Episode 49 – Graham Hughes

NHE host Scott Murphy chats to writer/director/actor Graham Hughes about his latest feature “Death of Vlogger.” A movie which takes a unique spin on the found-footage genre and had the rare honour of playing both Frightfest’s (London and Glasgow).

In the interview (interview begins at 2:55), we talk to Graham about how this film came out of the ashes of another project, and despite the number of roles he had on the picture how he conversely found it one of his more relaxing filmmaking experiences. We also get into the themes of the film, in particular the phenomenon of social media shaming.

Plus Graham tells us about his film festival experiences, his thoughts on the upsurge in Scottish horror films, and what he is up to next.

Watch the trailer for “Death of a Vlogger” here

Episode 45 – John McPhail

NHE host Scott Murphy chats to director John McPhail about his latest film, the cult smash “Anna and the Apocalypse.” A zom-rom-com-Xmas-musical that is already establishing itself as a seasonal favourite since it was released back in 2018.

In the interview (the interview begins at 2:02), we talk to John about the film’s ever-growing success, some of his top festival experiences with the movie. And the new deluxe Blu-ray release the film has received (where he tells about his excitement on doing his first directors commentary).

We also to John about the production of “Anna and the Apocalypse,” including; how he came on board to the project, the difficulties of shooting some of the musical sequences (not helped by the Scottish weather!), and his favourite songs from the film.

Away from “Anna and the Apocalypse” chat, we get to talk John about what his earliest horror memories are, what ranks among his horror favourites and he gives us his thoughts on the sudden upsurge in horror movies coming out of Scotland.

Watch the trailer for “Anna and the Apocalypse” here

“Anna and the Apocalypse” is available to buy here

Episode 21 – Gregor Barclay & Colin Bell Interview

NHE host Scott Murphy chats to directors Gregor Barclay and Colin Bell about their yet-to-be-released debut feature, the post-apocalyptic horror “Ribbons.” Over the course of the interview, Scott talks to Gregor and Colin about the challenges of filming a feature in four days which was also completely improvised. Not that was the only challenge as Gregor and Colin also tell us all about the other difficulties they faced some extreme weather particularly!

Since the interview took place, Gregor has informed us that while the movie has no official release date that the edit is nearly locked, they will be recording the score over the next few weeks and are aiming to hit festivals later on in the year.

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Episode 20 – Matt Palmer Interview

NHE host Scott Murphy chats to director Matt Palmer about his debut feature “Calibre.” Over the course, this hour-long conversation Scott and Matt (Interview starts at 3:35) go into every facet of what it took to get “Calibre” on the screen and how it got scooped up by streaming giant Netflix. Also, Matt tells us how it felt to receive the Michael Powell Award, have his film tweeted about by horror legend Stephen King, as well as the overwhelmingly positive response, has received.

Away from “Calibre” Scott and Matt discuss one of Matt’s other roles as curator of “All Night Horror Madness,” a semi-regular horror movie marathon held at the Cameo cinema in this pod’s home city of Edinburgh. There is plenty of more fun horror chat in there too but to say any more would spoil the fun!

Finally we also give a shout-out to the Scream Scene podcast another great horror podcast you should all check out! (Promo at 2:38)

Watch “Calibre” here

Buy Tickets for The All Night Cult Movie Experience here

Check out the Scream Scene Podcast here

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