One Final Scare

In this episode, Tracy and Minki sit down to discuss a fairly new movie produced by J.J. Abrams, Overlord. If you're curious about the movie or their opinion about it, what are you waiting for? Hit that play button!

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen-day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It’s OFS’s thirteen day countdown to Halloween!!! Which movies can totally get you in the macabre mood, you ask?? Minki and Tracy have made a list, checked it twice, and will discuss one each day to get us to the most wonderful time of the year. Step aside, Santa...we’ve got Satan, creatures from pumpkin patch graveyards, serial killers, slashers, gypsies, witches, demons, enraged teenagers and a few other frightening friends to hang out with.

It's been too long! Let's snuggle up in the cozy maternalistic arms of horror with this discussion about a film featuring a multi weapon-wielding "maniac" with mommy issues. You'll never look at mannequins the same way again. And as always, all hail Tom Savini.

Hosted by Laugh Index Theatre, it's LIT Fest 2018 in Washington, D.C., where comedians from across the country get together to perform various comedy acts in our Nation's Capital! One Final Scare was lucky enough to be invited back for their second year, this time to open for Minki's sketch comedy team. Hear them try to be as funny as possible to make their audience feel like they got their money's worth since only half of them said they were into horror when Tracy polled them with a show of hands :) They discuss the Australian short horror film, Cargo, which went viral after it's premiere at the international film festival, Tropfest, propelling the story into a full feature film format (which you can find on Netflix). And given Father's Day just passed, it's quite a timely moment to cover this touching story of a dad who is determined to get his baby daughter to safety, no matter what...like Zombie mama drama!

The OFS hosts have talked about it before: women are usually portrayed as lesser individuals in film than their male counter parts. They're usually crazy and often victims, particularly in the horror genre. And with more recent conversations being had regarding white washing and the need for Hollywood to cast more minorities in leading roles, the hope is that films become more diverse, both in terms of the stories being told and talent being cast. However, another group that sees even more disparity in terms of the number of characters written into stories representing them and the number of actors cast into these roles that can best portray them are people with disabilities. The first 30 minutes of this episode recognizes the very few horror movies through the decades which portray individuals with disabilities in lead roles including, deafness, blindness, paraplegia, tetraplegia and quadriplegia. The even more sobering part is how almost none have featured individuals that can best act in these films: actual disabled talent. In comes the discussion of this episode's film!!! A Quiet Place's John Krasinski pushed for casting an actual deaf actress to play the part of the daughter in this surprisingly awesome apocalyptic, alien horror, family drama. And Minki and Tracy are happy to give credit to this film for the mindful and appropriate casting as well as for writing in a brave and self-sufficient character that just-so-happens to be deaf. Kudos, John and team! Also, while there are some silly and annoying things about this film, which the hosts like to point out (ahem...that whiteboard tho), for the most part, it's a solid flick, sure to draw even more viewers and positive ratings, making this a horror film that extends itself well to the masses. So, go see it if you haven't! Oh, and don't ever say these two words to Tracy or to any woman on earth: "Quiet, woman!!"

What is transportation horror, you ask? Well, it's a subgenre of horror that Tracy and Minki give a proper name to in order to best describe movies that don't end well for people traveling by planes, trains or automobiles. And funny enough, it seems Ryuhei Kitamura, the director of this episode's film, just looooooves creating films which put unsuspecting victims on a road to their certain demise. This particular movie will take you back to your college days, where you hitch a ride with 5 other college students who you don't know at all but who all happen to live near your hometown for break... Oh, you never did that? Yeah, nobody does that. But, this movie paints a picture of what it would be like to be stuck on a desolate road with "stranger friends" as a sniper begins picking them off, one by one. Why is he doing this? Who is this human hunter? What does he have against these millennials? Maybe it's that he hates how they carry selfie sticks in their back pocket. Who knows? One thing is for sure: you will never get the answers to these questions. So, don't look for them on your ride through this semi-gory, thin-on-story, action horror. Just put it in neutral and prepare to coast through this implausible, yet somewhat satisfying, road trip of death. Oh, and Tracy knows what she's talking about, because she just made another short film this past weekend. Total expert ;)

Your parents can really screw you up in your youth. Add in a traumatic experience in your formative years and you could really be headed for dark times. But, can this darkness lead to you having a propensity for torture and murder or is evil something you are born with? Tune in to hear the hosts discuss this modernized black and white family drama, which feels something like a Texas Chain Saw Massacre made by Alfred Hitchcock, as they dissect the main character's journey from normalcy to depravity.

Yep, it's a long episode, but this story is just 'oh so good!' The hosts have so much to discuss with this mysterious, twist-turning, deeply sad family melodrama turned ghost story. Podcast fans gave a slew of great film recommendations, but Tracy and Minki chose one fan's wish for them to review this 2003 Korean horror film. It was a perfect pick since it features females as the main characters during this special month...that's right, it's Women in Horror Month! The two young actresses in this tragic horror really crank out the anguish and tears in both the creepy and the gut-wrenching scenes. So, join the hosts in saluting females in genre films that keep audiences coming back for more. Sure, this is another film that features females struggling with psychosis — which is ironically the basis of one of Tracy's favorite birthday gifts: House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films — but hey, it's a good story, and thankfully, it's not as heavy as a rape revenge film. Celebrate all the bad ass females in horror films this month and send recommendations for your favorite film de femme!

Sick of the daily grind? Over office politics? Tired of climbing the corporate ladder? Wish you could stop pretending to be so polite and lay the smack down on a coworker? If so, this movie is for you. More of a violent comedy full of satire rather than a traditional horror film, Tracy, and Minki both appreciate the dog eat dog plot, having both worked in the corporate world, though, they both also agree on the lame moments and ridiculousness of it all. Starring the Walking Dead's, Steven Yeun, and the Aussie actress, Samara Weaving, this movie is pretty thin on character development and good writing but the leads' on-screen dynamic is at least entertaining in the best way: a very bloody one. Check out the discussion where Tracy drops some of the director's commentary about the film along the way and hear what else these two hosts have been up to.

Happy one year anniversary to Minki and Tracy as cohosts of this podcast and Happy New Year to all you OFS listeners! Or as the French say it, "Bonne année!" Take a trip back into horror film history as the hosts talk about how the French were a little behind other countries' horror output up until French film director, actor, novelist and pornography filmmaker Jean Rollin released a plethora of exploitation vampire-based films in the 70's and early 80's. This poetic film about the love between two females — one alive and one living dead, recently brought back to life by chemical waste spilling near her tomb — is probably his most notable and as Minki and Tracy agree: a decently entertaining film, if you're not put off by the obligatory nudity. Check out the episode and feel free to email with suggestions for movies to review in 2018!

"He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good. So, be good for goodness sake." Even when Bruce Springsteen sings it, it's a creepy song, right? Well, there's an even creepier plot in this weird Australian-American holiday horror thriller. But, beyond an exchange of horror-themed gifts between the co-hosts, this movie is as close to Christmas as Tracy's getting this year, as she Humbugs her way through the end of December. Check out this last episode of the year where Minki and Tracy discuss this twisted dark comedy which playfully pays homage to Home Alone. So, THAT'S what really happens when a paint can hits someone in the head!

They're baaaaack! After a long run of special episodes, Minki and Tracy get back to their original format and discuss this mysterious horror thriller that piqued Tracy's interest because of the name, but piqued Minki's interest because it was only 75 minutes long and these two recorded late on a Sunday.

On Halloween Eve, Minki and Tracy attended the first screening of Washington DC 48 Hour Film Project's horror competition to watch eight horror shorts made by professional and aspiring filmmakers. After the show at the Landmark E-Street Cinema they interviewed James Lewis, one of the producers of the festival. Tune in to hear James talk about this group of films and his answer to "WHY HORROR?" Then stick through the end to hear a quick synopsis of each of the films before Minki names his favorite of the bunch and then tries to force Tracy into picking the same one.

THEY MADE IT!!!! 31 days of Halloween and of COURSE, they must end with a discussion of the BEST category in the industry...zombies!!! Many zombie films have popped up throughout the month in other categories, but here, the cohosts gorge themselves on all the reasons why they love today's picks. Feast on the brains...er, the memorable scenes and enjoy the last episode of this special series. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a clown's world these days. From the bizarre clown craze that happened in 2016 in the news to the reintroduction of Pennywise, the clown, we just can't seem to get enough red noses and exaggerated expressions. Whether you love them or are terrified of them, there's something very fascinating about these characters and how they've made their way into the horror as a symbol of evil. Don't invite the clowns in the cohosts' movie picks to any children's party...

$#!T just got weird! These cohosts bring forward two of the strangest movies they've ever seen. Both from the 70's, one has a very outlandish and odd premise and one seems to be made up of a smattering of truly bizarre scenes. Which is weirder? Tune in and decide.

You won't believe this...they did it again. Minki and Tracy both come to the table with the SAME EXACT werewolf movie as their favorite in this category and no, it's not Teen Wolf. Will they go old school black and white creature feature or will they go more modern? One thing is certain...they both realize there aren't a ton to pick from in the most recent years in film history. It's time for Hollywood to bring the furriness back.

HOLY VIRAL OUTBREAK, BATMAN! These two cohosts who tend to debate and disagree on many things chose the SAME EXACT movie this time. That must mean it is amazing. This film re-introduced zombies to the masses in 2002 and sends a deep message about humanity and how we treat each other. Can rage be infectious? Can it cause an apocalypse? Maybe we should all turn the news off and sing happy songs...

These films are going to make you ask yourself, "what is REALLY going on?" Is the terror an external threat, or is it merely all in the characters' minds? UMMM, you decide. Just don't lose your mind doing so.

안녕하세요 ....That means Hello! And it also means, the hosts are talking about the best Korean horror film in the short list of Korean horror films that they've actually seen. These two films should just be on the top of any list of great horror films, regardless of origin because they are full of great scenes, great story lines and they keep you on the edge of your seat. Oh, and go listen to episode 1 where they talk about a good runner up in this category!

Whether they kill you with their mind, or their...good looks and monstrous teeth, some chicks just can't help but kill. Estrogen, revenge, murder and blood...lots of blood: That's what this episode is made of.

Kids can be weird, although most of the time, they mean well. But the children in these films don't belong in any play ground or anywhere near other humans for that matter. This is way worse than the "terrible twos." This is murder and mayhem.

Looking to move? Make sure your agent knows you want to stay away from any house that has a history of any murder-suicides. Because we all know...either the house made them do it because it was built on some burial ground, or the spirits of the grisly misfortune will continue to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting residents. We're not dealing with kind ghostly housemates like Adam and Barbara Maitland in today's films. We're dealing with some seriously effed up spirits with a deadly agenda.

While young women are usually portrayed as victims of some heinous crime in many horror films, this theme acts as the center of the plot in most revenge films. However, they let the audience live vicariously as tables are turned against the assailant by the hands of those scorned. There's no room for legal justice here. Revenge is a dish best served with brutality and gore and all packaged up with an ending that makes you feel the world is balanced once again.

Who really likes feeling motion sickness while watching a shaky cam movie that's trying to pretend to be real when it's so obviously not? Does anyone really LOVE found footage films? Well, Tracy really doesn't, but she musters up the will to put forward a film that she can kind of get behind. Minki's selection comes from a long running franchise that Tracy can't believe ever became so popular, but hey...that's why horror is so great. There's something for everyone.

Feeling trapped? Lost? Stuck? Totally screwed? You might need a dose of therapy...with your doctors of horror borne illness, Tracy and Minki. Once you hear about how royally isolated the characters in these two movies are, you will feel MUCH better.

Time to get campy, y'all! Let the ridiculousness overflow, along with the blood and gore, as the hosts discuss two of the silliest movies they can think of. Oh hey, both come straight out of the 90's!

Mutilation, transformation, assimilation, disfiguration, morphing into a new configuration: these are the things body horror is made of. Minki goes with a modern take on this category and Tracy goes for the obvious with a movie from one of the masters and originators of traditional body horror. They both aim to put the fun in bodily disfunction in this episode!

Minki has a tendency to not choose any movies prior to the 1990's as his favorites in this series of episodes, so this theme pushes him to do just that, and reach back into history to pick a great horror film of the past. See which cinema greats they chose that not only paved the way in the industry but could still rival some of their more modern imitations.

Minki might disagree, but old abandoned asylums are one of the scariest places on earth. It's no wonder asylums are the setting for many horror movies and (ahem)...tv shows. Whether it's about the crimes committed by residents inside or the atrocities performed on them in the days of experimental medicine, these facilities induce fear in many. Check out the hosts picks in today's episode.

Mother nature can definitely be a B!T@# sometimes. And when animals or plants attack, you better hope you're in doors and safe from the terrors.

Just because they were made with lower budgets than larger feature films, doesn't mean they aren't awesome. With so many movies to choose from in this category full of ridiculous premises and silly dialogue, it's kind of hard to pick favorites. Tracy pulls from the 80's and Minki pulls from a more modern set of B-Films.

Monsters and murderers are one thing, but when technology takes the main stage as the center of the fright fest, things can get interesting. If you're a technophobe, you may not want to watch these movies, but then again, you're probably not on a computer or phone to read this right now. So, to all of you non-technophobes, plug in to today's discussion and get charged up.

Stalking psychopaths. Axe-wielding murderers. You just can't keep 'em down, these guys...which is what makes these films so easy to come back to. Formulaic? Maybe. But, so many classics in this sub-genre. Tracy finds them a little more terrifying than Minki so tune in to hear their picks.

Are you or someone you know part of a secret society that worships Pagan Gods? What about Satan? Maybe you just like getting together with friends and performing a little black magic. Well, get out the cloaks, the candles and the chalice and let's perform the ritual of listening to the hosts chat about two films they deem "the best."

Telekinetic powers or powerful spirits...which way do the hosts go with this theme? You'll just have to tune in to find out. Either way, if furniture starts moving around your house, GTFO!

Tough stomach? Sadist? Just generally love a little human on human gore action? These movies are for you. Admittedly, one of these might be the most repulsive movies of all time, so on the torture scale, it tops the charts. But the other is actually watchable and has a hell of a twist. Clearly Tracy picked a better movie this episode ;)