Hello, gentle listener, and welcome to nocturnal transmissions, the fortnightly podcast that brings you dark tales, both old and new, performed by your humble narrator.

Kristen Holland.

You know, we here at Nocturnal Transmissions love popping out to our local theatre to enjoy the miracles of the cinematograph.

Our last such outing permitted us to witness the latest, installment, as it were, in the evil dead franchise.

Evil Dead Rise.

So, how was it, you ask?

Well, gentle listener, they did it.

They have concocted an ever so pleasing continuation to the saga of the Deadites, a deft combination of the spirit of madcap mayhem that continually

ratcheted up in the initial three films from the 80s and early 90s,

with the modern gritty nastiness of 2013's more sincere remake.

It's a blood-drenched, squirm-inducing celebration of the IP Sam Ramey and Bruce Campbell launched in such low-budget audacious style over 40 years ago.

Tips of the hat to the originals abound, of course, but they are never on the nose, and in a couple of instances are delightfully cheeky.

I daren't say any more. I don't want to spoil anything for you. Just get out there and see it, fellow fiends. It's a good time at the movies.

Ooh, you know what?

We haven't done this in ages.

Let's add Evil Dead Rise to the list of recommendations, shall we?

The fourth film in the ongoing tales of the Deadites.

Nocturnal Transmissions recommends it.

All right, that's enough unpaid promotion of big feature films that really don't need our help.

Let's move on to our own little corner of dread and see what our humble narrator has in store for us this time around.

For this, our 155th episode, we'll be sharing a story from a modern writer with an old-school,

classic sensibility. You might be forgiven for thinking M.R. James or the like has been resurrected

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