On our RADAR

STREAMING: Family Guy (Disney +, from Wednesday)

The hit comedy series kicks o its 20th season (yes, that’s 20 seasons), heralding the further adventures of the Gri n family. In the opening episode, Lois decides to get LASIK surgery, but exploits her failing vision for personal gain. Meanwhile, Peter, Chris, Stewie and Brian have to partake in activities with Doug that are neglected by his father.

PODCAST: Halloween Unmasked

Just in time for the release of Halloween Kills, this eight-part podcast series celebrates the remarkable and terrifying phenomenon of America’s most revolutionary horror lm, Halloween. Hosted by lm critic Amy Nicholson, the show dives deep into the Halloween franchise, unpacking John Carpenter’s accidental classic, Jamie Lee Curtis’s legacy as the ultimate scream queen (and

the rst ‘ nal girl’), and psychoanalyses the iconic masked killer, Michael Myers.

YOUTUBE: Nardwuar The Human Serviette

Youtube is full of channels in which people share interviews with their musical heroes, but there’s no channel and no interviewer quite like Nardwuar. The USP of this Canadian, a self-confessed geek, is to innocuously astonish his subjects with facts, foibles and ephemera from their past until their minds are totally blown. His interviews with Seth Rogan and Whitney Cummings are particularly memorable.

FESTIVAL: Samhain na mban

This Hallowe’en, the Light House Cinema in Dublin and Pálás Galway are celebrating the very best horror lms by women lmmakers with a season entitled, Samhain na mban. Ranging from Ida Lupino’s 1953 cult classic, The Hitch-hiker to Coralie Fargeat’s 2018 drama, Revenge, and Mary Harron’s American Psycho, there’s something to satiate every horror fan’s appetite. Fancy dress is encouraged. Full details from lighthousecinema.ie