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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 Lugosi as Ygor ...

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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 talk abou...

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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 a hatchet to this movie bu...

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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 on to put his cam...

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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 no true ...

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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 Shelley, James Whale created on...

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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 Talk To Me, to a continuation of "Fuck...

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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 Waters calls this his favorite Chris...

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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 out who's naughty and sh...

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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 Treat) comes another contempora...

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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, a posh family and their closest fri...

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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 Manor) came to be....

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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 a true crime yout...

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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 bonus content, become a patron...

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Oct. 30, 2023

SAW X

Happy Halloween all. This week, we take a look at the latest entry in the Saw canon, the surprise hit of the fall, Saw X. The rare entry that's approved by both fans AND critics, this one finds Jigsaw seeking out surgery as a cure for his cancer, onl...

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Oct. 23, 2023

SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW

This week we're tackling what might be one of the most controversial titles we've covered to date: 2021's Spiral From The Book Of Saw. Just what does a SAW movie look like without its main man Jigsaw? Does Chris Rock try to bring too much of the funny...

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Oct. 20, 2023

Dispatches From TELLURIDE HORROR SHOW

Mike and Ariel actually got to meet in person at this past weekend's Telluride Horror Show, and to celebrate we snagged some coffee and breakfast burritos while taking in the mountain air and discussed what we loved at the festival. We keep it spoil...

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Oct. 16, 2023

JIGSAW

After a seven year hiatus Jigsaw made a return to theaters with, um, "Jigsaw." This week Mike, Ari, and Nichole discuss whether the Spierig's attempt at going back to basics and eschewing the more over the top gore and torture elements of the franchi...

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Oct. 10, 2023

SAW: THE FINAL CHAPTER

This week we are back with a not so final chapter of Saw 3D. We are here to find out how the story of John Kramer, Amanda, and John's large adult son Detective Hoffman wraps up once and for all. We enter the 3rd Dimension to do so and we get even mor...

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Oct. 2, 2023

SAW VI

This week our SAW VI episode talks about the turn towards social issues, and how this could be subtitled “Occupy Jigsaw” as predatory lenders and insurance companies get put to the test. The discussion gets emotional as we share our own personal expe...

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Sept. 29, 2023

[PATREON CLIP] DEATH WISH

In this clip from our latest patreon exclusive episode, Mike and Rachel talk the origins of the Charles Bronson classic Hollywood exploitation film Death Wish. To unlock this nearly two hour episode along with dozens of more hours of content, go to p...

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