Splatter Chatter

Elm Street is getting hot, heavy, and homoerotic as hell in FREDDY'S REVENGE, starring Mark Patton, Kim Myers, and Robert Englund. We've brought back special guest Ms. Megan to discuss this controversial sequel in honor of both Friday the 13th (we'll explain) and LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.

Disco, divas, and death abound in Paul Lynch's PROM NIGHT, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen. A typical slasher-by-numbers or one of the most influential films in the subgenre? Join us on the dancefloor and cast your vote in one of horror's longest ongoing debates. It'll be a night to dismember!

Keep your seatbelts fastened, your trays in an upright position, and your cargo pants in the overhead bin, because it's time to take off with James Wong's supernatural slasher FINAL DESTINATION, starring Devon Sawa and Ali Larter.

Grab your sacred daggers and prepare to fight off some hell hounds because we are rising from the eternal sea to get biblical on Richard Donner's THE OMEN, starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. It's all for you, Chatterers!

As promised, the companion episode to our most recent Boos and Booze on 1993's Leprechaun, we dive into the interesting history of Leprechaun folklore including the surprising, potential Roman origin for this critters believed to be quintessentially Irish.

Our 15th Boos and Booze celebrates the time-honored American tradition of being a little too obsessed with your 3% Irish heritage by partaking in libations while watching 1993's comedy-horror cult classic Leprechaun

As is tradition, we dive into our personal top 10 lists for all 2024 had to offer in horror and then turn our gaze ahead to some of the exciting things headed our way in 2025.

Oh you naughty Chatterers, you better not pout, you better not cry, you BETTER WATCH OUT as we unwrap this twisty home invasion tale that has to be seen to be believed. Join us as we talk tinsel, trauma, and toxic masculinity in this nasty yet clever holiday horror.

Tis the season for red and green sweaters, dreams, and finger knives. Join us down in the boiler room alongside special guest Ms. Megan as we head to Springwood, Ohio to discuss Wes Craven's iconic, game-changing slasher starring Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, and Robert Englund. Come for the warm milk, stay for the midriffs, and whatever you do, don't fall asleep.

It's about to get hairy as we head to Tarker's Mills to tear through SILVER BULLET, the 1985 adaptation of Stephen King's novelette Cycle of the Werewolf starring Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, and Everett McGill. Join us as we chat firecrackers, family, and full moons in this howlin' good time.

Always check your candy. It's the spookiest time of the year and we're headed to Warren Valley, Ohio to howl about Michael Dougherty's cult classic anthology TRICK ‘R TREAT. Hop on the school bus and join us as we unmask this wicked little surprise party. Just remember to keep those pumpkins lit until the very end.

The time has come! After trekking through the streets of Manhattan, going to Hell and back, and even jetting into space, we're jumping on our dirt bikes to return to Camp Crystal Lake one last time to hack through the 2009 Friday the 13th remake, starring Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, and Amanda Righetti.

For the end of summer we're gathering around the campfire once more for some spooky tales.

Hold your cows and stay out of the “suck zone,” Chatterers -- we're getting carried away talking about Jan de Bont's 1996 disaster film TWISTER, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, as we prep for the whirlwind sequel.

School's out and so is the sun -- it's summertime, Chatterers! So throw on your crop tops, dust off your short shorts, and grab your canoe paddles because we're headed to Camp Arawak to discuss the notorious 1983 cult classic SLEEPAWAY CAMP, starring Felissa Rose, Katherine Kamhi, and Jonathan Tiersten.

We're kicking off the party season in style with this low-budget and low effort 2008 slasher that may only make sense once you've had a few

Are there enough Hail Marys in the world to save THE NUN from itself? Join us as we cloister ourselves in the abbey of Saint Cartha to discuss this 2018 Conjuring spinoff and figure out just who exactly needs to pray for forgiveness for this hit-and-miss film.

We all go a little March Madness sometimes

In-laws can be murder, can't they, Chatterers? But none quite like the dynastic Le Domas family of survival horror favorite READY OR NOT, starring Samara Weaving and Adam Brody and directed by Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Say “I Do” and join us for a discussion of this nifty, gnarly thriller.

We take a look back at the top 10 horror of year for Auld Lang Syne by dear! And we look ahead to our most anticipated films of 2024

It's the end of the world as we know it, Chatterers, so time to (red) dust off your cheer squad uniforms and hit the mall one last time as we boogie down with the 1984 cult classic NIGHT OF THE COMET, starring Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney.

Pass the pumpkin pie and pour a shot of coconut liqueur because it's time to talk BLOOD RAGE, the curious and kooky low-budget 80's slasher full of evil twins, bloody machetes, and tons of crimson carnage. If you wanted a quiet Thanksgiving at Shadow Woods Apartments, we apologize -- because that's not cranberry sauce!

Take your hypnocil and beg for mommy, Chatterers -- it's time for the ultimate fright fight where the winner kills all. That's right, it's time to chat FREDDY VS. JASON in honor of the spookiest Friday the 13th possible. Place your bets.

Summer's over and spooky season is right around the corner. As we prep for our favorite time of year, head back to school with us as we enroll at Herrington High to discuss Robert Rodriguez's 1998 cult classic THE FACULTY. It's guaranteed to jack you up!

In our fourth campfire tales episode, we learn all about one of the most mysterious spots on the East Coast: the Bennington Triangle

Cap off your Shark Week 2023 with this truly quarter-baked attempt at a mockbuster that despite the title, features no cocaine

Slip into your slickers and don your Croaker Crowns, Chatterers, we're spending this 4th of July in Southport, North Carolina to discuss Jim Gillespie's I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and all its salty post-Scream 90's-slasher realness (or lack thereof).

Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel…like you have to suffer through THEY/THEM alone. Fear may not discriminate but viewers certainly did, and with both summer and LGBTQ+ Pride Month upon us, it's time to figure out just how exactly this queer camp slasher vogued itself straight into the Isolation Cabin upon its release.

Happy prom season, Chatterers! We're giving into the iconic classic from 1976 based on the equally as iconic 1974 novel by Stephen King: Carrie!

We dive into 2011 cult favorite Grave Encounters alongside friend of the pod Colleen and dish on the hot goss surrounding Zak Bagans and his many irked former collaborators.

Please Mr. Ghostface, don't kill me. I want to be in the sequel. With Scream VI only hours away we dive into the film most responsible for the franchise juggernaut that Scream became: Scream 2

Boos & Booze returns for a V Day special! We watch the excessively made-for-3D 2009 remake of My Bloody Valentine starring Jensen Ackles, favorite of friend of the pod and special guest Colleen!

It's Friday the 13th once again and we've made it all the way to the sci-fi romp Jason X!

Happy holidays, Chatterers! We covered the controversial Silent Night, Deadly Night and interviewed writer, director, and actor Josh Ruben on his latest projects available on Shudder now!

We're joined by friend of the pod author Matt Schorr to discuss his upcoming project for young readers before diving into our main discussion on the 80s vampire cult favorite The Hunger

For the 125th anniversary of Bram Stoker's novel we discuss the OG vampire himself!

Splatter Chatter hit the road! For our combined birthday we traveled to Witch City itself, Salem, Massachusetts, to see the sites and ring in the beginnings of fall along with friend of the pod Colleen who also joins us to discuss the newest horror video games as well as many of her old favorites

In our third installment of our campfire tales series, we close out the summer by sharing some creepy tales from across the United States on buried treasure, vampires, alien abductions, and more!

It's our 100th episode!! To celebrate, we covered 1975's Jaws in honor of summer, Shark Week, and our respective histories with the movie that invented the summer blockbuster!

It's summertime at Splatter Chatter! To celebrate we do a deep dive in the 1986 film Stand By Me and its 1982 source material Stephen King's "The Body". Come on an adventure down the tracks with us as we discuss the film's themes on maturity, nostalgia, and those friends you had when you were 12.

We're back for our ninth Friday the 13th special! We discuss the polarizing and bonkers ninth film in the franchise Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

We premiere a new kind of episode on the channel: Scarier Than Fiction! We dive into the real life and lesser known true stories that inspired horror films through the years. First up is the 2008 home invasion cult classic The Strangers. We're also joined by special guest James Dermond, author of Doorways to the Unseen, at the top of the episode to discuss some Horror Headlines and his forthcoming short story collection

We're joined by friend of the pod, author Matt Shorr to discuss the creepy world of Irish folklore

Love is in the air this month and we're discussing the 1974 cult classic Phantom of the Paradise, a late century rock n' roll take on the classic story of the Phantom of the Opera!

We finally do Scream! In honor of the release of Scream 5 we look at 1996's original Scream

In our ninety-third episode, we dive into a modern Christmas horror camp classic, the zombie-musical Anna and the Apocalypse

We continue our discussion on the history of horror films from the 1960s to today

In our 91st episode, Craig takes us on the first leg of our deep dive through the history of horror films from the 19th century all the way up to the 1960s

Dressed to the nines! For our 90th episode and in honor of our 9/9 birthday we look at 1999's The Sixth Sense, an unexpected juggernaut and one of the most influential horror films in recent memory

We're up to Friday the 13th Part VIII in our series! We dive into Jason Takes Manhattan, all its scares, and mainly all its pitfalls

In our first ever Director Deep Dive we take a look at the work of James Wan and his record breaking horror franchises from Saw to The Conjuring and beyond