Casual Obsession

Nina has been cooking this one for a while, and it’s finally time to share! Enjoy information shared with us by the person who has seen the movie 15 times, listened to the director commentary, and read the full screenplay! Ben Wheatley if you’re listening, please reach out, Nina would love to chat. Trade offer: You join us on the podcast to cover Kill List and in exchange we just act super chill a...

A misunderstood masterpiece? A steaming pile of trash? I suppose the group might be split on that one. Ed Gonzalez for Slant Magazine: https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/inferno/ Our website! https://www.casualhorrorpod.com Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-obsession Follow t...

Emma brought in the body horror heavy hitter, The Fly from 1986! A podcast first for Cronenberg, but hopefully not the last. Eric Henderson for Slant Magazine: https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-fly/ Our website! https://www.casualhorrorpod.com Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/...

It’s our once a year book review! We hope you enjoy listening to us talk about The Hellbound Heart. Our website! https://www.casualhorrorpod.com Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-obsession Follow the hosts on their individual accounts Nina (They/Them) https://letterboxd.com/n...

Our apologies: There are some audio issues in this episode that we were unaware of while recording. There are moments when Nina’s audio will be out of sync, we’re working to fix this for next time. Nina and Noah seem to be in a similar headspace, because he picked a movie that he specifically thought was bad. Unfortunately, unlike Nina’s pick of Pandorum, The Hatred has no redeeming qualities to e...

Some of us seem to hold the opinion that we’ve been watching too much quality cinema, so Nina picked us a classic 00s sci-fi flop in Pandorum. Nathan Rabin for AV Club: https://www.avclub.com/pandorum-1798207023 Our website! https://www.casualhorrorpod.com Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...

The Hellraiser script that wasn’t, and the deep depression film that was. We hope you enjoy this week’s episode on David Bruckner’s The Night House! Brian Tallerico for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-night-house-movie-review-2021 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho...

In a move that’s incredibly huge for the podcast, we’ve finally covered what many of the hosts consider to be a life changing film. This is a more personal episode than some, so we hope you enjoy and remember, there’s still time. Robert Daniels for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-film-review-2024 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod....

We’re getting religious this week with Julius Avery’s 2023 film, The Pope’s Exorcist. This one’s a movie all of us kinda liked! Matt Zoller Seitz for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-popes-exorcist-movie-review-2023 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-obsessi...

Revisiting for some, fixing a glaring hole for others (Noah), we’ve decided to finally watch Pan’s Labyrinth for the cast! Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-pans-labyrinth-2006 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-obsession Our website! https://www.casu...

It’s been a long time coming, Jade’s got the whole crew watching Ti West’s The House Of The Devil! Coming off a Christmas break the hosts also have a larger number of movies to lead with in the Ghouls section, enjoy a packed episode! Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-house-of-the-devil-2009 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr...

Emma has finally managed to get everyone to watch Smile 2, and now we’re finally talking about it! Even with Nina having to sit this one out because they’re out of town, the rest of the hosts have plenty of things to talk about here. Brian Tallerico for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/smile-2-film-review Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https:...

Fresh off his standard setting run with Spider-Man, Sam Raimi storms in a return to his Evil Dead roots with Drag Me To Hell. Enjoy hearing the cast hash out whether or not Sam managed to stick the landing on his return to horror. Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/drag-me-to-hell-2009 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casua...

Picture this: It’s 2005, you just picked up Resident Evil 4 and your friends just asked you to go to this cool new movie that just came out that has more licensed needle drops than you can ever imagine. It’s a good day. Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/house-of-wax-2005 Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tu...

We’re talking about Alexandre Aja’s film High Tension in our first step into New French Extremity! Items included are: Conversation about whether the film is homophobic, talking about how much Ebert hated this one, and a hearty dose of Muse in some chase scenes. Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/high-tension-2005 Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app...

This week we’re covering Damian McCarthy’s feature debut. Noah had a bit of a time with it, but luckily not everyone was quite as shaken. Sheila O'Malley for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/caveat-movie-review-2021 Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify...

We’ve got Rob guesting with us today, a huge fan of J-Horror as a whole, but specifically The Ring. Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-obsession Our website! https://www.casualhorrorpod.com Follow the hosts on their individual accounts Emma (They/Th...

We’re back from hiatus, and we’ve brought Patrick Bateman with us! Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-psycho-2000 Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-obsession Our website! https://www.casualhorrorpod.com Follow the hosts on the...

In what Noah has referred to as “One for Jade”, the crew is diving into something a little more cerebral this week, with Brandon Cronenberg’s 2020 film, Possessor!  Sheila O’Malley for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/possessor-movie-review-2020 Brian Tallerico - Sundance 2020 for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/sundance-2020-possessor-surge-the-killing-of-two-love...

It’s about time somebody got Noah and Nina to watch Prey, and we even have the added bonus of recording it so we could all share in the experience! Odie Henderson for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/prey-movie-review-2022 Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spot...

It’s a one off entry in hot zombie summer with everyone’s favorite Jane Austen adaptation, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies! Christy Lemire for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-2016 Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/po...

Noah’s been keeping this on the back burner for a while, in another classic moment of Jade begging him to watch something until finally forcing his hand. Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jacobs-ladder-1990 Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/...

Men by Alex Garland. Thank god somebody was brave enough to make Men by Alex Garland, imagine a world where that didn’t happen? Christy Lemire for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/men-movie-review-2022 Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casu...

Emma gone? That means it’s time to roll out another Saw episode! Join us for Saw 3, the movie that Noah says “really kicks off the soap opera that Saw works best as.” Jordan Crucchiola for Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/article/every-saw-movie-ranked.html Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod htt...

This week is our annual Casual Obsession book episode! Between Two Fires is a religious horror novel set in Europe during the black death. We spoil the plot heavily here, so if you haven’t read it already you should do that first. Enjoy! Purchase the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Between-Two-Fires-Christopher-Buehlman/dp/B08C9D71PS Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https:/...