Cadaver Dogs

Even with all the release push back, this year's produced some pretty incredible horror films. We've seen another resurgence of sequels and remakes of classics like Halloween, Candyman, Wrong Turn, Escape Room, The Quiet Place, Don't Breathe, The Purge, The Conjuring, Spiral... dear lord this list is long! But did any of these make the Cadaver Dogs' list of their top 3 horror films of 2021?  . Do...

Praise films and silence the voice(s) speaking inside your head for the very first Cadaver Dogs episode of the New Year!  Devin, David and Rob are getting spiritual with last year's SAINT MAUD, the first feature by promising new filmmaker Rose Glass. The film follows a young medical aid who believe she has direct communication with God himself, and it is her duty to share this gift. What's better...

Announcing next week's films:  . SAINT MAUD (2019, dir. Rose Glass) HOUR OF THE WOLF (1968, dir. Ingmar Bergman) . Follow us at:    instagram.com/cadaverdogspod   twitter.com/cadaverdogspod   facebook.com/cadaverdogspod       Send us your film suggestions at:   cadaverdogspodcast@gmail.com               Cover art by Omri Kadim. Music featured in this episode: 80s Synth by White Bat Audio. Licensed...

As filmmakers themselves, the Cadaver Dogs tend to get quite wrapped up in awards season, and although the Critics Choice Awards have been postponed due to COVID (uh-oh) and the Golden Globes will no longer be on the air, we are nonetheless in countdown mode toward the Academy Awards. Too bad the Oscars tend to ignore our favorite genre… David and Devin team with A.J. of Destination 180° Podcast t...

“They’re he-e-e-e-ere!!” Why is it that every possible line is a lot scarier when uttered by a child? There’s no one on this planet who was not a kid at some point, and most kiddos are perfectly innocent bundles of joy. And yet… Rob and David team up with guest star Brandon Christensen, writer/director of Shudder exclusive SUPERHOST, to countdown their top 3 children of horror!  Which creepy kids...

Jingle Bells! Twilight smells! Brundle-Fly laid an egg! Patrick Bateman killed his date, and Luke Lerner got away! ’Tis the season, and whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or none of the above, the Cadaver Dogs are here for this final episode of the year to talk about psychopaths. (What’d you expect? Family and togetherness?) Psychopathy is a real illness, but what does it mean when someone...

Announcing next week's films:  BETTER WATCH OUT (2017, dir. Zack Kahn) AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000, dir. Mary Harron)     It's the Cadaver Dogs's first Holiday Special! And what better way to celebrate than with blood, gore, and a little psychosis. Next week, we'll talk through the twists and turns in these two thrillers. What's real? What's all in their head? What makes a psycho killer a psycho killer?...

Get your test tubes, beakers, and radioactive chemicals ready, because this week we’re talking about ‘30s and ‘50s science-fiction! Einstein had only just published his theory of relativity, the atom was in the process of being split, and outer space had yet to be explored. Science was scary then, for it was unknown what dangers we’d uncover. Even looking back now, the question remains: Did we mak...

Announcing next week's films:  THE TINGLER (1959, dir. William Castle) THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933, dir. James Whale)     The mad scientist trope has been done again and again over horror history. (Starting, of course, with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein but then seen in favorites such as: Re-Animator, The Fly, Human Centipede...) But what makes this trope worth revisiting? We'll be looking back at these...

Plug in your virtual headset and dust off the NES for some old school Clocktower horror hounds as you join Cadaver Dogs Devin, David and Rob in this episode, Video Game Violence as we strap down some old school tech for dissection. First up, it's 1994 where sweaters are only worn around one’s waist. We join Edward Furlong, best known for Terminator 2, as he slashes his way through a virtual nightm...

Announcing next week's films:  BRAINSCAN (1994, dir. John Flynn) STAY ALIVE (2006, dir. William Brent Bell)     Violence in video games has caused a moral panic throughout the decades - from Columbine to President Trump. Seems fitting that there were a few horror movies on the subject. Gearing up for the release of the new Resident Evil film, we're diving into some our favorite video game horror f...

The famous horror trope goes like this: you have sex you die (thank you Randy Meeks). But sometimes sex isn’t your choice, and the uncontrollable fear that you experience after the trauma will haunt you for the rest of your life… how doe final girls handle it? This week, the Cadaver Dogs dive into the repercussions of sex and sexual trauma with TEETH (2007) and IT FOLLOWS (2014).   Devin, David, a...

Announcing next week's films:  TEETH (2007, dir. Mitchell Lichtenstein) IT FOLLOWS (2014, dir. David Robert Mitchell)     We all know the trope. You have sex, you die. But in the new millennium, society had an updated perspective on sex and sexuality. Next week, we discuss two films that brought this sexual awakening to the horror genre.   Follow us at:  instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/ca...

Did you hear that? Oh, it's just the ghosts of our past traumas. Henry Chaisson (Antlers, Servant) joins Devin and David on our countdown of the top 3 haunted houses in horror films. We go deep into what defines the genre and question why Henry has chosen to live in a haunted house himself...   What is your favorite haunted house movie? Let us know at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cada...

What’s so scary about scary movies? In this special Halloween treat, the Dogs look to finally answer that tricky question, by turning to the ultimate masters of fear: John Carpenter and Wes Craven.   First, the latest novel from a prolific horror writer - akin to Stephen King or H.P. Lovecraft - springs to life, driving fans to insanity and threatening the apocalypse. John Carpenter's IN THE MOUTH...

NO SPOILERS! Halloween Kills... and kills... and kills...  David and Devin react to the latest installment of the rebooted reboot of Halloween. Featuring a special surprise guest... We also cover which film in the franchise is our favorite (counting all the John Carpenter, Rob Zombie, and David Gordon Green flicks) and what we're looking forward to in Halloween Ends. Stay tuned 'til at the end whe...

Announcing next week's films:  WES CRAVEN's NEW NIGHTMARE (1994, dir. Wes Craven) IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994, dir. John Carpenter)     As Billy Loomis in Scream said, "Don't you blame the movies. Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative !" Next week we'll get a little meta by looking at horror movies that give commentary on horror movies.     Follow us at:  instagram.com/c...

Children’s plaything turned into childhood trauma. David and Devin are joined by guest star Ygraine, host of the What A Scream podcast, to countdown their top 3 terrifying dolls! We also discuss who would win in a fight: Annabelle, Chucky or Tiffany?    What do you think is the creepiest doll in the horror genre? Any we missed? Let us know at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspo...

Runners or walkers? Which decade of the mall zombie genre do you prefer? Join Rob, Devin, and David as Zack Snyder faces off against the original Zombie master, George A. Romero in this latest episode from the worm riddled minds of the horror hounds on Cadaver Dogs: Zombie economics 101.  Consumerism, the American dream and a whole bucket of brains are discussed in this weeks episode.     TENEBRIO...

Announcing next week's films:  DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978, dir. George A. Romero) DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004, dir. Zack Snyder)     Pencils up, class! Next week, the Cadaver Dogs study consumerism in the form of the classic horror monsters: zombies. It's Zombie Economics 101.      Follow us at:  instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod   Send us your film suggest...

Sin was born in the Garden of Eden. But whether it was Adam or Eve who brought about sin is still an argument we are hearing today. This week, the Cadaver Dogs look at two films that delve into the origins of man versus woman against the backdrop of the apocalypse: THE SCREWFLY SOLUTION (2006), Joe Dante’s Masters of Horror TV movie, and ANTICHRIST (2009), a Lars Von Trier Cannes winner.    Devin,...

Announcing next week's films:  THE SCREWFLY SOLUTION (2006, dir. Joe Dante, Masters of Horror S2E7) ANTICHRIST (2009, dir. Lars Von Trier)     Sometimes Mother Nature can be a real b****. Next week, the Cadaver Dogs discuss gender in the apocalypse with two films that explore the fear of women. (Or of men?)      Follow us at:  instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/ca...

History is horror. Greedy men fight for land, for power. Those who step out of line are often executed. War robs children of their parents. Freedom loses to fascism. What can we do to persevere? What use is our religion but as a tool of our oppressors? Can we fight totalitarianism with disobedience? Can even our fairy tales find light in the darkest of times? The Cadaver Dogs dive into some of the...

Announcing next week's films:  PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006, dir. Guillermo del Toro) UNDER THE SHADOW (2016, dir. Babak Anvari)     The terrors of war stay with us, they haunt us, bleeding into our work and our art. Next week, the Cadaver Dogs discuss war's affect on genre films by comparing two films on the edge of horror and fantasy.     Follow us at:  instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverd...

NO SPOILERS! Halloween comes early this year with Nia DaCosta's (not Jordan Peele's) Candyman!  David, Devin, and Rob discuss the pros and cons of the sequel... remake? reboot? of the classic 90s film. We also cover how the story's messaging has been updated thirty years later to reflect a modern world and the bees. Oh, the bees! Also (BIG ANNOUNCEMENT) we are now officially just a Tony Todd fan-c...