For the first time on No Darkness But Ours, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick set out to discuss an entire horror franchise - Don Coscarelli's Phantasm films. From the first movie in 1979, all the way through to the final instalment, Ravager, in 2016, we talk deadly flying silver spheres, 1971 Barracudas, insane four-barrelled sawn-off shotguns and the performances of A. Michael Baldwin, the late great Angus Scrimm as the terrifying Tall Man, and the one and only Reggie Bannister as the lovable Everyman hero pitted against the embodiment of Death Itself.Phantasm, Phantasm II, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, Phantasm: OblIVion and RaVager are all hugely entertaining films in their own right, but also rich in musings on mortality. Come step through the dimension fork and join us!This episode of the podcast is for Reggie Bannister, with love and admiration.If you’ve enjoyed this, please like, share and subscribe.Support No Darkness But Ours:Donate via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/nodarknessbutoursDonate via Ko-fi – https://ko-fi.com/nodarknessbutourspodcastPhotograph of Reggie Bannister giving an interview at Scarefest 2015, Lexington, KY by DarkestGoth MagazineLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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David Lynch: A Tribute
Visionary, one-of-a-kind filmmaker David Lynch died on 16th
January 2025. Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick discuss his extraordinary career and body of work, his legacy and influence.
Photograph: David Lynch at Cannes, 2017: Georges Biard, CC
BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Film Review: The Damned (dir. Thordur Palsson, 2024)
Thordur Palsson’s icy period horror THE DAMNED is in cinemas now. What did Gemma and Simon think? Click to find out.
Big thanks to Amelia Gardiner at Strike Media who provided
an advance screener in exchange for an honest review.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1itnHQHgxUI
Strike Media: https://strike-media.com/what-we-do/
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Three Halloween Tales
A Happy Halloween/Samhain to all our viewers and listeners, and to celebrate here are Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick, each with a macabre tale to tell. And this year they’re joined by a special guest, in the form of
the one and only Stephen Volk!
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In Conversation with... Stephen Volk
Creator of Gothic, Afterlife (no, not the one with
Ricky Gervais – the good one,) the classic Ghostwatch and much more besides, screenwriter and novelist Stephen Volk joins Gemma and Simon to discuss his work.
Steve’s latest superb story collection, The Good Unknown, is available from Tartarus Press here: http://tartaruspress.com/volk-the-good-unknown.html
Steve’s website: https://www.stephenvolk.net/
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Gemma Files is an award-winning Canadian horror author, while Simon Bestwick has been hailed as 'among the most important writers of contemporary British horror.' We both have a macabre sense of humour, and opinions. Lots of opinions. We're also friends who enjoy talking about the genre we love. So why not come and join us while we do... in No Darkness But Ours.
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