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
69 episodes
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
Doom and Quake
It's Jon's turn to pitch to Liam, and you know how Jon gets when he's 'into' something... his recent addiction to revolutionary 90s first person shooter Quake has led him to rediscover genre granddaddy Doom, as well as the host of other 'retro ...
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Season 2
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Episode 52
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1:05:52
Nightbreed
We're delighted to be joined by cyberpunk writer extraordinaire Nik Whittaker (just look at the beautiful covers of his books... immense author envy!!) to discuss Clive Barker's dark fantasy horror flop, Nightbreed (based on his 1988 novel Caba...
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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1:07:23
The Undertaker
For Dark Natter's 50th anniversary (thankfully in episodes, not years) we thought we'd attempt an unprecedented four-person discussion about a never-before-touched subject: professional wrestling, and specifically the incredible career and stor...
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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1:26:28
Jaws
Join us and guest Rob Yates, long-time pal of Jon Richter and walking horror library, to discuss one of the greatest movies of all time: Jaws. Will the first film's brilliance secure it a place in our illustrious Hall Of Pain, or will the...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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1:05:40
Lake Mungo
After a couple of glowing recommendations, including from today's guest Mr James, host of the Right In The Schoolies Podcast and fellow dark fiction enthusiast, Jon embarked on a quest to get hold of this elusive movie... When he finally ...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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1:20:58
Tales Of The Unexpected
Liam's back to pitch a classic British TV series, which started as a vehicle for Roald Dahl's sinister short stories... but are these tales twisted enough to secure a place in the Hall Of Pain?
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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51:56
Hardware
In this episode, Jon is joined by science fiction author, comic genius and movie encyclopaedia Matt Adcock, author of the brilliant novel Complete Darkness! Matt is pitching Hardware, a brilliant and underrated gem which Jon hadn't even h...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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1:08:45
Audio trailer for The Warden
Listen to an extract from Jon's latest book, psychological techno-thriller The Warden... if it's up your (dark) alley, head to www.jon-richter.com for more information, or to Amazon to get your claws on a copy at https://amzn.to/3pClPqF
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Season 2
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2:59
Dark Disney
Long-time friend of the show (and even longer-time friend of Jon and Liam!) Haydn Kilyan is back to explore another subject close to his black, shrivelled heart: the disturbing, sinister fiction of Disney Studios! Join us for a whistle-st...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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1:11:06
Baba Lenka by S.E. England
In this episode Jon is joined for the first time ever by an EXISTING resident of the Hall Of Pain, namely fantastic dark fiction writer Mark Tilbury! Tune in for a wide-ranging chat encompassing writing, the ills of capitalism, the parano...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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53:49
Big Trouble In Little China
Originally scripted as a western (!?), that's about the only genre that isn't encompassed in John Carpenter's bonkers action adventure/martial arts/horror/comedy masterpiece - so when the lightning's crashing and the thunder's rolling and the r...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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1:00:03