TIH 466: Matthew Holness on Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome, Darkplace, and Possum

In this podcast, Matthew Holness talks about Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome, Darkplace, Possum, and much more. 



[4:21] Early life lessons growing up in Whitstable

[5:45] Meeting Peter Cushing

[8:30] First Hammer Horror that legitimately terrified Matthew

[11:09] Aspirations to become a horror writer

[14:25] Creating Garth Marenghi

[16:17] Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace

[20:28] Returning to Garth Marenghi mindset

[24:50] Intentional editing inconsistencies and recreating in TerrorTome

[27:31] The inspiration for reprising Garth Marenghi

[33:18] Garth Marenghi and metafiction

[41:40] Planning and references

[47:09] The Dark Third/The Dark Half

[47:56] A Gun For George

[51:32] Back and forth with editor for TerrorTome

[53:52] Why horror and comedy go well together

[59:34] Possum

[1:08:43] Silent Hill

[1:14:56] Dan Howarth, via Patreon, asks about going from Darkplace to Possum and influences

[1:17:47] Is comedy still on the back-burner/will there be a second season of Darkplace?



Full podcast show notes are available here: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-466-matthew-holness-on-garth-marenghis-terrortome-darkplace-and-possum



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