Captive Eye
In conjunction with it's popular print magazine, Diabolique offers authoritative and in-depth coverage of int'l horror, sci-fi, and fantasy cinema, past and present. Each podcast is presented in a compelling style that both stimulates and entertains. Each podcast features special guests, established film scholars, writers, and journalists. The show is produced by people who love the Horror Movie Genre and are dedicated to bringing it to the world. New episodes added regularly, so get some popcorn... relax and enjoy the show!
- Update frequency
- every 40 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 43
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2017
Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood (1957)
On this episode of the Diabolique Webcast, film professor David Kleiler and film critic Brett Michel join Steve to discuss Akira Kurosawa’s 1957 rethinking of Shakespeare’s Macbeth; Throne of Blood, …
F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922)
Steve Head and David Kleiler welcome special guest, Bret Wood, Vice President and Executive Producer at Kino Lorber, to discuss Kino’s new blu-ray release of F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922), the film…
Georges Franju’s Eyes Without a Face (1960)
With Criterion about to release Franju’s enigmatic masterpiece of macabre poetry on blu-ray for the first time, Steve Head, David Kleiler and Dan Kimmel get together to discuss the film’s unique plac…
The End of Film as We Know It…Again?
Ever since the arrival of sound, people have been predicting the end of film as we know it. The latest to sound the alarm are Steven Spielberg and George Lucas who, last month, predicted the meltdown…
Kaneto Shindo’s Onibaba (1964)
With Eureka Entertainment’s release of Kaneto Shindo’s Onibaba (1964) on blu-ray, Steve Head, David Kleiler, and Brett Michel discuss this genre-bending film, which is part horror film, part myth, pa…
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980)
With the release of Rodney Ascher’s film, Room 237, which seeks deeper meaning in Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic, Steve Head and David Kleiler have their own say on the…
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963)
Steve Head and David Kleiler discuss Hitchcock’s 1963 film, The Birds, loosely based on the 1952 story “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier. This film is part of the new ‘Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiec…
Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958)
Steve Head and David Kleiler discuss Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Vertigo, which is part of the new ‘Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection’ from Universal.
Paranormal Activity 4 Interview with Kathryn Newton (2012)
Steve Head interviews the star of Paranormal Activity 4, Kathryn Newton.
Mama (2013) by way of The Innocents (1961)
How did Jack Clayton’s classic The Innocents (1961) influence Andres Muschietti’s Mama (2013)? Steve Head and David Kleiler discuss the two films, as part of Diabolique’s comprehensive coverage of t…
When Horror Came to Shochiku
Steve Head, Brett Michel, and Jake Mulligan discuss Criterion’s Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku Collection, which includes such Japanese horror classics as The X from Outer Space; Gok…
The Jaws Roundtable
Over 37 years since its release, Steven Spielberg’s record-shattering action thriller is an ever-potent experience on Universal’s new blu-ray release of the classic film. Steve Head, Brett Michel and…
Blue Velvet (1986)
More than 25 years after its release, David Lynch’s groundbreaking Blue Velvet (1986) has lost very little of its ability to shock and disturb. Steve Head and David Kleiler revisit this ’80s classic,…
Dracula (1979): A Conversation with John Badham
On this episode, which complements Diabolique magazine’s special Bram Stoker centenary issue, I’m very pleased to have as my guest director John Badham, the man responsible for Universal Pictures’ 19…
Detention (2011)
In movies, the laws of physics appear to apply most of the time. As viewers we’ve learned to accept that. However, in the on-screen world of director Joseph Kahn, the laws are meant to be challenged,…
Kaneto Shindô’s Kuroneko (1968)
On the eighth episode of Diabolique Radio Show, Steve and Japanese film expert, Brett Michel, discuss Kaneto Shindô’s classic ghost story, Kuroneko (1968), the precursor to modern Japanese horror fil…
Georges Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques (1955)
On the seventh episode of Diabolique Radio Show, Steve and David, discuss Henri-Georges Clouzot’s French thriller, Les Diaboliques (1955), and remind us that Psycho wasn’t the only cinematic and cult…
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
On the sixth episode of Diabolique Radio Show, Stephen SLAUGHTER Head (real name) and John Black of The Post-Movie Podcast interview Sean Durkin, director of Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011).
Jerzy Skolimowski’s Deep End (1970)
On the fifth episode of Diabolique Radio Show, Steve and David Kleiler rediscover Jerzy Skolimowski’s darkly disturbing, Deep End (1970), which deals with a teenager’s obsessive love for an elusive o…
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
On the forth episode of Diabolique Radio Show, Steve and David Kleiler, focus on Charles Laughton’s homage to German Expressionism, The Night of the Hunter (1955). The film was recently released by C…