Second Features

After almost two years of using the Edgar Wallace theme we finally get around to covering one of Merton Park studio's early Wallace thrillers, The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Allan Davies, 1960), paired with another low-budget second feature, The House of Mystery (Vernon Sewell, 1961). We take this opportunity to discuss Dr Laura Mayne's article 'Whatever happened to the British ‘B’ movie? Micro-budget film-making and the death of the one-hour supporting feature in the early 1960s', which was published in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. There will be murder, mystery, and nostalgia for a cinema experience our hosts are really too young to remember.Do get in touch with us via Twitter - @secondfeatures - or by email - secondfeaturespod@gmail.com - if you have any feedback or suggestions. We would love to hear from you! Please also leave us a rating and a review wherever you listen.

It's been a loooong summer break, but we are finally back with a new episode. Join us as we talk 'Namsploitation with the University of Lincoln's Dr Neil Jackson. He chose the 1980 classic The Exterminator (James Glickenhaus) as our point of entry, but the conversation covers many classic, and relatively obscure, Vietnam war-themed movies. So join us as together we experience massive explosions, decapitations and industrial mincing machines.Do get in touch with us via Twitter - @secondfeatures - or by email - secondfeaturespod@gmail.com - if you have any feedback or suggestions. We would love to hear from you! Please also leave us a rating and a review wherever you listen.

To celebrate the recent publication of the book Norman J. Warren: Gentleman of Terror, we invited Dr Adam Locks back on the show to discuss his memories of the much-missed British director. As co-author, Adrian has basically used this podcast as an excuse to plug his own book, but hey! If he doesn't, who else will? Laura is made to watch the sci-fi/ D.H. Lawrence mashup Prey (1977) but does find some redeeming features.If you would like to get your own copy of the book (and why wouldn't you?) it can be ordered from FAB Press if you are in the UK, Creepy*Images if you are in Europe, or Dream Haven Books in the US.Do get in touch with us via Twitter - @secondfeatures - or by email - secondfeaturespod@gmail.com - if you have any feedback or suggestions. We would love to hear from you! Please also leave us a rating and a review wherever you listen.

Diamonds are Forever may not be considered one of the better James Bond films, but there is still much to love about Sean Connery's return to the franchise, as Laura and Adrian discover. Also on the podcast is Dr Llewella Chapman, whose excellent new book Fashioning James Bond: Costume, Gender and Identity in the World of 007 is available now.Do get in touch with us via Twitter - @secondfeatures - or by email - secondfeaturespod@gmail.com - if you have any feedback or suggestions. We would love to hear from you! Please also leave us a rating and a review wherever you listen.

This time we're delving into the dread-infused gothic world of Italian maestro Mario Bava with writer, academic and Italophile Dr Leon Hunt. His new book Mario Bava: The Artisan as Auteur, is out now as part of Blomsbury's fabulous Global Exploitation Cinemas series.Do get in touch with us via Twitter - @secondfeatures - or by email - secondfeaturespod@gmail.com - if you have any feedback or suggestions. We would love to hear from you! Please also leave us a rating and a review wherever you listen.

Marty was the dork of Doddsville High. One day he got mad... then he got even! Join us as we enjoy the British slasher doing its best to be American, Slaughter High. Our guest for this episode is horror historian Dr Johnny Walker, Associate Professor in the Department of Arts at Northumbria University and expert in eighties horror and the VHS rental boom.You can find out more about Johnny's research on his website. You can find details of his current exciting research project 'Raising Hell: British Horror Cinema in the 1980s and 1990s' on the UKRI site. The best way to keep up with his many projects is by following him on Twitter @johnnycwalkerDo get in touch with us via Twitter as well - @secondfeatures - or by email - secondfeaturespod@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Please also leave us a rating and a review wherever you listen.