The THING about Films

Send Us Your Scares! This week we're talking Obsession, the new Curry Barker horror movie that's blowing up on word of mouth. It's about a lonely guy who'd rather make a cursed wish than risk hearing the word "no" — and we get into why the scariest thing in this movie isn't the trinket at all. It's the cowardice behind it. Newsletter - https://the-thing-abou...

Send Us Your Scares! We finally did it. After making everyone wait, we're cracking open Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1987) — and we're here to argue it was never actually the Pinhead show. This one's a nasty little story about marriage, betrayal, and obsession, where the demons are almost the least human thing in the house. Leave a review 👉🏻 https://the-thing-about-films.beam.l...

Send Us Your Scares! Scream 7 almost didn't exist. Fired leads, a resigned director, death threats, and an emergency nine-week rewrite later and Ghostface was back. This week, Ambrose and Jessica dig into whether the movie that rose from the ashes actually delivered, or just survived. Write a Review - https://the-thing-about-films.beam.ly/review Newsletter - https://the-thing-about-films.beam...

Send Us Your Scares! Can horror comedy actually make a comeback? Or did the internet ruin the spoof movie forever? This week, Ambrose and Jessica go deep on five films — Scary Movie, Shaun of the Dead, Tucker & Dale vs Evil, M3GAN, and the upcoming Scary Movie 6 — to answer one question: what makes a horror comedy actually last? Leave a review 👉🏻 https://the-thing-about-films.beam.ly/review...

Send Us Your Scares! This week, Ambrose and Jessica step into Cyrus Kriticos's glass house of horrors to break down Thir13en Ghosts (2001). They tackle the wild Black Zodiac lore, the practical effects masterclass behind those twelve ghosts, and the question that splits horror fans down the middle — is this movie a glorious mess, or a misunderstood cult classic? Leave a review 👉🏻 https://th...

Send Us Your Scares! Ambrose and Jessica head into the woods for Dolly (2025), Rod Blackhurst's nasty backwoods nightmare about a giant masked woman who doesn't want to kill you — she wants to keep you. We break down the brutal cold open, the nursery from hell, and the ending that flips the whole movie on its head. Leave a review 👉🏻 https://the-thing-about-films.beam.ly/review Our News...

Send Us Your Scares! This week we're breaking down Good Boy (2025), the seventy-thousand-dollar indie horror that out-grossed The Rock at the box office and won its golden retriever a real acting award against actual humans. We dig into whether the monster is real, why this movie is secretly a grief story, and which one of us would survive moving into a haunted family farmhouse. (Spoiler: Jes...

Send Us Your Scares! What if watching a horror movie was the thing that got you killed? That's the question at the heart of Demons, the 1985 Italian splatter classic from Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento — and Ambrose and Jessica are here to make the case that this film invented meta-horror a full decade before anyone gave it credit. Leave a review 👉🏻 https://the-thing-about-films.beam.ly/re...

Send Us Your Scares! What if the scariest thing in a horror movie wasn't a monster, it was a drug? This week, Ambrose and Jessica are covering The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Wes Craven's wildly underrated Haitian zombie film based on real events. And yes, there is a real tarantula on a real open eyeball. We warned you. Leave us a Review - https://the-thing-about-films.beam.ly/review...

Send Us Your Scares! It's 1979. A film crew rolls up to a Texas farmhouse to shoot an adult movie, and the ancient couple who owns the place has some... strong feelings about that. Ti West's X is a gonzo slasher wrapped around a genuinely sharp argument about desire, aging, and who gets to be seen. Ambrose and Jessica break down why this one hit so much harder than anyone expected. Leave...

Send Us Your Scares! It's Halloween 1977, and a desperate late-night host named Jack Delroy has booked the worst possible lineup for a live special. A psychic, a smug debunker, a parapsychologist, and a possibly-possessed teenage girl walk into a TV studio — and the ratings start climbing. Ambrose and Jessica break down why Late Night with the Devil (2023) is so much more than a horror gimmic...

Send Us Your Scares! Ambrose and Jessica climb into the irradiated wasteland of Alexandre Aja's 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, and come out the other side genuinely changed. From the Scottish cannibal legend that started it all to the most brutal trailer attack in modern horror, this episode breaks down why this remake might be one of the most important horror films of the 2000s. Episode...

Send Us Your Scares! She's patient. She's possessive. And she remembers everyone who ever wronged her. This week Ambrose and Jessica take a wrench to John Carpenter's 1983 cult classic Christine — the story of a 1958 Plymouth Fury that gets possessed, hunts down bullies, and looks incredible doing it. But there's a lot more going on under that cherry red paint than a killer car...

Send Us Your Scares! A Nun throws herself off a balcony. The Vatican scrambles. And somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains, a demon in a habit is waiting. This week Ambrose and Jessica descend into the fog-soaked chaos of The Nun (2018) — the Conjuring universe's most divisive entry, and somehow its biggest box office hit. We're talking real Romanian castles, a director who may or may not...

Send Us Your Scares! Your worst date. A remote cabin. An app that controls everything about your partner. And an electric wine opener that becomes the most satisfying kill in recent horror history. Ambrose and Jessica break down Companion — the 2025 horror-comedy that's one part rom-com, one part slasher, and one hundred percent a takedown of men who think love is something you can order off...

Send Us Your Scares! So, you bought a ticket for a fairy tale. But you got a bone chisel. This week Ambrose and Jessica (filling in for Kelly, who's recovering from surgery — get well soon!) crawl down into the Critic's Crypt to break down The Ugly Stepsister (2025) — Emily Blitchfield's debut feature that takes the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella and drags it straight into ful...

Send Us Your Scares! In this episode of The THING about Films , Ambrose is joined by Jessica (because Kelly lost her voice and is officially on vocal rest 💀) for a listener-requested trip straight into John Carpenter’s brain-melter: In the Mouth of Madness (1994) . We’re talking Sam Neill as the world’s most stubborn skeptic, a horror author whose books don’t just scare people—they change people,...

Send Us Your Scares! In this episode of The THING about Films, Ambrose and Kelly head into the coal-dusted chaos of My Bloody Valentine (1981) and break down why it’s one of the most memorable slashers of the early 80s. They talk about what makes the setting feel so different from the usual “teens in the woods” formula, how the town’s working-class vibes shape the story, and why the killer design...

Send Us Your Scares! We just crawled back out of the morgue with our hair full of fake blood and our brain full of neon-green science choices. This week on The THING about Films, Ambrose and Kelly revisit Re-Animator (1985) for its 40th anniversary and ask the only important question: why does this movie somehow feel gross, funny, and completely unstoppable at the exact same time? We’re talking He...

Send Us Your Scares! Nice suburban house. Cute family. Cozy living room TV. And then… the static talks back. In this episode of The THING about Films, Ambrose and Kelly go all-in on Poltergeist (1982) — the haunted-house classic that traumatized a generation, somehow walked away with a PG rating, and helped push Hollywood straight into the PG-13 era. We break down why the Freeling family feels so...

Send Us Your Scares! Episode Summary Ambrose and Kelly are back for Season 2! After a quick catch-up, the duo dives into the bold, smart, and often nasty era of 2010s horror. They explore why "small" horror films like Green Room and Better Watch Out hit so much harder than big-budget blockbusters before performing a deep-dive autopsy on the 2016 cult favorite, The Autopsy of Jane Doe . F...

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Send Us Your Scares! Grab your parkas and check the phone lines—we’re heading back to Colorado, but the rules have changed. This week, Ambrose and Kelly dive deep into the snow-covered hellscape of Black Phone 2. The sequel takes a massive swing, pivoting from the claustrophobic basement thriller of the original to an 80s-inspired "supernatural siege." We break down Ethan Hawke’s spectra...

Send Us Your Scares! This week on The THING about Films, we go headfirst into the suburban chaos of Weapons, the sprawling follow-up that basically dares you to think you’ve got it figured out… and then pulls the floor out from under you. We break down the “Trojan horse” marketing and why the trailers were built to mislead, the insane scale behind the movie (including the reported bidding war, bud...

Send Us Your Scares! What if “welcome to the family” really meant “run for your life before dawn”? In this episode of The THING about Films , Ambrose and Kelly dive headfirst into Ready or Not (2019) , the bloody, chaotic wedding-night nightmare where in-laws, inheritance, and a literal deal with the devil all collide. They break down how this horror-comedy walks the razor’s edge between genuine t...