Killer Horror Critic

We wrap up our Horror at the Hospital month with X-RAY, discussing the dangerous male obsession, the uncomfortable power doctors have over patients, and more! 

We get sick with the Japanese horror flick INFECTION, discussing guilt as an infection of the mind, what's really going on in this hospital, and more! 

We kick off our month-long theme of Horror at the Hospital with VISITING HOURS, discussing the film's theme of society's refusal to listen to women, comparing the film's misogynist killer to a modern day troll, and more! 

We wrap up our month-long theme of "Home Sweet Haunted Houses" with the remake of HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1999), discussing greed as insanity, the relationship of the Price's to the darkness in the house, and more!

We unleash the THIR13EN GHOSTS remake, discussing the house as a reflection of Arthur's mind, the theme of being unwilling to live in the present, and more! 

We make the journey to CRIMSON PEAK, discussing the ways in which people are haunted by heartbreak, discovering who you really are through love, and more!

We scare up some ghosts by kicking off our month-long theme of "Home Sweet Haunted Houses" with the 1999 THE HAUNTING, discussing Eleanor's relationship with the house, the terror of re-emerging into the world, and more! 

We put a spell on you with our discussion of HOCUS POCUS, talking about the way in which the witches are portrayed, Winifred and Binx as different sides of Max, and more! 

We raise the dead with PARANORMAN, discussing zombies as a representation of mob mentality, learning to not judge by appearances, and more! 

We drop in on THE MONSTER SQUAD for a discussion on outcasts and the way appearances can be deceiving, the film as a play on WWII, and more! 

Listener beware, you're in for a scare as we talk the 2015 GOOSEBUMPS film, discussing the terror of growing up, how the film works as an adaptation of R.L. Stine's books, and more! 

We kick off our "Entering Gateway Horror" month with one of the quintessential gateway horror films, THE GATE, discussing the demons as representations of the fears of growing up, the dreamlike surrealism of the film, and more!  

We wrap up our month-long theme of "It Came from 1982" with Frank Henenlotter's bizarre tribute to sleaze, BASKET CASE, discussing the codependence of the brothers, the lumpy baggage that is Bilal, and more! 

We eat up the FORBIDDEN WORLD, discussing the theme of humanity's insatiable hunger, the delightfully bizarre nature of the film and its creature, and more! 

We slash into FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III, discussing how the 3D enhances the voyeur theme of the franchise, that moment with Jason we'd like to forget, and more! 

We kick off our August theme, It Came from 1982, with the Larry Cohen classic Q: THE WINGED SERPENT, discussing Q as a god of greed, New York skyscrapers as temples of worship to the almighty dollar, and more! 

We take a slay ride with BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019), discussing the film's portrayal of toxic masculinity, its effectiveness as a remake, and more! Give yourself the gift of giving it a listen. 

We play a deadly game with READY OR NOT, discussing the ways in which the rich cheat in society, how the upper class uses the poor as pawns in their own game, and more! 

We get sweet, sweet vengeance with REVENGE, discussing the film's heroine Jen as a symbol of female rage, how Coralie Fargeat's film stands out compared to male-directed rape-revenge movies, and more! 

We slice into our month-long theme "Women Burn Shit Down" with the home invasion flick with a twist, YOU'RE NEXT, discussing how the film subverted the genre, the film as a metaphor for an ugly breakup, and more! 

We wrap up our body horror month with the skin-crawling film THE RUINS, discussing its portrayal of privileged Americans, the secrets of the ruins, and more! 

We enter the video arena with VIDEODROME, discussing the film's themes of violence in media, how it predicted our current relationship with technology, and more! Give it a listen, and become the new flesh!

We turn to mush over THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN, discussing the film's environmental horror themes, government incompetence in containing the monster, and more! (Note: We had some audio issues with skipping on this one. Did our best to cut around them but couldn't get all of them. Apologies for any moments on the episode where that pops up)

We enter the gooey underbelly of SOCIETY, discussing the film's portrayal of the wealthy, the pressure put on teens to fulfill certain "roles", and more! Give a listen and join us for the shunting! 

We howl for a fresh look at HOWLING III, looking at how this misunderstood film evolves the werewolf genre, environmentalist themes, and more! 

We enter the hell of Fury 161 and ALIEN 3, discussing the film's troubled production, themes of abortion and a woman's right to choose, and more! 

Welcome to primetime, listeners! We get pulled into A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS, talking about the evolution of Freddy, themes of finding strength in understanding, and more! 

Halloween comes early in our latest discussion on Horror Threequels and HALLOWEEN III, discussing the film's troubled reception, its theme of subserviency to corporations, and more! Gather around and listen to the dancing pumpkin! Listen...listen...

Hail to the King, baby! We kick off our month-long discussion of Horror Threequels with Sam Raimi's ARMY OF DARKNESS, discussing the choice to take the Evil Dead franchise back in time, Ash facing his inner demons, and more! 

We get hooked on THE LURE as we wrap up our month-long discussion on horror musicals, discussing the film's approach to The Little Mermaid story, the way in which the mermaids themselves are lured by the world on land, and more! 

We tremble with antici............pation as we discuss one of the most popular cult films of all time, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, talking about the film's themes of embracing all sexualities and who you are, the way in which it seduces the audience, and more! Give yourself over to absolute pleasure and give it a listen.

We're feeding you a discussion on something mean and green this week with LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986), talking about how the film looks at the price of success, debating the original ending vs. the reshot ending, and more! 

Get ready to scream AND sing, because we're kicking off our month-long theme of Horror Musicals with ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE, discussing the film's commentary on growing up and leaving the nest, zombies as a metaphor for being trapped in your hometown, and more! 

They're heeeeeeerrree! We wrap up our "Horror Movies for a Rainy Night" theme with POLTERGEIST (1982), discussing how the film portrays the American Dream, the dynamics of how the family handles the haunting, and more! Go into the light and give it a listen!

Who are we, really? We continue our "Horror for a Rainy Night" theme with the twisty thriller, IDENTITY, discussing the film's approach to mental illness, the theme of duality, and more! Stay the night with us and give it a listen. 

It's a party with the dead this week as we continue our "Horror Movies for a Rainy Night" theme with THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, discussing the braaaaaaains of the film, it's anti-establishment themes and more! 

Hey, where's the corkscrew!? We pop the top off of our Horror Movies for a Rainy Night theme this month with FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER, discussing the introduction of Tommy Jarvis, Jason as a force of nature, and more! 

All great loves must come to an end, and so we're wrapping up our Monsters in Love month with the Swedish vampire flick LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, discussing the manipulation at play in the film, the presentation of violence, and more! 

Love means loving your partner, even when their brain is put into a mechanical T-rex! We continue our Monsters in Love theme with TAMMY AND THE T-REX, discussing the film's theme of love in all shapes and sizes, the pros and cons of living as a dinosaur, and more! 

Happy Valentine's Day ghouls! We're continuing our talk on monsters in love with SPRING, a movie full of heart...and tentacles! We discuss whether or not the couple is truly in love, the good and bad of love itself, and more! 

Adventure! Love! Gill-Men! We kick off our month-long Monsters in Love theme with one of the penultimate creature crush films, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, talking about the Creature as a symbol for the men in Kay's life, why all of these scientists are hypocritical jerks, and more! 

We're back in Woodsboro to wrap up on our month-long conversation on the Scream franchise with SCREAM 4, talking about how it slices through remakes, its commentary on toxic fandoms, and more! 

We head to Hollywood with a discussion on the third film in the SCREAM franchise, talking about how our legacy characters are forced to confront their past selves, the film's Scooby-Doo mystery approach, that voice changer everyone hates, and more! 

We continue our discussion of the Scream franchise with SCREAM 2, stabbing into what makes this sequel so brilliant, with conversations on the duality within the film, how it explores the final girl after the events of the first movie, Mickey's wolverine hair, and more! 

What's your favorite scary movie? We kick off our month long coverage of the SCREAM franchise with the original Wes Craven film, discussing what made it so different at the time, how Ghostface represents our ghosts of the past, and more! It's a scream, baby! 

We wrap up our month-long discussion of the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise with Part 5, THE TOY MAKER, discussing the film's theme of neglectful parents, the gift of Mickey Rooney, and more! 

We continue our discussion on the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise with SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 4: INITIATION, talking men as parasites, the horniness of Brian Yuzna movies, and more! 

We continue our discussion on the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise with SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 3: BETTER WATCH OUT, talking about Ricky's psychic connection to Laura, the film's gothic horror influences, and more! 

We punish ourselves with the hilarious disaster of a sequel that is SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2, discussing Ricky as an unreliable narrator, Eric Freeman's mind-boggling performance, and more! 

We kick off our month of discussing the SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT franchise, starting with the first film and discussing the controversy it faced, Mother Superior's far from superior punishment style, and more! 

We wrap up our Birds of Prey month with the disaster of a disaster film, BIRDEMIC, discussing the film's extreme focus on global warming, it's murderous eagles as arbiter's of justice, and more!