Horror 101 Podcast

We're going back to the 80s to spotlight a low budget horror from The Empire days of legendary producer Charles Band.  We hope you enjoy as we give the horror 101 treatment to Luca Bercovici's Ghoulies.  Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:15  Before Full Moon....07:55  You have a Big Hit on your hands...09:35  PG-13!?14:00  Ritual Infanticide...17:05  Inheritance...19:10  First Party...23:20  Becoming an Adept...26:00  Weird Sexy Time...27:55  Summoned Dwarves...31:55  Resurrection Ritual...34:23  Malcolm's Ghoulie Massacre...43:50  Black Magic Showdown...47:45  The Ending...51:00  Scoring the film...59:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for lIstening!

Horror 101 Episode 6... That was the last time we touched anything directed by Michele Soavi.  For this show we decided to speculate on his film from 1994 which many believe to be his best piece of work.  It did NOT go as planned.  I broke my crew with this viewing.  You're about to have a box seat to that mayhem.  We hope you enjoy our hilarious Horror 101 treatment of Saovi's Cemerty Man AKA Delamorte Dellamore.Show highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:20  Top 100 on Feedspot!06:45  Michele Saovi info...12:45  First Impressions...13:45  Franceso Dellamorte...16:30  The First 'She'...19:45  She Returns...21:00 Vomiting on Valentina...22:25  Bus Massacre...23:30  Boy Scouts Return...26:28  Valentina Returns...27:27  She Returns...29:00  Stop Killing The Dead....34:00  The Next She...35:00  The Needle...38:15  Hospital Massacre...41:30  Escaping Nothing...45:20  Scoring the Film...56:30  Conclusion....Thanks for Listening!

The Horror 101 crew finally spotlights a Hammer film.  A Terence Fisher film by a Richard Matheson script from a Dennis Wheatley novel.  This is a rare time Christopher Lee is the hero in a Hammer Horror.,  We hope you enjoy our coverage of The Devil Rides Out.  Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:00 The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee...06:00 Our First Rated G film...07:30 Favourite Lee films...13:30  Where's Simon?17:00  A Most Dangerous Game...21:15  Don't Look at the Eyes...24:24  Pursuing Tanith...29:00  The Goat of Mended...38:10  Mocata's Visit...45:00  The Circle of Protection...52:00  Scarcely in the Name of God...54:15  Zero Consequences...58:30  Scoring the film...70:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to Episode 155!  For the first time we're covering a 70s sleeper which Cash has never seen before.  Now he is the student on his own show.  The crew takes a leap of faith on a film which has been hailed as "criminally underseen".  If David Lynch had made a Zombie film, this would be it.  We hope you enjoy the Horror 101 treatment of Messiah of Evil from 1974!Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...06:38  Picking tonight's film...11:00  They say that Nightmares are Dreams Perverted...13:30  Arletty Getting Gas...16:45  Arriving at The Beach House...18:30  Blind/Mute Art Dealer...20:00  The Seven Seas...22:40  You Have to Burn Him...23:55  I Let Them Stay...26:40  Laura's Escape...31:00  That Wasn't My Father...32:50  Creepy Movie Theatre...35:55 Deteriorating...36:40  Father Descends...42:00  Beach House Massacre...44:35  No one Will Hear You Scream!47:08  Scoring the Film...58:00 Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our first podcast of 2025.  We're making a conscious effort to go back to the heart of the Horror 101 project and cover some of the more obscure films of the Horror Genre.  We're going to start with an early 80s slasher that features some memorable Tom Savini gore effects.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 Treatment of Joe Zito's The Prowler.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...05:50  A Reset...08:20  Choosing The Prowler...14:14  A Dear John Letter...16:30  Double Homicide in '4517:55  Reminds us of Bloody Valentine...18:45  Budget Amy Steel23:00  Longest Shower Ever...29:15  Searching Chatham's33:30  Pool Massacre...37:40  The Cemetery...40:40  Putting the Audience of Hold...43:50  Back to Chatham's50:00  The Final Scare...52:45  Scoring the Film...59:45  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

This is it!  Our final podcast of 2024.  We have a full house this episode with our friend and special guest, Elvis joining us.  We recorded this show on Friday, December 13th and decided to break out the hockey mask once again.  Part 7 is celebrated for Kane Hodder's inaugural performance as the unstoppable killer.  Although the MPAA cut the violence to ribbons its the stunts and Jason work that really sells this pinnacle entry in the Friday series.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to John Carl Buechler's Friday the 13th Part 7:  The New Blood.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror04:00 Friday the 13th talk...12:45  Opening Monologue...13:30  Inadvertent Manslaughter...15:40  Returning to the Lake...17:30  Matchbook Exercise...20:10  Resurrection...23:40  First Victims...27:45  I Saw Him Again...30:30  Sleeping Back Death...35:50  You Never Intended to Help...38:00  Maddy's Death...41:10  Human Shield...43:20  We were ROBBED!45:30  Battling The New Blood...50:15  The Stairs Stunt...56:00  The Longest Burn...57:25  The Last Scare...59:45  Scoring the Film...69:50  Conclusion...Happy New Years!

To honour the recently passed Tony Todd we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Bill Condin's Candyman Farewell To The Flesh from 1995.  We share our experience with Tony himself and one of our podcasters has to fly home in the middle of the recording.  Don't miss this show!Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude To Terror...05:20  We owe a tribute to Tony Todd...12:25  Purcell's Demise...17:55  Ethan Confesses...20:45  The Old Home...22:25  Classroom Calling...23:40  I Am The Writing on the Wall...26:10  Nefarious Paul B's Ordeal...30:50  Matthew Disappears...34:55  The Mirror...39:40  Police Evisceration...42:10  Family Secrets...45:30  Slave Quarters...47:30  Be My Witness...50:25  Scoring The Film...56:45  RIP Tony Todd!  Thanks for Listening!

For all those who've messaged us over the years about covering a Rob Zombie film.  HERE YOU GO!!  Its finally happening.  For our 151st show and this year's Halloween Special we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.  His inaugural film.  A true love letter to nasty 70s horror.  Happy Halloween to all our listeners!Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror04:40  Eugene joins us again...07:30  People have been asking for YEARS!09:00 This was ALMOST Halloween IV...12:00  Perhaps you had better start from the beginning...13:00 Robbing Spaulding...16:30  Murder Ride...19:30  Hitchhiker...21:50  Invitation to dinner...26:10  Showtime!!!28:20  Almost Escape...29:50  Helping Private Ryan...32:36  Murder/Torture...35:00  Futile Investigation...36:30  Its all true...The Boogeyman is real!41:00  Decent into Madness...45:00  The End?46:15  Reflections...48:45  Scoring the film...58:15  Conclusion!  Happy Halloween!

We recorded our milestone 150th episode on Friday, September 13th and decided to mark the occasion by covering the 2nd film in the Friday franchise.  With our special guest Eugene we're going back to 1981 to revisit the original Baghead Jason.  This film made absolutely no sense considering the info from the first movie.  Audiences didn't care.  More deaths, more destruction.  Come, revisit the Friday before the hockey mask.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Steve Miner's Friday the 13th Part II.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:00  Special Guest, Eugene!07:40  The phases of Jason Voorhees...12:00 The LONG recap (Adrienne King returns)...14:00  Exploding words! (Jason makes a phone call?)15:10  You're all Doomed!!16:30  Councillors in training (Ginny is late!)...19:10  Telling of the Tale...21:05  Crazy Ralph gets his...22:33  Trespassing...28:00  "What if there is a Jason?"30:30  Wheelchair Machete...32:15  Running through the pair...33:00  Baghead Revealed...36:35  "There's Somebody in This Room..."38:40  Pitchfork the car...39:52  Saved by cheap furniture...41:20  The Shrine of Mother...46:30  Yanked through the Window...49:00  Scoring the Film...58:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for listening!

On our 149th show we're going to back to 1980 to focus on a satirical horror starring Rory Calhoun and Nancy Parsons.    This film made the cover of Fangoria #9.  Ebert liked it much more than my crew did.  What's all that strange noise coming from inside Vincent's secret garden? Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Kevin Connor's Motel Hell.Show Hightlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:20  Our recent mistake (with C-Bass)...08:45  Introducing Motel Hell...12:50  The first trap...16:40  Spot Check...18:18  Gurgling Garden...23:00  Stupid Cows...25:25  The Kinks...30:10  Tubing...33:30  Stockholm Syndrome...36:25  Harvesting...50:35  Chainsaw Duel...48:40  Scoring the Film...57:50  Final Thoughts and Conclusion.

We decided to stick with the Gothic Poe era for one more show.  On this 148th episode we're going back to revisit this 1960 film and re-covering the first Corman/Price feature.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to House of Usher!Show hightlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:00  Celebrating 13 years of podcasting...08:20  Comparing Usher to Masque...09:00  Approaching in Desolation...11:00  How dare you admit anyone into this house?13;45  We are Dying...16:50  The Fissure...23:00  The Sleepwalker...25:15  The Waiting Crypt...27:00  The House of Evil...30:00  Catalepsy...34:00  Buried Alive...36:30  Be Done!!39:00  The Fall of the House of Usher...40:40  Scoring the Film...49:00  Conclusion.  Thanks for Listening!

On our 147th show we are once again paying homage to a recently lost treasure.  We lost Roger Corman at the age of 98.  The amount of talent that was realised through his projects is innumerable .  The man was a Hollywood Kingmaker.  Nobody could make a film as quick and as cheap as Roger Corman yet he still produced solid, entertaining films.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Corman's classic The Masque of the Red Death from 1964, starring Vincent Price.  Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror06:40  Corman the Kingmaker...10:40  Choosing Masque to feature...15:40  The Day of Their Deliverance...21:10  Esmeralda and Hop Toad...24:50  Manipulation and Debauchery...28:30  Midnight Terrors...30:45  Scarlatti and his Wife...34:00  Hop Toad and Alfredo...36:45  Failed Escape...39:40  Five Daggers...41:40  The Final Ritual...46:00  Destruction of the Villagers...49:30  The Burning Gorilla...51:25  Someone Wearing Red...53:30  The Dance of Death...57:40  The Convening Deaths...59:00  Scoring the Film...69:15  Farewell Mr. Corman...72:30  Conclusion.  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome Horror 101 Listeners!  We have another podcast for you.  This time we're going back to 1980 and reaching into the Nasty Bag for another Italian Splatterfest.  Two episodes back we had such a good time covering Zombie from 1979, we decided to focus on another Fulci classic.  This would be the first of his Gates of Hell Trilogy.  Starring Catriona MacColl and Christopher George, this movie breaks all the rules and gives you a demented acid trip of demonic mayhem with supernatural violence that was completely over the top.  Love it or hate it, you will never forget seeing this picture!  Join us as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead.  Show highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:45  Nood's Podcast Charcuterie...06:20  Going back to Fulci...11:30  Fatal Séance...15:45  Premature Burial...18:40  The Gates of Hell have been opened...26:30  A face full of worms and shit...28:00  Epic Regurgitation...32:12  The Dingy Funeral Home...34:00  Mrs. Holden Visits...38:40  Drilling of Bob...42:30  Blizzard of Maggots...48:20  The Destruction of Father Thomas...56:13  Scoring the Film...66:15  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Greetings Horror Fans!  For our 145th episode we're spotlighting a new Australian film from the Cairnes Bros.  This is an excellent example of independent horror being done correct.  This movie has masterful performances and an authentic retro 70s style that delivers a tense and fascinating faux reality experience.  We cannot remember another film that made us want to press play on it again right away.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 Treatment of Late Night with the Devil, starring David Dastmalchian.Show Hightlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...06:35  Setting up for Late Night...13:40  Michael Ironside narrating!16:40  The 70s emulation is superb...19:40  Christou...26:25  Carmichael Haig...28:35  Unmarried Man with a Wedding Ring...31:35  The Cult of Abraxas...34:10  Lilly and Dr. June...40:05  Mr. Wriggles...44:25  Mass Hypnosis...47:50  Reviewing the Tape...50:30  Armageddon...53:30  So It Is Done...58:30  Scoring the Film...71:30  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Happy Easter!  And welcome Horror 101 fans to our 144th show.   A year after Romero's epic Dawn of the Dead took the Horror world by storm Italy answered with their own take on the undead subgenre, made for the International market.  This would be Lucio Fulci's first entry in an array of graphic Euro-Splatter features made for English audiences which would crown him the Godfather of Italian Splatter.  With unforgettable sequences and gore which is as graphic as it is ridiculous we are pleased, for the second time to remind our listeners that Fulci Lives!  Please enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to ZOMBIE!  (They Are Going To Eat You!!)Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:15  Introducing Fulci's Zombie13:30  "The Boat Can Leave Now....Tell The Crew!"16:00  Tor Johnson Zombie...18:30  Where's your father now?21:05  Peter West....Reporter.23:40  Chartering a Boat to Death...29:25  Zombie Vs. Shark!32:25  Eye Trauma!36:00  Reaching Matool and The Dr....41:15  Zombie Banquet...44:00  The Conquistador Cemetery...47:45  The Last Holdout...54:25  New York Apocalypse...57:50  Scoring the Film...66:45  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our 143rd episode!   For the first time ever we flipped a coin with the microphone running and let fate decide the direction for this show.   There's been word that Jordan Peele's company has announced they are remaking this title.  Its not the most celebrated film by Wes Craven but we hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to the bizarre 1991 horror The People Under the Stairs.  Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...07:00 The Coin Toss!11:30  Birthday Tarot Card Reading...13:30  One last family...18:00  Break in...20:00  Robbery Gone Bad...25:40  Sometimes Out is In...30:00  Total Spring Cleaning...40:00  "Tail End of the Craziest Family you ever heard of..."45:00  Re-Entry52:40  The People Released...56:00  Explosives...60:00  Scoring the Film...67:30  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our first show of 2024!  We're hoping that you're in the mood for some European 80s sleaze cause that is whats on the docket for this podcast.  Gratuitous nudity.  Horrible dubbing.  Extreme violence and bad acting all wrapped up in a package of camp from a Spanish director.  They cannot make films like this anymore.  We had a lot of fun picking this feature apart and we hope you enjoy as well as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Juan Piquer Simón's Pieces.  Its EXACTLY what you think it is! Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:00 Introducing Pieces...11:30  Porno Puzzle...14:50  Decapitation on the grounds...16:00 Edmund Perdom...17:45  Paul L. Smith (and those looks)...18:40  Murder at the Pool...21:00  The Weird Mailing Dilemma...22:15  "I'm no Pathologist but..."26:45  Is that a chainsaw behind your back?32:40  Fung Fu!!34:25  Waterbed Massacre!37:00  The Chainsaw Payoff!41:00  More coffee?48:00 WTF Ending?!!?51:40  Scoring the Film...57:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

We're going back to 1980 on this show.  There are 5 movies that made Jamie Lee Curtis one of the most famous scream queens, ever.  Tonight, we bring you another one of those.  Since this show is coming out on New Year's Eve and the setting of this film is also on the same occasion, we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Roger Spottiswoode's Terror Train.  Happy New Year to all our listeners!Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:30  60% of our crew has NOT seen this film...07:50  The remake and its sequel...11:40  A Macabre Practical Joke...15:35  Three years later....Train Party!17:30  Left on the tracks...22:06  Lizardman death...26:40  Mitchy gets hers...29:00  Moe's last magic show...31:00  What do we have in common?35:00  A vicious battle...41:15   A SPOILER WARNING!46:35  Horky's Call...50:30  Scoring the Film...61:00  Conclusion!  Happy New Year!!

You've heard our Nefarious Paul B rip this film to pieces for years!  Now we're rubbing his nose in it!  For our 140th podcast we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of Robert Hiltzik's Sleepaway Camp.  How will Cult Sensation Nick MacPherson react to that shocking conclusion?  Join us and find out!Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:00  Eye Trauma...14:00  Boat Massacre...15:30  Aunt Martha...19:05  Creeper Chef...23:30  Scalding of the Century...27:40  Cracking Angela's Shell...28:45  Canoe Death...36:50  The Bees!!41:00  Deadly Shower...43:00  Curler in the Box...46:00  Archery...48:30  The Worst Mustache...50:50  The Great Reveal...59:20  Scoring the Film...70:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

We saw this Friday the 13th in October coming a mile a way and ever since January my crew knew exactly what we were going to cover for this month.   Every horror fan has their favourite Friday the 13th film and God knows there's a lot to choose from.  With masterful photography, great direction, an interesting, well written cast.  The best stuntman playing Jason this side of Kane Hodder and graphic Tom Savini gore we're going to argue that Part 4 should be at the top of everyone's list.  We hope you enjoy this Halloween Horror 101 treatment of Joseph Zito's Friday the 13th The Final Chapter.  Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:45  All Slashers Want to be This Film...11:40  The Masterful Opening...14:00  The Morgue...17:15  The Jarvises20:55  The Unlucky Hitchhiker...23:10  Dancing Glover...24:30  The Brutal Swim...27:55  Take an Umbrella...29:25  Where's the Corkscrew???33:50  Hunting Jason...40:00  He's Killing Me!!!42"30  Jarvis Assault...48:30  Jason Ex Mortis...54:00  Tommy Deranged...59:30  Scoring the Film...67:00  Final Thoughts...69:00  Conclusion!  Happy Halloween!!

This has been a guilty pleasure for decades.  Most reviewers either love it or hate it.  As we setup for the end of summer around here we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to William Wesley's Scarecrows.  Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...03:45  The Gifts of Stewart...06:15  Remembering Scarecrows...13:00  A Double cross...19:40  Betrayal Unravels...25:15  Burt's at the House....32:40  Knife in the Face...37:15  Midnight Getaway...41:00  Jack's Back...45:30  Scoring the Film...52:40  Final Thoughts!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our 137th show!  In the late 90s a young Paul W.S. Anderson directed a fantastic cast in a Horror/Sci Fi that's main goal was to give you a haunted house in space film.  Test Audiences hated it.  Half an hour was cut from it.  The negative has been neglected and destroyed and although it was a commercial failure this film has since gathered a huge following in the horror community.  Its been a long time since our crew had extremely varied opinions on a title.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Event Horizon!

We put Nood through the creepy crawler ringer once again!  This show we're going back to 1990 and revisiting the thrillomity of that summer.  Its been confirmed, we lost Julian Sands on Mount Baldy this year.  He was part of this Spielberg produced killer spider film which cuts an even slice of dread and comedy to appeal to all audiences.  Fond memories of this title.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Frank Marshall's Arachnophobia!  Be sure to shake your shows and check your popcorn!Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:30  RIP Julian Sands...12:35  On location in South America...17:50  Spider hitches a ride...19:10  The Jennings move to the country...22:45  Lampshade Spider...25:25  Goodman's Comic Relief...27:35  Death on the Playfield...29:30  Metcalf's Bite...33:00  Shower of Terror...36:20  Examining the Specimen...42:35  Spiders en Masse...44:50  The Nest..49:50  Final Thoughts and Production Facts...53:20  Scoring the Film...58:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

We hope you're feeling Nasty today cause thats exactly what we're covering.  A slasher gore piece from 1981 that was on the UK's Video Nasty list.  Of all the films is the 80s that tried to copy the Friday the 13th formula with a brutal killer in the woods this movie is one of the noteworthy ones.  It has an impressive synth score from Richard Wakeman of Yes.  Tom Savini does the horror effects and this was Bob and Harvey Weinstein's first film for their label Miramax.  The now disgraced movie producers who were just a few years ago titans of the industry began their journey here.  Enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Tony Maylam's The Burning.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...07:00 Introducing The Burning...13:45  The Prank Gone Wrong...18:30  Rick Wakeman Score...21:00  Unfortunate Hooker...23:00 Five Years Later...27:15  Campfire Tales...30:00  Skinny Dip Death...35:45  Raft Massacre...38:00  Two Pump Dump...41:20  The Abandoned Mine...48:00  Scoring the Film...56:00  Conclusion and Thanks for Listening!

Two days before we convened to run the microphone for this episode Evil Dead Rise was released for stream.  Hot off the press.  We had to strike while the iron was hot.  None of us were fans of the 2013 remake and expectations were low for this entry.  All of us had avoided spoilers and were going in to this cold.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Lee Cronin's addition to the Evil Dead Universe.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror04:45  Remembering our first Evil Dead experience...11:50  The cabin opening...14:14  High Rise Family...18:30  Unearthed Vault...20:00  Naturum Demento...23:50  Recitation Passages...27:30  Stairs are Gone...29:45  I'm Burning Alive...32:10  Violence Begins...36:00  "You Don't Look so Good, Mom...."37:40  Munching on Glass...40:00  Air Vent Entry...43:15  Dead by Dawn...45:00  Parking Garage Massacre...50:15  Scoring the Film...57:40  Conclusion.  Thanks for Listening!

If you were a subscriber of The Gorezone or Fangoria magazines back in the day, you would have heard all about it.  Outside of that, there is a very good chance you missed this sleeper genre movie.  Two horror icons give us their modernized take on a pair of Edgar Allan Poe stories.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Romero/Argento's Two Evil Eyes.  Show Hightlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:30  Introducing the film...11:35  Liquidating Assets...13:55  Power Through Hypnosis...19:20  Valedemar Dies...26:00  Dead Again...30:00  They're With You Now...32:15  The Pit and Pendulum Crime Scene...35:00  Who's Cat is This?38:20  Animal Cruelty...43:50  The Cat Came Back...46:30  Death of Annabelle...50:20  You Walled Them Up!58:35  Scoring The Film...75:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our 132nd Episode!  This was recorded on St. Patty's Day.  No, we're not covering Leprechaun.  We did entertain the idea of covering an Irish themed horror but ultimately went with a film from 2016.  Its quick, its tight.  Its a decent shocker.  Its a solid supernatural story that seems familiar but repacked well.  Its claustrophobic and has an excellent cast and for these reasons we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to André Øvredal's The Autopsy of Jane Doe.Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror....03:50  St. Patty's Day recording...13:00  Finding Jane Doe...15:45  The Bell Gag...19:20  Beginning the Autopsy...25:00  You're Not Going Anywhere...27:00  Set Her on Fire...28:45  Unreliable Narrator...31:10  You Want to go Back in There?33:50  Leviticus 27...37:30  Sacrifices...44:50  Scoring the Film...55:10  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our 131st show.  With the recent news of Julian Sands lost on California's Mount Baldy we decided to focus on another Anthony Hickox film which features one of the best contributions by Mr. Sands to the horror genre.  We give the Horror 101 treatment to Warlock Armageddon in the hopes that Julian Sands might still be alive out there.  Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:45  The legacy of Julian Sands...14:22  Medieval Massacre...17:00  Birth of the Warlock...23:30  Killing Kenny...28:05  Fashion Show Stone...35:30  Freakmaster Stone...39:10  The Leaf Stabbing...42:15  The Collector's Greed...44:50  Sam's Resurrection...51:50  High Noon Showdown...56:45  Armageddon Averted...60:00  Warlock Death...62:35  Scoring the Film...69:45  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome back to the Horror 101 Podcast!  On our 130th episode we go back to the early 70s and feature a Spanish film which brings Hammer favourites Lee and Cushing together as allies against an ancient evil loose on the famous Trans-Siberian train in the early 20th century..  Horror Express is very much a reverse murder mystery combined with elements of The Thing.  It is now within the public domain and can be enjoyed by everyone at anytime.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of this classic!Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:00  Setting up the NEXT Friday the 13th...06:30  Introducing Horror Express...12:30  Finding the Fossil...16:06  Groan from the Crate...21:30  Its Time We Open This Box...25:00 Transference...28:00  The Eye Fluid...31:10  Telly Savalas Enters...33:00  Massacre in the Dark...39:30  Destroy the Train...41:35  Calling Horky at the Shire...48:16  Scoring the Film and Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our last show of 2022!  This film is very much a Merry Christmas Creepshow.   We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of A Christmas Horror Story.  Happy New Year!Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror..04:10  Gift Exchange...07:30  Introducing the film...11:10  Dangerous Dan on the airwaves...13:35  St. Joseph's Academy...23:50  Krampus Nacht...36:00  Oh, Christmas Tree Troll...47:50  When Elves Go Bad...57:30  Scoring the Film...64:45  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening and Happy New Years!

After another disappointing Halloween we decided to go back to the 80s and cover something we KNEW we would have fun dissecting.  It features one of our favourite genre actors, Tom Atkins and has a script that is much smarter than it deserves to be.  A wonderful blend of 50s schlock and 80s gore.  A true love letter to the horror genre.  For our 128th podcast we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Fred Dekker's Night of the Creeps.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror05:00  Introducing the film...10:20  The Alien beginning (50s nostalgia)...14:00  80s Cringe...19:25  Thrill Me...22:55  The Horror Names...26:20  Murder Story...30:10  It Got In My Mouth...33:55  Bus Massacre...36:55  I've Got Good News and Bad News...39:30  The Two Different Endings...42:28  Why Did This Flop?45:45  Scoring the Film...54:15  Conclusion and Thanks for Listening!

I'm sure you all knew that we would be putting the spotlight on the newest Halloween film.  The final movie in David Gordon Green's extension of the original 1978 film.  We avoided any spoilers to make sure we go in fresh.  How will this end?  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Halloween Ends..Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:30  Introducing Halloween Ends...11:20  Babysitting Mishap...17:00 Laurie Healing...22:00  This is an Illusion...25:05  Myers' Supernatural Choke...29:00  Doctor and Nurse Dies...33:00  You've Got Something I Need...39:55  Stand off...43:10  H20 Did it Better...46:30  Scoring the Film...54:45  Final Thoughts...56:40  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening!  Happy Halloween!

What do you get when a telekinetic vampire lays siege to a mausoleum from within his coffin during a cruel high school hazing stunt?  You get this movie, starring Meg Tilly and Adam West.  This is director Tom Mcloughlin's first film.  We hope you like our Horror 101 Treatment of One Dark Night from 1982.  Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:30  Introducing the film...13:20  Raymar's Apartment...14:50  Sister's Initiation...18:20  Your father was no fake...22:30  Arriving at the Mausoleum...26:15  Terrorizing their Pledge...32:50  Raymar Awakes...37:30  Corpse Attack...40:40  Redirecting Energy...45:00  Scoring the Film...54:15  Conclusion!  Thanks for listening!

For our 125th episode we are revisiting The Subspecies Franchise.  With work going ahead on the upcoming Subspecies V we thought it best to focus another show on this 90s Full moon Vampire Chronicle.  Shot back to back with Part 2, Bloodlust is a well crafted counterpart to its predecessor.  With authentic sets and an entertaining balance of humour and malice Bloodlust is certain to sate all vampire fans.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Ted Nicolaou's Full Moon gem.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...05:20  Returning to Subspecies...12:00  Beginning where Part 2 ends...16:00  Flying to the Castle...22:30  No Entry...26:12  Tenderness on the Battlements...29:55  CIA Bob...34:25  Vicious Matricide...40:50  Radu's Destiny...44:50  Scoring the Film...51:30  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening

This movie is the next chapter in horror collaboration by director Scott Derrickson and Ethan Hawk who worked together in Sinister.  It is our privilege to present you our Horror 101 treatment of The Black Phone.  Not since our Maniac show many years ago did a brand new movie push our scores so high.  Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:50  Savini Mask Design...06:50  Remembering Sinister...12:33  Spoiler Warning!!!15:30  I Dreamed of Balloons...18:15  Would You Like To See A Magic Trick?20:00  Ethan Hawk as The Grabber...21:45  First Caller...23:40  Don't Go Upstairs...29:00  Escape Attempt...33:45  This is the Last Call...40:15  A Solid Payoff...46:25  Scoring The Film...61:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

On this show we cover a Lou Diamond Phillips action/horror from 1990.  This film borrows heavily from late 80s resurrected killer movies like Shocker and The Horror Show.  Jeff Kober has a menacingly good time playing Satanic killer Patrick Channing.  The stunts in this movie are way better than a film of this calibre deserves.  This is presented as one of Cash's guilty pleasures.  join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Robert Resnikoff's The First Power.  Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...05:40  Introducing the film...12:20  Quoting Revelations...16:00  Prayers in reverse...18:14  Execution...24:15  Trampled...26:00  10 Story Jump...28:28  Forgive my Father, for I have sinned...31:20  Lawnmower Fan and Car Stunt...35:40  An Unhappy Childhood...38:25  Attack of the Bag Lady...44:10  Time for your Acid Bath...48:08 Scoring the Film...56:55  Conclusion and Thanks for Listening!

With the recent passing of Fred Ward it seemed a perfect time for the crew to throw a spotlight on this 90s creature feature.  Join us as we revisit the doomed town of Perfection and give the horror 101 treatment to Ron Underwood's Tremors.  Show highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...05:30  Remembering Remo Williams...09:30  Its Jaws under the sand...13:30  The Bacon/Ward Chemistry...16:20  Finding Edgar...20:45  Retiree's Retirement...25:15  Graboid Revealed...30:45  They're Headed Right For Us...32:50  Death of Victor Wong...36:10  Rec Room Defenders...40:00 The CAT Escape...42:15  Explosives...46:45  Scoring the Film...56:30  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening!!

Welcome to our 121st show!  .  The Cult Sensation has pulled his request card!  We recently lost another excellent actor and this loss was enough for Nick to want to pay tribute to the first film this gentleman starred in.   A fairly obscure little gem that fits perfectly in our catalog.   If science runs amok stories are your bag?  I think you're in for a good time.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror04:30  Why Nick picked this one...11:20  Jessop and the Isolation Tank...15:30  Mushroom Ceremony...21:15  Tanks and Drugs...23:15  Simbian Reconstitution...26:30  Waking the Primate...32:00  Final Experiment...35:10  The Beginning is Nothing...37:30  Scoring the Film...48:10  Timothy Leary Conclusion!....Thanks for listening!

This show is taking us back to the heyday of Full Moon's epic Straight to Video collection.  Long time listeners should be acquainted with Charles Band and his Full Moon catalog.  Join us as we revisit the second installment of Ted Nicolaou's vampire epic.  Beautifully shot in real locations in Romania.  This is a must see for any fan of vampire tales.  A true diamond in the crown of Full Moon's collection.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:15  Why starting with Part 2?12:20  Dropped into a Vampire Apocalypse...16:27  Shadow Pursuits...19:00  Mummy's Abode...22:30  Waking Up Dead...24:05  Popescu...26:10  First Kill...28:50  Undead Hunger for Love...32:15  A Tale of Two Sisters...40:10  Scoring the Film...46:20  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening!

Ten years after the first A Nightmare On Elm Street, writer/director Wes Craven returned to his legacy and gave us a fresh tale where the horror of the Nightmare films seep into the real world and menace the cast and crew of the original film.  This film works on a lot of different levels.  A few missteps were made.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treat to the late Craven's New Nightmare!Show highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...06:00  Introducing New Nightmare...13:00  Glove Massacre...18:15  The Definitive Nightmare...21:35  Funeral Nightmare...23:40  God Won't Take Me...26:20  Answer the Phone...29:10  Craven's Script....34:50  Julie Dies...36:55  Freeway Terror...40:30  Nancy Again...41:45  The Ending...46:45  Scoring the Film...56:30  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

This show we're focussing on an obscure gem from the early 90s.  This low budget creeper features a bunch of film students hosting an all night 50s schlock horror marathon, complete with William Castle style gimmicks and tricks.  This event has a Phantom of the Opera style villain wandering the theatre, dealing out havoc and death.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Mark Herrier's Popcorn from 1991.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:55  Introducing Popcorn...10:00  An All Night Horrorthon...12:30  Homage to Montage...13:30  Possessor...16:00  Dee Wallace Menaced...20:30  The Suckage of Skeeter...22:35  Shock Panel...25:40  Down the Rabbit Hole...30:45  Horky's Call in...38:20  An 80s movie in a 90s skin.  41:25  Scoring the Film...48:15  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening!

This is episode 117 and our final show for 2021.  Written by the award winning William Goldman and scored by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith, this film sparked a huge debate between us as to whether or not its actually a horror film.  Join us for our Horror 101 treatment of Sir Richard Attenborough's Magic!Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...03:40  Spotify Resolved...05:43  Introducing Magic...12:00  Magician Rising...16:30  On the Run...18:42  Peg Reconnection...21:27  How Long You Been Like This, Kid?26:30  Let's Go Fishing...29:00  Dummy Homicide...31:00  I Won't Do It!!35:30  I Think We're Dying...40:50  Scoring The Film...48:30  Conclusion!  Happy new year!

Ever since we covered Neil Marshal's Dog Soldiers we have received numerous requests for his 2005 film, The Descent.  Nefarious Paul B has been carrying The Descent torch for about 2 years now and threatened to burn this place down if we don't cover it so.....here it is.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror04:10  Spotify issues...06:42  Introducing The Descent...13:00  Losing Everything...15:30  Reunion...19:45  Claustrophobia...22:30  Lost...25:30  I Just Saw Something...27:30  CHUDS...28:30  Fatal Accident...31:45  Pool of Blood...36:00  The Hobbling...38:15  The 'REAL' Ending...40:13  Scoring the Film...48:20  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

We were fortunate enough to convene on the same night that Halloween Kills was released so for the second time ever we are covering a film that none of us have seen before.  Join us this Halloween as we discover the second chapter of this Michael Myers trilogy.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...05:30  Reviewing the Halloween Legacy...11:00  Haddonfield, 1978...15:35  Emerging from Flames...17:40  Sadism Rising...19:35  Car Assault...24:40  Mob Rules...29:00  He Creeps...He Kills...he Goes Home.33:40  A Failed Lynching...40:00  Scoring the Film...46:20  Conclusion!  Happy Halloween!

Nood's birthday is coming up at the beginning of October so for part of her birthday the crew has agreed to focus on her favourite horror film.   This film has been relentlessly studied and analyzed for nearly 50 years.  It was a commercial success at its 1973 debut and even now remains one of the most controversial films ever released.  Many people were unprepared for the brutal and raw depiction of blasphemy and evil that this film contained.  It was a game changer and we hope you'll enjoy as we celebrate the immortal power of William Friedkin's The Exorcist.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...05:00  Nood's First Viewing...08:00  The Scariest Film Ever?14:40  Iraq...17:45  A Lady and Her Daughter20:10  You're Gonna Die Up There...24:30  Lick Me!27:50  Damian meets The Devil...32:15  Enter Father Merrin...34:30  Holy Battle...38:30  Sacrifice...43:40  Scoring the Film...54:20  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening!

A mother searches for her lost adopted daughter in a ghost town and becomes part of a 30 year struggle for redemption and revenge.  Adapted from the Horror Video Game of the same name.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Christophe Gans' Silent Hill.Show Hightlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:20  Peaches!06:00  Choosing Silent Hill...12:50  Going to Silent Hill...16:00  Cut off...19:00  Darkness Falls...24:10  Flayed at Church...28:30  Witch!!31:20  Your Reward is the Truth...33:33  Roasting the Cop...35:20  Darkness Reigns...38:00  No victory...39:00  Scoring the Film...46:00  Conclusion....Thanks for Listening

On our 112th show I am filling a long time request from three very determined individuals to get Horror 101 to cover Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers from 2002.  A six man military squad are setup as bait for a pack of werewolves and must hold out till morning in a secluded farm house in the Scottish Isles.   Six soldiers.   Full moon.  With absolutely no chance. This is basically Aliens, Predator and Night of the Living Dead thrown into a blender with werewolves.  I now have a new appreciation for this film after putting this show together.  With special guest Brian 'Horky' Horvath.  Join us for one of the most vivacious podcasts we've ever released.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:00  Finally Filling this Request...11:00  Shoot the dog...14:00  Military Exercise...15:40  Live, Hostile Targets...20:00  To the Cottage...23:00  They Cut the Power...25:15  Expendable...28:30  Spoon's Last Stand...29:55  Scorched Earth...32:40  Horky's Hilarious Commentary...36:35  Scoring the Film...46:20  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Leaping from one vampire from to another, this time we're covering an obscure 80s movie.  An surreal, nightmarish journey into urban vampirism with an odd combination of horror and comedy.  For this 111th episode we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Richard Wenk's Vamp.  Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:54  Introducing Vamp...12:30  "Silence, Pledge!"16:30  The spinout into another world...18:00  Snow in the Coffee Shop...21:00  Entering The After Dark Club...24:15  Deadly Audition...31:40  Resurrection of AJ...34:45  Waste Disposal...36:50  Standoff with Katrina...42:50  Scoring the Film...48:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for listening!

On our 110th episode we revisit David Slade's 30 Days of Night. Original concept by Steve Niles and made with Evil Dead money, this film brought back the savage, vicious vampire. Danny Huston leads a pack of hungry undead who coordinate an apocalyptic feeding frenzy on a northern town during their 30 days with no sunshine. Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:20 Introducing 30 Days... 11:20 A Stranger Among Them... 17:33 Danger Revealed... 19:26 A New Style of Vampire... 25:05 The Bait Girl... 30:05 Death and Pigtails.... 32:35 The Trencher... 38:00 Syringe Enhancement... 39:45 His Last Sunrise... 41:00 Scoring the Film... 51:30 Conclusion...thanks for listening!

Last show we featured April Fool's Day from 1986, starring Deborah Foreman. She's going to be featured again in this 1988 film which also stars Zach Galligan from Gremlins and the legendary David Warner. There have been countless House of Wax type horror films since the dawn of cinema. In 1988 writer/director Anthony Hickox gave us his very first feature film which was his take on this subgenre. It was a hidden gem for me when I first found it on the VHS shelf 30 years ago. It is rarely showed a lot of love in the horror community and for that reason we are going to spend this podcast giving the horror 101 treatment to Waxwork. Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror 04:00 First finding this film... 14:00 Meeting Mr. Lincoln... 19:45 Tony and the Werewolf... 24:28 Massacre at Dracula's Castle... 30:15 The Curse of the Mummy... 35:40 Zombies... 36:49 The Marquis De Sade.. 41:02 Battle Wheelchair Finale... 45:25 Scoring the Film... 51:34 Conclusion! Thanks for listening!

APRIL FOOLS!! Welcome back to the Horror 101 podcast. This recording session was like nothing we've ever captured before. My crew hated the film we're about to review. The vitriol and spite against me for suggesting this film is over the top. If you haven't seen this film yet please watch it first cause there will be ending spoilers right out of the gate. Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Fred Walton's April Fool's Day from 1986. Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:29 April Fools!!! 12:43 An about face... 15:00 The fake gore and boat maiming... 17:30 Buffy: The Hostess... 19:40 The well... 21:30 A Different Ending... 24:00 A Rich Girl's Plan... 31:20 Scoring the Film... 38:35 Conclusion...Thanks for listening!