Welcome to episode 46 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are back with haunted houses, classic ghost stories, and more than a little ambiguity, with one film based on a novella by Henry James and the other based on a novel by Peter Straub.

First up, we have The Innocents from 1961, directed by Jack Clayton. This stars Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens, and Pamela Franklin.

Then we jump forward to 1977 for Full Circle, which was released in the US as The Haunting of Julia. This was directed by Richard Loncraine and stars Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, and Jill Bennett.

Recommendations

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Julia by Peter Straub

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

The Other by Thomas Tryon

Momsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girlie (1970)

References

The Innocents by Christopher Frayling (BFI Film Classics)

https://youtu.be/ZpV5J91BnV0?si=SPH8nq8FBgApLusl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_(play)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_(1961_film)

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/gothic-glamour-innocents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Clayton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James

Full Circle (BFI blu ray) - interviews and extras

https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/events/2023/04/19/full-circle/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Circle_(1977_film)

https://academic.oup.com/screen/article/65/1/47/7632062

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(film)

RichardLoncraine.com.

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Welcome to episode 45 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are discussing

Possession (1981) dir. Andrzej Żuławski w. Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill

Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi aka Witching and Bitching (2013) dir. Alex de la Iglesia w. Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, and Carmen Maura

Recommendations

The Story of Adele H (1975)

The Driver (1978)

Camille Claudel (1988)

One Deadly Summer (1983)

Subway (1985)

The Last Circus (2010)

References

Possession by Alison Taylor

Possession 4k Special Edition from Second Sight Films

House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/biggest-regret-of-isabelle-adjanis-career/

www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-interview-andrzej-zulawski

https://metrograph.com/making-a-monster/

https://a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/film/isabelle-adjani-in-confession

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/isabelle-adjani-possession-never-accept-again-1234895552

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/sam-neill-possession-could-not-be-made-today-abuse-on-set-1234821437

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/09/possession-movie-film-1981-octopus-isabelle-adjani-sam-neill

https://www.glamour.es/placeres/cultura/articulos/entrevista-con-alex-de-la-iglesia-y-carmen-maura-por-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi/18848

https://www.glamour.es/placeres/cultura/articulos/entrevista-con-alex-de-la-iglesia-y-carmen-maura-por-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi/18848

https://cinema.everyeye.it/articoli/intervista-las-brujas-de-zugarramurdi-alex-de-la-iglesia-21024.html

https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/244346/

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Welcome to episode 44 of The Horror Double Bill, where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

The Wind (2018) dir. Emma Tammi, with Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, Julia Goldani Telles, and Miles Anderson.

The Dark and the Wicked (2020), dir. Bryan Bertino, with Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Lynn Andrews, and Xander Berkeley.

Recommendations

Curse of the Undead (1959), Near Dark (1987), Ravenous (1999), The Burrowers (2008), Bone Tomahawk (2015), The Monster (2016)

References

The Geography of Horror by Marco Lukic

The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture by Bernice M. Murphy

Desert Horror Movies and Horror Westerns by John LeMay

West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns by Jane Tompkins.

https://www.thecherrypicks.com/stories/emma-tammi-on-the-horrors-of-isolation

https://filmthreat.com/interviews/the-wind-with-emma-tammi

https://moveablefest.com/caitlin-gerard-emma-tammi-teresa-sutherland-wind/

https://latinhorror.com/interview-emma-tammi-the-wind/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/prairie-madness-study-silence-great-plains

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1893/09/the-isolation-of-life-on-prairie-farms/523959/

https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/director-bryan-bertino-vicious-horror-movie-north-texas-40601111

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/355261/interview-michael-abbott-jr-talks-working-with-bryan-bertino-on-the-dark-and-the-wicked-and-that-three-legged-goat/

https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/the-dark-and-the-wicked-marin-ireland-interview

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-dark-and-the-wicked-star-marin-ireland-faced-her-fears-4089466/

https://dailydead.com/interview-xander-berkeley-discusses-his-enigmatic-character-in-the-dark-and-the-wicked-and-reflects-on-candyman/

www.gonewiththetwins.com/interview-bryan-bertino-strangers

https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-producer-adrienne-biddle-on-the-family-terrors-of-the-dark-and-the-wicked/

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