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The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastMACHINES 09 • The Terminator (1984) + T2: Judgement Day (1991)Terminator superfan Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn is back to discuss The Terminator (1984) and its perfect sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). New episode every Friday.Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk2025-04-061h 21
Vampire VideosThe Addiction with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn[9x8] It's mid-1990s arthouse cinema time with Abel Ferrara's vampire drugs allegory The Addiction, starring Lili Taylor as an NYU student who is bitten by a vampire one evening and finds herself addicted to drinking human blood...And making her belated return in the podcasket is vampire expert and horror scholar Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Dr Sorcha Ní FhlainnEditor: Dan Owen"To face what we are in the end, we stand before the light and our true nature is revealed. Self-revelation is...2024-11-111h 04The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastSERIAL KILLERS 12 • Seven (1995)Scholar and critic Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn pops by to discuss one of the most influential serial killer movies of all time: David Fincher's Se7en (1995). Join our Patreon for extra horror content. Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.***Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Support us on Patreon for bonus conten...2024-05-171h 22
The Clive Barker Podcast447 : Boom Hellraiser P6 plus Quartet of Torment D1Thanks for listening to the Clive Barker podcast. The only podcast dedicated to the imagination of Clive Barker. Coming up next on episode 447, We get back to the Boom Studios Hellraiser comics with the Dark Watch 1-4, plus in the last half we review disc 1 of the new Arrow 4K Hellraiser box set, “The Quartet of Torment.” Sponsor : Don Bertram’s Celebrate Imagination | ETSY Store Check out “Bouquet“, “Brushfire” and “Mother and Child II” on his Facebook feed. There are some paintings on his Etsy shop to check out. Mother and Child II, The Star Gazer, The Folk Singer, The Pearl...2024-04-281h 48
The Clive Barker Podcast441: Power of Imagination with Sorcha Ni Fhlainn and Karmel KnipprathIn Episode 441 of the Clive Barker Podcast, do we get a little over our heads with acedemic discourse of Clive Barker? It’s possible but we love it. We talk to Dr Sorcha Ni Fhlainn and Karmel Knipparth of Manchester Metropolitan University about Clive Barker in a gothic context, and the experience of creating a feature for the Hellraiser Quartet of Torment “Power of Imagination”. How many of us wish they had courses like this for us when we were in College? Sponsor : Don Bertram’s Celebrate Imagination | ETSY Store Discussion: Sorcha’s feature included in Quartet of Tormen...2024-02-251h 05
Vampire VideosChristmas Special 2023: Count Magnus with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn[BONUS] Seasons bleedings! For this year's Christmas Special, we have Mark Gatiss's adaptation of M.R James' famous story, Count Magnus, as part of the BBC's annual A Ghost Story at Christmas tradition.In this spooky tale, an English writer (Jason Watkins) visits Sweden and becomes intrigued by a mausoleum containing a tomb covered in heavy chains...PLUS - we have some hilariously awful vampire jokes and a special quiz with our guest under the spotlight! And making another return for this festive edition of the podcast is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr...2023-12-231h 15
Vampire VideosThe Return of Count Yorga with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn[5x9] Count Yorga is back for this fast-tracked sequel, again directed by Bob Kelljan, which finds the master vampire (Robert Quarry) resurrected to terrorise the staff of an orphanage...Back for a fourth time to help discuss the film is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn...Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Dr Sorcha Ní FhlainnEditor: Hugh McStay"Dr Baldwin, this is Count Yorga. You are going to die. You are going to die a most horrible death! You've been a fool, doctor, and no...2023-11-061h 01
Vampire VideosFright Night (1985) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn[5x6] Tom Holland's classic Fright Night is our film this week, which concerns a teenage boy who becomes aware his next-door neighbour is a vampire responsible for a series of local murders, so in desperation enlists the help of an over-the-hill English actor famous for slaying the undead at the movies...Back for a third time to help discuss the movie is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn...Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Dr Sorcha Ní FhlainnEditor: Hugh McStay"Oh, you're so COOL, Br...2023-10-091h 19
Vampire VideosDaybreakers with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn[4x8] Ethan Hawke stars in The Spierig Brothers' 2009 sci-fi horror action film Daybreakers, as a vampire haematologist living in a near-future society where a plague transformed almost everyone into vampires, meaning the vital human population's blood is running dangerously low...Joining us to delve into this high-concept movie is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn...Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Dr Sorcha Ní FhlainnEditor: Hugh McStay"Welcome back to humanity. Now you get to die." - Edward Dalton.Subscribe and leave a...2023-07-0359 min
Vampire VideosCount Yorga, Vampire with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn[3x8] It's back to 1970 for Bob Kelljan's cult hit Count Yorga, Vampire, starring Robert Quarry as the eponymous bloodsucker posing as a Bulgarian mystic in Los Angeles, where he leads seances while secretly preying on his New Age clientele...Joining us to delve into this transitional vampire movie is university lecturer, author, and all-round vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Dr Sorcha Ní FhlainnEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a do...2023-04-031h 00The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastBONUS • Best Horror Films of 2022Anna and The Final Girls' contributors pick their favourite horror films of the year, presented in no particular order: 00:01:33 Sorcha Ní Fhlainn on The Black Phone 00:06:40 Becky Darke on Bodies Bodies Bodies 00:09:33 Steph McKenna on Bones and All 00:12:56 Louise Blain on Deadstream00:16:58 Leila Latif on Nope00:23:54 Clarisse Loughrey on Crimes of the Future 00:29:53 Jordan Crucciola on X00:36:40 Isaura Barbé-Brown on Barbarian00:41:07 Mary Wild on Speak No Evil 00:43:41 Anna Bogutskaya on Huesera Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Cas...2022-12-3047 min
Flipside125th Anniversary, Dracula By Bram Stoker Published (26th May 1897) - Ep 8
The author of Dracula, Bram Stoker, like many of his peers and subsequent literary generations took significant inspiration from the more gruesome details of our histories, surprisingly this extends beyond folkloric influence to a core of archaeological examples, broadly referred to as 'deviant burials'. From actual exemplar of these 'victims' comes our tendency towards monster-making. This episode is inspired by the 125th Anniversary of the publishing of the standard vampire-literature text, the one everyone has heard of... Dracula, on 26th May 1897. How close is this text to a historical reality of the 'Vampire', reality I should clarify in regard...2022-11-201h 13
The Archaeology Podcast Network Feed125th Anniversary, Dracula By Bram Stoker Published (26th May 1897)The author of Dracula, Bram Stoker, like many of his peers and subsequent literary generations took significant inspiration from the more gruesome details of our histories, surprisingly this extends beyond folkloric influence to a core of archaeological examples, broadly referred to as 'deviant burials'. From actual exemplar of these 'victims' comes our tendency towards monster-making. This episode is inspired by the 125th Anniversary of the publishing of the standard vampire-literature text, the one everyone has heard of... Dracula, on 26th May 1897. How close is this text to a historical reality of the 'Vampire', reality I should clarify in regard...2022-11-201h 16
How Does Tomorrow Sound?Like … It’s Alive!What will podcasts become in 10 years? Join us as we explore the future of digital audio. How will listenership mature in the future? Will we outgrow our evolutionary need for story? Child psychiatrist, author, and horror enthusiast Dr. Steven Schlozman, Dr. Martin Spinelli, Dr. Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, Dr. Sylvia Chan Olmsted, and Podfly’s own Corey Coates offer insights. Story audiences mature and trends shift. Plus, with more diverse groups of light podcast listeners tuning in, there’s more opportunity to reach new niches. But what kinds of stories will these new audiences want today and 10 years from...2022-10-1343 min
The Clive Barker Podcast354 : Horrifying Hulu Hellraiser Halloween HextravaganzaThanks for joining us at the Clive Barker Podcast. If you’re a fan, why not subscribe or follow so you never miss a release. In episode 354, Jose and Ryan have some breaking news about the Hulu Hellraiser film, plus some cool stuff from Doug Bradley, Dr. Sorcha Ni Fhlainn and Pete Atkins. Sponsor Don Bertram’s Celebrate Imagination This episode is sponsored by Don Bertram’s Celebrate Imagination. Don Bertram is a long-time friend of Clive, and advocate of his art, but Don’s unique and inspiring paintings are for sale, and up to 50% of the procee...2022-07-0337 min
The HOME Film PodcastDecember 2021 - Titane, West Side Story, There is no Evil, Lola and the Sea, House of GucciThe HOME Film Podcast: December 2021
Episode aired Fri 26 Nov 2021
Hosted by Karen Gabay
Special guests Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn, Nadia Ahmed, Maria Torres and Jason Wood
On this month's HOME Film Podcast we discuss the new releases Titane, There is no Evil and Lola and the Sea with special guests Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn and Nadia Ahmed. Plus, we have some exclusive clips from the upcoming film House of Gucci starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, releasing today, Fri 26 Nov, and Karen is joined by acclaimed choreographer Maria Torres (Enchanted, Swing, In the Heights) to dis...2021-11-261h 29The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastTEEN HORROR 09 • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer Freddy Krueger seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death.Joining us this week is film critic, author and scholar Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn to go into the gore, dream logic of Wes Craven's masterpiece, how Nancy stands out from other final girls and what exactly makes Freddy Krueger so terrifying. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio***The Final Girls are a UK-based f...2021-11-181h 27
The Clive Barker Podcast300th Episode SpectacularWe celebrated our 300th episode in style, with as many past guests and listeners as we could cram in. It was great fun and the full list of guests appears below. As I write this, our heads are still spinning from this amazing episode! In addition to all the other past guests, first-timer Doug Bradley joined us, and Clive surprised us by participating via phone and dropping some updates about his upcoming projects (listen to find out!!!) (Thanks, Simon!). Plus, see who won our Clive Barker trivia contest in the second half! We started with Uberfangirl Lori from Simon Bamfo...2021-04-122h 34
The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastVAMPIRES 19 • Byzantium (2012) + Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)Joining us is special guest and vampire expert Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn to discuss Neil Jordan's second vampire film Byzantium and Jim Jarmusch's arthouse take on vampiric ennui Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). Byzantium (2012) from 00:04:27Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) from 00:32:08If you want to explore the vampire more, we recommend Ní Fhlainn's books Postmodern Vampires and the short story collection Visions of the Vampire: Two Centuries of Immortal Tales.This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. This week's pick is the excellent follow-up to Hitchcock's classic, Psycho II. P...2021-03-261h 20
Trinity Long Room HubTLRH | Recruiting Irish Catholics for Imperial Warfare, 1756-93Tuesday, 7 December 2020, 4 – 5pm
A seminar by Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (MMU) as part of the School of English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series 2020-21 in partnership with Trinity Long Room Hub.
Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. The Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series is a fortnightly meeting which has been integral to the School of English research community since the 1990s. The aim of the seminar series is to provide a relaxed and convivial atmosphere for staff and students to present their research to their peers. The series also welcomes distinguished guest lecturers from the academic community outside Trinity Coll...2020-12-091h 09
Trinity Long Room HubTLRH | "Too bad we can't stay, baby!": Examining the Haunted House in 1980s AmericaTuesday, 8 December 2020, 4 – 5pm
A seminar by Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (MMU) as part of the School of English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series 2020-21 in partnership with Trinity Long Room Hub.
Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. The Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series is a fortnightly meeting which has been integral to the School of English research community since the 1990s. The aim of the seminar series is to provide a relaxed and convivial atmosphere for staff and students to present their research to their peers. The series also welcomes distinguished guest lecturers from the academic community outside Trinity Coll...2020-12-091h 03
This Is Not A PipeSorcha Ní Fhlainn: Postmodern VampiresSorcha Ní Fhlainn discusses her book Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture with Chris Richardson. Ní Fhlainn is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and American studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. She is a founding member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies and author of Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture (Palgrave, 2019). She has published widely on socio-cultural history, subjectivity and postmodernism in Film Studies, American studies, Horror studies, and Popular Culture. Previous books include Clive Barker: Dark imaginer (Manchester UP, 2017), and The Worlds of Back to the Future: Critical Essays on the Films (Mc...2020-12-0354 min
The Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastVAMPIRES 01 • Dracula (1931) + Horror of Dracula (1958) + Dracula (1979)Our first episode of our new series devoted to exploring the vampire in horror cinema is all about THE most famous vampire of them all: Count Dracula. Joining us is special guest and vampire expert Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn to discuss the screen adaptations of Dracula, from the original Bela Lugosi Dracula (1931), via Sir Christopher Lee's iconic Horror of Dracula (1958) and finishing with gothic romance Dracula (1979) starring Frank Langella and his epic bouffant. Dracula (1931) from 00:09:55Horror of Dracula (1958) from 00:28:08Dracula (1979) from 00:47:35 If you want to explore the vampire more, we recommend N...2020-11-131h 23
RAH! PodcastGothic Manchester Festival 2019This episode will focus on the Gothic Manchester Festival. Now in its 7th iteration, this year the Gothic Manchester Festival will be themed on 'Gothic Times'. The festival will span the whole of October with a whole range of events exploring the Gothic throughout time for you to get involved in. You can find out more about the festival and our full range of events on our website at mmu.ac.uk/gothicmanchesterfestival
Don't forget to book your ticket for one of our highlight events - RURAL EERIE. Tickets available here: https://thepeerhat.co.uk/event/rural-eerie-explored-through-sounds-and-words/
Featuring: Dr Linnie...2019-10-0100 min
3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE: A Britflicks Podcast with screenwriter Stuart Wright5 Great British Horror Films Sorcha Ni FhlainnHost Stuart Wright talks with Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and American Studies, Dr Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, about 5 Great British Horror Films.
Sorcha is speaking at the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies (London) on Thursday 9 May. Her lecture is called: HELLBOUND HEARTS: THE DARK ART OF CLIVE BARKER
Ticket and central London venue details here... https://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/events/hellbound-hearts-the-dark-art-of-clive-barker-london/
1) Horror of Dracula (1958)
2)The Wicker Man (1973)
3) Hellraiser (1987)
4) Ghostwatch (1992)
5) 28 Days Later (2002)
Sorcha is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and American Studies, and a founding member of the Manchester centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has published...2019-05-0747 min
The Clive Barker PodcastBreaking News from the Reef 4-29-2019News Digest, April 29, 2019 Edition. Jason Blum on More Hellraiser Films Lussier and Farmer Hellraiser Treatments Reviewed No Tony Todd For Candyman Spiritual Sequel Tony Todd Passes The Torch to New Candyman Book of Monsters Blu-Ray Pre-Order Up Now Nightbreed 35mm Print Screening with Nicholas Vince announced Rumors of the Marvelous Audio Book on the Way Rawhead Rex Reboot On the Way? Clive Barker Original Sketches Now On Sale Sam Shearon Artist News Next Testament Omnibus Coming in August Is Tony Todd Still in the Running to Play Candyman? Doug Bradley Joins 80's Horror Documentary Clive Barker Art at...2019-04-3024 min
The Clive Barker Podcast2018 in ReviewThanks for subscribing and listening to the Clive Barker Podcast. The only podcast dedicated to the imagination of Clive Barker. In this episode, 209, we go over our favorite stuff from 2018. All that, plus a Kickstarter update and thanks to our backers and we got a sneak preview of Dark Ditties: Finders Keepers. Discussion Preview: Spoiler Free: Dark Ditties Presents Finders Keepers Kickstarter Update Kickstarter Thanks: Ben Warren, Jason St. Pierre, The Creative Fund, Kristen, Adam Ducey, Jacob Hendricks, Paul Schaaf, John Thielking, Lori Markle Bische, Daniel Elven, Rob Robinson, Elena DeGarmo, Davi...2019-01-061h 11
The Clive Barker PodcastColdheart CanyonThanks for downloading and subscribing to the Clive Barker Podcast. Our web site is at www.clivebarkercast.com. We're the only sight podcast dedicated to the imagination of Clive Barker. In this, epsisode 208, Jose and I are joined once again by Dr. Sorch Ni Fhlainn to discuss the 2001 novel, Coldheart Canyon. If you haven't read this book yet, there will be some spoilers ahead as we dive into the Hollywood ghost story. I have to apologize in advaince. I have a nasty flu, so often when I wanted to say something, I had to mute my coughing instead. Welcome...2018-12-312h 57
The Clive Barker PodcastA Good Groundhog DayThanks for listening and subscribing to The Clive Barker Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to the imagination of Clive Barker. In this, episode 203 Jose and I catch up on the news. What Clive Barker's been up to, there's a new Audio Book of the Venus Complex with two Hellbound cenobites involved, Don Bertram's The Chimneysweep's Tale, and an update on the performance of "The Departed" and some great Clive Barker related sales. All this news, but we spill the beans on what you can get in our upcoming Kickstarter, Clive Barker Podcast Presents Fundraiser 6: Billseeker! From The R...2018-11-251h 04
The Clive Barker PodcastNovember News Digest!Fellow Clive Barker fans, we have to apologize. With planning for our 200th episode, the upcoming Kickstarter, the recent interview with Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, and our intrepid news guy, Rob being under the weather, we've gotten behind on the news. Somebody unplugged all our fax machines and 300 baud modems for the Reef! Today we're going to fix that, and get as caught up as we possibly can. So here we go! Clive Barker's appearance at Days of the Dead! Lots of happy fans have been sharing their photos of Clive at Days of the Dead last weekend. Specia...2018-11-2002 min
The Clive Barker PodcastClive Barker Dark Imaginer with Dr. Sorcha Ni FhlainnThanks for subscribing and listening to the Clive Barker Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to the imagination of Clive Barker. In this episode, 202, we get to talk with Dr. Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, editor and contributor to Clive Barker Dark Imaginer, a compilation of academic essays that span Clive's work from the 80's all the way to The Scarlet Gospels. You might be able to imagine how fun it was for Jose and I to have a long chat with a professor about our favorite subject, Clive! Welcome Dr. Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, Senior Lecturer, Film Studies and American...2018-11-181h 55
The Clive Barker Podcast200 There Should Be Cake!Thanks for listening and subscribing to 200 episodes of the Clive Barker Podcast! That's right, 200 episodes, and to celebrate we bugged as many friends of the podcast, past guests and listeners as we could. Do you hear your voice in here? We've come a long way since our humble beginnings and Occupy Midian, and to celebrate, here's a painful quick snippet of our first episode… Wait, don't go. This isn't a clip show. Jose, Markus and I talk about our favorite Clive Barker stuff, memories of the podcast, paintings and things we wish were different. Get ready… But first, a little bit...2018-11-041h 54
Thales’ WellHorror, Ghosts and Monsters with Sorcha Ní FhlainnThis week, as we approach All Hallows Eve, we turn to the ghastly, the monstrous, the shocking, the ghoulish, the spooky and the downright eerie. I am talking to Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn who is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and American Literature. She is a founding member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. We spoke about all things Gothic, the endless fascination with vampires, working class werewolves, ghosts, zombies, as well as how Gothic horror speaks to political questions. Sorcha also tells us about her love for Clive Barker.
You find ou...2018-10-261h 02
The ForumBram Stoker's DraculaFew novels have had such a huge impact on modern popular culture as Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The story and its terrifying main character have fascinated readers, critics, writers and film-makers ever since it was first published in 1897.Across the world there are fan clubs devoted to the fictional Romanian aristocrat who brings terror to Victorian England. Bridget Kendall is joined by Dracula expert Dacre Stoker, gothic studies specialist Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn and Dr Sam George from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK.Photo: Actor Christopher Lee portraying Count Dracula. (Keystone/ Getty Images)2017-09-1939 min