Dark Natter
Dark Natter is the podcast where your favourite works of horror and other dark fiction are sliced, diced and dissected for forensic analysis! Enter the Hall Of Pain, where creepy custodians Jon Richter (dark fiction writer and video game developer) and Liam Martin (dark fiction connoisseur and professional video game writer) will guide you through a fun and usually downright daft examination of your favourite sinister creations.
Episodes
78 episodes
The Substance (with Aaron Brown)
Pal and movie buff Aaron joins the boys again to discuss 2024's smash hit body horror onslaught, The Substance! Tune in to find out whether Demi Moore's comeback vehicle lives up to the hype, or whether it's just a quivering fleshy mess...
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Season 3
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Episode 75
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1:11:33
The Nightmare Before Christmas
It's another dark Christmas for the Dark Natter boys, and what better way to celebrate than with this classic Tim Burton festive fright-fest??
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Season 3
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Episode 74
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56:57
Still Wakes the Deep
The Hall of Pain's creepy custodians tackle The Chinese Room's 2024 horror video game, Still Wakes the Deep: expect grotesque sights, grotesque amounts of swearing, and grotesquely bad Scottish accents!
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Season 3
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Episode 73
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58:42
Longlegs
Nicolas Cage has transcended acting. He is now more myth than man. But is his performance (and deeply disturbing singing) enough to earn this unpredictable but muddled supernatural thriller a place in the Hall of Pain??
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Season 3
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Episode 72
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59:40
Silent Hill 2 Remake
In their restless dreams, they see that town... Silent Hill is Jon and Liam's special place, and they've been waiting there for 23 years for Jon's all-time favourite video game to be remade. Did Bloober Team defy the haters to create something ...
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Season 3
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Episode 71
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1:24:05
Halloween special: the Saw Goreology!!!
We watched them so you don't have to. And because we're insane. In celebration of Halloween in prior years, we've slogged through some pretty patchy franchises (Halloween, Friday 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street) but this was the sloggiest of gore...
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Season 3
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Episode 70
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1:18:41
Beetlejuice (and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!)
The first movie catapulted Michael Keaton and Tim Burton to Batman levels of fame (see our last episode, coincidentally!) Now, a mind-melting 36 YEARS LATER, the duo team up once again, along with loads of other returning cast members and some ...
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Season 3
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Episode 69
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59:36
Batman
Given how much of a Bat-fan Jon is, this episode feels long overdue, not to mention both Jon and Liam's love of the Clown Prince of Crime and the rest of the caped crusader's rogues' gallery! Tune in to find out which other criminal masterminds...
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Season 3
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Episode 68
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1:20:25
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC
You knew this one was coming... the lads have been busy devouring every last morsel of FromSoftware's new Elden Ring expansion ever since its release, and having filled their bellies with this astonishingly generous banquet, they're now ready t...
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Season 3
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Episode 67
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1:12:37
Late Night With The Devil
The talented and likeable David Dastmalchian has made a career out of being a creepy weirdo, but how does he fare as the leading man in this movie about a late night chat show that goes wildly wrong when it decides to invite along a guest named...
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Season 3
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Episode 66
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59:00
Lord of the Rings (with Aaron Brown)
Liam and Jon are joined by their pal Aaron to talk about a book and movie series that's dear to their withered, black hearts: Lord Of The Rings! The usual wide-ranging chat encompasses everything from forgotten characters like Tom Bombadil to d...
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Season 3
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Episode 65
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1:08:27
Bonus episode! An introduction to Dark Natter and the Hall of Pain...
We're conscious we've got some new listeners in this third season who might be unfamiliar with our show, and also might be interested to find out some of the illustrious dark fiction names, franchises and experiences that have been trapped errr...
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Season 3
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Episode 64
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19:29
Final Fantasy VII
This season has definitely gone a bit fantasy-y, and to keep the trend going Jon and Liam are discussing one of the most revered video games of all time (as well as the first instalment of its remake trilogy): Square Enix's seminal Final Fantas...
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Season 3
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Episode 63
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1:30:27
The Last Of Us (HBO series)
The Last Of Us video games are already safely ensconced in a delightful, mushroom-coloured suite in the Hall of Pain... but what about HBO's attempt to bring the massively popular (and divisive) games to the telly? Jon and Liam discuss what the...
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Season 3
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Episode 62
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1:01:54
Silent Hill: The Short Message
Jon considers himself the world's biggest Silent Hill fan, and Liam has also been a lifelong series aficionado - so when Konami FINALLY released the first new console game in the franchise in an entire decade, the lads couldn't resist recording...
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Season 3
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Episode 61
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1:12:06
Elden Ring
Jon and Liam are massive fans of From Software's rock hard dark fantasy games, and Elden Ring is the biggest and most renowned of them all... but has the formula become too fat and bloated to fit through the doors of the Hall of Pain?? Tune in ...
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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1:10:49
The X-Files
The lads are dropping a new episode slightly ahead of schedule because Jon is naffing off for a bit in order to get married! Almost as horrifying as the life that awaits his long-suffering partner is this episode's topic, Chris Carter's stagger...
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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1:01:23
Scream
Another revered horror franchise gets the Dark Natter treatment, and after already escaping somehow unscathed from Halloween, Friday 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street the boys thought it was time to tackle Wes Craven's self aware slasher series,...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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1:05:46
Extract from Scarred by Jon Richter (dark fantasy novel)
Released on 28th June 2024, Scarred is Jon's tenth book and first ever (dark) fantasy novel. If this voice snippet entices you to join Freya and Errick's quest, visit www.jon-richter.com for more information, or get your claws on a copy here......
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Season 3
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Episode 57
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4:09
MyHouse.WAD
DOOM, one of the greatest video games of all time, has already cemented its place in the Hall Of Pain... but Liam and Jon had no idea how far the ancient horror classic could still be pushed. MyHouse.WAD was a custom level released by a mysteri...
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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59:40
Lies Of P
The Hall Of Pain and its creepy custodians are BACK!!!!! Implausibly still alive, Jon and Liam return to shoot the sh*te about more favourite dark fiction works, kicking off with Neowhiz's weird Soulsborne Pinocchio homage, Lies Of P... find ou...
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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48:48
The Prestige (2021 Christmas bonus: legendary lost episode!)
MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT for The Prestige!!!Seriously, if you haven’t seen the movie yet, do not listen to this. In fact, do not listen to this at all. It’s our notorious, infamous, legendary LOST EPISODE, considered too shambolic even for...
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Season 2
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Episode 54
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54:46
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Season Finale Halloween Slasher Special!)
It's the end of another sinister series of Dark Natter! And it's also Halloween... so what better way for us to bow out with a bang than by celebrating the Springwood Slasher himself, Freddy Krueger and his Nightmare On Elm Street movies??
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Season 2
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Episode 53
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1:16:05