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It's cult film time again, in this podcast we go back to 1980s to revisit Ridley Scott's Legend, a dark fairy tale starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara and Tim Curry, with creatures conjured up by effects maestro Rob Bottin.

In this episode we reach the grand finale of the Blackadder II saga! There's been a spate of kidnappings which prove to be just the first stage of a cunning plan from evil Prince Ludwig the Indestructible played by Hugh Laurie!

There is no Dana, there is only Zuul! In this podcast we go back to 1984 for classic comedy horror Ghostbusters, starring Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver and Gozer the Traveller!

In this episode Blackadder has the twin problems of a drinking contest with Lord Melchett and his Puritan Aunt Whiteadder coming for tea... But on the upside, we learn of Merlin the Happy Pig and there's a lovely song about a goblin!

It's crap film time again and we endure Patient Zero, starring Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer and Stanley Tucci. A movie that was shelved for years before leaking out onto home video, and in this podcast we discover why, and attempt to work out what went wrong

In this episode we delve into true cult territory with a classic 1970s giallo - The Case of the Bloody Iris, a twisted thriller with a mystery killer stalking the dream team of beautiful Edwige Fenech and super suave George Hilton! And wrapped up inside this commentary there's also a handy beginner's guide to giallo too!

In this episode Blackadder is strapped for cash and owes money to the infamous baby eating Bishop of Bath and Wells. And if that wasn't enough, the Queen's in the mood for some practical jokes...

This episode we look at the classic Universal movie The Old Dark House. Directed by James Whale this gothic black comedy stars Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, and Raymond Massey.

In this episode Blackadder attempts to out-do Sir Walter Really, I mean, Raleigh, with a sea voyage of his own. Unfortunately Captain Redbeard Rum (the legendary Tom Baker in fully barking mad mode) turns out to be both legless and clueless!

In this episode we look at one of the legendary bad films - Italian Star Wars knock-off Starcrash (1979)! Is it really as bad as folks claim? What was the late great Christopher Plummer doing in there? Is that really an early sighting of the Hoff? At any rate, it does have Caroline Munroe in a space bikini! So join us in a voyage to the haunted stars and Time will flow once more and everything will explode!   NOTE - this a corrected version of this episode! 

In this episode we find Lord Blackadder being given the job of overseeing the execution of traitors at the Tower of London. However his plans to get *ahem* ahead go awry...

It's Valentine's Day once again, and so in the spirit of St. Skeletor, we proudly present another massively inappropriate movie and revisit that seminal slasher from 1981 My Bloody Valentine

In a new mini season of our stay in, stay safe comedy podcasts, we look at the first episode of Blackadder II, in which we catch up with Blackadder, Percy and Baldrick in Tudor times, where merry England is ruled by Queen Elizabeth I (played Miranda Richardson),aided by her stalwart advisor Lord Melchett (Stephen Fry) and long-serving Nursie (Patsy Byrne). In this episode, romance is in the air and we have a guest appearance from the late great Rik Mayall as Lord Flashheart!

This time round we are looking at cult favourite Clue from 1985 - the first movie based on a board game! Featuring an all-star cast including Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull and Leslie Anne Warren.

In this podcast we go back to 1962 for a classic fantasy adventure Jack the Giant Killer! A magical tale based on British folklore starring Kerwin Matthews and Torin Thatcher, directed Nathan Juran, and with creature FX by Jim Danforth.

For our Christmas special this year we have a real classic - the celebrated comedy take on A Christmas Carol starring Bill Murray and Karen Allen - Scrooged (1988)!

In this show we are venturing in the worrying world of low budget Christmas horror, with Canadian anthology Unholy Night (2018) will festive frights ensure or just Yuletide yawns?

We have a festive visit to Mr Ebenezer Blackadder for Blackadder's Christmas Carol! First aired back on 23rd December 1988, this classic Yuletide comedy special features an all-star cast which includes Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson, Miriam Margolyes, and Jim Broadbent!

'Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems, in a place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams.... Yes, it's cult film time again, in this podcast we go back to 1993 for the cult classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, written by Tim Burton, directed by Henry Selick and featuring music by Danny Elfman!

In this minisode we return to the Jim Henson's The Storyteller to look at the final two episodes from the little known second season. Here we have two classic tales of heroes versus famous monsters - Theseus and the Minotaur and Perseus and the Gorgons!