Episode 05: Horror of Great Britain & the UK

Title: Episode 05: Horror of Great Britain & The UK

This episode was recorded on July 28, 2023 and posted on August 26, 2023.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity. 

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 5
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
• Introductions to our guest - Poppy from How Many Films in a Year 
• Today’s Topic: Horror of Great Britain & The UK

Horror of Great Britain & The UK

• Our experiences with British horror
• Discussing British horror classics
• Major themes in British horror: folk horror, dark humor, & “hoodie horror”

Worst & Best Representations of British Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The Children (2008) - Poppy
• Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) - Poppy & Suzie
• The Witch (2015) - Suzie
• A Banquet (2021) - Lonely

Best

• Feed Me (2022) - Poppy
• Last Night in Soho (2021) - Poppy
• The Final Prayer (2018) - Suzie 
• Hollow (2011) - Suzie 
• Hellraiser (1987) - Lonely

Suzie’s Deep Cuts 

• Company of Wolves (1984)
• Creep (2004)
• Exhibit A (2007)
• Cherry Tree Lane (2010)
• ManFish (2022)
• Lonely’s fever dream on Old Gregg that she shouldn’t have seen at 13

Final Thoughts

• If you had to make a case for British horror, maybe convincing a newbie on why they should start exploring this subgenre, what would you say?

Thank you to our guest! 

• Follow Poppy’s reviews @howmanyfilmsinayear on Instagram!

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• Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly. 

• Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.
  
  

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Sources & Additional Reading

Bright, S. (2022, January 7). A portrait of Broken Britain. Byline Times. https://bylinetimes.com/2022/01/07/a-portrait-of-broken-britain/ 

Gervais, R. (2011, November 9). The difference between American and British humour. Time. https://time.com/3720218/difference-between-american-british-humour/ 

Horrified Magazine. (2023). Top 50 british horror films. Horrified Magazine. https://www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk/film/top-50-british-horror-films/ 

McMurdo, S. (n.d.). “we are never going in the woods again”: The horror of the underclass white monster in American and British horror - cine-excess. Cine-Excess. https://www.cine-excess.co.uk/lsquowe-are-never-going-in-the-woods-againrsquo-the-horror-of-the-underclass-white-monster-in-american-and-british-horror.html 

Samuelson, K. (2021, August 4). How the 2011 london riots unfolded. The Week UK. https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/society/953705/how-the-2011-london-riots-unfolded 

Stephenson, L. (2023, June 22). Eden Lake and the British “Hoodie horror” genre: How they reinforced policies to demonise the working class. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/eden-lake-and-the-british-hoodie-horror-genre-how-they-reinforced-policies-to-demonise-the-working-class-168701 

Strantzas, S. (2023). From Weird Horror #6: Horror’s Mount Rushmore. Weird Horror Magazine. https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/on-horror6 

U.S. Department of Health & Human Studies. (2020). Social Determinants of Health. Social Determinants of Health - Healthy People 2030. https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health