Splice & Splatter

Send us Fan Mail Love makes monsters of us all, and Al & Siena are losing their heads and gathering ghosts for the gothic romantic gore of SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999) x CRIMSON PEAK (2015). Hear how the Headless Horseman was filmed flying out of the Tree of the Dead, spot two visual illusions Guillermo del Toro hid in Allerdale Hall's corridor, and learn about the terrifying practical explosion...

Send us Fan Mail It's Halloween: everyone's entitled to one good scare as we celebrate Splice's TWO YEAR anniversary! You like blood? Violence? Beating the Boogeyman? Step into the Samhain Spirit with HALLOWEEN (1978) x HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003). Uncover the Michael Myers mask that almost was, hear how HOUSE's release got delayed by two years, and learn why bongos birthed on...

Send us Fan Mail Dream on! Al & Siena are stocking the storm shelter and sampling the strong stuff for these twin twisty psychological thrillers TAKE SHELTER (2011) x JACOB'S LADDER (1990)! Uncover the in-camera trick behind those hellish head-shaking shots, hear which single scene in Jeff Nichols' movie used more CGI than all of Avatar, and explore the deleted sequences Adrian Lyne...

Send us Fan Mail This... is our BOOMSTICK! Al & Siena are searching for survivor girls and swallowing souls for this goofy, gory pairing of BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON (2006) x ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)! Explore Sam Raimi's potato-based approach to getting the ideal performance from Bruce Campbell, learn how first-time filmmakers got the rights to play the Talking Heads'...

Send us Fan Mail It's showtime! Al & Siena are rocking out to the Ramones and conjuring the ghost with the most for the undead delights of BEETLEJUICE (1988) x PET SEMATARY (1989)! Learn to spot Jack Skellington's first onscreen appearance, uncover the ultra-simple trick behind Church the cat's glowing eyes, and find out which Tobe Hooper character inspired Michael Keaton's...

Send us Fan Mail They don't call it 'the curse' for nothing! Al & Siena's teen angst bullsh*t has a body count in this back to school bonanza on HEATHERS (1988) x GINGER SNAPS! Uncover why the screenwriter originally called Veronica Sawyer a "female Travis Bickle," hear the reason GINGER SNAPS' co-creators don't consider it a true werewolf film, and expl...

Send us Fan Mail For the first time ever...Splice & Splatter are LIVE at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico! Al & Siena share all the gory behind-the-scenes details of Brandon Lee's The Crow that were kept secret on their The Birds (1963) x The Crow (1994) episode. Celebrate 50 episodes with us at our first ever Live Show! Get your James O'Barr The Crow Graphic Novel...

Send us Fan Mail The birds are back in town, baby! Al & Siena are celebrating 50 episodes with a much-requested flight into feather-filled "chick" flicks THE BIRDS (1963) x THE CROW (1994)! Hear how Brandon Lee won over comic creator James O'Barr at their first meeting, pull back the curtain on Disney's lost yellowscreen process used to keep corvid wings crispy in composite...

Send us Fan Mail Eight limbs, two sets of fangs and an Al-titude! Al & Siena are wading through webs and calling for creepers in this insectoid installment on PHENOMENA (1985) x ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990)! Find out the food-based FX hack that stood in for swarms of insects onscreen, uncover the Olympic process of arachnid casting, and learn to spot why CREEPERS is actually set in an alternate timeli...

Send us Fan Mail Ki-ki-ki ma-ma-ma...Mommy? Al & Siena are cooking up something campy in this sleepaway slasher pairing on THE FINAL GIRLS (2015) x FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)! Hear the SFX secrets behind Kevin Bacon's h-arrow-ing death scene, uncover the Chloe Sevigny casting that almost was, and find out why Sean Cunningham's ad campaign publicly pissed of the MoMA in this summer camp s...

Send us Fan Mail See? Pod on a stick! Al & Siena are walking right into the world's worst roadtrips in this high-temperature horror pairing on THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977) x WOLF CREEK (2005)! Find out what protected species a producer killed for the camera, learn which scene seemed so real on set it actually worried the director, and hear how bones from Texas Chainsaw Massacre made their w...

Send us Fan Mail Do you like girls, boys, or TV shows? Al & Siena are bringing their bunny suits into the Pink Opaque for Siena's "Big Sad Gay Birthday Special" episode on DONNIE DARKO (2001) x I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)! Find out about the recurring Twin Peaks dream that inspired Jane Schoenbrun, hear how watching football stoned helped Richard Kelly create the look of his wormho...

Send us Fan Mail In podspace no one can hear you scream. Al & Siena are opening the hatch and jamming with Jean Jacket in this extraterrestrial episode on ALIEN (1979) x NOPE (2022)! Find out how Alejandro Jodorowsky's ill-fated Dune gave us those great Giger monsters, learn the deep lore behind Antlers Holst's name, and uncover Ridley Scott's hand acting cameo in this ufologica...

Send us Fan Mail Pass it on! Al & Siena are cheating death and charting who's next in this doom-and-Devon Sawa-filled episode on FINAL DESTINATION (2000) x IT FOLLOWS (2014)! Hear the full plot of the unproduced X-Files episode that spawned a series, learn why the score for IT FOLLOWS was composed before the film was shot, and uncover how we really got Tony Todd as Bludworth on this &quot...

Send us Fan Mail The only "serial" they know anything about is Rice Krispies! Al & Siena are turning out all the lights and summoning the murder mommies of THE OTHERS (2001) x SERIAL MOM (1994)! Learn what happens on set when a director composes their own score, uncover how reverse psychology led Kathleen Turner to her iconic role, and find out why Nicole Kidman tried to escape the p...

Send us Fan Mail Everything is peachy effing keen, and you're a shoo-in for prom queen! Al & Siena can see your dirty pillows in this coronation-ready combo episode on JAWBREAKER (1999) x CARRIE (1976)! Learn how Vaseline helped Sissy Spacek get the part, uncover the ways JAWBREAKER incorporated candy into its iconic costumes and production design, and hear how one mechanical failure rewr...

Send us Fan Mail To a new world of gods and monsters! Al & Siena are conjuring creatures and slipping into something a little less visible in this episode on Universal horror staples THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) x BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)! Hear how black velvet helped Claude Rains vanish, learn what a studio psychiatrist contributed to the screenwriting process, and discover the trick behind t...

Send us Fan Mail Fire walk with me, b-b-ba-baby! Al & Siena are spilling Mother's milk and grabbing Garmonbozia in this family trauma-filled episode on BARBARIAN (2022) x TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)! Hear how that hairy baby bottle came to be, learn about the real-life Halloween murder that paralleled the filming of TWIN PEAKS, and discover which prosthetic piece for Mother didn&...

Send us Fan Mail Bananas! Bananas! Bananas! Al & Siena have prepared a few party favors for this visit to the wild and watermelon-filled haunted houses of HAUSU (1977) x HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959). Hear the bizarre story of how Spielberg's JAWS inspired Obayashi's comedic horror, learn what Alfred Hitchcock stole from William Castle's marketing campaigns, and uncover the fate...

Send us Fan Mail They have such sights to show you! Al & Siena are reaching for reagent and summoning cenobites in this necromantic and nutty episode on RE-ANIMATOR (1985) x HELLRAISER (1987)! Hear which colorful '80s classic was originally intended to be shot in black-and-white, learn how condoms and lube contributed to the prop creation, and uncover which scene shows a real body onscree...

Send us Fan Mail It'll be a guaranteed standing ovulation! Al & Siena are purveyors of pulchritude in this seductively sorceress-filled episode on THE LOVE WITCH (2016) x ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK (1988)! Hear why old-school 35mm rear projection looks better now than it did in the '60s, learn what A-list celebrity was deemed too cute to cast, and discover which bloody prop was act...

Send us Fan Mail Not so silent anymore! Al & Siena are pausing for Pyramid Head and screaming in subways over SILENT HILL (2006) x POSSESSION (1981)! Hear how 165 unique sets were blended to create the setting of Silent Hill, learn what direction Isabelle Adjani was given for that infamous subway scene, and discover which rom-com star was up for the role of Rose Da Silva on this psychotic and...

Send us Fan Mail We have enough battery power to run a small country here! Al & Siena are cracking open the camcorders and taking some tubby time in this episode on THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) x CREEP (2014)! Hear what cardinal rule of production design was broken making BLAIR's iconic stickmen, find out where the Peachfuzz mask really came from, and uncover the alternate witchy ending...

Send us Fan Mail They have crossed oceans of time to find you. Al & Siena are vampires pretending to be humans pretending to be vampires in this extra thirsty episode on INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994) x BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992)! Hear how Stan Winston Studios helped Tom Cruise slurp up that rat, learn what turn-of-the-century camera trick inspired Coppola's vampire POV shots, a...

Send us Fan Mail Yulish, very yulish! Al & Siena are coming in Krampus-y in this festive and fear-filled episode on BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) x KRAMPUS (2015)! Hear how the terrifying voice of the phone stalker was created, spot a PSYCHO Easter Egg filled with holiday spirit, and learn how a real murder took Bob Clark's film off TV on this holiday horror special edition of Splice & Splat...