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 out if this grim(m?) video game was worthy of a place in the hallowed halls, or whether you can see the strings...    (Addendum/shameless plug! Seek out Jon's new fantasy novel, Scarred, at all good book retailers or via his website at www.jon-richter.com ..read more

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 Dark Natter. But as the show’s on hiatus, and it’s Yuletide after all, we decided to finally release it as a bit of a festive treat. Listen at your peril… and merry Christmas ..read more

The Hall Of Pain has lain (lay?  Lied?  Layeth?)  dormant for months... its denizens have been quietly plotting their escape and subsequent world domination while Jon and Liam have been in hibernation... and things might be about to boil over with the necks entry into the sinister sanctuary! Join us for the unlikely return of Dark Natter where the stakes are higher and Liam can't stop coffin. (Oh yeah: we're talking about Dracula ..read more

A bonus upload this week!  Jon's new cyberpunk thriller, London 2039: Auxiliary, is released on 1st May 2020, so here's a short extract from the novel read by the sinister storysmith himself... is there an untapped market for dystopian science fiction read in a Wigan accent?  YOU DECIDE ..read more

Resident Evil is to Liam as Silent Hill is to Jon, so expect a lot of enthusiasm for today's subject!  We scrutinise every aspect of the long-running franchise, including zombies, grotesque eyeball-arms, dodgy voice acting and Mr X's fedora ..read more

In today's show, Liam and Jon meet a particularly unpleasant individual... but will the brilliant performance of Mark Duplass in this underrated Netflix psychological horror movie gem be enough to secure him a place in the (ahem) world-renowned Hall Of Pain ..read more

It's the episode we were born to record!  Liam's been a fan of this series since its first entry, while Jon has more recently climbed about the cursed, rot-infested bandwagon... tune in to find out why we both love From Software's masterpiece and its sequels so much! Link to Jon (aka Dave)'s Justgiving page for London Marathon charity run for St John Ambulance:  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/david-darbyshire-london-2020 ..read more

In today's episode, Jon and Liam are drenching themselves in the horrifying works of visionary manga artist and writer, Junji Ito.  Ito-san was famously scheduled to be involved in creating the art assets for the cancelled Silent Hills project, but perhaps his most beloved work is the deeply disturbing and utterly unique horror epic Uzumaki... find out if our intrepid hosts enjoyed spiralling into this gruesome creation enough to grant him a place in the (ahem) illustrious Hall Of Pain ..read more

Liam's been in hibernation over Christmas, so for today's episode Jon is joined by pal Haydn Kilyan, who brings a wealth of Mortal Kombat knowledge to this in-depth discussion!  Will the long-running franchise's uppercuts, roundhouse kicks, fatalities, babalities, multi-coloured ninjas and kommendable kommitment to putting the letter 'K' at the start of everything be enough to secure its place in the Hall of Pain ..read more

In today's fear-stive special, Jon and Liam tackle the 1974 movie sometimes described as the grandfather of the slasher genre... and its surprising 2019 remake ..read more