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Join Greg D and Jenius McGee (Nerds of Nostalgia) as they take a weekly look into horror. #horror #storytelling #paranormal Subscribe, Rate and Review on iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play and TuneIn Radio

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    • May 23, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Nightmare Junkhead podcast is an absolute delight for horror enthusiasts. From the moment I subscribed, I was hooked on the captivating content and the genuine passion of the hosts. It's refreshing to find a podcast where the hosts are so earnest and enthusiastic about their subject matter. The discussions on horror movies are filled with love and excitement, creating an atmosphere that feels like you're having a conversation with close friends. There is no judgment or snobbiness here, just pure appreciation for the genre.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is undoubtedly the hosts themselves. Their love for horror shines through in every episode, making it incredibly enjoyable to listen to. Greg and Jenius have a great chemistry together and their conversations flow effortlessly. Their knowledge of horror movies is impressive and they often provide insightful analysis and trivia that enhances the listening experience. It's clear that they put a lot of thought and effort into each episode, carefully selecting topics that will engage their audience.

    In terms of audio quality, The Nightmare Junkhead podcast exceeds expectations. The sound is crisp and clear, allowing listeners to fully immerse themselves in the discussions without any distractions or technical issues. This attention to detail enhances the overall production value of the show.

    While it's difficult to find any significant flaws with this podcast, one minor aspect that could be improved upon is the frequency of episodes. As a fan, it can be frustrating having to wait for new content, especially when you're eager to hear more from these knowledgeable hosts. However, this can also be seen as a testament to their dedication in providing quality episodes rather than rushing out subpar content.

    In conclusion, The Nightmare Junkhead podcast is a must-listen for any horror fan. With its passionate hosts, engaging topics, and expert audio quality, it truly stands out among other podcasts in its genre. Whether you're looking for insightful discussions on classic horror films or recommendations for hidden gems in the genre, this podcast has it all. It's the kind of show that leaves you wanting more and eagerly anticipating each new episode.



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    Latest episodes from Nightmare Junkhead

    EP 505: Panic Fest Live 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 70:47


    Greg and Jenius close out this month's Panic Fest goodness with the latest live Game of Games! Play along at home with us!

    EP 504: Panic Fest 2025 Beef

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 89:26


    Greg and Jenius are joined by a few of the people that make Panic Fest what it is including Marie, Heather, JT, Jonathan, and Jenny!

    EP 503: Panic Fest 2025 A Couple of Old Fashioneds

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 78:33


    Greg and Jenius are joined by Rebecca Howard and Joe Lynch to talk double features and so much more with this Panic Fest dispatch!

    EP 502: Panic Fest 2025 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 130:21


    Greg and Jenius welcome both Adrian Torres and Cati Glidewell to talk the movies seen and memories made from this year's Panic Film Festival!

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    EP 501: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 58:07


    Greg and Jenius close out this year's Off Brand April with a crazy road trip with this 1963 classic!

    EP 500: Horrorwood Squares

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 134:06


    Greg and Jenius celebrate what may or may not be their 500th episode by testing some new waters and thanking those that have listened over the past 10 years!

    EP 499: Grosse Point Blank

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 66:35


    Greg and Jenius continue Off Brand April as they take stock in their lives by looking back at 1997's Grosse Point Blank!

    EP 498: Clerks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 71:54


    Greg and Jenius open up Off Brand April by talking the 1994 classic Clerks!

    EP 497: 2015 Scream 16 & Hateful 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 150:41


    Greg and Jenius close out this year's Into the Mouth of March Madness as they welcome the Media Rewind and Horror Hero podcast as they help break down the surviving horror classics from the 2015 bracket! Media Rewind 00:00-01:14:00 Horror Hero 01:15:00-02:30:00

    EP 496: 2015 Madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 88:11


    Greg and Jenius close out this year's Into the Mouth of March Madness by travelling back 10 years to talk the horror classics from our 2015 bracket! The Witch vs Bone Tomahawk Turbo Kid vs The Final Girls The Mind's Eye vs We Are Still Here Krampus vs The Blackcoat's Daughter

    EP 495: 2005 Scream 16 & Hateful 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 169:16


    Greg and Jenius welcome back a few folks to help them break down the surviving horror classics from the 2005 bracket! Dirt Bag Cinema 00:00-01:40:00 (Scream 16) Horror Pod Class 01:42:00-02:49:00 (Hateful 8)

    EP 494: 2005 Madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 94:51


    Greg and Jenius go Into the Mouth of March Madness and travel back 20 years to talk the horror classics from our 2005 bracket! Saw 2 vs Devil's Rejects The Descent vs Hostel Constantine vs The Brothers Grimm Land of the Dead vs Mortuary

    EP 493: 1995 Scream & Hateful

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 165:10


    Greg and Jenius are joined by the Carnage Report Podcast and The Blonde in Front as they break down the surviving horror classics from the 1985 bracket! Carnage Report Podcast (Scream 16) 00:00-01:18:00 The Blonde in Front (Hateful 8) 01:18:00-02:45:00

    EP 492: 1995 madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 109:39


    Greg and Jenius travel back 30 years for Into the Mouth of March Madness to talk the horror classics from the 1995 bracket! Demon Knight vs Tales From the Hood Species vs Castle Freak Halloween 6 vs Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4 Copycat vs Se7en

    EP 491: 1985 Scream & Hateful

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 207:40


    Greg and Jenius are joined by the Classic Horrors Club Podcast and Adrian Torres as they break down the surviving horror classics from our 1985 bracket! Classic Horrors Club (Scream 16) 00:00-01:55:00 Adrian Torres (Hateful 8) 01:56:00-03:27:00

    EP 490: 1985 Madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 80:29


    Greg and Jenius delve Into the Mouth of March Madness as they talk the horror classics from the 1985 bracket! Fright Night vs Lifeforce Return of the Living Dead vs Day of the Dead Nightmare on Elm Street 2 vs Friday the 13th 5 Reanimator vs Creepers

    EP 489: 2025 Madness Selection

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 52:13


    Greg and Jenius kick off this year's Into the Mouth of March Madness with their annual selection episode! What movies are competing? What films were left out? Tune in to find out and start sending in those brackets!

    EP 488: The Void Commentary

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 106:43


    Greg and Jenius close out their tour of the Patreon vault with their commentary for 2016's The Void!

    EP 487: Nosferatu

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 76:08


    Greg and Jenius open up the I've Seen That tier from Patreon with their thoughts on 2024's Nosferatu!

    EP 486: Werewolves Within and Bad Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 98:17


    Greg and Jenius crack open the Patreon vault as they prepare for this year's Into the Mouth of March Madness by sampling some of the goodies from the Squiddly Diddly tier!

    EP 485: Brightburn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 55:51


    Greg and Jenius close out the month of January with a little film from 2019 called Brightburn!

    EP 484: Guyver

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 57:58


    The super hero shenanigans takes us to body horror territory as Greg and Jenius talk 1991's The Guyver!

    EP 483: Swamp Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 63:02


    Greg and Jenius continue the super hero shenanigans by heading to the Bayou to talk 1982's Swamp Thing!

    EP 482: Doctor Mordrid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 63:22


    Greg and Jenius kick off a month of super hero shenanigans with 1992's Doctor Mordrid.

    EP 481: Best of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 97:24


    Greg and Jenius take stock in their favorite movies and memories from the year of 2024!

    EP 480: End of Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 57:11


    Greg and Jenius close out 2024 with a bang as they talk Satan and Schwarzenegger in 1999's End of Days!

    EP 479: The First Omen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 71:10


    Greg and Jenius get a little deja vu as they take in 2024's The First Omen!

    EP 478: Fear No Evil

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 63:42


    Greg and Jenius head back to High School to deal with bullies and Beelzebub as they talk 1981's Fear No Evil!

    EP 477: Immaculate

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 69:37


    Greg and Jenius kick off a month of Anti-Christ movies and they start with this year's Immaculate!

    EP 476: Link

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 61:32


    Greg and Jenius close out No Ben November with the underrated classic, Link!

    EP 475: Kiss of the Tarantula

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 57:28


    No Ben November takes us back to the 1970's PG territory as we tackle this little oddity from 1975!

    EP 474: Razorback

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 53:43


    Greg and Jenius head over to Australia to talk the beauty and brutality of 1984's Razorback!

    EP 473: Grizzly

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 66:26


    Greg and Jenius kick off No Ben November with the 1976 classic Grizzly!

    EP 472: Halloween Hangover 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 77:27


    Greg and Jenius look back at the movies seen and memories made with their annual Halloween Hangover!

    EP 471: Ghost of Mars

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 57:19


    Greg and Jenius welcome Dustin Pryor from the Media Rewind podcast to close out their look into the catalog of Carpenter and talk 2001's Ghost of Mars!

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    EP 470: Eww Marathon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 61:48


    Greg and Jenius once again celebrate Nerd-O-Ween by programming a fictional 24 hour horror marathon built around things that make you go ewww!

    EP 469: Village of the Damned

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 60:31


    Greg and Jenius continue their tour of Carpenter Town by leasing up some space with his 1995 remake of Village of the Damned!

    EP 468: Assault on Precinct 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 51:59


    Greg and Jenius kick off a month of Carpentry as they celebrate a few of the horror masters films and they start with the 1976 classic Assault on Precinct 13!

    EP 467: Shocktober 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 48:33


    Greg and Jenius look over the movies coming up at this year's Schocktober lineup!

    EP 466: Bait 3D

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 57:55


    Greg and Jenius close out this year's Sharktember with by travelling to down under to talk 2012's Bait 3D.

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    EP 465: Jason Goes to Hell Commentary

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 102:56


    Greg and Jenius break into the Patreon vault to unearth their Jason Goes to Hell commentary to help celebrate this Friday the 13th!

    EP 464: The Shark Hunter

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 52:55


    Greg and Jenius wade back into the welcome waters of Sharktember and they begin with a questionable entry from the 70's with The Shark Hunter!

    EP 463: The Crazies 2010

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 61:55


    Greg and Jenius close out their Summer of action by taking a trip to remake town as they talk 2010's The Crazies!

    EP 462: Dog Soldiers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 63:30


    Greg and Jenius continue the Summer of Action by getting a little deja vu as they talk 2002's Dog Soldiers!

    EP 461.5: It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 30:48


    Greg and Jenius welcome both Nick Totti and Rachel Kempf from the film It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!

    EP 461: Aliens

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 70:14


    Greg and Jenius continue their look into action based horror as they go to war with 1986's Aliens!

    EP 460: Kung Fu Killer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 63:51


    Greg and Jenius continue to add International flair to their action/horror as they talk 2014's Kung Fu Killer!

    EP 459: Night Comes For Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 50:58


    Greg and Jenius continue their look into action based horror by travelling to Indonesia to take on 2018's The Night Comes For Us!

    EP 458: The Hidden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 57:27


    Greg and Jenius close out the cops and killers month with 1987's The Hidden!

    EP 457: Dead Heat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 59:36


    Greg and Jenius treat themselves to one of the best buddy cop nobody talks about with 1988's Dead Heat!

    EP 456: The First Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 57:45


    Greg and Jenius continue their look into cops and killers and they go from science to Satan as they talk The First Power!

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