--And Now The Podcast Starts!

About --And Now The Podcast Starts!

–And Now The Podcast Starts! is a critical, fun journey into horror with five informed fans of film and TV. Each episode will focus on a different topic for review or discussion, usually taking a horror subject as a starting point, but going in an unexpected direction, and often featuring special guests.

Publisher

andnowpodcast

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

26 May 2020

Latest episode

5 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

123 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Jan 2026

   #114 Howard and Dan on the later Subotsky anthologies (1972-85)

   Happy New Year! In a change to the proposed episode on The Woman in Black, Howard and Dan conclude their discussion of Milton Subotsky's horror anthologies, begun in the episodes listed below. The Woman in Black episode will first be made available to Patreon supporters. Discussion excerpts are already available on our Patreon page. Works Cited Dr Terror's House of Horrors (Amicus Productions/Regal Film Distributors, UK 1964, director: Freddie Francis) - our episode on this, Torture Garden and Tales That Witness Madness The House That Dripped Blood (Amicus Productions, UK 1971, director: Peter Duffell) - our episode on this Asylum (Amicus/Harbor Productions Inc, UK 1972, director: Roy Ward Baker) - A Very British Horror on this Tales from the Crypt (Amicus/Metromedia Sales Corporation, UK 1972, director: Freddie Francis) The Vault of Horror (Amicus/Metromedia Sales Corporation, UK 1973, director: Roy Ward Baker) From Beyond The Grave (Warner Bros./Amicus, UK 1974, director: Kevin Connor) The Uncanny (Rank/Cinevideo, UK/Canada 1977, director: Denis Heroux) The Monster Club (Sword and Sorcery Productions, UK 1980, director: Roy Ward Baker) Cat's Eye (De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, US 1985, director: Lewis Teague) Hutchings, Peter. Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film (Manchester University Press, 2021) Artwork by Kirsty Worrow (Instagram: OneCrowLeft).  Music by Greg Hulme. To hear our next episode early please go to our Patreon page and become a supporter - an excerpt from The Woman in Black discussion is available now Socials: BlueSky Mastodon Twitter Instagram (also on Threads) Facebook All clips are used in the spirit of Fair Dealing (Commonwealth law) and Fair Use (US law) for the purposes of criticism and education.  No copyright infringement intended. Visit our website, andnowpodcast.com

2. 

   24 Dec 2025

   CHRISTMAS BONUS: A Very British Horror on The Signalman (1976)

   Merry Christmas! In another gem from the archives of A Very British Horror, Chris and Paul discuss BBC-TV's classic 1976 Ghost Story for Christmas, The Signalman, based on the story by Charles Dickens. Plus there's a short update from Dan about what will come next from the main podcast. Works Cited The Signalman (BBC-TV 1976, director: Lawrence Gordon Clark) A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in The Tower (BBC-TV 2025, director: Mark Gatiss) is currently available on BBC iPlayer A rough cut of our January episode, in which Howard and Dan discuss Amicus films, is now available for supporters on our Patreon page

3. 

   31 Oct 2025

   Halloween Ends (2022) with Spider-Dan

   AKA Halloween Retrospective #13. In 2018, Howard, Dan and Spider-Dan began this podcast's epic mission to review every single film in the Halloween franchise. Now, the journey concludes as the three discuss 2022's Halloween Ends. Beware, the discussion includes a full summary of the film's story, including spoilers. Introduction 00:00:00 Plot summary (spoilers) 00:04:27 Spoiler discussion with Howard 00:09:25 Spoiler discussion with Spider-Dan 00:34:50 Our next episode will be about the Amicus anthologies. For Patreon supporters, an early edit of this discussion will shortly be available on our Patreon page. Works Cited Halloween (Compass International Pictures, US 1978, director: John Carpenter) Soundtrack music clip used: "The Haunted House" composed and realised by John Carpenter and Dan Wyman) Halloween II (Universal Pictures/De Laurentiis Corporation, US 1981, director: Rick Rosenthal) Halloween (Universal Pictures/Blumhouse Productions, US 2018, director: David Gordon Green) Halloween Kills (Universal Pictures/Blumhouse Productions, US 2021, director: David Gordon Green) Halloween Ends (Universal Pictures/Blumhouse Productions, US 2022, director: David Gordon Green) Soundtrack clips used including music by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies Recommended listening: Our episode on Halloween (1978) with Spider-Dan and Steve Timms Our episode on Halloween II (1981) with Spider-Dan and Rob Stuart-Hudson Our episode on Halloween (2018) with Spider-Dan and Ian Winterton Our episode on Halloween Kills (2021) with Spider-Dan Artwork by Kirsty Worrow (Instagram: OneCrowLeft).  Music by Greg Hulme. To see a video version of our next episode, please visit our Patreon page and become a supporter Socials: BlueSky Mastodon Twitter Instagram (also on Threads) Facebook All clips are used in the spirit of Fair Dealing (Commonwealth law) and Fair Use (US law) for the purposes of criticism and education.  No copyright infringement intended. Visit our website, andnowpodcast.com

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

40

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

0