Tea For Terror

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and John Harrison get all freaked out by David E Durston’s acid trip-rabies-horror, I Drink Your Blood (1970). Undoubtedly influenced by Night of the Living Dead (1968) but pre-dating Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left (1972), the movie is an uneven yet entertaining mix of violence, rabies and bad acting laced through with hypnotic visuals and a killer soundtrack.

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and We Belong Dead editor Darrell Buxton go way back in time to unravel a tale of madness, manipulation and amputation in Tod Browning’s weird circus-set silent horror The Unknown (1927). They discuss flesh, fiends, Joan Crawford, and of course legendary screen shapeshifter, Lon Chaney.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.