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General Witchfinders
General Witchfinders
Ross Cleaver, Jon Pountney, James Randall

General Witchfinders: A British Horror Podcast. Britain… An ancient kingdom with legends of violence, cruelty and torment in... more

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49 - Robert Aickman's - Ringing the Changes

This time, we listened to and read Ringing the Changes by Robert Aickman. Robert Fordyce Aickman was an... more

25 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
48 - The House that Dripped blood

"The House That Dripped Blood" is a 1971 British anthology horror film directed by Peter Duffell and distributed by Amicus... more

19 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
47 - Inside Number 9 - The Devil of Christmas

Inside No. 9 is a British black comedy anthology series that aired from February 5, 2014, to June 12, 2024.... more

06 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
46 - The Survivor (based on the James Herbert Novel)

Intro music from:Arthemis - Survivor (Destiny's Child Cover)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjYCOtYjCY4The Survivor is a 1981 supernatural horror Australian-British co-production directed by David Hemmings... more

14 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 49 minutes
45 - Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell

We return to Hammer Productions with Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell, filmed at Elstree Studios in 1972. It marked... more

10 May 2024 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
44b - Nigel Kneale's Beasts - During Barty's Party

Welcome back to our “Beasts” Double Bill! Last time, we watched "The Dummy" from the infamous anthology series by General... more

15 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
44a - Nigel Kneale's Beasts - The Dummy

We continue where we left off in episode 27 with our exploration of the 1976 British anthology series "Beasts," written... more

29 Mar 2024 · 50 minutes
43 - 28 Days Later

28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film, our first film from the 21st Century. Ewan McGregor was... more

22 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
42 - Nothing But The Night

Nothing but the Night is a 1973 British horror film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Christopher Lee and Peter... more

25 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
41b - BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas: The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas is a supernatural drama produced by the BBC as part of the A Ghost Story... more

31 Dec 2023 · 54 minutes
41a - BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas: The Stalls of Barchester

The Stalls of Barchester was first broadcast on BBC 1 at 11:00 pm on December 24, 1971. It is based... more

24 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
40 - The Brides of Dracula

"Dracula the Damned" is a 1960 British supernatural horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions starring ‘Big’ Christopher Lee… Scratch that…Rather,... more

15 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 41 minutes
39 - Lifeforce AKA Space Vampires

Lifeforce (aka Space Vampires) is a 1985 science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, adapted by Dan O'Bannon (writer... more

26 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 41 minutes
38 - Nigel Kneale's - The Quatermass Xperiment / AKA The Creeping Unknown

Tonight, we complete the Hammer Quatermass trilogy (albeit out of order) with The Quatermass Xperiment (a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown in the US) is... more

21 Sep 2023 · 2 hours, 15 minutes
37 - Murder By Decree

Murder by Decree is a 1979 mystery thriller directed by Bob Clark (Director of ‘Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things’... more

06 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 36 minutes
36 - Nigel Kneale's / Susan Hill's - The Woman in Black (1989)

Tonight we are discussing the  1989 British horror drama television film directed by Herbert Wise (most famous for I, Cladius,... more

07 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
FIH005 - In The Earth (United Kingdom 2021)

After his involvement in the reboot of the Tomb Raider movie franchise was scuppered by the Pandemic, Ben Wheatley, director... more

28 May 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Clip show - episodes 4-6

Clips from the best bits from episodes four to six4 - James Herbert - The Ratshttps://podfollow.com/general-witchfinders/episode/fcc6efe904b6f9160ab7a0656bc46dd0f5901e93/view5 - Nigel Kneale’s -... more

05 May 2023 · 2 hours, 19 minutes
35 - The Shout

The Shout is a 1978 British horror film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski (who is also an Actor was in Mars... more

08 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
34 - Nigel Kneale's - Quatermass and the Pit / AKA Five Million Years to Earth

Quatermass and the Pit (or as it’s known in the US ‘Five Million Years to Earth’) is a 1967 British... more

28 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 50 minutes
33 - Ghost Adventures - Ancient Ram Inn

Ghost Adventures is an American paranormal and reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2008, on the Travel Channel... more

05 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
32 - BBC A Ghost Story for Christmas - Whistle and I'll Come to You & Stigma

"Whistle and I'll Come to You" is a 1968 BBC television drama adaptation of the 1904 ghost story "'Oh, Whistle,... more

24 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 47 minutes
31 - The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires aka The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula

The martial arts horror film The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires was released in 1974.  It stars. Peter... more

26 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 44 minutes
30 - Night of the Demon (AKA Curse of the Demon)

NOT The 1980 James C. Wasson film in which an anthropologist and his students attempt to track down a Bigfoot... more

28 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
29 - Tales of the Unexpected - The Memory Man

Tales of the Unexpected was a British television series that aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story,... more

07 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
FIH004 - Possum (2018 - United Kingdom)

Possum is a 2018 British psychological horror film written and directed by Matthew (Garth Marenghi) Holness in his feature film debut,... more

22 Sep 2022 · 42 minutes
FIH003 - The Wailing / Gokseong (2016 - South Korea)

In this episode, we are joined by BOOMER fromPodcast in the Woodshttps://linktr.ee/woodspodcastThis is the episode Ross was in btw: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6G5TocltVLFUgVdPdPUC2V?si=fQ7JuHMLTP2mbSqlrpH20QThe... more

27 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
FIH002 - The Ritual (2017 - UK / Canada)

The Ritual is a 2017 British/ Canadian horror film starring Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, and Sam Troughton (grandson of two... more

31 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
28- Scars of Dracula

Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Films.It stars Christopher Lee... more

15 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
FIH001 - The Innocents (2021 - Norway)

The General Witchfinders present: Folk in Hell! (a spinoff podcast)The Innocents NOT the 1961 film with Deborah Kerr, which we WILL... more

30 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
27 - Nigel Kneale Double Bill - The Road & Beasts: BABY

Thomas Nigel Kneale was a British screenwriter who wrote professionally for more than 50 years, was a winner of the... more

16 Jun 2022 · 2 hours, 16 minutes
26 - An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 horror comedy film written and directed by John Landis. An international co-production... more

08 May 2022 · 1 hour, 48 minutes
25 - Twins of Evil aka Twins of Dracula

Twins of Evil (also known as Twins of Dracula) is a 1971 British horror film directed by John Hough and... more

15 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
24 - The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland,... more

18 Mar 2022 · 1 hour, 43 minutes
Clip show - episodes 1-3

Here are some clips from the first three episodes of the podcast, go and listen to the whole thing here...Dracula... more

23 Feb 2022 · 34 minutes
23 - The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box is a 1969 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler, starring, The King of the Grand GuignolThe... more

11 Feb 2022 · 1 hour, 26 minutes
22 - The Legend of Hell House

The Legend of Hell House is a 1973 supernatural horror film directed by John Hough, and starring Pamela Franklin, Roddy... more

28 Jan 2022 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
21 - BBC A Ghost Story for Christmas - A Warning to the Curious & The Signalman

A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One between... more

14 Jan 2022 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
20 - Alfred Hitchcock's - Frenzy

Frenzy is a 1972 British horror / thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (aged, at time of production, 71). It is... more

24 Dec 2021 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
19 - The Reptile

Staring Noel Willman, Ray Barrett, Jennifer Daniel and Jacqueline ‘Servalan’ Pearce, The Reptile is based in the fictional village of... more

03 Dec 2021 · 1 hour, 40 minutes
18 - Stephen Volk's - Ghostwatch

Ghostwatch, a drama produced for the BBC anthology series Screen One, is a British reality–horror/pseudo-documentary television film, broadcast on BBC1... more

23 Nov 2021 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
17 - Nigel Kneale's - Quatermass 2 / AKA The Enemy From Space

Quatermass 2 (a.k.a. Enemy From Space in the United States and Canada) is a 1957 black-and-white British science fiction horror film from... more

25 Oct 2021 · 1 hour, 40 minutes
16 - Xtro

Xtro is a 1983 British science fiction horror film directed by Harry Bromley-Davenport. Starring Bernice Stegers, Philip Sayer, and Simon Nash,... more

05 Oct 2021 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Blast from the Past - Creeping With Armstrong

Because Jon is rushed off his feet with work, we haven’t been able to record a usual General Witchfinders, so... more

16 Aug 2021 · 56 minutes
15 - The Earth Dies Screaming

The Earth Dies Screaming is a black and white, 1964 British horror science fiction film directed by Terence Fisher (... more

01 Aug 2021 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
14 - The Omen

Released on the 6th day of the 6th month in the year 1976, the week The Wurzels ‘Combine Harvester’, became... more

19 Jul 2021 · 1 hour, 45 minutes
13 - Dead of Night

Dead of Night is a 1945 black and white British anthology horror film, made by Ealing Studios, was their sole... more

06 Jul 2021 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
12 - Clive Barker's Hellraiser

Hellraiser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker based on his 1986 novella The... more

21 Jun 2021 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
11 - Doctor Who - The Horror of Fang Rock

Horror of Fang Rock is the first serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor... more

07 Jun 2021 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
10 - The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Selected for our 10th episode anniversary by our listeners, The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 1971 British comedy horror film,... more

08 May 2021 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
9 - Death Line aka Raw Meat

Late one night at the Russell Square station in the London Underground, university students Patricia and her American exchange student... more

24 Apr 2021 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
8 - Jeremy Dyson's Never Trust a Rabbit

Jeremy Dyson is the co-creator of the West End play Ghost Stories, and a member of the sketch comedy team... more

10 Apr 2021 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
7 - Horror Express

Horror Express - or Pánico en el Transiberiano translated as Panic on the Trans-Siberian, is an English language Spanish science... more

27 Mar 2021 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
SAMPLE: Patreon Bonus 2 - Ghost Adventures

SAMPLE Patreon Bonus 2 - Ghost Adventures Stardust Ranch Hello, you may have heard Ghost Adventures come up in a few... more

26 Mar 2021 · 7 minutes
6 - The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Two years after the events of Dracula AD 1972, a Secret Service agent barely escapes from an English country house,... more

14 Mar 2021 · 1 hour, 41 minutes
5 - Nigel Kneale’s - The Stone Tape

The Stone Tape was broadcast on BBC Two as a Christmas ghost story in 1972. It was written by Nigel... more

28 Feb 2021 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
4 - James Herbert - The Rats

Warning this book has outdated attitudes, language and cultural depiction, which may cause offence today.Harris, a young East London art... more

14 Feb 2021 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
3 - Sapphire and Steel - Assignment 4

Sapphire and Steel are two interdimensional operatives.Time is a corridor that surrounds everything, but there are weak spots where Time... more

31 Jan 2021 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
2 - The Curse of Frankenstein

19th century Switzerland! On the eve of his execution for the murder of his maid, Baron Victor Frankenstein confesses his story... more

17 Jan 2021 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
1 - Dracula AD 1972

Ross, Jon and James discuss:Dracula AD 1972from HammerAvailable to buy or rent on Amazon and Apple in the UK.The seventh... more

03 Jan 2021 · 1 hour, 28 minutes
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Sapphire and Steel are two interdimensional operatives.Time is a corridor that surrounds everything, but there are weak spots where Time – implied... more