Brain Rot - An 80s Horror Podcast

What's Up, Rotters! This week, the most excellent Michael Varrati returns to Brain Rot to discuss the 1985 Stephen King anthology movie - CAT'S EYE  Which is your favourite out of Quitters Inc , The Ledge and General? Let us know by finding us on the socials here: www. SteviesBrainRot.com 

What's up, Rotters! Our mid-season break is over and we're ready to kick off SPOOOOOKY SEASON 🎃  For starters, Zoran Gvojic returns to Brain Rot to begin our franschise retrospective of Don Coscarelli' s PHANTASM  series. Later this month, we will continue by discussing Phantasm II (1988) over on Patreon.com/SteviesBrainRot Toodles! SteviesBrainRot.com

What's up, Rotters! Our mid-season break is coming to an end! To get you in the seasonal spirit before we continue next week with Phantasm, I'm inviting you to the drive-in to catch a matinee of last year's special Halloween episode HACK-O-LANTERN with Sophie Ellis-Bextor. This was such a fun and festive episode to record and so, here it is again. I also update you on what's coming up on both the...

What's Up, Rotters! This week, joshua Tonks joins me to discuss the 1984 slasher THE INITIATION I have to say, it's a bit of a banger.  SteviesBrainRot.com

What's up, Rotters! This week we're discussing one of my favourite 80s horror Trashterpieces of all time: DEMONI/DEMONS from Lamberto Bava. Produced by Dario Argento and with a soundtrack featuring some of the sickest rock songs, this practical, gooey, FIVE STAR movie has been on my list to cover for a long time. Joining me to discuss are the awesome dudes from Epic Film Guys (Justin, Jeremy and B...

Whats up, Rotters! This week I'm joined by actor and director Colin A. Borden to discuss the very oddly toned SWEET SIXTEEN (1983). Directed by the controversial Jim Sotos, this movie does all the unraveling secretly and leaves the audience like SORRY, WHAT?! But that of course, makes it a perfect Brain Rot victim. www. SteviesBrainRot.com

What's up, Rotters! It's time to activate BEAST MODE 💪  This week, I'm joined by singer/songwriter and Social Media heavyweight Harvey Mills . We discuss the 1982 TROMA Trashterpiece that is: NIGHTBEAST It's the classic story of an Alien in a silver Abba jumpsuit running around in the woods zapping people with his laser and ripping them up with his hands for no discernible reason. Timeless. Toodl...

What's up, Rotters? This week my partner-in-slime MATT DRAPER returns to discuss George A Romero's MONKEY SHINES (1988) Adapted from the 1983 novel of the same name, this was Romero's first studio movie. It was also the movie that sent him straight back to independant movie making.  Let's find out why.... Toodles! SteviesBrainRot.com

What's up, Rotters! This week, I'm joined by one half of the awesome MOVIE DUMPSTER podcast and YouTube channel - Sean! We discuss Tobe Hooper's 1976 killer croc hicksploitation movie EATEN ALIVE. Toodles!

What's up, Rotters! This week we have a DREAM WARRIORS episode for ya! Mike and Becky join me to discuss Harry Bromley Davenport's third entry in his Xtro trilogy- WATCH THE SKIES . Halloween store effects, two versions of Tom Hanks and some visual scaling problems makes this movie an endearing Trashterpice. Toodles! www. SteviesBrainRot.com 

What's up, Rotters Our Dream Warrirors Xtro 3 episode will now drop next Monday.  And so, as a little bonus episode, I'm dropping part 1 of my ongoing Patreon audio essay series 'WHY HORROR?', in which I document my personal journey with the genre from the very beginning. Hope you enjoy! Toodles!

What's up, Rotters! This week, The Mates of Hell (Alex Ayling & Brad Hanson ) pop their heads out of our Patreon bubble and bring their delicate musings to the masses. We tackle our 6th Fulci movie together in the form of 80s Dance-Horror MURDER ROCK (1984).  Strap on your leotards and secure your hat pins, it's a wild ride (obvs) To catch up on all of The Mates of Hell episodes, just head to www....

What's up, Rotters! For our first full movie epsidoe of Season 4, Cody Jamison Strand swings by (with screams and chortles) to discuss Charles Band's 1982 3D creature feature - PARASITE For our social links, Patreon and merch store just head to SteviesBrainRot.com 

Welcome back, Rotters! We're kicking off season 4 with a BANG. Or should that be a SLASH? I had the privilege to sit down with my childhood hero and horror icon - ROBERT ENGLUND. In this intro episode, we discuss his wildly extensive career including working with Roger Corman on Galaxy of Terror, his directorial debut 976-EVIL and of course, the Freddy Kruger effect. It was such an honour and a li...

What's up, Rotters! We've reached the end of the season, *Alexa, play Goodbye by Spice Girls* but what a season it has been. To see us out, I'm joined by RuPaul's Drage Race UK finalist - Ella Vaday - to discuss an odd little entry into our favourite decade, SACRED STIFF (1987). We try to make sense of several moments in the movie; the lamp of appropriation, the lack of communication and the good...

What's up, Rotters! For the penultimate episode of Season 3 of Brain Rot, I'm joined by the awesome Toni Piluso of Hack the Movies !  We sit down to chat about the criminally underrated 1982 home invasion slasher - ALONE IN THE DARK . With huge performances from Jack Palance, Martin Landau and Donald Pleasence , this pre-Freddy New Line shocker packs an impressive punch and includes one of the gre...

What's up, Rotters! This week we're going DEEP into the 90s to discuss the big budget monster B-Movie DEEP RISING (1998).   Returning to join me on this oceanic adventure is one other than the incredible Zoran Gvojic ( Dead Meat, Social Mediasochist).  This underrated creature feature was a Treat to return to. I suggest you do the same! Toodles! SteviesBrainRot.com Patreon.com/SteviesBrainRot

G'day Rotters! This week we're heading to the outback where a really big pig is really bloody angry. Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain join me to discuss the Aussie Trashterpiece RAZORBACK from 1985. www. SteviesBrainRot.com  

What's up, Rotters! This week we're joined by partner-in-slime Matt Draper to discuss Rick Sloane 's 1988 trashterpiece, HOBGOBLINS Apologies for the delay with this episode - Stevie fell very ill over Christmas and all podcasting duties ground to a halt. With the help of Becky Darke and Mike Muncer (listen out for their cameos) we've managed to get this episode together and hope to be back up to...

What's up, Rotters! This week we're covering the heartwarming, festive classic The House By The Cemetery by Lucio Fulci.  Joining me are Brad Hanson and Alex Ayling aka The Mates Of Hell.  We talk Fulci's trademarks, capacious bats and ambiguous endings.  The three of us will be reuniting twice more over on Patreon to complete the Gates of Hell trilogy and covering City of the Living Dead & The Be...

Ho Ho Ho, Rotters! For this years festive Trashterpiece on Brain Rot, we're making a deep cut and covering British slasher Don't Open Till Christmas (1983). This enjoyable mess of a movie had a troubled production and gave us a movie to salivate over.  Joining me is the incredible Filmmaker/Writer & Producer Cat Davies . You can follow Cat on Twitter here: www.twitter.com/KittyCointreau Or check o...

What's up Rotters! This week I'm joined by internet art sensation Jim of Jim'll Paint It! We're taking it back to 1981 to discuss the satanic tech Trashterpiece - Evil Speak. This video nasty wound up banned in the UK for quite some time and so it's only right to give it the Brain Rot treatment. Apologies for my audio quality during the interview, I recorded the wrong microphone input but it doesn...

What's up, Rotters! This week I'm joined by Joshua Tonks to discuss one of my favourite 80s slashers EVER - The House on Sorority Row (1982). This movie was a favourite of mine as a kid and (in my opinion) holds up incredibly well and stands out against the oversaturated backdrop of formulaic 80s horror of the time. What do you guys think? Hit us up! OUR NEW SEASON 3 T-Shirts are AVAILABLE IN OUR...

What's up, Rotters! This week, we're finally covering the much requested BRAIN DAMAGE from Frank Henenlotter . Joining me to discuss this Trashterpiece are the hosts of the awesome podcasts and Youtube channel MOVIE DUMPSTER , Sean and Joe. This was a pretty special episode and talking to such like-minded fans felt really galvanising. Hit play and join us.. www. SteviesBrainRot.com   Support the s...

What's up, Rotters This week, we're covering George Clooney's movie debut and quite easily the MOST confusing slasher movie I've ever seen - Return To Horror High (1987) A film within a film and people playing multiple parts? Nope. Not a CLUE what you're talking about. Hilariously baffling stuff. Enjoy! Support the show and access benefits like bonus episodes and merch: www. Patreon.com/SteviesBra...