Horror Weekly

This week, we’ve got two new films, “A Quiet Place: Day One” and also “In a Violent Nature,” both from 2024. Going back a ways, we cover the haunted hotel in “1408” from 2007, and get all beat out of shape at “Eden Lake” from 2008. Lastly, we’ll watch a new LGBT Indie film, “Ganymede” also from 2024. Good stuff! Then, instead of a single short film, we’ll watch FOUR of them! The new issue of “Horr...

We’ve got an eclectic collection of weirdness for you this week: The much-improved sequel to last year’s “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” is out, as is a very nice caveman horror film, “Out of Darkness” from last year. “Wolf Creek 2” (2013) continues our fun with Mick from Down Under, and “The Wicker Tree” (2011) shows us how the folks on that crazy island are doing forty years later. We’ll then...

It’s time to catch up on some newer releases. We’ll take a look at 2024’s “Arcadian,” “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” “Cold Blows the Wind,” and “New Life.” For our oldies, we’ll look at 1966’s “Psycho Circus” and 1991’s “Child’s Play 3.” They’re mostly decent, but we had some nits to pick with each of them.  Check out all our books with one easy link: https://brianschell.com/collection/horrorguys 2024...

It’s been three years since we did our last “Shark Week,” and we thought it was high tide to do another. But this time with a twist– they’re all horror comedies. We’ll start off with “Sharktopus,” a terrible, terrible film that was good enough to spawn two sequels, “Sharktopus vs Pteracuda” and “Sharktopus vs Whalewolf,” which actually got better as the series progressed. Then we’ll take a look at...

Wait Until Dark, The Entity, Space Amoeba, Dark Places, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism Weekly Horror Bulletin Issue #289 We’ve got a mixed bag this week, some really good films and some awful stinkers. That’s OK; we watch them, so you don’t have to. We’ll start off with the classic “Wait Until Dark” from 1967. then move on to the scary “The Entity” from 1982....

We’ll start out this week watching the recent “I Saw the TV Glow” from 2024. We liked it but admit that we probably didn’t fully understand all of it. Then we’ll get caught up by watching the most recent three movies in the “Saw” series: “Jigsaw” (2017), “Spiral” (2021), and “Saw X” from 2023. Then we’ll watch some old classics, “Black Sunday” from 1960 and “The Invisible Ghost” from way back in 1...

It’s Road Kill Week here with the Horror Guys. The rubber hits the road with “Mad Max” from 1979, “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior” from 1981, and “Max Max: Beyond Thunderdome” from 1985. We wait about thirty years for the next installment, “Mad Max: Fury Road” from 2015. Then we’ll go back and see the movie that influenced the whole thing, “Duel” from 1971. Just for laughs, we’ll also take a look at...

This week, we’ve got a neat mix of things, starting with “They/Them” from last year and “Immaculate” from last month. We’ll check in on a young werewolf in “My Animal” from 2023 and then run to the country for 2021’s “The Retreat.” We’ll meet an unusual pet in “Good Boy” and then watch Freddy die again in “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare” from back in 1991.  Check out all our books with one eas...

This week, we’ll start with three brand-new films, all of which we liked. 2024 has brought us “The Moor,” “Arena Wars,” and “Realm of Shadows.” Next we’ll watch a couple of fun films we missed in 2018, “The Perfection” and “The Devil’s Path.” Finally, we’ll head back to Japan with 1968’s “Destroy All Monsters.” Check out all our books with one easy link: https://brianschell.com/collection/horrorgu...

Note: We’re trying something new this week; we’re including the audio podcast embedded in the newsletter as a convenience for you. If you like it, hate it, or it causes technical issues, or if it just doesn’t work, let me know: email@horrrorguys.com This week, we’ll start with three brand-new films, all of which we liked. 2024 has brought us “Sting,” “The First Omen,” and “Insane Like Me.” Then we...

This week, we’ll start with three brand-new films, all of which we liked. 2024 has brought us “Abigail,” “Pandemonium,” and “Infested.” Then we’ll talk about a fairly obscure oldie, “The Deathhead Virgin” from 1974.  The weekly newsletter this time around has two more: –  “Vertigo” (1958) –  “Frankenstein vs. Baragon” (1965) aka “Frankenstein Conquers the World” Those two can be found at http://ho...

Episode 282 This week, we’ll start with the brand-new, kaiju-sized “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” (2024) and then look at a smaller scale problem, “Imaginary” (2024). We’ll watch a short film, then take a look at some filmmakers getting murdered in “Knife+Heart” (2018). Finally, we’ll spend the night in a convenience store with “Open 24 Hours” (2018).  The weekly newsletter this time around has...

Episode 281 It’s Toho week! After last week’s look at Godzilla Minus One, we realized that we’ve been lax in our old-Godzilla coverage. So this week, we’ll continue that series with six movies from that period, in order! We’ll start with the original “Mothra” from 1961, move on to “Mothra vs. Godzilla” from 1964, team up in the all-out battle against “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster,” also from...

Episode 280 We’ve got some really fun ones this week. We’ll start with the Academy Award-winning “Godzilla Minus One” from 2023, then look at the very weird “Stopmotion” of 2024. We’ll take a comic break for the new issue of “Hemlock Ave” and then take a look at 2020’s “Ghosts of War.” Lastly, we’ll subvert some expectations with “Lowlifes,”also from this year The weekly newsletter this time aroun...

Episode 279 How are you feeling? It could be time to visit a caring health professional, and we’ve picked out a few that we’d be happy to prescribe! We’ll start out with the hilarious “Dr. Giggles” from 1992 and “The Dentist” from 1996. We’ll watch a short about a girl who needs a dermatologist, and then we’ll do some body mods with “American Mary” (2012). Finally, we’ll look at the 1996 version o...

Episode 278 We’ve got a good mix of old and new for you once again. We’ll open with the new “Late Night with the Devil” (2024) and then look out a “Secret Window” (2004) with Johnny Depp. After we take a break for our short film of the week, “Dysmorphia,” we’ll move on to 1957’s “The Land Unknown” and 2019’s “Being.” The weekly newsletter this time around has two more oldies: “Castle of the Creepi...

Episode 277 We’ve got a good mix of old and new for you this week! We’ll start off with the fun monster-in-the-basement flick, “Baghead” from 2023. Next, we’ll take a look at the amazing “The Coffee Table” which just dropped. We’ll check on the babysitter in the classic “When a Stranger Calls” from way back in ‘79. Lastly, we’ll watch two versions of one of the most famous ghost stories of all tim...

Episode 276 It must be Spring– there’s no new horror this week. Instead, we’ll take a look at some more oldies. We’ll start with the seventh Saw movie, “Saw 3D: The Final Chapter.” It wasn’t in 3D for us, and it wasn’t the final chapter, but that’s the way things go sometimes. We’ll stop in on Johnny Depp and Tim Burton with 2012’s “Dark Shadows” spoof. Then we’ll watch a contender for Worst Mov...

Episode 275 We’ve got a mostly-random selection of fun this week. We’ll watch the chosen-one werewolf story “Wolves” from 2014, then go back and watch the classic “Angel Heart” from 1987. We’ll advance through another Freddy movie with “A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child” from 1989. FInally, we’ll catch Christopher Lee in 1964’s “The Castle of the Living Dead.” The weekly newsletter this t...

Episode 274 Why NOT have an Easter horror week? There’s nothing scarier than bunnies anyway, right? This week, we’ll take a look at the just-released “Easter Bloody Easter.” Then we’ll watch some more rabbit-terror with “Cute Little Buggers” and “Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell.” Yeah, really. Lastly, we’ll watch an oldie, 1972’s “Night of the Lepus.” Anyone got a carrot? The weekly newsl...

Episode 273 We’ve got more old and new movies this time around. We’ll start off with the brand-new sci-fi thriller, “Restore Point” (2023) and then look at the slightly older zom-com, “MexZombies” (2022). Then we’ll dig in the archives a bit to watch “The Ninth Gate” (1999) and “Night of the Demon” (1957).  The weekly newsletter this time around has two more oldies: “Varan the Unbelievable” (1962)...

Episode 272 We have a crazy mix of old and new this time around. We’ll begin with “Night Swim” and “Lisa Frankenstein” from this year (2024). Then, we’ll go way back and watch the original “Rodan” from 1956. While we’re in the ‘50s, we’ll stop in and visit “The Bride of the Monster,” an awesome film by Ed Wood from 1958.  If you think Ed Wood’s films are a hoot, you might like the reviews in our b...

Episode 271 We’ve got a few fun new films for you this week, starting out with Hammer’s newest film, “Doctor Jekyll” (2024). Next, we’ll watch a documentary about Skinwalkers with, “The Skinwalkers: American Werewolves 2.” We’ve then got a short film, “Drama Queen,” followed by “Deliver Us” (2023). Lastly, we’ll look at one of the contenders for the worst horror film of all time, “Dracula vs Frank...

Episode 270 We’ve got a big week for you this time: seven films and a comic! We’ll start off our final episode of “Ghost Month” with “The Others” from 2001. We’ll next do some reality TV with 2011’s “Grave Encounters.” We’ll squeeze into “The Canal” from 2014, go back to 1990 with “Ghost,” and wrap up our final film in the big ghostly franchise, “Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin.” In addition, exc...

Episode 269   We’ve got six and short again this week! We’ll start out with the excellent “The Devil’s Backbone” from 2001, “The Innkeepers” from 2011, and then “We Are Still Here” from 2015. Lastly we’ll continue looking at the “Paranormal Activity” series, with the fifth installment, “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” from 2014.     In addition, exclusive to our weekly email newsletter, we a...