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.
Episodes
11 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
Episode 5: Ian Cooper on The Trip (1967)
No monsters, no violence. Just mind-expanding psychedelics and Bruce Dern trying to be friendly. In this episode, Pete Turner is joined by Ian Cooper, screenwriter and author of "The Manson Family on Film and Television", and the Devil's ...
Episode 4: Dr Catherine Lester on Watership Down
Host Pete Turner is joined by Dr Cat Lester, the author of "Horror Films for Children: Fear and Pleasure in American Cinema" and editor of "Watership Down: Perspectives On and Beyond Animated Violence" to explore what makes Watership Down a hor...
Episode 3: Luke Holmes on Perfect Blue
What makes Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue such a disturbing film? And just because it's disturbing, does that make it a horror, or would it be better classed as a psychological thriller? In episode 3, host Pete Turner and animation expert ...
Episode 2: Jamie Laxton on Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula
Did Coppola intend to make a horror film or a gothic romance? Can horror films be filled with beauty? Do our expectations of horror change with age and experience? In this episode, Pete discusses Coppola's version of Bram Stoker's Dracula with ...
Episode 1: Govind Chandran on Scarlet
Are vampire films always horror films? Does a horror film have to be scary? Does a filmmaker always know what genre their film belongs to? In this first episode, Pete sits down with Govind Chandran to discuss Gov's short film Scarlet. Do we ans...