Kino Royale

About Kino Royale

Kino Royale is a podcast for those who like their cinema dark, hosted by the Film Lady — a Russian émigré of dubious royal lineage, residing in Australia. Expect horror, horror-adjacent, and the occasional genre detour, alongside book-to-screen explorations when a story demands it.

Publisher

Film Lady

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Mar 2026

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Ep 28 - Other Mommy (2026) & Incidents Around the House (2024)

   Film Lady goes back to the closet to confront BoogeyMum (a hot one, at least!). If Jessica Chastain asks to go into your heart, who are we to say ‘No’? From Josh Malerman’s 2024 novel Incidents Around the House to Rob Savage’s 2026 film Other Mommy, Film Lady weighs her options and leaves the closet door unlocked. Two mommies are better than one, after all. #mommyissues Content warning: a child in danger, supernatural horror and possession, a manipulative entity targeting a child, bloody violence and body horror, death of a family member, infidelity, marital conflict, a child in danger in water, séance/exorcism, and strong language. Spoiler warning: detailed discussion and analysis of the book & movie! All the twists revealed! Cold Open & Warm Close: p.6 & p.230 respectively from Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman | Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/199757490-incidents-around-the-house) Pod Rec: Read Rant Review (https://readrantreview.binderybooks.com/) JM’s website: Josh Malerman (https://joshmalerman.com/) JC on her creepy smile: Jessica Chastain Teaches Jimmy Kimmel How to Do the Other Mommy Creepy Smile (https://youtu.be/uTi2Yiz-8vs?si=LUr1poGWshaUIjYw) Books: Other novels by JM: Daphne (2022) Unbury Carol (2018) Inspection (2019) Pictures of You (2026) Bird Box (2014) Coraline (2002), a fantasy horror children's novella by Neil Gaiman Room (2010) by Emma Donoghue - told from a child’s perspective The Boogeyman: Stephen King’s short story from Nightshift (1978) Associations - movies: Dead Silence (2007) - poster looks like JC Boogeyman (2023) Backrooms (2026) - when OM has too many fingers, like AI The Good Boy (2025), a Shudder film Good Boy (2025) - IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35521922/) Bird Box (2018) A Quiet Place (2018) IT (2017) The Babadook (2014) Mentions: What We Do in the Shadows (TV show) Carrie (2026) - new TV SHOW Music - Free Music Archive - CC BY License: Soularflair - SUBSCARA (soundtrack, eerie, spooky) Kirk Osamayo - Spooky Lenny Pixels - Soft Spooky Spectacle The Top One Percent - Spooky Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com (mailto:kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com) All eps & more on website: kinoroyale.net (http://kinoroyale.net) Equipment: JBL Quantum Stream Studio | Quad pattern premium USB microphone for streaming, recording and gaming (https://www.jbl.com.au/gaming-microphones/QUANTUM-STREAM-STUDIO.html) Audacity (https://www.audacityteam.org/) - recording & editing by FL Links: Josh Malerman - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Malerman) Other Mommy - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_Mommy) Acknowledgement of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Ep 27 - Verity: novel (2018) & movie (2026)

   Join Film Lady for a working retreat at the Crawford house in Vermont, where the coffee is strong, the husband is grieving (but hot), and the bestselling author upstairs hasn't moved or spoken in months. Supposedly. From Colleen Hoover's sensational 2018 thriller to the 2026 big-screen adaptation, Film Lady pulls up an ergonomic chair at Verity's desk and reads the one manuscript that should have stayed in the drawer. Darkness ahead. You’ve been warned! Content warning: violence, death, suffocation, strangulation, child death, car accident, serious injury, child abuse & endangerment, a parent intending harm to their children, attempts to self-induce miscarriage, pregnancy, sex scenes, infidelity, obsession, possessiveness, psychological manipulation, emotional abuse, grief, mental illness, gaslighting, deception, unreliable narration, strong language. Spoiler warning: detailed discussion and analysis of the book & movie! All the twists revealed! Cold Open & Warm Close: p.61-62 & p.304 respectively from the novel: Verity by Colleen Hoover | Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/59344312-verity) Pod rec: Read Rant Review (https://readrantreview.binderybooks.com/) Madwoman in the attic book (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149709.The_Madwoman_in_the_Attic) Mentioned: Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover | Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17788401-ugly-love) Associations: Housemaid (2025) Rebecca, Jane Eyre, other gothic novels & their various screen adaptations 50 Shades of Grey (2015) Gone Girl (2014) Titane (2021) Paranormal Activity (2007) Music - Free Music Archive - CC BY License: Alex Morgan - Dark Suspense Thriller Underscore Alex Morgan - Scary Soundscape for Suspense Podcasts Tommaso Motteran - Horror Chase Music - Dark Orchestral Suspense TRAMOS - Suspense Theme - TRAMOS.mp3 Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com (mailto:kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com) All eps & more on website: kinoroyale.net (http://kinoroyale.net) Last chance to vote for November theme - on socials, email or under ep on Spotify (ep 22) Acknowledgement of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Ep26 - Psycho, movie (1960) & novel (1959)

   Join Film Lady for a quiet night at the Bates Motel, where there are twelve cabins, twelve vacancies, and one devoted son who simply adores his mother. From Robert Bloch's pulpy 1959 novel to Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece, Film Lady takes a long, hot shower in the story that made the whole world afraid of bathrooms. A boy's best friend is his mother, after all. Content warning: murder, blood, human remains, mental illness (stigmatizing portrayal), voyeurism, parental abuse, matricide, alcoholism (novel), dated attitudes toward gender identity. Spoiler warning: detailed discussion and analysis of the book & movie! Mentioned: Ace of Base – The Sign Lyrics (https://genius.com/Ace-of-base-the-sign-lyrics) Cold Open: p. 129 from Robert Bloch’s novel, Psycho Psycho on Goodreads: Psycho #1 - Robert Bloch (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/156427.Psycho) Madwoman in the attic book (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149709.The_Madwoman_in_the_Attic) What Went Wrong podcast, search an episode on Psycho: What Went Wrong Podcast (https://www.whatwentwrongpod.com/) Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities by Flora Rheta Schreiber | Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67920.Sybil) Associations: Mother and Son (TV Series 1984–1994) - IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088573/) The Night of the Hunter (1955) Les Diaboliques (1955) The Haunting of Hill House TV show (2018) Music - Free Music Archive - CC BY License: Water Sark - Half Crazy Gagmesharkoff - Wild and Crazy Kids Damiano Baldoni - I'm CrAZy Squire Tuck - Jumping Madly (Going Crazy Too) Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram. Email: kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com (mailto:kinoroyalepodcast@gmail.com) All eps & more on website: kinoroyale.net (http://kinoroyale.net) Don’t forget to vote for November theme - on socials or under the previous ep on Spotify (ep 22) Question to listeners: Offered $2m, who would you rather spend a night in a motel room: Patrick Bateman, Winnifred Notty or Norman Bates? And why? Equipment: JBL Quantum Stream Studio | Quad pattern premium USB microphone for streaming, recording and gaming (https://www.jbl.com.au/gaming-microphones/QUANTUM-STREAM-STUDIO.html) Audacity (https://www.audacityteam.org/) - recording & editing by FL Acknowledgement of Country I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.

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