Bringing You All The Horror Franchises One Episode At A Time

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Jan. 9, 2023

PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD

After the action / horror direction Phantasm 2 veered towards, "Lord of the Dead" feels like a return to the nightmarish atmosphere of the first one. This one reunites the original performers as well, as Michael Baldwin and Bill Thornberry …

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Jan. 5, 2023

EVIL DEAD RISE TRAILER REACTION

Mike, Jessica and Nichole weigh in with their thoughts on the Evil Dead Rise trailer in anticipation of the new movie.

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Dec. 30, 2022

PHANTASM 2

The Ball is Back and so are with this week's episode on the action/horror romp PHANTASM 2. We talk about this over the top follow up to the 1979 fever dream that goes big. Featuring Reggie Bannister as the everyman …

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Dec. 25, 2022

ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE

Every time someone downloads this episode, an angel gets its wings. For the Christmas holiday we have a special bonus for listeners. Mike and Brian break down one of their favorite holiday films, Frank Capra's Its A Wonderful Life. From …

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Dec. 19, 2022

THE TOP HORROR MOVIES OF 2022

This week Jessica steps into the hosting chair and is joined by Brian, Rachel and a COVID-riddled Mike to talk about their top ten horror movies of the year. It's a massive episode as each host has a list that …

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Dec. 12, 2022

PHANTASM

This week we’re kicking off a new series with a look back at Don Coscarelli’s independent horror masterpiece, PHANTASM (1979). Mike, Devaughn and Rachel are joined by first time guest Ariel Powers Schaub (Ghouls Magazine) to talk about the influence …

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Nov. 28, 2022

ORPHAN: FIRST KILL

This week we talked about the surprise sequel we didn’t know we wanted, but we sure as hell needed. Orphan: First Kill tells us the origins of everyone’s favorite murderous little person masquerading as an eight year old. While it …

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Nov. 24, 2022

THANKSGIVING BONUS SHOW: WHAT WE’RE GRATEFUL FOR IN HORROR THIS YEAR

Mike, Rachel and Jessica talk about what a banner year it's been for horror and a few of the things we're most grateful for about the genre and the people involved it it. This show drops Thanksgiving morning, so if …

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Nov. 16, 2022

ORPHAN

It's everyone's favorite murderous little person masquerading as a tween! This week we talk the fantastic thriller from 2009 ORPHAN and why it deserves your love and a high spot on the killer-not-quite-kids movie list

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Oct. 31, 2022

HALLOWEEN ENDS

We return to Haddonfield one last time for the final* chapter in the Halloween saga. Folks, this film makes some choices, and we're here to dissect them all. No matter where you fall when it comes to the Halloween movies, …

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Oct. 24, 2022

HALLOWEEN KILLS

EVIL DIES TONIGHT! We return to Haddonfield to start wrapping up our episodes on Halloween. This week we look back at a movie that sharply divided fans, Halloween Kills. Is it an over the top slasher that delivers some of …

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Oct. 17, 2022

Halloween Streams

It's the last two weeks of spooky season and that means binge watching horror movies (okay, pretty much every day means that for sure). We have a special bonus show with our picks. If you're someone who is TERRIFIED of …

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Oct. 11, 2022

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022)

We put another franchise to bed with this week's look at 2022's "requel/retcon/reboot/continuation/whatever the new word is now" of Netflix's Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's a spirited debate where we talk the politics of this movie, it's treatment of the ...

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Oct. 3, 2022

LEATHERFACE (2017)

Folks, we don’t even know how to keep track of everything going on with this series anymore. This week we’re talking about the second prequel of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, which is also the second entry titled Leatherface. Alexander …

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Sept. 26, 2022

TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D

This week we get together to talk about the most unfairly maligned film in the Chainsaw series. In a franchise filled with high peaks, and low-lows, TCM 3D seems to have few defenders. Why? We make the argument that there …

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Sept. 6, 2022

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE THE BEGINNING

This week, Mike and Nicole talk the prequel that answers all the burning questions fans had in the wake of the 2003 TCM remake: How did Sheriff Hoyt get that sweet law enforcement gig? How did he lose his teeth? …

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Aug. 29, 2022

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2003)

Is this going to be one of our most controversial episodes? Possibly. The Michael Bay produced remake is one of the most talked about horror movies of the past twenty years, and it's responsible for the deluge of remakes and …

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Aug. 8, 2022

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION

This week the gang is infiltrated by the Illuminati to tell you there's nothing to see here except perhaps one of the most understood slasher sequels of all time. Is this maligned, underseen, box-office bomb starring pre-stardom Rene Zellweger and …

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Aug. 1, 2022

LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3

Mike and Jessica are joined by Andrew Fabry of The Dead Letter Movie podcast to talk Leatherface, the third entry in the Chainsaw series and the first of two movies with that title. As the 80s closed and the box …

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July 14, 2022

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2

How do you follow up one of the scariest, most unnerving movies of all time? By making a straight up comedy of course! This week, Mike and Stephen take a long look at a movie that was a decade plus …

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June 30, 2022

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) Part Two

The second half of our discussion gets to the good stuff. We talk about the most iconic introduction of a horror villain ever committed to the big screen, the insanity of the dinner party, have it out over Franklin, discuss …

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June 20, 2022

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) Part One

This week we kick off a brand new franchise with the greatest horror movie of all time, Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This episode promises to be a massive one, and we've broken our talk down into multiple parts. …

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May 31, 2022

Bonus Show: JAWBREAKER (1999) vs. JAWBREAKER (The Band)

This is the bonus show Mike has wanted to record for a long time. This week, Jessica Scott comes on to talk about her love for 1999's dark comedy and cult classic Jawbreaker, a movie about some real mean girls …

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May 16, 2022

SCREAM (2022) Part 2

We bring you the second half of our dive into 2022's SCREAM. This week we look at how the legacy characters fare, why this is Dewey's movie, explore the nature of fandom, talk about what we want next, and ask …

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