General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast
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General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast
General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast 🕷️ Welcome to General Witchfinders, a podcast dedicated to the dark heart of British horror. If you’re passionate about Hammer Horror films, classic folk horror, Nigel Kneale’s Quatermass, and the chilling legacy of British supernatural cinema and tel...
Episodis Recents
77 episodis
63 - Flash Gordon (part 2 of 2)
We return to our rundown of Flash Gordon, just as Flash and Prince Barin are being taken to the Hawkmen’s planet to fight to the death!
Flash Go...
63 - Flash Gordon (part 1 of 2)
Sorry this one’s a bit late — but to make up for it, we’ve gone all in with an extra-long episode of General Witchfinders, split into two parts. This...
62 - Plague of the Zombies - Hammer Horror
Hammer horror reaches peak gothic chills with The Plague of the Zombies (1966), a Hammer Film Productions classic that defines British horror cinema....
61 - Event Horizon (1997 - Dir. Paul W S Anderson)
This time on General Witchfinders, we’re heading into deep space — and hell itself — with the notorious 1997 science fiction horror film Event Horizon...
60 - Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) – Hammer Horror
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970).
We’re back to Hammer Horror, back to Christopher Lee, and back to Dracula. In this episode of General Witchf...
59 - Terry Nation's - Survivors / The Fourth Horseman (1975)
In this episode of General Witchfinders, we revisit one of the most unsettling and prophetic dramas ever broadcast by the BBC – Survivors (1975), crea...
58 - 28 Weeks Later (2007): British Horror’s Brutal Zombie Follow-Up
This time on General Witchfinders, we’re heading back into the blood-soaked, Rage-infected streets of post-apocalyptic Britain with 28 Weeks Later — t...
57 – Doomwatch: Vintage BBC Sci-Fi by Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler & Terence Dudley
This time we watched Tomorrow, the Rat — Episode 4 from Series 1 of Doomwatch, first broadcast 2 March 1970 and written by Terence Dudley. That’s four...
Two New Books from Your Hosts
Sorry to audio-spam you all, but we've got two things on the go that we thought you might like to hear about:
First up, Jon’s teamed up with his...
56 - The Creeping Flesh (1973 - Tigon British Film Productions - staring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee)
In this episode of General Witchfinders, we take a close look at The Creeping Flesh (1973), a British horror film from cult studio Tigon British Film...
55 - The Hands of the Ripper
Join us for Hammer’s Hands of the Ripper, a 1971 British horror film released as the second half of a double feature with Twins of Evil. Directed by P...
54 - The Lyndhurst Connection
Bear with us this month, listeners, as we take a left turn down Duckett's Passage to talk about something a little different from our usual classic Br...
53 - The Gorgon
It’s 17th February 1964 – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ by The Righteous Brothers is at number one in the UK. Sir Alec Douglas-Home is Prime Ministe...
52b - BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas: Lost Hearts
The original run of A Ghost Story for Christmas aired on the BBC from 1971 to 1978, bringing classic ghost stories to television and keeping alive the...
52a - BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas: The Ash Tree
A Ghost Story for Christmas is a series of annual British short films first broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and sporadically revived by the BB...
51 - Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter
Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter is a 1974 British swashbuckling action horror film, written and directed by Brian Clemens in his directorial debut. Cl...
50 - Doctor Who - The Dæmons
The Dæmons is the final story in the eighth season of Doctor Who, with Jon Pertwee playing the eponymous hero (see episode 48 covering The House That...
49 - Robert Aickman's - Ringing the Changes
This time, we listened to and read Ringing the Changes by Robert Aickman.
Robert Fordyce Aickman was an English conservationist and writer. As...
48 - The House that Dripped blood
"The House That Dripped Blood" is a 1971 British anthology horror film directed by Peter Duffell and distributed by Amicus Productions. The film is a...
47 - Inside Number 9 - The Devil of Christmas
Inside No. 9 is a British black comedy anthology series that aired from February 5, 2014, to June 12, 2024. Written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shear...
46 - The Survivor (based on the James Herbert Novel)
Intro music from:
Arthemis - Survivor (Destiny's Child Cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjYCOtYjCY4
The Survivor is a 1981 sup...
45 - Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell
We return to Hammer Productions with Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell, filmed at Elstree Studios in 1972. It marked the final chapter in the Ham...
44b - Nigel Kneale's Beasts - During Barty's Party
Welcome back to our “Beasts” Double Bill! Last time, we watched "The Dummy" from the infamous anthology series by General Witchfinders hero Nigel Knea...
44a - Nigel Kneale's Beasts - The Dummy
We continue where we left off in episode 27 with our exploration of the 1976 British anthology series "Beasts," written by the legendary Nigel Kneale...
43 - 28 Days Later
28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film, our first film from the 21st Century.
Ewan McGregor was the original choice to pl...
42 - Nothing But The Night
Nothing but the Night is a 1973 British horror film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It is based on the 1968 no...
41b - BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas: The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas is a supernatural drama produced by the BBC as part of the A Ghost Story for Christmas series. Once again, directed by La...
41a - BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas: The Stalls of Barchester
The Stalls of Barchester was first broadcast on BBC 1 at 11:00 pm on December 24, 1971. It is based on the story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"...
40 - The Brides of Dracula
"Dracula the Damned" is a 1960 British supernatural horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions starring ‘Big’ Christopher Lee…
Scratch tha...
39 - Lifeforce AKA Space Vampires
Lifeforce (aka Space Vampires) is a 1985 science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, adapted by Dan O'Bannon (writer of Alien!) and Don Jakob...
38 - Nigel Kneale's - The Quatermass Xperiment / AKA The Creeping Unknown
Tonight, we complete the Hammer Quatermass trilogy (albeit out of order) with The Quatermass Xperiment (a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown in the US) is a 19...
37 - Murder By Decree
Murder by Decree is a 1979 mystery thriller directed by Bob Clark (Director of ‘Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things’ and ’Dead of Night’ (not the...
36 - Nigel Kneale's / Susan Hill's - The Woman in Black (1989)
Tonight we are discussing the 1989 British horror drama television film directed by Herbert Wise (most famous for I, Cladius, who worked solidly from...
FIH005 - In The Earth (United Kingdom 2021)
After his involvement in the reboot of the Tomb Raider movie franchise was scuppered by the Pandemic, Ben Wheatley, director of Kill List, Sightseers,...
Clip show - episodes 4-6
Clips from the best bits from episodes four to six
4 - James Herbert - The Rats
https://podfollow.com/general-witchfinders/episode/fcc6efe...
35 - The Shout
The Shout is a 1978 British horror film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski (who is also an Actor was in Mars Attacks and played a General in Marvels The Av...
34 - Nigel Kneale's - Quatermass and the Pit / AKA Five Million Years to Earth
Quatermass and the Pit (or as it’s known in the US ‘Five Million Years to Earth’) is a 1967 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Produ...
33 - Ghost Adventures - Ancient Ram Inn
Ghost Adventures is an American paranormal and reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2008, on the Travel Channel before moving to Di...
32 - BBC A Ghost Story for Christmas - Whistle and I'll Come to You & Stigma
"Whistle and I'll Come to You" is a 1968 BBC television drama adaptation of the 1904 ghost story "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'" by M. R...
31 - The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires aka The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula
The martial arts horror film The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires was released in 1974.
It stars.
Peter Cushing as Professor Van Helsin...