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Listen up you primitive screwheads! Friends Andrew and Dan met in Korea but they really bonded over their weekly horror movie nights. Join them as they pick a different horror movie every week, discuss and dismember the plot, and talk about its cultural impact on the genre at large.

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    • May 23, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    S7E10 - Longlegs (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 88:20


    Episode Notes NEW EPISODE - Longlegs (2024) Nicholas Cage plays a not-quite-the-zodiac-but-similar serial killer who has the uncanny ability to murder families without even being present. Maika Monroe plays the FBI agent tracking him down. Which one will be caged first? Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S7E9 - Ticks (1993)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 74:38


    Episode Notes This week, the Screwheads discuss the 1993 creature feature, Ticks, the only movie to spread the truth about mankind's one true enemy, the Tick. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S7E8 - Popeye the Slayer Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 69:53


    Episode Notes This week Andrew and Dan go into another one of the "Public domain turned slasher flick" - Popeye the Slayer Man! Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S7E7 - The Hollowing (2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 101:52


    Episode Notes This week, the Screwheads discuss 2021's Mid-COVID release, The Hollowing. An entity steals the identity of those he stalks. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S7E6 - Caveat (2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 83:04


    Episode Notes In true non-sequitur St. Patrick's Day Screwhead fashion, this week, Dan and Andrew discuss the 2020 Irish film, Caveat. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S7E5 - The Last Horror Movie (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 78:08


    Episode Notes This week we talk about The Last Horror Movie, a found footage filmed by a serial killer. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S7E4 - The Gingerdead Man (2005)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 59:35


    Episode Notes For the second episode of Full Moon February, the Screwheads discuss the classic (in title at least) Full Moon Feature, 2003's The Gingerdead Man. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S7E3 - Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 77:16


    Episode Notes Welcome to Full Moon February! We're taking about movies from Full Moon Features. Today's movie is a mouthful of a title about a group of peeping toms, sorority girls, and a mysterious imp who grants wishes all trapped together in a bowling alley. It's exactly what you think it is! Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S7E2 - The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 60:45


    Episode Notes Have you ever wondered what would happen if Dracula was a snake? Tune in this week as the Screwheads discuss the 1988 adaptation of a terrible Stoker novel, The Lair of the White Worm. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S7E1 - Twilight (2008)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 58:05


    Episode Notes To kick off the new year, the Screwheads discuss the 2008 adaptation of Stephanie Myers literary classic, Twilight. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E26 - 2024 Screwhead Year In-Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 73:03


    Episode Notes In the yearly wrap up, the Screwheads discuss this years films and places them in ranked tiers. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E25 - Black Christmas (2006)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 81:43


    Episode Notes Seasons beatings! We're rounding out the year with the 2006 remake of Black Christmas. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E23 - The Substance (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 69:45


    Episode Notes This week, the Screwheads discuss the recent body horror hit, The Substance. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E22 - Sting (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 66:51


    Episode Notes This week Andrew and Dan discussion the alien spider creature feature Sting. A young girl named Charlotte takes in a alien spider. Things get out of hand. But we can't just get over the fact that spiders bite, not sting. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E21 - Salem's Lot (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 77:08


    Episode Notes In this week's episode, the Screwheads tackle the third adaptation of King's second novel, Salem's Lot. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E20 - V/H/S Beyond (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 65:32


    Episode Notes Listen up Screwheads! We're back with the newest entry to the V/H/S horror franchise, V/H/S Beyond! This one covers 5 different short films that cover various aspects of sci-fi horror. Remember - To watch is human. To rewind is divine. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E19 - Miracle Valley (2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 61:37


    Episode Notes We're closing off Sestember with his first directorial debut, Miracle Valley! A couple travels to get away from life, when they run amok of a group of religious fanatics who want their blood. No vampires were harmed in the making of this story, including Tommy Wiseau. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E18 - Cyst (2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 53:10


    Episode Notes In celebration of Sestember, the Screwheads take a look at the 2020 film Cyst, with a cameo from everyone's favorite handsome best friend. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E17 - Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015) (Sestember Week 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 68:57


    Episode Notes We're back with week 2 of Sestember - where we take a look at the storied history of the one and only Greg Sestero in relation to horror! This week we're revisiting the horror comedy Dude Bro Party Massacre III, kickedstarted by the 5SecondFilms team. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E16 - Retro Puppet Master (Sestember Week 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 65:34


    Episode Notes Kicking off the month of Sestember, the Screwheads discuss Greg Sestero's first starring role in the 7th film in the Puppet Master Franchise, Retro Puppet Master! Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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    S6E15 - Alien Romulus (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 110:23


    Episode Notes In Space No One Can Hear You Tell Dad Jokes Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E14 - In a Violent Nature (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 72:39


    Episode Notes The Screwheads discuss the seemingly destined cult classic Slasher POV Horror film, 2024's In a Violent Nature. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E13 - Uncle Sam (1996)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 65:57


    Episode Notes In this episode Andrew and Dan review Uncle Sam, a 4th of July themed slasher where a war veteran killed by friendly fire reanimates to wreck havoc on a small town's parade. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E12 - Uzumaki (Spiral) (2000)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 65:38


    Episode Notes This week, the Screwheads discuss the 2001 adaptation of famed mangaka Junji Ito's opus, Uzumaki, Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E11 - Session 9 (2001)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 67:05


    Episode Notes This week, the Screwheads discuss the 2001 semi-classic horror film, Session 9, as well as dispel some urban legends Screwhead Drew has never heard of. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E10 - The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 58:48


    Episode Notes Listen up Screwheads! In honor of The Strangers: Chapter 1 hitting theaters we're looking back at the sequel to the 2008 cult classic - The Strangers: Prey at Night. Another family, another stalking, another home invasion. With lots of 80s music for some reason. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E9 - Tumbbad (2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 68:27


    Episode Notes In this week's episode, the Screwheads discuss the 2018 Indian semi-cult-classic Tumbbad and pitch their own cinematic universe. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E8 - Alien 40th Anniversary Short Films (Bonus Episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 57:35


    Episode Notes Happy Alien Day everyone! As a bonus, Andrew and Dan review the six short films selected and funded by 20th Century Fox by passionate fans to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E7 - They Look Like People (2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 60:56


    Episode Notes In this episode Andrew and Dan discuss the 2015 physiological horror film They Look Like People - in which two friends reunite after several years at the advent of a demonic invasion - in which only one of them is aware of. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E6 - Leprechaun 4: IN SPACE

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 60:35


    Episode Notes In this delayed St. Patrick's day episode, the Screwheads continue their tradition of randomly selecting entries in the much loved comedy-horror franchise starring everyone's favorite green-clad faye, the Leprechaun. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E5 - Phantom of the Paradise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 59:42


    S6E4 - Lake Mungo (2008)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 59:48


    Episode Notes Listen up Screwheads! In today's episode Andrew and Dan discuss the famous Australian horror flick Lake Mungo - a found footage film about a girl who mysteriously drowns in a nearby lake, the family's processing of their grief... and what's' this about a possible ghost lurking around their house? Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E3 - Valentine (2001)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 70:13


    Episode Notes The Screwheads get in the holiday mood with the 2001, late to the party slasher, Valentine. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E2 - Detention (2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 62:07


    Episode Notes Listen up screwheads! Today we're back with the 2019 Taiwanese horror flick Detention - based on the game of the same name by Red Candle Games. This movie, set in the White Terror period of martial law for Taiwan, where carrying contraband books and speaking out against the government could get you whisked away to a secret state execution, revolves around two high school students as they wake up in a Silent Hill-esque otherworld of their high school. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S6E2 - The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 57:02


    Episode Notes In this week's episode, the Screwheads discuss the 2023 reimagining of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E28 - 2023 Year in Review (Bonus Episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 69:47


    Episode Notes Listen up Screwheads! Andrew and Dan are back to rank and discuss all the movies they've done this year. Check it out! Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E27 - Prometheus (2012)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 83:54


    Episode Notes In honor of Christmas, the Screwheads discuss/debate the classic holiday film, Prometheus Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E26 - Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 68:41


    Episode Notes In this week's episode, the Screwheads discuss the 2022, much revered Christmas horror film, Christmas Bloody Christmas, as well the mysterious case of the multiple Matthew Mercers. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E25 - The Boogeyman (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 74:31


    Episode Notes This week Dan and Andrew discuss the 2023 'based on a Stephen King short story' movie The Boogeyman! What hides in the shadow of your closet - or under the frame of your bed? Do we have too many movies about monsters preying on grief and trauma? Will Hollywood ever lose the 'all high schoolers make fun of each other for having dead parents?' cliché? Check it out! Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E24 - Hell House LLC (2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 72:06


    Episode Notes Listen up Screwheads! We're back from our October marathon with some found footage! In Hell House LLC, a group of young entrepreneurs decide to refit an abandoned hotel to this season's premier haunted house. Turns out, whoop, it's actually haunted? We hate it when that happens. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E23 - 100 Episodes Later - Halloween (2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 67:05


    Episode Notes This Halloween, the Screwheads look back after 100 episodes at the movie that started this podcast, 2018's Halloween by David Gordon Green, Dan's recently identified arch nemesis. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E22 - Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 83:31


    Episode Notes In the final week of Rebootween, the Screwheads tackle a second Stephen King franchise's attempt to rise from the depths of the soured grounds of the Micmac burial grounds, 2023's Pet Semetary: Bloodlines. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E21 - Exorcist: Believer (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 85:38


    Episode Notes Listen up screwheads! Rebootween continues with 2023's Exorcist: Believer. They paid $400 million for the rights, they got David Gordon Green of Halloween 2018/Kills/Ends fame, and they're ready to make a shitty, shitty sequel! This one is bad and we are ready to make DGG our primitive screwhead nemesis. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E20 - Saw X (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 85:57


    Episode Notes Listen up screwheads! Rebootween continues with the latest entry in the Saw series, Saw X. A surprisingly character-driven tale with Jigsaw as the protagonist. Will these be blood? (Of course there will be). Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E19 - Children of the Corn (2020/2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 77:12


    Episode Notes REBOOTWEEN RETURNS! With the newest entry in the Children of the Corn series, the most forgettable franchise in the genre. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E18 - The Ruins (2008)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 82:27


    Episode Notes In this week's episode, the Screwheads discover the lost Ruins of their childhood... and discuss the 2008 horror film, The Ruins. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E17 - Insidious: The Red Door (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 80:24


    Episode Notes In Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E16 - Resident Evil: Death Island (2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 74:38


    Episode Notes Listen up Screwheads! Grab a Jill Sandwich and listen to our latest episode on the CG flick Resident Evil: Death Island. Starring Chris, Jill, Leon, and Claire, this movie depicts a new type of virus that turns people into zombies, set on the island of Alcatraz! Let's be real, you all know every story beat in this movie already. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E15 - Deep Blue Sea (1999)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 52:31


    Episode Notes The Screwheads kick off Shark Week with the classic 1999 Monster Thriller, Deep Blue Sea. Join us as we discuss this 90's classic, as we continue the saga of Screwhead Drew's raspy throat. Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E14 - Freddy Vs Jason (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 79:42


    Episode Notes Listen up Screwheads! Andrew and Dan are BACK to discuss the two heavyweights of slasher films - Jason Vs Freddy! Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    S5E13 - One-Cut of the Dead (2017)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 48:45


    Episode Notes In this week's episode, the screwheads discuss the documentary/horror film One-Cut of the Dead! Find out more at https://primitivescrewheads.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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