Unsung Horrors

After years of talking about it, a new campaign (episode) has been launched to discuss the bloodiest sword & sorcery SOV movie, Way Bad Stone! This is everything we love about DIY filmmaking. Massive thanks to Bleeding Skull for producing this Blu-ray release, and to Sam Panico from B&S About Movies for his interview with director Archie Waugh. Buy the Blu-ray: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/...

From the man who brought you Halloween...not John Carpenter, but the producer Moustapha Akkad...comes this episode about one of the most confounding horror movies of the 1980s. We give you more questions than insights, but Sam from B&S About Movies joins us to be equally perplexed. Read Sam's reviews: https://bandsaboutmovies.com/ Drive-In Asylum every Saturday night with Sam and Bill: https:/...

Plenty of horror movie directors cut their chops in this genre, but few had a career like Gerard Damiano, who made the "Citizen Kane of sex films," Deep Throat. This week, we discuss his only non-sex film, 1970s wallpaper, and why we're so transfixed with this film even though nothing happens in it.  Watch Legacy of Satan: https://tubitv.com/movies/472640/legacy-of-satan Next movie: https://www.yo...

Shawgust wouldn't be complete without our friend Ian Jane (Rock! Shock! Pop! and Queens Comic Podcast). This week, we're discussing The Enchanting Ghost, which plays out more like a gothic romance than a horror film, but is at a turning point of Shaw Brothers Studios when they were just getting into the horror genre. Hear all of our thoughts and hold onto your butts for Lance's double feature pick...

It's Shawgust once again and we were feeling brave enough to cover another Hua Shan film. We let go of common sense, talked about how watching this and Portrait ain Crystal is basically the same as taking acid, and highlighted some of our favorite moments from the film. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDP__OTquew Join our discord! https://discord.gg/F8WsTzE9qt Follow this podcast on In...

This week we celebrate the late, great Hal Needham with the closest he ever got to making a horror movie (or a giallo, depending on how you look at it). Death Car on the Freeway combines so many of the things we love including a stuntman-turned-director, feminism, and complaining about traffic. As of this recording, the film is available to watch on YouTube. Join our discord! https://discord.gg/F8...

This week, we're joined by special guests Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers from Deaf Crocodile to discuss their latest Blu-ray release, a Belarusian film that blends folk horror and mystery with the surreal and fantastic. We also spend some time discussing previous releases, as well as get details about future releases. Order The Savage Hunt of King Stakh: https://shop-deafcrocodile.company.site/ ht...

It's our annual recap episode of all the films we watched during F This Movie's Junesploitation Challenge (http://www.fthismovie.net/2024/05/announcing-junesploitation-2024.html). Lance's list: https://letterboxd.com/lschibi/list/junesploitation-2024/ Erica's List: https://letterboxd.com/hexmassacre/list/junesploitation-2024/ Get your own director t-shirt from Brian Saur's store: https://www.teepu...

Are you in the house alone? Or stuck in one with your future mother-in-law while a predator lurks outside? This week we discuss Torment, which accidentally turned out to be a Father's Day movie. Enjoy! As of this recording, Torment is available to watch on YouTube. Next episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAVIqu9hIKo Join our discord! https://discord.gg/F8WsTzE9qt Follow this podcast on Insta...

We're once again visiting France and stepping into the void to discuss a (potential?) body swap film. The horror may be limited depending on your interpretation of the film, but we can all agree that getting old is terrifying. Watch the film on Archive: https://archive.org/details/threshold-of-the-void-1972 Next episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCFgQ5EJmyM Join our discord! https://discord...

This week we're exploring the Acid Western with one of the first to do it, Orville Wanzer's The Devil's Mistress. Thanks to Dr. Julia Smith for her work to preserve his work and was kind enough to share some insights with Lance. IG: birth_of_the_acid_western, FB: https://www.facebook.com/acidwesternlascruces/ Watch The Devil's Mistress: https://tubitv.com/movies/698065/the-devil-s-mistress Recent...

Letterboxd took some liberties with tagging this film as horror, but we'll take that road trip. Join us as we discuss the many ins and outs of Lucien's journey in Invitation au Voyage . Watch the film here: https://rarefilmm.com/2018/09/invitation-au-voyage-1982/ Join our discord! https://discord.gg/F8WsTzE9qt Follow this podcast on Instagram and Facebook @unsunghorrors. Follow Lance on Instagram...

We're closing out April Showers of Blood with yet another French movie (we can't seem to get enough of France this year). A gothic fairy tale riff on Eyes Without a Face , The Blood Rose delivers so much of what we love in horror films. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-iq4WwVzcg&list=WL&index=8&t=324s Next episode: https://rarefilmm.com/2018/09/invitation-au-voyage-1982/ J...

It's April Showers of Blood! We're kicking off this year's theme of "blood" in the title by covering a Korean film that borrows quite a bit from Japanese Bakeneko films. Melting blood paintings, poison, conspiracy, mysterious maids, ghosts wandering the forest, and cats hissing, licking, and growling all come together in A Bloodthirsty Killer . Watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

This week we're entering the house of a psychotic woman: Joyce (Veronica Hart) in Chuck Vincent's Deranged . We get into a large chunk of Vincent's mainstream filmography, share favorite films from Jamie Gillis's adult entries, and happily accept that our questions about the. events in the film will never be answered. Watch Deranged here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV1iMvl-nkw&list=WL&amp...

It's Erica's birthday this week and that means picking a movie with two things: names she can't pronounce and child endangerment. This episode we join Dr. Gabrielle Martin at her new island residence, where any you buy at the local market can kill you (ok, probably just maim you). The Demon (or something else!) is on the island ( Le démon dans l'île ) is not what you expect. Listen in to find out...

This week's film tackles an uncomfortable subject and leaves the gore of the kills off-screen, but we found plenty to discuss in An Eye for an Eye aka Psychopath (1973), whose main character seems to have influenced a few of our favorite people. Watch the film here: https://rarefilmm.com/2021/11/psychopath-1973/ Next episode: https://archive.org/details/le-demon-dans-lile.-1983-tv.rip.-vf Preorder...

We've hit our 100th episode and to celebrate, we've brought on film, culture, and music writer Heather Drain. We're discussing Juan Luis Buñuel's first narrative feature film, his memoir, and haunted mud. Watch this film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7U5gQVtXmQ&t=24s Next episode: https://rarefilmm.com/2021/11/psychopath-1973/ The Bunuel Dry Martini Ingredients: a good dry gin, Noilly...

Giallo January continues as the killer is revealed early on and David Warbeck is on a mission to f**k his new wife to death in order to get her money. Plus we delve further into the filmography of director Alberto de Martino. Sam's review on B&S About Movies: https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2021/09/14/formula-for-a-murder-1985/ Pre-order Deep in the Heart from Fun City Editions (co-commentary wit...

It's Giallo January, but you won't be seeing yellow in Erica's pick for the month. In fact, you may have trouble seeing quite a bit since the only available copy is pretty rough. Never fear, we will fill in the blanks of whose skin is under the claws, the killer's motive, and all the missing nudity. Watch The Skin Under the Claws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M-1EHt4pGg&t=537s Next episode...

We're kicking off the new year (and a new network) with our next round of films that we want to see get a Blu-ray release. We've also sourced some ideas from some of the fine folks at the Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network, so stick around to the end to hear their picks! Post-release note : Erica was informed that there is a release of Alien 2: On Earth from 88 Films. However, since th...

We've made it through another year and we're closing it out once again by sharing our favorite new films discovered in 2023. Joining us again are Anthony King from FThisMovie and Lindsay Wilkins from the Schlock & Awe podcast as we share some Letterboxd stats and five films each. List of films from the episode: https://letterboxd.com/hexmassacre/list/2023-unsung-horrors-best-new-to-me/ Follow...

No Rules November! continues as we cover another movie with more than 1000 views on Letterboxd. In fact, we kind of skip a lot of the details of this film and talk more about cinematic twins because we've got Lance's twin, Cody, as our guest! Rowdy Harrington interview: https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2019/11/18/rowdy-herrington-interview-part-1/ Follow Cody on Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, Letterboxd,...

This year our charity challenge, where we ask folks to donate $1 or more per horror movie watched in October, raised over $2500 for Best Friends Animal Society!!! A huge thanks to everyone who participated and donated (plus a shout-out in the show). We're going through all 31 of our picks for the challenge including all the high and low points of watching all new-to-us movies. Next Episode: No Rul...

It's No Rules November! That one magical time of the year when we break our 1000 views on Letterboxd rule. First up we're diving head first into the shallow end of the Ray Dennis Steckler pool and joining us is returning guest Zack Carlson, who co-wrote the 100-page booklet for the Severin box set. Just like No Rules November, we're also breaking the normal format of our discussion and having it a...