The Limits of Horror
The Limits of Horror is a conversational film podcast where each episode features a guest — a filmmaker, academic, critic, or journalist — who brings a film or media text they believe sits on the edge of the horror genre. Their task is simple: defend their choice.
The Limits of Horror
Latest Episodes
Episode 10: Tugce Kutlu on We Need to Talk About Kevin
In the last episode of series 1, Pete talks to scholar Tugce Kutlu about why she thinks We Need to Talk About Kevin strays deep into horror territory with its tale of a mother raising a very disturbed young man. Listen and enjoy...
Episode 9: Professor Greg Singh on Play Safe Public Information Films
Do you remember the Play Safe and other public information films of the 1970s? Produced with the specific intention of terrifying young children, Professor Greg Singh, author of Black Mirror: Allegories for the Atomised andThe Deat...
Episode 8: Dr Reece Goodall on Passengers
Is the Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence starring science fiction romance more "Titanic in the stars" or "The Shining on a spaceship"? Dr Reece Goodall, author of French Horror: Industry, Society and Media, joins the podcast to discuss...
Episode 7: Rebecca Andrews on the Bond franchise
Does Bond ever go full horror? Rebecca Andrews from the "Do You Expect Us To Talk?" podcast talks Bond, body horror and where the franchise borrows from the horror genre.
Episode 6: Christine Arnold on Nightcrawler
This week, Pete Turner and Christine Arnold, co-host of the Minimalist Educator podcast, co-author of "The Minimalist Teacher" and "Your School Leadership Edit: A Minimalist Approach to Rethinking Your School Ecosystem", explore Dan Gilroy’s