This week sees the continuation of our coverage of the Netflix mini-series, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer that killed his victims between the 1970's and 1990's.). Alex is accompanied again by his wife Vicky Arora. See what they both think about the show and if they dare to continue watching! We cover episodes 3&4 here.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story   The Hellbound...

Michael Chan is back on the show with Alex and he can now reveal all about the new horror tv show he's in called EZRA. We will be reviewing the show in the future too! And Alex awards the "Rule Breaker" Award for the Hellbound Horror Festival (which he is the founder and director of), which also has a YouTube awards show 29th October 5pm GMT.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: The Hellbound Horror Festival / EZRA (tv show that Michael Chan is in)   The...

Guest co-host Vicky is back to ask questions of host Alex Blackburn, who is also the founder and director of the Hellbound Horror Festival. The festival has closed for submissions and the winner will be picked soon. There's a bunch of awards including best film. Alex also reveals a very special prize for the best film winner! All this and lot more too.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: The Hellbound Horror Festival   The Hellbound Podcast   Credits -...

It's episode 50 of the Hellbound Podcast!!! Host Michael Chan is back with a vengeance! To talk all things 'Pay the Ghost' starring Nicholas Cage, Alex updates Michael on the Hellbound Horror Festival (which he is the founder/director) and Alex also talks briefly about the new version of the 'Hellraiser' movie starring Jamie Clayton and directed by David Bruckner.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Hellbound Horror Festival / Pay the Ghost / Hellraiser...

Guest co-host Vicky is in the driving seat this episode, and is asking questions of host Alex Blackburn, who is also the founder and director of the Hellbound Horror Festival. Running for a second year, Alex goes into some details about the film festival and updates where its currently at and what happens next because the close for submissions has just passed. Lots of other film festival related info spills out onto the blood-stained floor too!   A Hellbound Horror Festival...

This week sees the start of a mini-series of episodes talking about the new Netflix show, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer that killed his victims between the 1970's and 1990's.). Alex is accompanied on the mini-series by his wife Vicky Arora. See what they both think about the show and if they dare to continue watching.    A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story   The...

This week Alex is joined by his wife Vicky to talk about their trip to go see JAWS on IMAX. This 47 year old film is the original summer blockbuster and paved the way for Steven Spielberg to be considered the best director in cinematic history.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: JAWS / Avatar   The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael Chan, two intrepid discoverers of evil and comedy in the horror movie genre. They have banded together...

Alex is going to see his favourite movie JAWS in IMAX tonight, Michael walks the red carpet at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) and what are Little Monsters? Join Alex and Michael on an all new episode of the Hellbound Podcast.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: TIFF / The Vindicator (1986) / Hellraiser (2022) / Little Monsters / JAWS in IMAX   The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael Chan, two intrepid discoverers of evil...

Alex is back with another Hellbound Horror Festival interview with Bradford Uyeda, our filmmaker guest this week. Brad has submitted a stop motion horror short called 'Entropic' and he talks about what goes into making a stop motion film, his influences, 1980's horror flicks, our mutual love of horror movies and much more.     A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Guests: Bradford Uyeda   Show Notes and Links: Bradford Uyeda / Onion Skinning /  Demons (1985 Film) / The Mortuary...

Join host Alex on a very special episode of the Hellbound Podcast, as he interviews the event organisers behind the SICK (Sudbury Indie Creature Konvention) in Northern Canada, Douglas A. Ewen & Miranda MacLeod. They talk how the convention started, how their passion for horror also started and swap stories of getting horror projects like the festival off of the ground.   The SICK event is in Sudbury, Ontario Canada 16th & 17th September.   Get tickets here: SICK tickets   A...

Michael got to see Netflix's newest horror flick 'Day Shift' and Alex explains why he chose to use an A.I. called MidJourney to create the art for the Hellbound Horror Festival film submissions. They also chat about 'Hunting Darkness', a horror short that Michael has a starring role in.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Day Shift / MidJourney / Hunting Darkness   The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael Chan, two intrepid discoverers...

Riccardo Suriano is a talented Italian Filmmaker from Rome, Italy.⁠ ⁠ Host Alex Blackburn talks to Riccardo about his twisted horror short film, 'LONG PIG'.⁠ ⁠ The production of the film, writing the short and how it was put together, we cover everything.⁠ ⁠ This interview was originally recorded during the first Hellbound Horror Festival, but it's the first time that his film 'LONG PIG' has been submitted to us at the festival for competition.   A Hellbound Horror Festival...

Host Alex Blackburn is joined by his partner in crime and wife Vicky. They review and discuss the newly release movie 'Prey', available on Disney+ and Hulu (depending where you are) and Alex also outlines this year's Hellbound Horror Festival.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Prey / The Beast of Bodmin Moor / The Hellbound Horror Festival   The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael Chan, two intrepid discoverers of evil and comedy in...

Alex and Michael celebrate the launch of the 2nd Hellbound Horror Festival and also chat about The Night House, Demon Seed, the British two finger solute, Attack on Titan and where did Alex's DNA originate from?....   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Ancestry DNA / Two Fingers / The Night House / Demon Seed / Attack on Titan    The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael Chan, two intrepid discoverers of evil and comedy in the horror...

Hosts Alex and Michael come together to review Stranger Things 4 (what they loved and where it might go), Michael shows off his pencil holder and they both geek out over mugs!   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Stranger Things 4 / Stranger Things Pencil Holder / Yellowstone Mug / Cthulhu Mug   The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael Chan, two intrepid discoverers of evil and comedy in the horror movie genre. They have banded together...

This week Alex is joined by the talented filmmaker Cindy Stenberg. Cindy is a writer, producer and director of horror flicks and has a production company called Uncanny Pictures. She talks about the genisis of her writing, where her inspirition comes from and what she's making next.   Check out here kickstarter project for her next horror film right here: The Roots of Evil   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Cindy Stenberg / Uncanny Pictures / The Servant /...

Alex is joined this week by horror filmmaker Balraj Kang. He's here to talk about his horror movie endeavors, three of his favourites from the genre and what goes into independent horror filmmaking.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Balraj Kang / Mother Mortis / Bent-Neck Lady / Society / Hellraiser II: Hellbound / The Thing   The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael Chan, two intrepid discoverers of evil and comedy in the horror...

The prodigal son returns! Michael Chan is back and joins Alex to discuss horror horror horror!!! Stranger Things 4, Titanic 666, Prank Encounters and some very close to home horror stories too. Join us for the return of our good friend Michael Chan.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Return of the Mack / Stranger Things 4 / Prank Encounters / Titanic 666   The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael Chan, two intrepid discoverers of evil...

Our first Movie Watch episode is here (specifically focusing on particular horror movies), with guest host Will Cotton talking with Host Alex Blackburn, about three of his favourite of the horror movie genre: The Hunger, The Mothman Prophecies and The Lair of the White Worm.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: The Hunger / The Mothman Prophecies / The Lair of the White Worm / SAAB Tony Scott Trailer / Makeup Legend Dick Smith / Director Mark Pellington...

Guest host Will Cotton returns to join Alex on the Hellbound Podcast to talk about three of his favourite horror flicks and hopefully doesn't get side tracked by Alex again! Will delves deep into Colin Cucumber, Freddy Kruger makes a horror  movie down the road and is The Exorcist one the greatest movies of all time? All this and more on another episode of the Hellbound Podcast.   A Hellbound Horror Festival Production   Show Notes and Links: Will Cotton / The Last Showing / Colin...

This week Hellbound's Alex Blackburn is joined by his long time filmmaking collaborator, Will Cotton. Will is a filmmaker based in the UK and a huge horror film fan. For three weeks Will is joining Alex on the horror movie express going down! It's Hellbound's first in person podcast, as Alex and Michael Chan meet online for this podcast normally, so this week Alex and Will have met up to talk all things horror and go on a tangent or two also, so join us if you dare!   Show Notes and Links:...

Alex sits down with Lawrence J. Block, the screenwriter of the cult-classic 1981 horror movie 'The Funhouse', directed by Tobe Hooper. Lawrence has had a really interesting screenwriting career and has worked closely work with Marvel comic book legend, Stan Lee. All this and much more!   (Previously recorded during the first Hellbound Horror Festival).   Show Notes and Links: Lawrence J. Block / The Funhouse / Tobe Hooper   The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael...

Dave Kendall and Alex talk about horror, his involvement in the the original Hellbound Horror Festival and how he got started in the world of horror. Dave’s first professional work was for Pat Mills, when his skill came to the attention of Mills’ long-term, artistic collaborator Kev O Neill. Pat is affectionately referred to as the Godfather of British comics having created the ultra violent, banned and vilified, Action comic and then the long running 2000AD, now celebrating it’s 40th...

During the first Hellbound Horror Festival, Alex managed to sit down with Nicholas Vince, actor and filmmaker. Nicholas played the chatterer in the first two Hellraiser films and was cast an Kinski in Clive Barker's Nightbreed. We talk all things horror and he has some fun stories to tell from the world of horror movie making.   Show Notes and Links: Nicholas Vince / Clive Barker / Hellraiser / Nightbreed   The Hellbound Podcast   Hosted by Alex Blackburn and Michael Chan, two intrepid...

The Ramsey Campbell Interview is a special edition of the Hellbound Podcast with Alex interviewing the legendary British horror author. Ramsey Campbell is a prolific horror author and has been compared at the same level and as influencial as HP Lovecraft and was also huge influence on the likes of Clive Barker (writer of the Books of Blood and the filmmaker behind Hellraiser). We talk all things horror and also about donkey sausage!....   Show Notes and Links: Ramsey Campbell / The Horror...