To mark the release of documentary The J-Horror Virus on Shudder, Harry and Rory are joined by its directors Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp to discuss all things J-Horror and the Fatal Frame / Project Zero film! They look at the origins and legacy of J-Horror, and the impact of Ring and its US remake, plus Dreamcast oddity The Ring: Terror's Realm…

Harry and Rory journey back in time to the late 20th century and test the might of TV series Mortal Kombat: Conquest! This cheap and cheerful kung-fu fantasy show only lasted one season but served as a prequel of sorts to the feature films, following legendary Kombatant Kung Lao (Paolo Montalban) and his plucky companions Siro (Daniel Bernhardt) an…

To mark the 30th anniversary of its release, Harry and Rory slide in a CD-ROM and prepare for the ultimate experience in interactive terror, Brainscan! When Terminator 2's Edward Furlong tries out the titular horror game, he finds himself immersed in a first-person, stalk-and-slash scenario that feels all too real. But once he discovers his victim …

To mark the release of Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, Harry and Rory tool up to battle the zombie hordes of movie sequel DR: Endgame! Following the events of DR: Watchtower, investigative reporter Chase Carter (Jesse Metcalfe) heads back into the quarantine zone to stop General Lyons (Dennis Haysbert) and 'handsome, cruel scientist' Dr Rand (Billy Za…

Harry and Rory land on the planet Pandora and brave its Borderlands for Eli Roth's big-screen adaptation of the looter shooter video game franchise! They examine the critical and commercial response to the long-delayed sci-fi action-adventure, before joining a ragtag group of intergalactic misfits caught up in a quest to open up a vault which, lege…

Harry and Rory bring all the cats to the yard, as they while away an hour and a half in Neko Atsume House, the live-action adaptation of the popular kitty collecting smartphone game! We talk about the cats we've collected on our phones and in real life, before following struggling writer Sakumoto seeking a cure for his case of writer's block. Findi…

Harry and Rory don mysterious headsets they received in the mail and find themselves catapulted into the immersive video game realm of Gamebox 1.0, from the writers of the Sonic the Hedgehog movies! Game tester Charlie (Sabrina The Teenage Witch's Nate Richert) is mourning the death of his girlfriend when a strange package arrives containing the ti…

Harry and Rory are joined by co-host of The File Room podcast Edwin Davies for Takashi Miike's adaptation of the first Yakuza / Like a Dragon video game! With a TV show on the horizon, we yak on about the Sega game franchise and its many instalments, remakes and spin-offs, before tackling the film itself. One hot and crazy night in Tokyo sees baseb…

Harry and Rory grab their Digivices and DigiRecord another DigiEpisode of their DigiCast: it's Digimon: The Movie! Based on the monster-raising, monster-battling virtual pet phenomenon, this American anthology packages up three re-edited and re-dubbed Japanese short spin-offs from the animated TV series - including Mamoru Hosoda's directorial debut…

Harry and Rory scroll through their Netflix lists and queue up a selection of six series adapted from or inspired by video games released in recent years. The fuzzy stop-motion charm of Pokémon Concierge! The fresh blood of Castlevania: Nocturne! The meta Ubisoft mash-up of Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix! The eye-popping Cyberpunk: Edgerun…

Podcasting's very own Brotherhood of Steel(e), Harry and Rory emerge from their vault and step blinking into the Wasteland for Amazon Prime Video's hit new series Fallout! We discuss the hundreds of hours of game time one us has put into Fallout 3 and why the franchise has endured, before journeying through the show's first season. An optimistic va…

In a first for the Games on Film podcast, Harry and Rory cover a Mystery Movie! Why would a podcast about video game movies cover a movie that, on the surface, does not appear to have anything to do with video games at all? Well, that would be telling! Join us first for a non-spoiler filled discussion about the nature of spoilers in cinema, teasers…

Harry and Rory flip out as they travel back to 1970s New York for the "true story" of Roger Sharpe (Challengers and West Side Story's Mike Faist), a journalist and pinball enthusiast, who discovers that his favourite game is illegal in the city. As he documents his passion in print and finds new love, the industry aims to bring him on board to chal…

It's the 70th anniversary of Godzilla, and to mark the release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and celebrate Godzilla Minus One's Oscar victory, Harry and Rory are joined by their brother, kaiju fan and creator of DeadEndia, Hamish Steele! Together, they look back at Godzilla games across the decades, including 16-bit city-stomper Super Godzilla…

To mark the release of the Alone in the Dark remake video game, starring David Harbour and Jodie Comer, Harry and Rory find out if they are still afraid of the dark as they watch the movie sequel to the Uwe Boll adaptation! This time, it's Rick Yune as Edward Carnby, as he's joined by B-movie favourites Lance Henriksen, Bill Moseley and Danny Trejo…

It's the return of the Games on Film podcast, and Harry and Rory kick things off with Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge! From the director of Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever, this sequel?/prequel?/reboot? follows a man named K, who wakes up with amnesia and finds himself forced to work for a gang of assassins. But who is he? And what does he want? Clue: it's in …

It's snowy season, so Harry and Rory revisit Scott Pilgrim vs The World and his battle against seven evil X(mas)es, live from 1UP Cafe in Brighton! How does the Edgar Wright adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel series fare thirteen years later for newcomers and fans alike? We ask the audience! Plus, we take on Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, t…

With the recent reveal of the much-anticipated GTA VI teaser trailer, Harry and Rory go through their criminal records playing the earlier games before watching BBC's The Gamechangers, a TV movie depicting the development, release and controversy surrounding Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Daniel Radcliffe plays Rockstar Games' Sam Houser, who ends …

Harry and Rory are joined by Will Columbine from Crap Film Club as they journey into the future for a slice of sci-fi fisticuffs and cybersex in Virtual Combat aka Grid Runners! When a scientist creates artificial life by converting sexy video game characters into living tissue, he unwittlingly unleashes Lethal Combat boss Dante (voiced by Star Tre…

Harry and Rory are joined by Lisa Theresa Downey-Dent as they take the night shift, stare at the monitors, and try to survive Five Nights at Freddy's! The much-anticipated adaptation of the indie horror franchise and favourite with Twitch-watching tweens brings Freddy Fazbear and his animatronic friends to life, as they terrorise security guard Mik…

It's Halloween, so Harry and Rory return to the 1UP Cafe in Brighton and reload Uwe Boll's House of the Dead for this mini episode with a live audience! Inspired by SEGA's zombie arcade classic, the notorious filmmaker's first video game movie is now 20 years old, but, for all its guns and gore, is it a blast from the past? Plus, we test the audien…

Harry and Rory get an (airplane) terminal case of the T-Virus as they return to Resident Evil for the franchise's first full-length animated movie, fully in the canon of the videogames. Does the return of zombies, Leon and Claire impress your degenerate podcast hosts, or is this a 90-minute cut scene that should have had 90 minutes of scenes cut? T…

Harry and Rory recruit musician David Lightfoot of rock band The Fades for the Star League, as they are whisked away for an adventure in childhood nostalgia and intergalactic warfare in The Last Starfighter! Teenager Alex Rogan is stuck living in a trailer park in the middle on nowhere, but when he gets the high score on a Starfighter arcade machin…

In a special live episode, Harry and Rory revisit the original Mortal Kombat movie with an audience, hosted at 1UP Cafe in Brighton! Recorded 28 years to the day of its debut in US cinemas, we discuss its origins, select our favourite fights, and decide if the film has stood the test of time. Plus, we hear from our lovely audience and find out the …

Harry and Rory start their engines and find out if a gamer can become a racer in Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story! The PlayStation driving simulator series inspired the creation of a training programme selecting the top players worldwide to see whether they had what it takes to hit the circuit for real. Directed by Neill Blomkamp, the Gran Turis…

Harry and Rory boot up an early 2000s B-movie inspired by (the title of) a 1950s B-movie and learn How to Make a Monster! Part of SFX legend Stan Winston's DTV horror movie series/toy line Creature Features, HTMAM is a techno-Frankenstein tale for the Y2K generation from Swimming with Sharks writer/director George Huang. A development team have jus…

To mark the release of the big-screen live-action Barbie movie, Harry and Rory venture into Barbieland themselves for Barbie: Video Game Hero! They discuss Barbie's illustrious video game career, before turning to Barbie's 35th animated adventure. Video game developer Barbie is transported to a digital world by in-game tutorial Cutie, where she mus…

To mark the upcoming release in Japanese cinemas of the much-awaited new Hayao Miyazaki film 'How Do You Live?', Harry and Rory are joined by their brother and DeadEndia creator Hamish Steele to discuss NiNoKuni, an anime sequel to the Level-5 RPG series co-created with Studio Ghibli alumni. Hamish shares his love for the two main game titles, and …

Harry and Rory are joined by streamer and presenter Bex Trista aka Trista Bytes, as they take to the dancefloor to duel with cult indie film The FP! Set in the near future, rival gangs engage in turf war battles through the medium of Beat Beat Revelation, a competitive rhythm arcade game inspired by Dance Dance Revolution. Can JTRO avenge the death…

Podcast wizards Harry and Rory are joined by musician David Lightfoot of rock band The Fades, as they discuss the Ken Russell movie version of The Who's rock opera Tommy! With an all-star cast including Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margaret, Oliver Reed, Eric Clapton, Elton John, and Tina Turner, Tommy follows the titular "deaf, dumb and blind kid" through …

To mark the release of Street Fighter 6, Harry and Rory hit the streets to discover the Legend of Chun-Li! The fan favourite character gets an origin story, as she seeks to take down dadnapping crime-lord Bison and his associates Balrog and Vega, with the help of mentor Gen, and Chris "Call me Nash" Klein in hot pursuit. But the road to revenge is …

Harry and Rory get that sinking feeling as they set coordinates for their second board game movie on the podcast, boaty blockbuster Battleship! Based on the classic game of naval strategy, psychological warfare, and little plastic pegs, Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Jesse Plemons, Tadanobu Asano, Liam Neeson, and Rihanna face an army of space…

With the recent release of Evil Dead Rise and the Game of the Year edition of Evil Dead: The Game, Harry and Rory head on down into the cellar and carve themselves a new episode of the podcast, looking at the cult horror series and its video game spin-offs! Sam Raimi's original film trilogy, with Bruce Campbell doing battle with demonic forces resu…

Harry and Rory are joined by brother and DeadEndia creator Hamish Steele as they discuss the Super Mario Bros. Movie, recorded live from Ealing Project in London! The long-awaited animated adventure from Nintendo and Illumination arrives with the promise of a more faithful adaptation than Mario and Luigi's last big-screen appearance thirty years ag…

Harry and Rory line up the new Apple TV+ original film which has just dropped: Tetris - based on the true story behind the creation, discovery and race to secure the rights of the classic puzzle game! We discuss growing up with the iconic Game Boy version and our favourite iterations since, before sorting fact from fiction in the film itself. Taron…

Harry and Rory are joined by Lisa Theresa Downey-Dent for an epic conversation about season one of The Last of Us. Based on the Naughty Dog game and adapted by co-creator Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl's Craig Mazin, the hit HBO show has won plaudits from critics, fans, and newcomers, as Joel (Pedro Pascal) escorts Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a post-…

To mark the release of Company of Heroes 3, the Games on Film podcast's very own band of brothers, Harry and Rory, set their sights on the Company of Heroes movie. Inspired by true events in WWII and the real-time-strategy games from which it takes its name, the late Tom Sizemore joins a mission into enemy territory in pursuit of a scientist workin…

After a well-earned break, the Games on Film podcast returns with a packed preview of 2023, as Harry and Rory run down forthcoming video game adaptations and games based on films this year and beyond. And with the hugely-anticipated Super Mario Bros. Movie coming soon, we look at Mario's earliest animated adventure, Japan-only oddity The Great Miss…

Yippee-Ki-Yay, Merry Christmas! Harry and Rory welcome to the party Chris Carton, author of the forthcoming A Guide to Movie Based Video Games, to discuss Die Hard...With A Video Game! They look back at the original action movie classic, its status as a festive favourite and its sequels, as well as star Bruce Willis, his career and recent retiremen…

'Tis the season to be jolly, so it's time for a nostalgic Christmas comedy, as Harry and Rory are visited by the ghost of gaming past! Neil Patrick Harris narrates his childhood quest to get a Nintendo Entertainment System, but it seems the world - and his parents - are against him. For two Nintendo kids of the 80's, they discuss how much the film …

Harry and Rory flee their dying world - possibly Twitter - and head with the Horde to Azeroth for the big-budget Duncan Jones-helmed Warcraft movie! Inspired by the original 1994 RTS, at the beginning of a conflict that continues to rage across sequels, expansions and the World of Warcraft MMORPG, Orcs and Humans do battle as their worlds collide. …

There's something strange in our neighbourhood, so Harry and Rory call special guest Paul Gannon from the CheapShow podcast to discuss the Ghostbusters and their video game adventures! First up, they discuss growing up with Ghostbusters and Paul's forthcoming book Ain't Afraid of No Ghost, followed by a freewheeling chit-chat about the four films o…

With the release of a new Hellraiser on Hulu, Harry and Rory open up the puzzle box and unleash the eighth film in the franchise, Hellworld! But first, they discuss the original ten movies, the story's source material, attempts to turn Pinhead and pals into pixels and polygons, and Clive Barker's forays into first-person-shooters with Undying and J…

Long live the King...of Fighters? Harry and Rory jab a wireless earbud into their lugholes and enter the Tournament Dimension for the live-action adaptation of the SNK fighting game franchise. Maggie Q, Sean Faris and Bullet Train director David Leitch portray Mai, Kyo and Terry who must do battle across the multiverse, or at least the semiverse, w…

To mark the UK release of Crimes of the Future, the latest offering from Canadian auteur David Cronenberg, Harry and Rory lube up their bio ports and grab their game pods to journey into his none-more-Nineties earlier work eXistenZ. Body horror and virtual reality combine as terrorists target a game developer who must save her latest immersive titl…

Harry and Rory grab the biggest can of bug spray they can find to discuss comedy-horror It Came from the Desert, inspired by the classic Cinemaware game. In the vein of sci-fi b-movies of the 1950s and more recent creature features, giant ants escape a secret test facility and attack a motorcycle biker party in search of booze. But can a couple of …

Harry and Rory are joined by Chris Carton, author of A Guide To Video Game Movies, to discuss sci-fi comedy blockbuster Pixels. Based on the viral short film of the same name, larger-than-life recreations of 80s classics pixellate everything in their path, and it's up to former video game prodigies to stop the space invaders, save the world, and mo…

Once again, Harry and Rory return to Raccoon City for another Resident Evil adaptation - but wait! This time, it's for a live-action Netflix series, set in NEW Raccoon City, and Albert Wesker has twin teenage daughters, who soon uncover secrets about their father and Umbrella that will change their lives forever. With action taking place in 2022 an…

With the recent release of Shredder's Revenge and the forthcoming Cowabunga Collection, Harry and Rory head down into the sewers to hang with the heroes in a half-shell, looking at their video game adventures. They discuss their history with the Turtles, the ninja panic of the 1980's, the anthropomorphic crime-fighting animal cartoon boom, and the …

Having crowned the original 'Best Film Adaptation' in the Games on Film Awards last episode, Harry and Rory finally focus on the follow-up! Old characters return, new characters arrive, and old characters played by new actors are here too, as Outworld Emperor Shao Kahn breaks the rules of Mortal Kombat, invades Earthrealm, and bellows a lot. Can ou…