What is modern horror?Join author and podcaster A. J. Black and horror writer and podcaster Hugh McStay for a bloodthirsty exploration of cinematic horror from 2010 onwards, talking everything from INSIDIOUS to IT FOLLOWS to IN A VIOLENT NATURE and beyond.Prepare to have your collies wobbled and spines tingled. We'll be right back...A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
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We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
This week the gents continue their Month of Halloween to help celebrate the launch of spin-off podcast Modern Horror: Halloween by looking at David Gordon Green’s 2021 Halloween Kills.
Joined by one of the Modern Horror: Halloween co-hosts and first time Modern Horror victim Ashley Thomas, the gang discuss mob mentality, the sidelining of a horror icon and of course, the legendary Big John and Little John…
Host / Editor
Hugh McStay
Co-Host
A.J. Black
Guest
Ashley Thomas (https://bsky.app/profile/thenerdyblogger.bsky.social)
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Title music:
'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com
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7 Oct 2026
Halloween (2018) with Emma Arneil
We bid you welcome to the MODERN HORROR PODCAST.
Hosted by authors A. J. Black and Hugh McStay, Modern Horror focuses on horror cinema from 2010 onwards, examining the best, worst, biggest and most obscure horror pictures from around the world.
This time they begin a Month of Halloween, to help celebrate the new Modern Horror: Halloween spin-off podcast, by looking at the first of David Gordon Green's sequel trilogy, 2018's Halloween.
Joined by one of the Modern Horror: Halloween co-hosts and frequent guest Emma Arneil, they delve into the return of Laurie Strode, the ever-present legacy of Michael Myers, and whether you can come close to the greatness of John Carpenter's original...
Host / Editor
A. J. Black
Co-Host
Hugh McStay
Guest
Emma Arneil
Listen to Modern Horror: Halloween
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-horror-halloween/id6816842597
Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee:
https://linktr.ee/modernhorrorpodcast
Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew (https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew)
Twitter: @filmstories
Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories
Website: www.filmstories.co.uk
Title music:
'The Cost of Fear' & 'Murder in the Dark' by Jon Bjork (c) epidemicsound.com
Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ (https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/)
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28 Sept 2026
Modern Horror: Halloween - Coming Soon!
Evil never dies...
The second spin-off from Modern Horror arrives early October in Modern Horror: Halloween, hosted by Baz Greenland, Emma Arneil & Ashley Thomas.
Arriving in more than one season, the trio will examine all Halloween films to date in this limited run podcast series.
Subscribe now to Modern Horror: Halloween on all podcast platforms.
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