This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm doing two more installments of the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas series. This time we have Mark Gatiss once again in M.R. James territory with 2022's Count Magnus, but we also have him dipping into the work of Arthur Conan Doyle with 2023's Lot No. 249.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:51] Chin Stroker VS Punter Promo

[02:59] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[13:06] Count Magnus (2022)

• "Count Magnus" by M.R. James 

[39:12] Lot No. 249 (2023)

• "Lot No. 249" by Arthur Conan Doyle 

[01:06:11] FEEDBACK

[01:18:39] ENDING MUSIC: Count Magnus by Paterikon

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my journey through BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas with two M.R. James adaptations from Mark Gatiss: 2019's Martin's Close and 2021's The Mezzotint.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:54] Trick or Treat Radio Promo

[03:11] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[11:04] Martin's Close (2019)

• "Martin's Close" by M.R. James

[29:10] The Mezzotint (2021)

• "The Mezzotint" by M.R. James

[47:38] FEEDBACK

[51:53] ENDING MUSIC: A Time to Die by Mezzotint

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm bringing this year's NoirVember to a close with two brutal neo-noirs from two directors I love: 2013's Blue Ruin from Jeremy Saulnier and 2019's Dragged Across Concrete from S. Craig Zahler. And joining me in this journey into darkness is Paul from the Strange Highways Podcast!

[00:00] INTRO

[01:42] CromCast Promo

[02:26] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[13:57] Blue Ruin (2014)

[01:02:57] Dragged Across Concrete (2019)

[01:50:37] FEEDBACK

[01:56:31] ENDING MUSIC: Shotgun Safari by The O'Jays

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing NoirVember by taking a look at two flicks from the country which gave us the term film noir - 1955's Rififi and 1970's Le Cercle Rouge.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:22] Projection Booth Podcast Promo

[02:32] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[10:17] Rififi (1955)

[48:32] Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

[01:14:07] FEEDBACK

[01:17:44] ENDING MUSIC: Rififi by Magali Noël

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing NoirVember with a Robert Mitchum double-feature of 1947's Out of the Past and 1948's Blood on the Moon.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:57] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo

[02:40] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[14:13] Out of the Past (1947)

[42:09] Blood on the Moon (1948)

[01:06:41] FEEDBACK

[01:14:35] ENDING MUSIC: From a Logical Point of View by Robert Mitchum  

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing NoirVember as I'm joined by Mike White of the Projection Booth Podcast for a Burt Lancaster double-feature of 1947's Brute Force and 1957's Sweet Smell of Success.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:48] Chin Stroker vs Punter Promo

[02:56] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[18:59] Brute Force (1947)

[01:03:31] Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

[01:59:17] FEEDBACK

[02:23:59] ENDING MUSIC: Brute Force by The Haunted

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm kicking off NoirVember with a Humphrey Bogart double-feature of 1941's High Sierra and 1950's In a Lonely Place.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:52] Trick or Treat Radio Promo

[03:09] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[14:46] High Sierra (1941)

[48:23] In a Lonely Place (1950)

[01:14:18] FEEDBACK

[01:17:07] ENDING MUSIC: In a Lonely Place by The Smithereens

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31 Days of Halloween 2025 comes to an end as the Christmas Creep comes even for Art the Clown in 2024's Terrifier 3.

ENDING MUSIC: Every Day is Halloween (Squirrely Version) by Ministry

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31 Days of Halloween continues with some Taiwanese found footage folk horror in 2022's Incantation.

ENDING MUSIC: The Gods Weep by Cthonic

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31 Days of Halloween continues with some Lovecraft-inspired weirdness in 2017's The Endless.

ENDING MUSIC: Endless, Nameless by Nirvana

31 Days of Halloween continues with a Mexican tale of sexual identity, sexual frustration, and sexual desire for a tentacled alien in 2016's The Untamed.

ENDING MUSIC: Amor Extraterrestre by Bestia

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31 Days of Halloween continues as I contend with the dredges of horror comedy in 2008's Otis.

ENDING MUSIC: Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy) by Devo

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I discuss two of the most celebrated and influential horror films of all time: 1931's Frankenstein and 1935's Bride of Frankenstein.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:13] CromCast Promo

[02:57] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[13:39] Frankenstein (1931)

[01:08:38] Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

[01:45:03] FEEDBACK

[01:57:18] ENDING MUSIC: Dust to Dust by The Misfits

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31 Days of Halloween continues as Shinya Tsukamoto goes dream demon in 2006's Nightmare Detective.

ENDING MUSIC: Somniphobia by Sigh

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31 Days of Halloween continues as Hideo Nakata and Koji Suzuki bring us ANOTHER story about a drowned ghost girl - 2002's Dark Water.

ENDING MUSIC: Drowned by Entombed

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31 Days of Halloween continues as Shinya Tsukamoto does Edogawa Ranpo in 1999's Gemini.

ENDING MUSIC: Ain't Goin' Down to the Well by Tom Waits 

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31 Days of Halloween continues as I check out some Thai Folk Horror with 1999's Nang Nak.

ENDING MUSIC: ความโกรธแค้นนิรันดร์  by Northern Darkness

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31 Days of Halloween continues with a film that is somehow not about ghostly genitals - 1990's HauntedWeen.

ENDING MUSIC: Hauntedween Theme by Ernest Raymer

31 Days of Halloween continues with a killer ripped from the pulps in 1989's I, Madman.

ENDING MUSIC: I, Madman by Komatose

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31 Days of Halloween continues with a twisted tale of teenage obsession and German New Wave Electro-Pop in 1982's The Fan.

ENDING MUSIC: F.A.N. by Rheingold

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This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm discussing two UK horror films from 1960 that ditched the supernatural in favor of the sadistic - Peeping Tom and Circus of Horrors.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:14] Projection Booth Promo

[03:24] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[26:25] Peeping Tom (1960)

[01:05:01] Circus of Horrors (1960)

[01:27:05] FEEDBACK

[01:32:44] ENDING MUSIC: Peeping Tom by Vampwoov

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31 Days of Halloween continues with a supernatural stalk n' slash with 1980's The Boogey Man.

ENDING MUSIC: I'm Your Boogie Man by White Zombie

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31 Days of Halloween continues as Carol Kane goes apeshit in 1978's The Mafu Cage.

ENDING MUSIC: Blood Sisters by Huntress

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31 Days of Halloween continues with a supernatural giallo from Lucio Fulci - 1977's The Psychic.

ENDING MUSIC: Seven Notes in Black by Vince Tempera 

31 Days of Halloween continues with one of the earliest "babysitter in peril" films, 1971's Fright.

ENDING MUSIC: Frights by Slasher Dave

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