After nearly a decade of Demogorgons, synth scores, and bikes disappearing into the Upside Down, Stranger Things has officially come to an end. A defining cultural phenomenon of the streaming era — and a flagship title for Netflix — Stranger Things didn’t just launch careers and revive 80s nostalgia. It helped reshape prestige genre television and fuel the modern streaming wars. In this full-series retrospective, we’re discussing: The emotional journey from Season 1 to the 20

Merry Christmas, Patrons! To get into the festive spirit, we’re revisiting Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie (2012)  — the gothic, black-and-white stop-motion reimagining of Burton’s own 1984 short film. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein  and classic Universal monster movies, Frankenweenie  follows young inventor Victor Frankenstein as he brings his beloved dog Sparky back to life — with electrifying consequences. In this special holiday episode, we explore how Burton blends h

This Halloween, we’re logging on to the apocalypse. In this Patreon-exclusive episode, Matt and James explore Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s chilling J-horror masterpiece Pulse (2001)  — a ghost story for the internet age. As the boundary between life and death dissolves through dial-up screens, we talk tech anxiety, spectral loneliness, and why this early vision of a connected world feels even more terrifying today. Expect talk of Y2K-era dread, red tape doors, and the creepiest use of

After years of rumours and production delays, Noah Hawley’s long-awaited Alien: Earth  has finally landed. For the first time in franchise history, the horror takes place right here on our planet. Streaming on Disney+ internationally and FX/Hulu in the US, the Fargo  and Legion  creator reimagines Ridley Scott’s universe as a corporate, near-future nightmare where humanity’s thirst for innovation might be its undoing. Set around the year 2120, Alien: Earth  explores a world r

We're very excited that later this year, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are reuniting and returning to the fictional universe they created...

Happy New Year! We're back with an in-depth discussion on Dune: Prophecy, HBO's latest prequel series set 10,000 years before the events of Dune. We share our thoughts on the first season, debate the challenges of prequels, and ask: can they ever match the originals? Let us know what you thought of the series in the comments and any of your future series predictions/prescient visions... https://www.patreon.com/posts/dune-prophecy-1-119289729

We've got a scary Christmas nightmare for you this Boxing Day - an unpleasant family Christmas gets even worse for the Milgram family...

Okey dokey, time to talk Fallout. We've watched the first season of Amazon's massive adaptation of the iconic post-apocalyptic video game series and we're talking all things vaults, ghouls and gulpers. https://www.patreon.com/posts/fallout-season-1-106082255

Happy Life Day! We've raced home to Kashyyyk to be with our hairy family and celebrate the reason for the season.   We discuss the iconic, weird TV holiday special set between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, how it came to be, why no-one seems to want to be there, and discuss the best and worst bits of this bizarre outlier in the legendary Star Wars franchise. https://www.patreon.com/posts/star-wars-1978-95364791

Today we're talking all things Master Chief, Covenant, Cortana, and the Arbiter as we dive into the influential Halo franchise thanks to...

A little bonus content from our Journey Through Space Opera - we couldn't fit Gerald Potterton's animated space fantasy anthology film...

Following the Dredd episode in our Dystopia series, our patron Noel recommend we check out this documentary about the turbulent punk...

It's the show that everyone's talking about! We've watched season 1 of Apple TV+'s new sci-fi thriller about a very weird workplace. For Patron's only we had a rather rambling chat about what Lumon is up to, what it would be like to be severed, and what it all might mean. https://www.patreon.com/posts/65546246

"This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone." Mike Muncer joins me to discuss all things...

We discuss the God of Mischief's time travelling hijinks in the TV series Loki. https://www.patreon.com/posts/63713903

Absolutely nobody gets conquered and we demonstrate our ignorance of Santa's position in Christianity as we discuss this silly cult...

Big spoilers for LOST and Spiderman Far From Home creep their way into our chat about Marvel's eerie pastiche of the art of the American sitcom, and James gets Matt caught up on the need-to-knows and must-sees of Phase 4: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58790365

Thanks to Jax for suggesting this over on our Facebook discussion group. We've watched the first two episodes of the new Apple TV+ adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, and we are sharing our thoughts on the sprawling epic so far. Warning: contains spoilers for episodes 1 and 2, as well as baseless speculation on the future of the series throughout: https://www.patreon.com/posts/foundation-1-and-58429685

A sneak peek at the new series of Journey Through Sci-Fi, we discuss a few of the films and themes we will be looking at in our Dystopia...

We discuss John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon's debut sci-fi feature Dark Star from 1974. We talk self aware bombs, beach ball aliens,...

We look at a selection of classic Doctor Who story arcs and discuss how the original series differs from the one today. Three different decades and three different Doctors, join us as we unpack the time travelling antics of The Aztecs, Inferno, and Warrior's Gate over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54929265

We discuss David Fincher and Tim Miller's animated sci-fi anthology series, Love, Death & Robots. We go over the origins of the show, the sci-fi writers involved and list our top 5's. Listen on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/love-death-54383926

"We're broadcasting our admin" This week on Patreon we're giving listeners a sneak peek into our plans for the next series and beyond......

We revisit discuss the wonderful world of sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf over on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/53554816

We revisit the VR kids TV show Knightmare with Mike Muncer in a watch along special over on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/knightmare-watch-52998067

In the second part of our discussion on Black Mirror we cover some other episodes of the show that deal with augmented reality. We take a look at The Entire History Of You, White Christmas, Arkangel, Playtest, and more as we continue our chat on Charlie Brooker's sci-fi anthology series.

We discuss Amazon's new VR series from Greg Daniels over on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/51844948

Now available on Patreon we discuss The Animatrix (2003) https://www.patreon.com/posts/50464744

As requested by numerous listeners of the show a film we didn't have time to cover in our time travel series, Gareth Carrivick sci-fi...