A Year In Horror

Fantasia International Film Festival 2026, the 30th edition. This is the annual film festival founded in 1996 and held primarily in Montreal, Canada. It specialises in genre films, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, and cult cinema, and draws over 100,000 attendees each year including Marc Canale and myself, old hand at this now, two years on the trot at A Year in Horror HQ. Once again we've been invited to take part in covering the big one and we can not wait to get stuck in. Today we run through the first batch of films we caught at this years event. 00.33...

Fantasia International Film Festival 2026, the 30th edition. This is the annual film festival founded in 1996 and held in Montreal, Canada. It specialises in genre films, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, and cult cinema, and draws over 100,000 attendees each year including Marc Canale and myself, old hand at this now, two years on the trot for A Year in Horror. Once again we've been invited to take part in covering the big one and we can not wait to get stuck in. Today we both offer up our top 5 picks that we can not wait to see during the festival...

UK Thrashers Acid Reign are back with a new album 'Daze of the Week'. Writer and director Damian McCarthy is also back, he, with his latest movie 'Hokum'. I can think of nothing better than mashing up the two of them into a fantastical English/Irish folk horror thrash assault. This is the result.

Cripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - The Dead Zone (w/ Marc Canale) 38.16 - The Fly (w/ Marc Canale) 1.16.25 - Outro

Cripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - A History of Violence 6.28 - Shivers (w/ Kevin Lyons) 51.01 - Videodrome (w/ AJJ) patreon.com...

Cripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - The Brood 6.19 - Rabid (w/ Perran Helyes) 48.54 - Maps to the Stars 51.28 - Scanners 58.31 - The...

Cripes! This is another one of the big hitter episodes that I planned out before even episode 1 of A Year In Horror. I get to watch every single David Cronenberg directed movie and then rank them from worst to best. That's right, EVERY ONE! Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Some awesome guests. Several pints of beer and over 5 hours of running time split over 4 episodes. This is David Cronenberg, A Lifetime In Movies. 0.33 - Intro 10.07 - The worst films of David Cronenberg 15.02 - Also Rans 17.02 - Dead Ringers (w/ Miranda...

You know what? It's time for a black metal band from Norway… And that is always the best of times. Today I chat with Thomas Erikson. His band is called MORK and they are bleak. The film Thomas has chosen to talk about is also bleak, THE ROAD from 2009, directed by John Hillcoat and starring Vigo Mortison and Kodi Smit Mcphee. Let's get stuck in. The new Mork album Monolitt out today on Peaceville Records.

It's time for one of those huge episodes. Well, it's a four parter anyways. 1978 was an killer year for horror movies, day dot for the modern slasher as well. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1978? Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several pints of beer and a 7+ hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1978, A Year In Horror. It's a pretty long journey this one,  am going to give you the time codes below s...

It's time for one of those huge episodes. Well, it's a four parter anyways. 1978 was an killer year for horror movies, day dot for the modern slasher as well. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1978? Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several pints of beer and a 7+ hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1978, A Year In Horror. It's a pretty long journey this one,  am going to give you the time codes below s...

It's time for one of those huge episodes. Well, it's a four parter anyways. 1978 was an killer year for horror movies, day dot for the modern slasher as well. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1978? Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several pints of beer and a 7+ hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1978, A Year In Horror. It's a pretty long journey this one,  am going to give you the time codes below s...

It's time for one of those huge episodes. Well, it's a four parter anyways. 1978 was a killer year for horror movies, day dot for the modern slasher as well. But, what do I think was the very greatest horror movie that came out during 1978? Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 10. A slew of also rans. Some awesome mates. Some special guests. Several pints of beer and a 7+ hour running time split over 4 episodes. This is 1978, A Year In Horror. It's a pretty long journey this one,  am going to give you the time codes below s...

Today we speak to FELL OMEN, my very fave black metal, punk, traditional heavy metal and dungeon synth band. The he myth behind the project is Spider of Pnyx and he joins us today to discuss Basket Case from 1982. I mean, yes, sometimes dreams do come true!

Straight outta Brazil and Greece come NERVOSA, playing an aggressive blend of thrash and death metal and seemingly forever on the road. Today they take a quick break to chat with A Year in Horror about one of their favourite Stephen King adaptations. The Mist. NERVOSA // A YEAR IN HORROR PATREON

It's time for a big hitter episode on an absolute horror luminary. This month the legend I am covering is Vincent Price. An actor so accomplished that by the time of his passing at the age of 82 in 1993, he had left us with over 100 feature films. Half of these were horror, science fiction and fantasy movies and within those a stack are known today as all time classics.  Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Plus a very special guest in the shape of Lono from We Belong Dead podcast. So j...

It's time for a big hitter episode on an absolute horror luminary. This month the legend I am covering is Vincent Price. An actor so accomplished that by the time of his passing at the age of 82 in 1993, he had left us with over 100 feature films. Half of these were horror, science fiction and fantasy movies and within those a stack are known today as all time classics.  Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Plus a very special guest in the shape of Lono from We Belong Dead podcast. So j...

It's time for a big hitter episode on an absolute horror luminary. This month the legend I am covering is Vincent Price. An actor so accomplished that by the time of his passing at the age of 82 in 1993, he had left us with over 100 feature films. Half of these were horror, science fiction and fantasy movies and within those a stack are known today as all time classics.  Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Plus a very special guest in the shape of Lono from We Belong Dead podcast. So j...

It's time for a big hitter episode on an absolute horror luminary. This month the legend I am covering is Vincent Price. An actor so accomplished that by the time of his passing at the age of 82 in 1993, he had left us with over 100 feature films. Half of these were horror, science fiction and fantasy movies and within those a stack are known today as all time classics.  Well, here we have the top 10. The worst 5. A slew of also rans. Plus a very special guest in the shape of Lono from We Belong Dead podcast. So j...

Composer Graham Reynolds digs in on an early Hitchcock work that invents new cinematic techniques as its run time progresses, at the same time delivering a compelling tale of an early serial killer. As Bob Mortimer says, "It's Magic". See Graham Reynolds on the below dates 25 Apr: Ley Line, Verdant Taproom, Falmouth UK w/ Jane Weaver, Memorials, Elspeth Anne, Andy Votel DJ 30 Apr: Weird Walk presents Cult Night, Moth Club, London, UK w/ The Last Sacrifice (Presented by Mike Lindsay) 02 May: NeoAncients Festival, St Laurence Church, Stroud, UK w/ Memorials, Jane Weaver

Today we are joined by Johnny Lynch aka Pictish Trail to talk about his latest album, remote living and of course the all time great horror movie that the straights also love, Silence of the Lambs.PICTISH TRAIL // LOST MAP RECORDS