Hello! Welcome to the latest – as in very late – edition of the exclusive audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On this episode, I'm delighted to welcome writer-director John Hancock – 82 years of age and still going strong – for an exclusive Zoom-enabled dive into one of my all-time favourite horror films, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, to celebrate its 50th anniversary. For best results, cue it up to the film, which is available to watch in the UK here and in the US here. My...

Hello! Welcome to a brand new episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On this episode, I'm delighted to bring you screenwriter Mishna Wolff's exclusive audio commentary for the whip-smart horror comedy Werewolves Within. Usually you can listen to one of our podcommentaries by themselves, but this one's a little sparse, so for best results, cue it up to the film, which is available to watch in the UK here and in the US here. My intro to the podcast will tell you...

Hello! Welcome to the first episode of Season Two of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On our Season Two premiere, I'm delighted to bring you the exclusive audio commentary for one of 2020's best psychological thrillers (or horror movies, if you see it that way), Rent-A-Pal, featuring writer/director/producer Jon Stevenson, actor/producer Brian Landis Folkins and producer/composer Jimmy Weber. The film is available to watch in the US here, and in the UK here.  Huge...

Hello! Welcome to the latest – 16th! – episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. As a big fan of Neil Marshall, from Dog Soldiers to The Descent, Doomsday – not to mention the epic "Blackwater" episode of Game of Thrones – I'm delighted to join Neil and his co-writer/lead actor (and fiancée) Charlotte Kirk for a feature-length walk through The Reckoning, which is available to watch in the US here, and will be released in the UK on April 16th.  As with most...

Hello! Welcome to the latest – 15th! – episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. As soon as I finished the brilliant Wrong Turn reboot, I got straight in touch with director Mike P. Nelson to see if he'd be willing to record a commentary for us – and I was blown away when he not only said he would love to, but that he would round up lead actress Charlotte Vega, screenwriter Alan B. McElroy (who also wrote the original, for crying out loud!) and director of...

Hello! Welcome to the latest – 14th! – episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. I really enjoyed French director Julius Berg's 2020 horror movie The Owners, starring Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy and Rita Tushingham, and I was thrilled when Julius agreed to record an exclusive commentary – in flawless English – for the film, which is available here (US) or here (UK). Obviously don't listen if you haven't seen the film, which I urge you to do – unless, of course,...

Hello! Welcome to the latest episode of the brand new audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. I was really impressed by Adam Stovall's directorial debut paranormal romance A Ghost Waits, which has been a hit with festival audiences and appeared on a number of Top 10 lists from horror fans and critics. Despite having begun filming in the summer of 2016, it's only just becoming available outside the festival circuit, starting with a UK release exclusive to the Arrow Player...

Hello! Welcome to the latest episode of the brand new audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. I was really blown away by John Hyams' 2020 suspense thriller/psychological horror Alone, loosely based on the 2011 Swedish film Försvunnen (Gone), and I'm really grateful to Hyams for agreeing to record an exclusive commentary for the film, which is available here (US) or here (UK). Obviously don't listen if you haven't seen the film, which I urge you to do – unless, of course, you've...

Hello! Welcome to a brand new episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On the first episode of 2021, I'm delighted to welcome Samuel Gridley and Luke Kaile, the brains behind Criminal Audition, the low-budget black comedy you can find here (US) or here (UK). Massive thanks to Samuel and Luke for agreeing to record the commentary exclusively for the podcast. Comments? Feedback? Suggestions? Email David *at * Rogue-Commentary *dot* com or send us a tweet. We have...

Hello! Welcome to a very exciting episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. One of my favourite films released this year (in the US, at least) was Black Bear, a merciless examination of the personal cost of making art from life experience, featuring a tour de force  performance from the reliably brilliant Aubrey Plaza, with Sarah Gabon and Christopher Abbott also excellent. Our exclusive audio commentary features writer-director Lawrence Michael Levine and his...

Hello! Welcome to a very special Christmas episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. It's beginning to look a lot like a pretty bleak Christmas for many of us, so I'm especially thrilled that my screenwriting hero and long-time benefactor (he's contributed to almost all of my books) Steven E. de Souza, has gifted us with his first ever audio commentary for the perennial Christmas classic Die Hard. As always, you can listen as a podcast, but – since there are a few...

Hello! Welcome to a very special episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. My favourite film released in the UK in 2020 was Saint Frances, written by Kelly O'Sullivan (who also plays the lead role) and directed by Alex Thompson. I really wanted Kelly and/or Alex to record a commentary for the podcast, and when I found out they'd already recorded one – but that it was only available on the American Blu-ray edition – I decided to break with tradition and licence the...

Hello! Welcome to a very special episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On this episode, I'm delighted to present an exclusive audio commentary for writer-director Cristian Solimeno's psychological thriller The Glass Man, which was first screened in 2011, but only just released – in the UK at least – at the tail end of 2020. For the audio commentary, Cristian is joined by leading man Andy Nyman, looking back on the film almost ten years after it was made, but...

Hello! Welcome to a very special episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. When I first had the idea for Rogue Commentary, the very first person I thought to ask – and, in fact, did ask – to record a commentary for me was this episode's very special guest, Emma Forrest. Maybe it was because I had loved her film, Untogether, so much, I contacted the publicist and asked if I could host a Q&A – which I did, on a rooftop cinema a few days later. Emma is such a...

Hello! Welcome to this special bonus episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. For this episode, we thought we'd try something different: instead of a commentary by a filmmaker, we decided to ask author S J Watson to talk us through the 2014 film adaptation of his novel Before I Go To Sleep.  Watson didn't have much to do with the film, which stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong, which gives the author a fascinating insider/outsider perspective. Needless...

Hello! Welcome to Season 1 Episode 4 of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. For this episode – which you can also enjoy as a video podcast (I refuse to say "vodcast") on our YouTube channel – I'm delighted to present a brand new commentary for the critically-acclaimed 2019 micro-budget horror film "Death of a Vlogger" (2019) with writer/director/producer/editor/actor/BAFTA winner Graham Hughes (no relation) and actor Joma West, who plays Alice in the film. (The recording...

Hello! Welcome to the third episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. This episode we're blessed with a brand new director's commentary for "Heart and Souls", the whimsical, high-spirited 1993 comedy-drama directed by Ron Underwood (Tremors, City Slickers) and adapted – by Tremors screenwriters S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock – from Gregory and Erik Hansen's (impossible to find) short film "Seven Souls". The film wasn't the hit Universal Pictures was hoping for back...

Hello! Welcome to the second episode of Rogue Commentary, the audio commentary podcast. This episode heralds a Triumph of British filmmaking as we delve into that rarest of subgenres – the British road movie – with "Soft Top Hard Shoulder" (1992), starring Peter Capaldi, Frances Barber, Simon Callow, Jeremy Northam and Phyllis Logan.  We're delighted to be joined on this occasion by director Stefan Schwartz – who has given us episodes of Luther, The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and...

Hello! Welcome to the very first edition of Rogue Commentary, a brand new bi-weekly podcast featuring exclusive audio commentaries for cult and classic movies from the people who made them (and other interesting people).  We kick off with a classic British horror movie "Paperhouse" (1988) and we're delighted to be joined in this inaugural episode by director Bernard Rose – who also directed "Candyman" and many other fine films – and writer Matthew Jacobs, who also wrote the Doctor Who TV...