Episode 121: Merry Podmas 2023 #5 - Terror Train

Episode 121 of The HD Movie Podcast is here! Hayley Alice Roberts and Darren Gaskell have finished off the Xmas leftovers, they're back from the off licence with Hogmanay party booze and are ready bring you one more Merry Podmas selection, rounding off 2023 with an episode full of New Year flavour.

The final episode of 2022 took a look at Norman J. Warren's quintessentially British stylings of BLOODY NEW YEAR but this year Hayley and Darren head across the pond (figuratively - the HDMP budget doesn't stretch to Transatlantic flights) to board Roger Spottiswoode's TERROR TRAIN! And when one of the passengers happens to be Jamie Lee Curtis, the destination is likely to be slasher mayhem.

Your hosts talk about how Canada was quick out of the gate to follow up Halloween and Friday The 13th with some stalk and slash action and how Ms Curtis was part of not one but two Canuck horror flag bearers. They also talk about a genuinely surprising move in a largely derivative movie, whether or not David Copperfield can flirt expertly and for you Xmas action movie aficionados, there's Ellis from Die Hard in the mix! There's also a detour into Halloween: Resurrection territory and it is not a title either Hayley or Darren holds in high regard.

We've had another year of top tunes from Mitch Bain, who writes and performs the music you hear on the podcast. You can find him on social media: @whoelsebutmitch on Twitter, evertheoptimitch on Instagram.

You can follow and contact the Podcast on X and Instagram by searching for "HDMoviePodcast". We're happy to hear from you.

You can find the hosts on Twitter and Instagram too!

Hayley: @HayleyARoberts on Twitter, hayleyaliceroberts on Instagram

Darren: @darren_gaskell on Twitter, darren_gaskell on Instagram

Happy New Year, listeners! We hope to be back with you in 2024.