No Darkness But Ours

For the first time on No Darkness But Ours, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick set out to discuss an entire horror franchise - Don Coscarelli's Phantasm films. From the first movie in 1979, all the way through to the final instalment, Ravager, in 2016, we talk deadly flying silver spheres, 1971 Barracudas, insane four-barrelled sawn-off shotguns and the performances of A. Michael Baldwin, the late great Angus Scrimm as the terrifying Tall Man, and the one and only Reggie Bannister as the lovable Everyman hero pitted against the embodiment of Death Itself.Phantasm, Phantasm II, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, Phantasm: OblIVion and RaVager are all hugely entertaining films in their own right, but also rich in musings on mortality. Come step through the dimension fork and join us!This episode of the podcast is for Reggie Bannister, with love and admiration.If you’ve enjoyed this, please like, share and subscribe.Support No Darkness But Ours:Donate via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/nodarknessbutoursDonate via Ko-fi – https://ko-fi.com/nodarknessbutourspodcastPhotograph of Reggie Bannister giving an interview at Scarefest 2015, Lexington, KY by DarkestGoth MagazineLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠

Visionary, one-of-a-kind filmmaker David Lynch died on 16th January 2025. Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick discuss his extraordinary career and body of work, his legacy and influence. Photograph: David Lynch at Cannes, 2017: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons If you’ve enjoyed this, please like, share and subscribe. Support No Darkness But Ours: Donate via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/nodarknessbutours Donate via Ko-fi – https://ko-fi.com/nodarknessbutourspodcast Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠

Thordur Palsson’s icy period horror THE DAMNED is in cinemas now. What did Gemma and Simon think? Click to find out. Big thanks to Amelia Gardiner at Strike Media who provided an advance screener in exchange for an honest review. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1itnHQHgxUI Strike Media: https://strike-media.com/what-we-do/ If you’ve enjoyed this, please like, share and subscribe. Support No Darkness But Ours: Donate via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/nodarknessbutours Donate via Ko-fi – https://ko-fi.com/nodarknessbutourspodcast Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠

A Happy Halloween/Samhain to all our viewers and listeners, and to celebrate here are Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick, each with a macabre tale to tell. And this year they’re joined by a special guest, in the form of the one and only Stephen Volk! If you’ve enjoyed this, please like, share and subscribe. Support No Darkness But Ours: Donate via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/nodarknessbutours Donate via Ko-fi – https://ko-fi.com/nodarknessbutourspodcast Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Creator of Gothic, Afterlife (no, not the one with Ricky Gervais – the good one,) the classic Ghostwatch and much more besides, screenwriter and novelist Stephen Volk joins Gemma and Simon to discuss his work. Steve’s latest superb story collection, The Good Unknown, is available from Tartarus Press here: http://tartaruspress.com/volk-the-good-unknown.html Steve’s website: https://www.stephenvolk.net/ If you’ve enjoyed this, please like, share and subscribe. Support No Darkness But Ours: Donate via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/nodarknessbutours Donate via Ko-fi – https://ko-fi.com/nodarknessbutourspodcast Music: Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/⁠