The Graveyard Shift Horror Podcast

Alicia is back and we have a special chest, i mean guest! John's brother Phil is back to help us handle the peak Xenomorph film, and a supremely good sequel, Aliens (1986). This was directed by James Cameron who really showed his work with The Terminator was not a fluke. There's so much to say so we won't say it here, but in the episode! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us m...

We lost Alicia to a chest ruining infection but her rib cage is no worse for wear! In the meantime we have Joshua Clough back on to fill in. Enjoy our coverage of the epic sci-fi horror that really blended 2 genres excellently and launched Sigourney Weavers career, as we honour the season of fertility and begin the month of May-lien! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie...

We needed a break from the existential horrors of Animation April 2025, and settled on a nice feel good classic that we immediately ruined by over analyzing and daring to think a little more than the writers did. We are broken. We will find our way back to regular live action horrors next week as we kick off spring with thoughts of fertility and breeding and motherhood! We are hosted at Captivate...

This movie was recommended by friend of the show, Tony! we are joined by guest Bronwyn Roach to discuss a Spanish movie about..... well....lots of things. Drugs, Christian fundamentalism, the pain of addiction...oh yeah and police brutality. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the sh...

This is your final week to get tickets to Anime Ottawa and see our panel as we discuss the history of horror in Japanese culture, anime, manga, and video games! See us live and get free stuff and some laughs! We ran away from all the robofish and found ourselves running in circles. Luckily we found an old friend, Trevor Ziebarth from Sons of Butcher , and Moonlight Desires . We discuss Uzumaki, an...

We return to the cartoon classics of horror with another Animation April. we kick off with a master of illustrated intimidation, Junji Ito for the first of a double bill of his works. Tokyo Fish Attack sounds like the dumbest name for a movie, but let him cook, cause he's got memorable characters with diverse and entertaining chemistry, a crazy mad scientist, a circus troupe gone mad, and an expla...

Jacob Singer seems to be a lucky man. He survived Vietnam, is married to a woman who looks like The Duchess of York in her heyday, raising 2 kids, and on top of that, he's living with his girlfriend who he met at the post office, and he keep surviving attacks by demons.... uh.. what? We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to...

Kevin Bacon can't get enough March Madness! He's not going to the afterlife, but he's finally seeing ghosts, one movie too late! He plays a working and and father who doesn't have enough on his plate and now it's a dead woman demanding to be heard, remembered and found. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continue...

This podcast is considerably shorter than 28 Days, 6 Hours, 12 Minutes and 42 Seconds. But we hope to take you to a universe of entertainment especially with the promo for the soundtrack that we managed to find, exclusively for you! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show going...

This podcast blurs the line between education and entertainment, crossing it frequently. These people in this movie decide to play limbo hopscotch and end up facing terrors that can only be presented a style between Lost Boys and Batman Forever. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep th...

We begin March Madness, where we examine films focusing on losing a grip on reality, by watching The Serpent and The Rainbow; suggested by our guest Bonez Poley who has a stand up special you can view on their site right now! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show going and get...

Gilligans Island has nothing on this famous shipwreck. This is a prequel to Dracula's British leg of his global carnage tour made famous in Bram Stoker's novel. This takes interesting turns and makes...choices. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show going and get access to bonu...

We couldn't get enough Samara Weaving and the Occult so we came back for her first foray with the dark one, in the Babysitter. This is an excellent film; we all had a fantastic time and with our great opening skit, you will too! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show going and...

We are joined by Keith Hayes ( The Sinista One ) Host of The Booth, Turbuckles and Spilt Liquor, and many other shows, who suggested this film, and it was definitely a fun one to talk about. A young Austin Powers lookalike with a coke nail, embarks on a quest for vengeance against all who are ruining his high school experience, with the help of a little chemical cocktail he created in chemistry cl...

We are joined by Joshua Clough to find out what happens when a blushing bride learns her in laws have a unique tradition when one of them gets married. Now she must survive the night where nobody can be trusted! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show going and get access to bon...

We End JanuarLee with a movie featuring a litany of questionable decisions like: Why hire a ballet dancer for a character that never moves? Why name the creature after someone NOT a gorgon? Why have an ancient Greek creature in Germany? Why not take the heroes to Greece and deal with a few extra monsters like Minotaurs? But we have a duty to examine this movie anyway. We are hosted at Captivate wh...

We read the scroll of life and summoned the lead vocalist and guitarist from both Sons of Butcher and Moonlight Desires , Trevor Ziebarth! He helps us discuss the awesomeness that was the Mummy as portrayed by Christoper Lee. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show going and get...

We are joined by Tom Jolliffe to review the first gory horror film, Hammers debut into the Universal monster pantheon, Curse of Frankenstein! He's got a personal connection to the Shelly family and we have a great time discussing this film! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the sho...

We are joined by Mitch of the High and Low Movie Show to ring in the new year with another JanuarLee! We begin with Dr Terrors House of Horrors, the first of the Amicus Anthology horrrors that include Donald Sutherland and Christopher Lee among 5 men who get their fortunes told by a meek and mild Peter Cushing as Sandor Schrek, aka Dr Terror! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send...

We end the year with a suggestion by our guest Brandy, aka The Terrorific Lady , who suggested this movie without watching it first. Pranks (aka The Dorm That Dripped Blood) A gamble for sure, but does it pay off? Do we end the Christmassacre with a bang, or a whimper? Find out! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make...

We have a new friend of the show, guest Stacie Herrington of The Podcast Compels You , a fellow horror discussion podcast. She introduced us to this weeks sleeper cult classic, the mid 90's horror comedy of 3 people preventing the rise of the anti-Christ with a rampage of sin and the theories are a flying in this one. But seriously check it. It's great. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip...

We watched the unlicensed Grinch parody, with Josh, and he decided to condense his feelings by writing our opening poem. Enjoy hearing us go dahoo dores over this film. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show going and get access to bonus perks, you can do so by checking us out...

Ray Wise doesn't live up to his name and decides to take a scenic detour off the highway. This means he will be spending the Christmassacre season with gradually less family as the night wears on, and a woman in white slowly takes each one for a hearse ride! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to...

The month of Dismember is upon us as we light the advent candles and prepare for the coming of our Lord, Santa. We think of the things that bring us together like dreading family reunions. Secret Santa evokes the tense holiday confrontations of family, while cranking it up to 11 as this black comedy tears down family secrets like intestinal lining. Directed by Adam Marcus, who gave us Jason Goes T...

We wrap up our big creature feature marathon of What's Black, White , and Radioactive All Over, with a strong finish as we face THEM! A seminal classic that inspired a great deal of homages and tributes, this is one that Alicia and John had not seen before, so Mike is in his element. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to...