Bloody Disgusting Podcast

With Peacock's Crystal Lake sneaking up on us, the Bloody Disgusting staff decided to take a stab at their theories and predictions about what they hope to expect! We also reached out to our audience for help and you sent in videos with your own thoughts! Watch FREE horror streaming 24/7 on Screambox! https://www.screambox.com/livetv Never miss a horror headline, follow us on Instagram - https://i...

"You are not supposed to be here!" This week, Zena and Shelby dissect Kane Parsons' horror movie BACKROOMS! We dig into the psychological fear, trauma, liminal space, and the arm-hair-raising performances from Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve. There will be spoilers, so fair warning! Have you signed up for Bloody Disgusting's horror movie database? Browse thousands of horror films by genre, dec...

Did you miss us? Because we missed you…and we brought souvenirs! After a full month away, Zena and Shelby are crawling back from the grave, and boy, do they have stories. Shelby traded screams for sea breezes on a two-and-a-half-week cruise, then wandered through The Horror Show at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a whole exhibit dedicated to why we love being scared. Zena spent her time cha...

This week, the gruesome twosome are diving into THE HOME (2025). Sentenced to community service at a retirement home, Max is told the fourth floor is strictly off-limits because residents up there need "special care." Naturally, he doesn't listen! Cue secrets, a very forbidden floor, some leaky eyeballs, and a mystery that puts everyone's lives on the line. This episode is sponsored by CWA Wealth...

Shelby got to chat with actor Cory Michael Smith and director Anne Kauffman about their part in Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal, an Echoverse Podcast. GDABTE is a quirky, supernatural investigative thriller from acclaimed artist Mike Mignola (Hellboy) and NYT bestselling-author Thomas E. Sniegoski. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts! Watch FREE horror streaming 24/7 on Sc...

Zena and Shelby had the absolute pleasure of getting to chat with Leigh Whannell: a master of horror and creator, alongside James Wan, of the Insidious franchise. Leigh enlightened us on how to create truly scary moments in horror, why the genre is underrated despite the current "goldrush", and so much more. Let's get bloody. Let's get disgusting. Let's head into The Further! Watch FREE horror str...

And if you've already checked INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, what's one word you'd use to describe it, keeping it spoiler-free? Mark your calendars! INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER is crawling into theaters August 21st. Before it hits, Zena and Shelby are cracking open the full Insidious lore dump, diving deep into spoiler territory on the last five movies. Shelby already caught INSIDIOUS: OUT OF TH...

Grab a scalpel and grab something spicy...this episode gets HOT! Huge shoutout to our sponsor, Torchbearer Sauces, keeping us fueled with unfiltered heat while we play a little game we like to call Talk or Torch. Here's how it works: every time we say Dr. Winters' name, we sample a Torchbearer Sauce. Simple rules, deeply questionable decision-making. This week, the gruesome twosome is diving into...

Home sweet home… until you realize you’re never getting out! This week, the gruesome twosome dive into Netflix’s THE LAST HOUSE, a claustrophobic horror thriller where a family discovers that their home isn’t exactly the safe haven they thought it was. Shelby leads the discussion with Zena as they get into the movie’s creepy premise, the mystery surrounding what’s happening outside, and, of course...

Shelby chats with Declan Dineen, writer and producer of The Chronicles of Astrimos, the sci-fi audio drama starring Darren Criss, Maya Hawk and Alfred Molina from Echoverse! Declan gives advice to writers and speaks on the subject of curiosity and it's correlation to creating great character. https://www.echoverse.com/the-chronicles-of-astrimos Follow Declan Dineen: Instagram: https://www.instagra...

This week the gruesome twosome, Zena and Shelby, are unboxing the icy return of horror legend Eli Roth (CABIN FEVER, HOSTEL, THANKSGIVING). His new film ICE CREAM MAN melts into theaters August 7 via his own label, The Horror Section. To celebrate, Bloody Disgusting is throwing down in Los Angeles this weekend with some seriously frosty festivities: it kicks off Saturday, Aug 1 at The Horror Boode...

What pairs perfectly with John Carpenter's most underrated supernatural horror? Pure, unfiltered heat, courtesy of our sponsor Torchbearer Sauces! In this episode, Tony Wash stops by to give us the scoop on what to keep a lookout for on SCREAMBOX in August and trust us, you're going to want to hear this. Then Tony joins Zena and Shelby for a deep dive into John Carpenter's IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS...

We're back! Did you miss us? This week, Shelby takes us behind the scenes of Creep IE Con, sharing her unforgettable experience, favorite moments, and stories from an incredible weekend! Hear all about meeting Danny Trejo, the eerie Pinocchio puppet, Jon Abrahams, Lochlyn Munro, Simon Rex, Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent, and plenty more. Whether you're a convention veteran or have always...

THE GRUESOME TWOSOME IS BACK! (Massive shoutout to listener Izzy for giving us the best name ever!) This week we're switching things up. No deep dive, just Zena and your pal Shelby in their element, and honestly? This might be our most fun episode yet. Here's what we're getting into: the two dig into their childhood fears and yes, it gets chaotic! From there the girls dish out their latest horror...

Get ready for a mini deep dive featuring a haunted red house AND Shelby bullying you! Quick question before we get into it: when you think of summer-themed horror, what's the FIRST thing that comes to mind? This week Zena and Shelby are diving into the classic black-and-white psychological noir horror THE RED HOUSE (1947) and this one has EVERYTHING. Mystery, a family hiding a dark secret, forbidd...

This episode is proudly sponsored by Torchbearer Sauces, because nothing pairs better with possession, paranormal chaos, and religious secrets than pure, unfiltered heat! Tune in because we're cracking open the supernatural horror movie STIGMATA (1999), and trust us, this one gets under your skin. Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) has no strong religious beliefs…until she starts experiencing viole...

Divorce has never been scarier! This week, things get MESSY. And we mean that literally. Zena and Shelby are diving deep into the psychological horror masterpiece POSSESSION (1981), directed by Andrzej Żuławski! A movie about divorce, despair, and whatever that thing is in the bathtub. If you've seen it, you know. If you haven't…buckle up! And speaking of things falling apart, this episode is spon...

Happy June, you beautiful creeps! And Happy Pride Month! We're BACK and crawling out of the coffin just in time for summer screams. First up, our resident SCREAMBOX expert Tony Wash rises from the depths to drop some seriously exciting news. This October, SCREAMBOX is unleashing an all-new original unscripted series, YOUR DEAREST DARKEST FRIEND WITH YOUR HOST TED RAIMI. That's right, THE Ted Raimi...

This week, Zena sits down with the incredibly talented Joe Swanberg, director, producer, writer, editor AND actor, for a conversation you don't want to miss! Joe is one of the founding forces behind the mumblecore movement, and 20+ years into his career, he's showing no signs of slowing down. From manning every corner of film production to opening his very own video rental store on the outskirts o...

It's that time again, Talk or Torch is BACK! Zena and Shelby are putting their taste buds (and their sanity) on the line with another round of horror trivia featuring the fiery hot sauces from Torchbearer Sauces. And let's just say... Torchbearer is NOT playing nice this month. Tongues are burned, things get heated, and somehow ham becomes a topic of conversation. Don't ask! Once they survive the...

The sun is out. The wildflowers are blooming. Three girls walk into the Australian bush and simply...don't come back! This week, Shelby dresses up as a student at Appleyard College, and together with Zena, they take a deep dive into PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK! The 1975 Peter Weir film that has been unsettling audiences (and cobnfusing them beautifully) for fifty years! Is it horror? Is it a mystery? I...

Did you miss us? We took a little break last week, but Zena and Shelby are back and getting bloody again! But this time...they're getting controversial. A listener recommendation sparked this week's topic: unpopular horror opinions. Zena and Shelby are pulling back the curtain on the movies and takes that might raise some eyebrows. These are the movies that weren't quite their speed and the opinio...

This week, Zena and Shelby bring you a jam-packed episode soaked in blood, ambition, and Hollywood horror! First up, we sit down with directors and writers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, the twisted minds behind STARRY EYES! They dig into the film's dark origins and tease what terrifying projects they have coming next. Then, SCREAMBOX programmer Tony Wash joins the chaos to give us a heads-up on...

Short films, big scares...what could go wrong? This week, Zena and Shelby are diving into short horror movies handpicked by YOU, our amazing listeners! Watch along as they react in real time to some unsettling shorts. No spoilers, just pure unfiltered reactions. And yes, after Shelby's little bullying session, the duo makes it up to listeners by answering YOUR horror-related questions! The shorts:...

Which horror movie would be the absolute WORST to actually live through? Zena and Shelby kick off this episode with the question we're all secretly afraid to answer and they have some very strong opinions! But this week, instead of a deep dive into one film, the two are pulling back the curtain on something they've been quietly building: She Screams: Women in Horror! Their hand-curated collection...