into the black and white proto-Amicus movie, City of the Dead AKA Horror Hotel (1960). Starring Hammer legend Christopher Lee, this witchy oddity taps into modern fears and new world ideas, riffing on many of the same themes as Psycho, Black Sunday and Peeping Tom.

Tea For Terror Episode 13: Halloween III Season of the Witch (1982) Featuring James Whittington

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and James Whittington (NYX TV/The Horror Channel/Legend) slip on their Silver Shamrock masks and go poking about the creepy looking factory at the edge of town, to try and figure out what’s going down in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). A departure from the original franchise, this cult horror flick is an entertaining and divisive offering – featuring cinema’s most addictive jingle.

Tea For Terror Episode 12: Blade (1998) Featuring Emma Dark

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and filmmaker Emma Dark go in search of a Marvel adaption that has some real teeth. Before the overtly formulaic limitations of the MCU came Blade (1998). Leaping from the pages of The Tomb of Dracula back in the 70s, Blade became one of the first black super-powered dudes to spring from the white dominated world of the American comic book. Here, Stephen Norrington directs leading man Wesley Snipes in a smart, action packed and bloody thrill ride.

Tea For Terror Episode 11: Prevenge (2016) Featuring Erika Bean

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and writer Erika Bean (and baby Riley) cast a critical eye on Alice Lowe’s superbly subversive 21st century horror film Prevenge (2016). Discussing pregnancy on film, comedy and horror and modern female directors, they wander the maternity ward in search of answers…and probably some baby wipes.

Tea For Terror Episode 10: Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) Featuring Thick Richard

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and performance poet Matt Duffy AKA Thick Richard, stupidly decide to mess around with the puzzle box and come face to face with Pinhead and co. Narrowly avoiding being torn asunder by the Cenobites, they babble on about HellBound: Hellraiser II and try to make some sense of this world and the next. It’s time to play.

Tea For Terror Episode 9: The Masque of the Red Death (1964) Featuring Nicholas Vince

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Nicholas Vince (Chatterer from Hellraiser) discuss The Masque of the Red Death (1964), digging deep into Roger Corman’s Poe cycle, Nicolas Roeg and of course Vincent Price. Expect horror, plagues and lots of Chatterer chat.

Tea For Terror Episode 8: Willard (1971) Featuring Lee Gambin

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Lee Gambin from Cinemaniacs go into the cellar to discuss vermin-infested chiller Willard (1971). Starring Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine and Elsa Lanchester, this cult favourite directed by Daniel Mann, elevates itself from mere creature feature to something smart, beautiful and unforgettable, a rat-race obsessed critique of American attitudes and decaying morality.