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"Sorry, Jessica! This year, there will be... no leftovers!"Thanksgiving is usually the holiday when families get together and show their love and appreciation for what they have in their lives and for one another. A time for food, feasts, and fun. However in the horror genre it can also mean a time for murder, mayhem, and even some revenge. Eli Roth finally brought his 2007 fake trailer...

"Would you listen to me? These are NOT ghosts. This house is NOT haunted, it's possessed!" It's Spooky Season and what better way to celebrate than with a Halloween party? There will be music, drinks, games, and even a demon or two. The only question that needs to be asked is "will you survive the night?" Night of the Demons is a cult classic in the horror community. However, Eric doesn't remember...

“I do love a good joke and this is the best ever: a joke on the children.” Halloween was a sleeper hit in 1978 and by 1981, John Carpenter was drinking a six pack of beer a night while writing the script to a sequel that he thought was totally unnecessary. That script ended up being Halloween II and those nightly six packs of beer ended up being the reason Michael Myers and Laurie Strode were brot...

"No footprints! No blood! No sign of a struggle! The bones just stripped clean like peeling a banana!" If we’ve learned anything from 1950s sci-fi movies, it’s that radiation and science is bad when multi-legged creatures are involved. We also the Arizona desert can be dangerous enough on its own, but when a well intentioned professor causes a tarantula to grow to immense size, all hell can break...

"You see that crap? All that horror crap? Things coming out of crates and eating people? Dead people coming back to life? People turning into weeds, for Christ's sake?" Welcome to the 25th episode of Watch WHAT, now?, the podcast that talks about the good, the bad, and everything in between. It’s also been Melissa’s journey as a horror newbie into that genre. It must have been fate at the end of o...

"But one thing's for sure. Inspector Clay is dead, murdered, and somebody is responsible." How do we follow up Ep. 23 where we nearly gave Evil Dead 2 a perfect combined score? By discussing a movie from someone known as "The worst director of all time," and that director was known as Ed Wood. With a budget of only $60,000 and some use of military stock footage, this "worst movie ever" has grown i...

"For God's sake! How do you stop it????" Bruce Campbell can win an Academy Award for playing Sir Isaac Newton, but he'll forever be known as the hero Ash from the Evil Dead franchise. And as successful as the original Evil Dead film was, fans tend to flock more towards its sequel due to its mixture of horror and comedy, as well as its over the top use of blood splatter. Sounds perfect for a horror...

"Man, this guy is so burned, he's cooked! A fucking Big Mac, overdone! You know what I mean?" In the 1980s, slasher movies were booming and at times, summer camp was the place to be concerning them. In 1980, Camp Crystal Lake suffered a tragedy when Mrs. Voorhees slayed 7 people in the name of her son Jason. Yet one year later, Camp Blackfoot had its own tragedy when the groundskeeper known as Cro...

"Tina, it was wrong of you to lock me up. I had to hurt myself to get out. But I forgive you darlin' and I know you're here, because I can smell your brains." Let's start with some questions: What if The Night of the Living Dead really happened? And what if some of those reanimated bodies were contained and accidentally sent to a medical supply company? And what if two bumbling employees caused on...

"Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee and he'll drop like a stone."Well, you guys asked for it. With 59 percent of the votes, Road House beat out Them! as the subject for Episode 20. Road House, the movie that is now known as a Family Guy joke. Road House, the movie that the Official Razzie Movie guide called "One of the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made.&qu...

"See? It's making me whole again. Every drop of blood you spill, the more flesh you put on my bones. And we both want that, don't we?"For a horror newbie, Melissa might have finally gotten in over her head by choosing what to discuss for this episode. Demons from another dimension torture people in the most gruesome ways, simply for the person's pleasure. Frank Cotton escaped...

"Get ready to take your medicine, Moorehigh. The doctor is in."After all this time, it finally happened. We watched a movie that totally broke us. Who knew that it would be Dr. Giggles? Join us as we completely lose it discussing a movie about an escaped mental patient that returns home so he may finish his father's work...and by that we mean killing people and removing their hearts so he can succ...

"I wanna hold your hand..."Rock music and horror movies are often at times a great mixture. SPOILERS: That is not the case with the subject of this episode of the podcast. You may ask yourself after reading that, "How bad could it be?" Well, both of us turned the film off during our initial watches less than 15 minutes in. Oh, boy. Where do we start because this movie has every...

"Honey! C'mon over here, Sugar-buns. This machine just called me an a**hole!"There's a certain stigma attached to the majority of Stephen King horror movies: they're all terrible. Some are so bad they're good and some are unwatchable. The subject of this episode has a reputation for both and we'll decide which opinion is more justified. Take one Brat Packer, add Lisa...

"Operator, get me the police! I DON'T KNOW where I'm located, just get me the police, there's a... there's a... just get me the police, PLEASE?"We all have moments that may traumatize us and that could include watching certain movies at certain ages. Melissa remembers watching Trilogy of Terror on television at three years old and has been afraid to revisit it...until now...

"Nathan, that was no f**kin' bear.." Before Jennifer Aniston was busy hanging at the Central Perk, she was in North Dakota fighting an evil little Irish imp that just wanted his gold back. Well, we all got to start somewhere. Oh, boy. Lots to unpack with this one. One host understands how goofy the premise is and kind of allows it to unfold. The other doesn't care and hates it fr...

"Okay, I'm drawing a line in the f**king sand, here. Do not read the Latin." We all know the tropes when it comes to horror movies. There's always a certain type of character. They always just HAVE to have sex. The group ALWAYS splits up. But what if this was purposely made to happen by people in an underground facility, watching the groups every move? And what if said group is d...

"Roses are red, violets are blue, one is dead, and so are you." When it comes to Valentine's Day and horror movies, 99 percent of the time, My Bloody Valentine is brought up. The legend of psychotic miner Harry Warden is huge in the horror community and we're going to find out why. The film has some good things going for it: a creepy legend concerning the killer, a gory calling card from said kill...

"The review you had on "Shark Sandwich", which was merely a two word review, just said 'Sh*t Sandwich'."Who didn't want to be a rock star growing up? The fame, fortune, and fans were something that would be welcome to a successful rock and roll band. However, it's a little different concerning Spinal Tap. Join us and our special guest Neil Preston as we talk abo...

"Death has come to your little town, Sheriff. Now, you can either ignore it, or you can help me to stop it."In 1978, John Carpenter directed a very small independent film known as "Halloween." With a tiny budget, a screenplay written in three weeks, and lots of unknown actors as actresses at the time, it relied on word of mouth to become successful. Successful is an understatem...

"Don't you touch the camera! We have to let everyone know what's going on here!" What seems to be a typical boring night for TV show host turns into a situation where she and a group of people have to fend for their lives against a horde of infected humans wanting to feast on their flesh, all while not being allowed outside the building due to police and military involvement trying to contain the...

"It's not you, Ferdy. I guess I'm just not used to being chased around a mall in the middle of the night by killer robots." So many things can be thought of when remembering shopping malls back in the 1980s: Credit cards, arcades, food courts, and even killer robots. Yes, killer robots. Join us as we stay in the Sherman Oaks Galleria from Episode 07 but trade in Nicolas Cage for a trio of security...

"That techno-rock you guys listen to is gutless." Let's go back in time when the world was more vibrant, credit cards were a necessity, and Nicolas Cage hadn't gone full crazy. A man from the dark city finds the girl of his dreams at a party in the bright shiny Valley. Randy hates the Valley but will make an exception when he sees Julie. Julie must decide if she's going to stay with her narcissist...

"Half man, half plant. A goblin's favorite food." Have you ever wondered what happens when you have a director who can't speak English try to direct a crew of wannabe actors who can't act? What if you add a screenplay written by that same director's also non-English speaking wife and the fact that the screenplay was inspired by her friends suddenly becoming vegetarian? Add a bunch of little people...

"Pooh, you need to help me. There, there's something wrong with Piglet. He just killed my wife. Please!" In 1926, writer A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard got together and created the character of Winnie-the-Pooh. Before the end of that year more than 150,000 copies of the book were sold and Pooh, Piglet, and the rest of his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood became a huge hit in households...