Beyond The Blood: A Horror Movie Commentary Podcast

After Hours is back, baby! In this episode, we're joined by Jordan (The Movie Den) as we chat about jingles for the podcast and what we've been watching & buying lately on physical media! Enjoy!  FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:  Chris - @beardedfilmguy Steve - @afterhrsvideo Jordan - @the_movie_den  FOLLOW OUR PARTNER PODCASTS www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com A Someone's Favorite Productions Podcas...

Happy 4th of July from our family here at Beyond the Blood to yours! We decided to kick back and talk a bit today about William Lustig's 'Uncle Sam' - no deep dive here just plain ol' film discussion and a bunch of yappin' about Wawa! Be safe this Holiday and remember.. physical media is education!  FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:  Chris - @beardedfilmguy Steve - @afterhrsvideo Podcast - @beyondthebloodpo...

The boat can leave now.. because Beyond the Blood is in Fulci territory now, baby! On this weeks main episode Chris & Steve discuss not just one, but two audio commentary tracks available on both Blue Underground's blu-ray release of the film from 2018 but also Arrow Video's 4K UK release from 2025 both featuring Film Historian and Author Troy Howarth. These tracks are packed full of Fucli edu...

Theyyyy'rreee heeerrreee... on this special episode of Beyond the Blood: Staff Picks! Since there's no audio commentary available for this film (sadly) Steve & Chris dive into the world of Tobe Hooper's 'Poltergeist' and discuss some of the controversies & highlights of a beloved horror classic. This film has a soft spot in our hearts and we're happy to add it into the Beyond the Blood lin...

In the famous words of John Carpenter closing out the latest set on his live tour, "Be careful - Christine is out there".. .. driving into this latest episode of Beyond the Blood. Steve, Chris, and our guest Josh of Beyond the Grave Media dive into the films audio commentary featuring John Carpenter himself & Keith Gordon. We learned a lot of fun insights from this track and can't wait for you...

After Hours is back, baby! This is our monthly episode where Steve & Chris (joined by the fabulous Jordan) chat about what we've been watching or buying as of lately. There's no structure to these episodes - just three friends sitting around yapping about movies. Enjoy!  FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:  Podcast - @beyondthebloodpod Chris - @beardedfilmguy Steve - @afterhrsvideo Jordan - @the_movie_den...

Welcome back to Staff Picks - the show where we leave the commentaries behind and hop into some good ol' fun discussions about movies we love. For this week we're joined by our friends Kris of KuetheCredits & Robbie of MylesofHorror to talk all things 'Evil Dead Rise' from 2023 directed and written by Lee Cronin. Have fun!  FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:  Chris - @beardedfilmguy Steve - @afterhrsvide...

This week we travel into the darkest depths of death as we cover the audio commentary track for 1978's 'Faces of Death'. Moderated by Michael Felsher and featuring director Conan Le Cilaire and can be found on all media releases after the films 2008 30th Anniversary release. You're going to want to listen to this one!  PURCHASE THE VINEGAR SYNDROME 4K:  https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/faces-o...

Welcome back to After Hours - our physical media show! Join Chris, Steve, and Jordan as we discuss what we've been watching on physical media over the past month!  FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:  Chris - @beardedfilmguy Steve - @afterhrsvideo Jordan - @the_movie_den  FOLLOW OUR PARTNER PODCASTS:  www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com A Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast 

The camp is calling and oh boy are we answering in this weeks episode of Staff Picks - the show where we dive into some of our favorite films lacking in the commentary department. This week we're talking all things 1980's 'Friday the 13th' with our friend Pizowell. We get into the long enduring legacy of the films impact on the genre, the upcoming A24 television prequel, and much, much more. Enjoy...

Freddy fans, rejoice! On this Deep Cuts episode of Beyond the Blood we sit down with author & journalist Lowell Greenblatt to discuss his book 'Nightmare Autopsis: A Return to Elm Street' released last year by Harker Press. We discuss the impact of the 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' franchise and what went into creating as comprehensive a study of the franchise as there ever could be plus his exp...

Stuart Gordon's 'Re-Animator' is extremely special to us here at Beyond the Blood and to add this episode into an early season of the shows lifetime is incredible to say. In this episode, we breakdown the commentary track featuring Stuart Gordon from one of the films many physical releases. It seems as if this commentary track was recorded around 2004 - 2005 but when we talk about how much there i...

Staff Picks returns with a doozy of an episode this week as we break into a discussion about Chris Nash's 2024 film 'In A Violent Nature' - a favorite of the past few years for the Beyond the Blood crew. Along with our guest - Christian from PlanetCHH - we get into all types of conversation around IAVN including some push back on the infamous yoga kill, how the films unique perspective will impact...

On this episode of 'Behind the Blood' we sat down with Guido & Lucas Henkel - the duo behind the boutique label Celluloid Dreams. We spend a lot of time talking about 1972's 'The Case of the Bloody Iris' (you can find our full coverage on that film in the previous episode) but their incredible insights into the restoration process, special features production, and how to build an audio comment...

The discussion around us covering the audio commentary track for 1972's 'The Case of the Bloody Iris' was one that began nearly a year ago so you can imagine our excitement to finally get this film added into the history books of Beyond the Blood! On this episode, we deep dove into Guido Henkel's incredible commentary track on Celluloid Dream's stunning 4K release. As always, we encourage you to g...

Today we're joined by none other than author Clark Collis who, in the later half of 2025, released his newest book 'Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie' through 1984 Publishing. An exhaustive look into a span of 17 years of the horror genre beginning with 1996's 'Scream' and ending in 2013 with the release of 'The Conjuring'. Clark's incredible...

Where we're going, you're going to need ears.. because we're dissecting the 2006 audio commentary with director Paul WS Anderson & Producer Jeremy Bolt for 1997's space horror film 'Event Horizon' found on most physical media releases of the film including the Scream Factory blu-ray release & Lionsgate 4K. We had a blast getting into this commentary track and throughout this episode we dis...

Look, we live for physical media here at Beyond the Blood and that's why we're back for a brand new episode of After Hours - our physical media show!  In this episode we're joined yet again by our friend Jordan from The Movie Den to discuss what we've been buying and watching on physical media. We talk about labels such as Third Window Films, Hammer Films, Arrow Video, Second Sight Films, and so m...

As children of the 90's we all grew up in the aisles of our local video stores and through that Staff Picks was born - a less deep dive conversation into some of our favorite horror films with a fun guest and for our first episode we are blessed with the presence of Erica Higgins - yes, Chris's wife.  We talk about some of our history with the film, the movies within the movie, and chat about some...

This incredibly special episode of Beyond the Blood is the exact reason we started this show - diving into the heart of building physical media. We're joined today by Dave Lee (Co-Producer of 'Monsters & Curiosities) and Jake Boston of Steelbook Obsessed (Contributor) to get an insiders look at the building of Umbrella Entertainment's upcoming Universal Horror Collection - 'Monsters and Curios...

We're so glad to be back in swing this year with After Hours - our physical media based discussion show! In this episode, we were joined by our good friend Jordan from The Movie Den to talk about a bunch of stuff we've been watching on physical media over the last month. We dive into the found footage subgenre with Umbrella's release of 'Lake Mungo' on 4K, some Vinegar Syndrome / Melusine goodness...

Season 3 of Beyond the Blood is here and oh boy do we have a fun one for you all today as we dive into the sick, cruel world of Sergio Martino's 1973 giallo 'Torso' and the films commentary track hosted by Kat Ellinger featured on the 4K release by Arrow Video.  Today's guest is none other than Ryan Verill, one of the founders of Antenna Releasing and physical media page The Discconnected! He's al...

Beyond the Blood is officially in it's 2nd year of existence and before we take the official dive into our third season Steve and I felt it was best - as incredibly passionate advocates of physical media - to chat about our favorite releases of 2025. Somehow we managed to vary it up between the two of us and celebrate the physical discs we loved so much.  Season 3 officially begins in just a few d...

Happy Thanksgiving, Ghouls! Today, we're showing how thankful we really are by covering the commentary track on Eli Roth's 'Thanksgiving' featuring both Roth himself and writer Jeff Renner.  We hope you enjoy your holidays and thank you as always for listening to Beyond the Blood!  Follow Us on Instagram: Chris - https://www.instagram.com/beardedfilmguy/?hl=en Steve - https://www.instagram.com/aft...

Ghouls, do we have a fun one here for you today! On this incredibly special episode of Beyond the Blood Steve and I are joined by none other than Karen Fields, Katherine Kamhi, and Thomas Van Dell - otherwise known as Judy, Meg, and Mike from 1983's 'Sleepaway Camp'. We're incredibly grateful to have had this opportunity as we chat about the experiences on set, the casting sessions, and even a bit...