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For our Halloween special this year we delving into Hammer horror with Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)! Written and directed by Brian Clemens, creator of The Avengers, The Professionals, and The New Avengers, plus wrote The Golden Voyage of Sinbad for Harryhausen, delivered a highly imaginative gothic adventure starring Horst Janson, Caroline Munroe, John Cater, Shane Briant, John Carson, and Wanda Ventham.

In this show we revisit a 1980s classic Local Hero (1983), a charming Scottish comedy-drama from director Bill Forsyth starring Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Jenny Seagrove and a very young Peter Capaldi!

In this show we visited the Twisted Childhood Cinematic Universe in order to watch Bambi: The Reckoning a dark reimagining of the famous tale by the folks who brought us Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. Be afraid... Be very afraid!

In this episode of The League of Gentlemen a new beauty parlour has in Royston Vasey and is going down a storm... However the services offered aren't all what they seem...

"Get the books of wives..." In the final episode of the League of Gentlemen every comes to head as Papa Lazarou returns to the town...  Quando siliabo catnip, catnip!

"Your knowledge of scientific biological transmogrification is only outmatched by your zest for kung-fu treachery!" In a somewhat unscheduled episode born of tech troubles and the whims of the streaming gods, we end up revisiting modern day cult classic Black Dynamite, the action comedy that pays homage to blaxploitation film and martial arts films from the 1970s. Can you dig it?

In this episode of The League of Gentlemen we dropping in at the Hotel Windermere where aging swingers Alvin and Sunny are hosting a special gathering... which ends badly to say the least!

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should"    In tribute to the late great Sam Neill, we revisit the original Jurassic Park, the first dinosaur theme park with live exhibits and watch it all go wrong... There were raptors all up in the kitchen Phil... In the goddamn kitchen!

"She's been present at the birth of every Gojirasaurus in this facility!" In this show we sample a film from the infamous Asylum, the home of the mock-buster! And tonight's movie is the suspiciously titled Triassic World (2018) - a tale of genetically engineered dinosaurs on the loose funnily enough...

"Don't look at me. I'll turn into stone!" Medusa sat there or somethin'" In this episode we follow the fortunes of the hapless but volatile Geoff, who leaves the safety(?) of Royston Vasey to seek his fortune in London as a stand-up comedian...

"She doesn't fit in either. Why can't we all not fit in together?" For our cult movie this time, we have a dramatic comedy - a tale of misfits, music, and coming of age - Metal Lords (2022) ! Let's rawwwwwkkkk!!!

We return to Royston Vasey where the boys from the League are very much channelling their love of Amicus movies to deliver an exceedingly dark tale concerning the less than affable Lance who runs the Joke Shop...

"There is more evil around us here than I have ever encountered before" For our classic film, we are revisiting the 1959 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles, made by Hammer Films in full-on gothic horror mode, starring Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and André Morell as Watson. Co-starring Christopher Lee, Marla Landi, and John Le Mesurier.

In this episode, we take a look a low budget comedy horror film that turns Popeye into a murderous mutant maniac! It's enough to put you off your spinach!

In this episode we crack open the third series of the League of Gentlemen, and revisit old characters in a new in-depth format! In this opening episode we have the ballad of Pauline and Mickey...