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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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Join us as we count down the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. This time, numbers 21 to 19, which means we discuss, with some spoilers, the films Carrie, The Silence of the Lambs and possibly the most extreme film on the list, Audition.

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We continue counting down the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. This time, numbers 24 to 22, which means we discuss, with some spoilers, the films Nosferatu, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and one of Andy B’s all-time favourite films, The Wicker Man.

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In this series we are counting down the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. This time, numbers 27 to 25, which means we discuss, with some spoilers, the films Hellraiser, The Blair Witch Project and Jacob’s Ladder.

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In this series we are counting down the 30 best horror films of the 20th century. This time, numbers 30 to 28, which means we discuss, with some spoilers, the films Gremlins, Near Dark and Altered States.

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