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SFULTRA

All Units is an anatomy of the thriller. Every two weeks Sean McTiernan creates a double bill in the hopes of exploring and understanding another aspect of thriller cinema.

Every other week, Calling All Units will answer questions from listeners, the host and, if necessary, the authorities.

If you keep a running list of movies you want to watch, prepare for it to get much, much longer.

SFULTRA #37 - Red Hook Variations

Nov 21, 2025

Main works discussed:
The Horror at Red Hook - H. P. Lovecraft
The Ballad of Black Tom - Victor LaValle
The Courtyard - Alan Moore
Neonomicon - Alan Moore
Providence - Alan Moore

“So you think you know what terror is
As it stares from the newspaper page
Yeah of course you all know what horror is
It's the rage of the...

SFULTRA #36 - Vurt - Jeff Noon

Sep 28, 2025

"Tell me what you know about a man's affliction
PC plod talk pure science fiction" - Cowboy Dave, Happy Mondays

Right Where You Are Sitting Now #2 - Routine Excercise

Jul 25, 2025

"You can't have feelings alone" - William Burroughs, Naked Lunch

Right Where You Are Sitting Now #1 - My Past, Like A Terrible River

Jul 5, 2025

Works covered:
And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks
Junky: The Definitve Text Of Junk
Queer
Yage Redux

SFULTRA #35 - Beasts - John Crowley

Jun 13, 2025

"The elementary unit of language — the statement — is the order-word. Rather than common sense, a faculty for the centralization of information, we must define an abominable faculty consisting in emitting, receiving, and transmitting order-words. Language is made not to be believed but to be obeyed, and to compel...