On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Darrell Buxton find themselves locked in the nursery of mad matriarch Ruth Roman, in Ted Post’s uncomfortably weird tale of adult babies and abuse The Baby (1973). But is this simply a piece of early 70s exploitation, or is there something else going on in the playroom? You have been warned.…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and extra special guest Graham Duff (writer, creator and star of cult TV show IDEAL) explore the murky world of spare-part surgery, semi-vampires and fascist states. SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN (1970), a (sort of) Amicus production, peels back the skin and offers up some unrestrained 70s horror in a way that could on…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Darrell Buxton, find themselves trapped in an elevator at the mercy lowlifes, thieves and murderers, and the complete horror show, we sometimes called America.By TeaForTerror

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and NYX TV rep James Whittington, get their teeth stuck into Robert Egger’s new interpretation of Nosferatu (2024). On the heels of the earlier Werner Herzog outing and of course the German expressionist 1922 classic, Eggers certainly has much to prove. But fear not, this latest incarnation is smart, disturbing a…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Ian Taylor contemplate the nature fame, celebrity and cinema as they examine one of the decade’s most incendiary horror flicks Pearl (2022). Expect plenty of chat about Mia Goth, Ti West and 21st century horror.By TeaForTerror

On this extra, extra special episode my guest, the brilliant RICHARD STANLEY (Hardware, Dust Devil, Color out of Space) talks about the greatest monster movie ever made KING KONG (1933). Expect chat about AI, H.P. Lovecraft, Willis O’Brien, Merian C. Cooper, Fay Wray, and Pre-code Movies. “It was beauty killed the beast.” You have been warned.…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Dan Taylor find their stockings full of murderous surprises when they give Edmund Purdom's dodgy Xmas shocker another go. Expect the worst British Santas you've ever seen, nonsensical plot lines and 80s grot. You have been warned.By TeaForTerror

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and artist Graham Humphreys wind up stranded at an unknown locale facing monstrous dangers which include, rising budgets, spoiled and misbehaved actors and, of course a handful of drug addled man-beasts. The production of The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), as depicted in Lost Soul (2014), was clearly a troubled one…

Like, on this episode, Andrew Graves and Darrell Buxton make the scene, dig it? Leaving the squares behind they head out to the coffee shop, click their way through some heavy poetry then get their kicks watching A Bucket of Blood (1959) by some cat called Corman. Murder, laughs and art, they try to noodle it out. So, like, listen in all you cheap …

Imagine a podcast. Picture a moment in time where two people, Andrew Graves and Emma Dark, find themselves on a journey into the shadows. It might also be our journey. Listen as we plunge ever deeper into the strange limitless realms of the Tea For Terror Zone.By TeaForTerror

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Tim Dry (Xtro, Return of the Jedi), find themselves enclaved in the decaying town house of a reclusive ex-rock star. Together chat about the Nic Roeg/Donald Cammell arthouse piece Peformance (1970). They also ponder life's mysteries, discuss gangland villains and generally get off of their faces in a cu…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves is joined by Barbie Wilde (Hellbound: Hellraiser II) and together they spend an ill-advised evening at the theatre. As the curtains open they find themselves at the mercy of disgruntled thesp Edward Lionheart. This 1973 Vincent Price vehicle is sure to get your blood pumping. Prepare for Shakespearian levels of v…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Eric McNaughton find themselves stranded at a strange castle somewhere in the Carpathians. Together they tackle fly-eating underlings, dead-pan man-servants and, of course, a red-eyed Christopher Lee. Expect nostalgic talk of Hammer and late-night double bills and loads of horror goodness. You have been…

On this episode, director of folk horror film To Fire You Come at Last and author of Twilight’s Last Screaming, Sean Hogan, joins Andrew Graves for a cuppa and chat about dark supernatural chiller The Shout (1978). Over a brew, the pair discuss Alan Bates, John Hurt, seaside horror, 70s attitudes and much, much more. You have been warned.…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Darrell Buxton take a wander around the backstreets of mid-1940s London and find themselves embroiled in a nasty serial murder case. Wanted for Murder (1946), is a choice piece of post-war British cinema which mashes up horror and the police procedural in an incredibly satisfying, subversive manner. Too…

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Tom Gigliotti from Shout It Out Loudcast, slap on the greasepaint and spandex and go for a spin on the roller coaster and investigate the cheapo bin fire that is KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978). Less Hard Day’s Night and more trick-or-treat kiddie show, will this Hanna-Barbera TV movie make them want to …

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and VERY special guest Ari Lehman (the very first Jason Vorhees) speculative whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or sit and watch Lawrence Olivier’s classy horror flick Hamlet (1948). Together they muse on life death and the existential, and of course Friday the 1…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and star of A Field in England (2013), Richard Glover, discuss that very film. Stuffing their gobs with mushrooms and going places they probably shouldn’t, the pair of them get to grips with Ben Wheatley, method acting, psychedelics, oh and the secret of the universe. You have been warned.…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves, and guest John Harrison, get lost on the African veldt as they are pursued by tribesman who have few good intentions. The Naked Prey (1965), written, directed and starring Cornel Wilde, while not technically a horror film, does contain some of the most chilling death scenes ever put on camera, and it retains an …

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest James Whittington, discuss the many fine attributes of NYX TV. The free to air channel, one the finest in terms of horror content, prides itself on offering a glorious and eclectic schedule of old favourites, foreign delicacies and more obscure delights. Together, the pair discuss past and upcoming NYX …

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Barbie Wilde (Hellbound: Hellraiser II) spend a tense hour or so trying to pass the runes on to some other poor fool to free themselves from the claws of the oncoming nightmare. Night of the Demon (1957), directed by Jacques Tourneur and based on the short story by M.R. James, presents a dark tale of bl…

On the second of our Tea For Terror Specials, your host Andrew Graves and returning guest Dan Taylor, go back to bygone days to explore those childhood TV and movie traumas. Together they discuss creepy–arsed nostalgia pieces like Worzel Gummidge, Threads, Public Information films, The Nutty Professor (1963) and The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Jez Conolly, fins themselves ‘upgraded’ by the mysterious company to end up rubbing shoulders with a deeply troubled Rock Hudson’. Together they explore John Frankenhiemer’s existential horror, Seconds (1966), a weird, disturbing and utterly brilliant American chiller. Devastatingly bleak and completely…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Tim Dry (Xtro, Return of the Jedi) hover between life and death to explore the nightmarish world presented in Jacob’s Ladder (1990). Directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Tim Robbins, this odd psychological thriller is as strange as it is disturbing “…according to this, you’re already dead” You have been…

On this episode, the very first ‘Special’, host Andrew Graves and returning guest Darrell Buxton, take a long hard look at the life and films of Mr Murder himself Tod Slaughter. Before the rise of Hammer, Cushing and Lee etc. we had this quintessentially unrepentant rogue, arguably Britain’s first screen monster. His movies – usually cinematic adap…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Emma Dark move into a new neighbourhood and immediately find themselves at odds with the paranoid residents. Together, they take solace by re-watching The ‘Burbs (1989), Joe Dante’s superb satire on American suburbia.By TeaForTerror

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Barbie Wilde (Hellbound: Hellraiser II) find themselves staying in an out of the way motel, where the manager seems to have an unhealthy fixation with dead birds and holes in bathroom walls. Join them as they avoid the shower and pick apart Hitchcock’s unquestionable classic Psycho (1960)…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves once again comes face to face with NYX Channel rep, James Whittington. Together they discuss comedy horror, 80s movies and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988).By TeaForTerror

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Erika Bean try not to get killed after they accidentally watch a dodgy video copy of this week’s film of choice, Hideo Nakata’s Ring (1998). This spooky Japanese horror from the closing moments of the 20th century, still casts its shadow of hordes of American imitators and stands tall among the very bes…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and guest Robert Shearman inadvisably go out playing in the muddy hell of a working farm of the mid 1970s, where children routinely fall foul of rat poison, falling iron gates and cow shit stinking slurry pits. Together they explore the nasty world of the British public information film Apaches (1977). Bleak, unp…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Aaron Carruthers take an inadvisable trip to a cabin in the middle of nowhere. Beset by deadites, freezing cold temperatures and spattered with homemade blood, they try to make some sense of Sam Raimi’s spooky debut feature The Evil Dead (1981). What could possibly go wrong?…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and screen actor Simon Bamford (Butterball in Hellraiser/Hellbound: Hellraiser II) find themselves trapped in an old farmhouse. Its boiling hot, they’re surrounded by rotting corpses and the only thing on the menu is them. Despite their imminent peril, they still find the time to examine Tobe Hooper’s masterful h…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and returning guest James Whittington (NYX, Legend, The Horror Channel) put on their Santa hats, load their sacks with various instruments of butchery and head off into Christmas Eve to examine Bob Clark’s seminal festive horror Black Christmas (1974). Often cited as being a major influence on the later slasher m…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Exploitation Retrospect head honcho Dan Taylor break into the lab to conduct some questionable experiments in order to resurrect the mid-80s American splatter movie Re-Animator (1985). This Stuart Gordon directed cult classic torn from the pages of H.P. Lovecraft, is a neon-lit, violent horror show which is b…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Jez Conolly find themselves struggling with the world’s worst case of deja vu as they get caught in the time-looped nightmare of Dead of Night (1945). This post-war Ealing Studio’s horror, provided the template for the anthology movie and pre-dated the gothic stylings of Hammer by a good 10 years. Weird, cree…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and John Harrison get all freaked out by David E Durston’s acid trip-rabies-horror, I Drink Your Blood (1970). Undoubtedly influenced by Night of the Living Dead (1968) but pre-dating Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left (1972), the movie is an uneven yet entertaining mix of violence, rabies and bad acting lac…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and We Belong Dead editor Darrell Buxton go way back in time to unravel a tale of madness, manipulation and amputation in Tod Browning’s weird circus-set silent horror The Unknown (1927). They discuss flesh, fiends, Joan Crawford, and of course legendary screen shapeshifter, Lon Chaney.…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Jon Towlson, author of 40 Cult Movies don their best gas masks and tramp off to the Peak District to unpack kitchen sink horror Dead Man’s Shoes. Directed by Shane Meadows (This is England, A Room for Romeo Brass) and starring Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon, Hot Fuzz), it’s a dark and brooding serial ki…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and director of The Love Witch, Anna Biller delve into the black and white proto-Amicus movie, City of the Dead AKA Horror Hotel (1960). Starring Hammer legend Christopher Lee, this witchy oddity taps into modern fears and new world ideas, riffing on many of the same themes as Psycho, Black Sunday and Peeping Tom…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and James Whittington (NYX TV/The Horror Channel/Legend) slip on their Silver Shamrock masks and go poking about the creepy looking factory at the edge of town, to try and figure out what’s going down in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). A departure from the original franchise, this cult horror flick is …

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and filmmaker Emma Dark go in search of a Marvel adaption that has some real teeth. Before the overtly formulaic limitations of the MCU came Blade (1998). Leaping from the pages of The Tomb of Dracula back in the 70s, Blade became one of the first black super-powered dudes to spring from the white dominated world…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and writer Erika Bean (and baby Riley) cast a critical eye on Alice Lowe’s superbly subversive 21st century horror film Prevenge (2016). Discussing pregnancy on film, comedy and horror and modern female directors, they wander the maternity ward in search of answers…and probably some baby wipes.…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and performance poet Matt Duffy AKA Thick Richard, stupidly decide to mess around with the puzzle box and come face to face with Pinhead and co. Narrowly avoiding being torn asunder by the Cenobites, they babble on about HellBound: Hellraiser II and try to make some sense of this world and the next. It’s time to …

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Nicholas Vince (Chatterer from Hellraiser) discuss The Masque of the Red Death (1964), digging deep into Roger Corman’s Poe cycle, Nicolas Roeg and of course Vincent Price. Expect horror, plagues and lots of Chatterer chat.By TeaForTerror

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and Lee Gambin from Cinemaniacs go into the cellar to discuss vermin-infested chiller Willard (1971). Starring Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine and Elsa Lanchester, this cult favourite directed by Daniel Mann, elevates itself from mere creature feature to something smart, beautiful and unforgettable, a rat-race obs…

On this episode, Andrew Graves and tattooist and part-time drag-queen, Boff Konkerz AKA Gloria Sync, share a pot of tea, spread the tarot cards and discuss the aesthetically enchanting, yet disturbingly tragic chiller, The Love Witch (2016). Written, directed and produced by Anna Biller, it’s a cool, beautiful piece of highly original 21st century …

On this episode, Andrew Graves and Tom Gigliotti from Shout It Out Loudcast, slap on the greasepaint and spandex and go for a spin on the roller coaster and investigate the cheapo bin fire that is KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978). Less Hard Day’s Night and more trick-or-treat kiddie show, will this Hanna-Barbera TV movie make them want to …

On this episode, host Andrew Graves, and creator/original editor of horror mag We Belong Dead, Eric McNaughton, find their backyard overrun by ants. Though they try dowsing the little sods with boiling water and all forms of pesticide they eventually resort to an atomic bomb. What could possibly go wrong? So, begins their delve into science fiction…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves, and filmmaker and author Sean Hogan go on holiday to the seedy, terrifyingly bleak backwash locale of Point Dume, California, where they find themselves in a confusing mystery of murder, cannibalism and dark magic. With nothing to munch on but live rats, it’s going to be a distinctly long and strange trip.…

On this episode, host Andrew Graves and pulp skinhead/werewolf novelist Tim Wells take a trip back to the 1930s to sink their lupine fangs into the strange beast that is Universal’s Werewolf of London (1935). So, grab yourself a steaming cuppa while you can, things are about to get hairy.By TeaForTerror