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Discussion (with spoilers) of Mandy. Andy B it’s the latest Richard Curtis, but Andy C explains it’s Nicolas Cage at full throttle in a psychedelic revenge horror.

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Discussion (with spoilers) of Glass. Andy B thinks it appears to be a light-hearted rom-com that descends into mother!-like chaos and distress as the main character falls apart catastrophically, but Andy C explains that it’s an unusual superhero movie with great performances from all three leading actors.

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Discussion (with spoilers, but not too bad ones) of You Were Never Really Here, which is a beautifully-made gripping thriller about a man tortured by trauma, followed by a great deal of rambling waffling about various TV series and films.

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Discussion (with lots of spoilers) of Overlord. Andy B suggests it’s Game of Thrones-styled hack-n-slash with comedy, but Andy C explains it’s a gruey WWII horror with injections of Nazi-serum-fuelled super-soldiers.

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Discussion (with lots of spoilers) of The Babadook. Andy B thinks it’s an Australian daytime kids’ TV programme featuring a brown spherical hand-puppet from your nightmares, but Andy C explains that it’s a terrifying ghost horror that explores finding a way to survive grief and survivor’s guilt.

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Discussion (with lots of spoilers) of the TV series Russian Doll. Andy B thinks it doesn’t sound like a funny show from the title, and Andy C explains it starts off like Groundhog Day and takes a different path from there.

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Discussion of the best horror of the 20th century: what should not have been included, and what was difficult to miss out.

Andy B’s personal top ten:

1. Alien
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. The Wicker Man
4. The Exorcist
5. The Evil Dead 2
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street
7. The Omen
8. The Blair Witch Project
9. An American Werewolf in London
10. Psycho

Alternative list: Timeout’s best horror films list.

Also mentioned: Simon Brand’s top 30 horror films of the 20th century.

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Here is the full list of the best horror films of the 20th century. Tune in next time for in-depth discussion of what went in, what was left out, and where deep divisions exist between the Andys.

30. Gremlins
29. Near Dark
28. Altered States.
27. Hellraiser
26. The Blair Witch Project
25. Jacob’s Ladder.
24. Nosferatu
23. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
22. The Wicker Man.
21. Carrie
20. The Silence of the Lambs
19. Audition
18. Ringu (“Ring”)
17. Psycho
16. The Fly.
15. Event Horizon
14. An American Werewolf in London
13. The Sixth Sense.
12. The Omen
11. Don’t Look Now
10. The Haunting.
9. Rosemary’s Baby
8. Evil Dead II
7. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
6. Night of the Living Dead
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street.
4. The Thing
3. The Shining
2. Alien
1. The Exorcist

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Number 1 of the 30 best horror films of the 20th century! The film is … The Exorcist.

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A quick announcement to say we are live streaming on Monday 28th January 2019 at 8pm UK time, 20:00 UTC.

To join in, just go to this page: artificialworlds.net/goodrobotandys/live – there will be a live chat room and a button to click to hear us speaking live. See you there?

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Number 2 of the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. The film is Alien.

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Numbers 4 and 3 of the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. The films are The Thing and The Shining.

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Numbers 6 and 5 of the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. The films are Night of the Living Dead and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

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Numbers 9 to 7 of the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. The films are Rosemary’s Baby, Evil Dead II and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

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(Content warning: brief mentions of suicide.)

Numbers 12 to 10 of the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. The films are The Omen, Don’t Look Now and The Haunting.

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Numbers 15 to 13 of the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. The films are Event Horizon, An American Werewolf in London and The Sixth Sense. Do they pass the “better than Psycho, more fun than The Fly” test? One of them is definitely controversial.

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The countdown continues as we discuss numbers 18 to 16 of the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. The films are Ringu (“Ring”), Psycho and The Fly. We’re half-way there, and from now on all the films must pass the “better than Psycho” test to be allowed in.

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