VHS brought democracy and freedom for film. It brought a new asthetic to horror too. Along with a flood of new nostalgia and, of course, the video nasties

Down in Mexico there is some great horror and across that entire part of the world is a quiet horror boom

Taking a look at a very particular element of exploitation culture has changed how we see low budget horror. Christopher makes a case that the concept of Grindhouse has altered our view of 70s cinema.

Looking at the obsession of American ghost stories and supernatural elements in people’s homes

The French love a bit of gore, from the theatre through to Eurocine, Cinema Bis and The New French Extremism. These films are all designed to make you think and shudder.

Italian cinema can get a bit of a bad reputation. Here we look at the scene and see if that’s a tad unfair. There are, after all, plenty of classics too

Between 1968 and 1984 there was a boom in horror in America. This podcast starts at Night Of The Living Dead and the explosion of adult horror

Looking at films from Scandinavia, you can see the influences of myth and folklore

There isn’t much of it, but Russian horror is an interesting little subgenre, dancing between the surreal and brutal honesty

The 50s was a time of Cold War, nuclear bombs and paranoia. Gothic horror just wouldn’t cut it, so sci-fi horror began to grow