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Years of Fear: A History of HorrorAuthor: Michael Kent
Years of Fear is a horror history podcast that explores the movies that shaped horror, the people that made them, and the culture that made them possible. Each episode centers on the most important horror films of every year, beginning in 1960 with the first true Slasher film and all the way through the modern era. Language: en Genres: Film History, TV & Film, TV Reviews Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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1961: The Pit and the Pendulum
Thursday, 13 November, 2025
In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho introduced the world to the future of my horror. But before the genre would embrace it, it would first confront it's very origins with a boom of Gothic Horror films that would make icons out of people like Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, and Christopher Lee. Perhaps no one would have a greater impact on this era of the macabre than Roger Corman, the b-movie king whose adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's classic works changed horror forever. Perhaps nonemoreso than his 1961 classic The Pit and the Pendulum. This week on Years of Fear, we explore the legacy of Corman, Poe, Vincent Price, and the gothic horror films of the early 1960s. If you want to get in touch with the show, you can reach us at yearsoffearpodcast@gmail.com
