The Willies

Hereditary is one of those films that stays with you — and in this episode we dig into exactly why. We start with the party scene that changes everything, and the awful, suffocating quiet that comes after. Then we follow the thread: Annie's desperate need for control, Charlie's strange little rituals, and Joan showing up at just the right moment with just the right amount of sympathy. Spoiler — sh...

Damo and Lily shake off the New Year cobwebs with Return of the Living Dead — a film that somehow manages to be hilarious, horrifying, and weirdly philosophical all at once. Expect stupid decisions, pain-feeling zombies, punk energy, nuclear fallout, and the eternal horror question: why does everyone always make the absolute worst possible choice? The new movie is being made! https://www.imdb.com/...

The scariest mask isn’t the one with horns. It’s the one that feels possible.  We dive into The Black Phone and its sequel to test a simple claim: horror hits hardest when it stays close to the ground. The first film is a masterclass in tight dread—school, home, a basement—and a villain whose calm menace lingers long after the credits. A disconnected phone that won’t stop ringing, a boy learning t...

A rickety bridge, a locked cabin, and a book bound in skin—what could go wrong? We kick off our horror series by putting The Evil Dead under the brightest, blood-splattered microscope, asking a simple question that unlocks everything: why do stupid choices make scary movies so satisfying? From the clumsy charm of our show’s naming saga to a crash course in Video Nasty history, we set the stage for...