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March 25, 2024

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2

This week we're back with more found footage, more spooky cameras, more demonology, and more things that go bump in the night with 2010's Paranormal Activity 2. Even better we double down on the toxic masculinity and toss in some …

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March 18, 2024

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

This week we begin a new franchise. We are talking about Paranormal Activity which is arguably the most successful series of the 2000 tens. From its humble beginnings as a tiny independent movie meant to be shown small audiences to …

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March 14, 2024

Special Bonus Episode: The Human Centipede 1 & 2 Presented By Ghouls …

We have a special treat for you this week this episode was originally recorded for the GHOULS MAGAZINE podcast with hosts Rebecca McCallum (Talking Hitchcock) and our own Ariel Hellraiser. While ghouls is on a temporary hiatus Ari was kind …

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March 4, 2024

ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN

This week we wrap our Frankenstein coverage with the movie that gave birth to the horror comedy. In just over a decade and a half, we're far from the serious, often somber tones of the original Frankenstein, and the most …

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Feb. 26, 2024

HOUSE OF DRACULA

This week we get another horror mashup as Dracula opens up his home to the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's Monster and a riff on Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. While it plays like a retread of the previous installment, there's a …

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Feb. 19, 2024

HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN

This week we're back with a true monster mashup as Frankenstein's Monster meets up with the Wolf Man and Dracula, along with a mad scientist and hunchback for good measure. By 1944 it was clear to Universal they had squeezed …

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Feb. 5, 2024

FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN

Our first team up! This week finds two Universal icons getting together for one motion picture in the first of what will be a troubling trend for the back half of the Frankenstein movies as the creature takes a back …

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Jan. 29, 2024

GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN

We’re back to finish our discussion on THEGHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN. Joining us this week is Andrew Fabry of the Dead Letters movie podcast. Universal once again pairs two of its iconic performers in one film. This time a returning Bela …

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Jan. 22, 2024

SON OF FRANKENSTEIN

This week we're back for the last of Karloff's turns as the Monster in the Universal Frankenstein movies. Mike, Brian and Jessica are joined by returning guest Nat Brehmar (author of PUPPET MASTER COMPLETE: A FRANCHISE HISTORY) for a candid …

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Jan. 18, 2024

THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Part Two)

We’re back to finish our discussion on THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. We had a lot to talk about this week, including the abundance of religious iconography present in this film, along with the myriad of ways the Hays Code took …

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Jan. 15, 2024

THE BRIDE OF FRAKENSTEIN (Part One)

This week we're back to discuss what some have called the greatest horror movie of all time, and what might be the birth of queer cinema: THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. In the years following Frankenstein's success, James Whale would go …

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Jan. 11, 2024

FRANKENSTEIN (1931) Part Two

The Monster is loose! We’re back with the second half of Universal’s FRANKENSTEIN. This week we talk about the masterful innovations director James Whale brought to the screen. We discuss how Frankenstein is an example of a horror movie with …

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Jan. 8, 2024

FRANKENSTEIN (1931) Part One

This week we embark on a new cinematic journey and for the first time we travel back to one of the foundations of horror as we begin our exploration of the Frankenstein franchise. Adapted from the classic novel by Mary …

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Jan. 2, 2024

2023’S TOP HORROR MOVIES

Before we get dragged kicking and screaming into 2024, Mike, Brian, Nichole and Rachel take a look back at what has been a solid year yet again or horror. From the creation of "meme horror" we loved in M3GAN and …

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Dec. 24, 2023

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL

Happy holidays everyone. For our second annual non-horror Christmas movie deep dive, we're covering the greatest adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic. What do you get when you cross a miserly, penny hoarding, vindictive Scrooge with the loveable Mu...

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Dec. 18, 2023

CHRISTMAS EVIL (Holiday Horror Series)

You better watch out...he's made his list and he knows who is naughty and who is nice. This week we wrap up our holiday horror series with a classic killer Santa movie: CHRISTMAS EVIL. No less a luminary than John …

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Dec. 12, 2023

*Corrected* KRAMPUS (2023 Holiday Horror Series)

NOTE: Mike uploaded the incorrect file yesterday so all apologies. We'll leave the 2020 patron episode up as a thanks, but here our actual episode for the week) He's making a list. He's checking it twice. He's going to find …

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Dec. 11, 2023

KRAMPUS (Holiday Horror Series)

He's making a list. He's checking it twice. He's going to find out whose naught and should be stuffed in a sack then beaten with a switch before being fed to murderous elves. It's Krampus! From Mike Dougherty (Trick 'r …

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Dec. 4, 2023

SILENT NIGHT (2021) Holiday Horror Series

It's the end of the world as we know it, and we feel fine. This week we're talking the Christmas-set 2021 British horror comedy Silent Night. When the Earth spits up a toxic gas that promises to wipe out humanity, …

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Nov. 27, 2023

BETTER WATCH OUT (Holiday Horror Series)

Seasons Greetings everyone! We're taking a month off franchises and raising our glasses to toast some of our favorite one off holiday and Christmas inspired horror movies. Up first we have the black comedy "home invasion" thriller from Chris Peckover...

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Nov. 23, 2023

Interview with Steven Cognetti (writer / director HELL HOUSE LLC seri…

Happy Thanksgiving listeners. As a holiday bonus, we have a little treat. Mike sat down with Stephen Cognetti, writer and director of all the Hell House LLC films to talk about how the latest (Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael …

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Nov. 20, 2023

HELL HOUSE LLC ORIGINS: THE CARMICHAEL MANOR

This week we're back to talk about the brand new entry to the Hell House LLC series. Dropping just before Halloween on Shudder, "Origins: The Carmichael Manor" leaves the Abaddon Hotel behind for brand new story. This time we follow …

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Nov. 13, 2023

SAW Rankings

We're back with one last trip to SAW City to rank all ten entries in the franchise.

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Nov. 8, 2023

Patreon Clip: Halloween Horror Movie Marathon

We're taking a week of, so enjoy this clip from our recent patreon page. Mike, Nichole, Stephen and Brian put together their picks for an all night horror movie marathon. If you want this and almost fifty hours more of …

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