Casual Obsession

Take a little bit of horror, a lot a bit of romance, and some musical theater and toss it together. What’s that give us? Your Monster! Monica Castillo’s review for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/your-monster-film-review Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spoti...

We’re going down under for this week’s film, Sissy! A delight of practical gore effects await, give a listen to hear what the four hosts think about it! Brian Tallerico’s review for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/sxsw-2022-sissy-deadstream-the-cellar Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualh...

This week we’re covering the 2017 film, Creep 2! We hope you enjoy what we have here today. From the shortest intro in ages to some nice Josef Creep theories, we’ve got you ready. Alex McLevy’s review for A.V. Club: https://www.avclub.com/creep-2-is-smarter-funnier-and-more-engaging-than-the-1819815646 Follow us on social media! https://casualhorrorpod.com https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod....

7 years of hibernation gave us V/H/S/94 after the truly abysmal flop that was V/H/S Viral. Did the hosts like it more this time around than when they all watched the first film? Spoiler alert, yes. Brian Tallerico’s review for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/vhs94-movie-review-2021 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casual...

Time to dip our toes into some more fun timeline things. Dare to ask the question “What if my friend was an actor with a drinking problem?” or even “what if a meteor caused all of us to change reality?” Matt Zoller Seitz’s review for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/coherence-2014 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualho...

The Ritual, one of those horror movies you’ve probably heard about, but might never have seen. Well we watched it, and are excited to talk about i! Simon Abrams’ review for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-ritual-2018 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-obses...

This week we talked about one of the unsung pillars of the Found Footage genre, Noroi: The Curse! A favorite of some hosts, a neutral experience for others, we hope you enjoy! No official critic's review this week. It used to be very difficult to watch this film in America and as such there's not a lot of coverage. Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com htt...

New year, new films, new episodes! We hope you enjoy listening to us talk about Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person today. Rendy Jones’ review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/humanist-vampire-seeking-consenting-suicidal-person-movie-review-2024 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casu...

Christmas time! It’s the holiday season, dickory dock, etc. Time to watch Gremlins, and talk about some of our greatest hits of the year! Roger Ebert’s review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gremlins-1984 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casu...

Before the end of the year we felt it was time to hit up one final heavy hitter for the year. We hope you enjoy hearing us all talk about Audition! Chuck Bowen’s review for Slant: https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review-takashi-miikes-audition-remains-a-furious-howl-of-despair/ Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www...

For this week we decided to rock in with John Goodman in what is his, objectively, best known horror role. Come down to the bunker, throw on a vhs, and enjoy our episode on 10 Cloverfield Lane. Bian Tallerico’s review for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/10-cloverfield-lane-2016 Follow us on social media! https://bsky.app/profile/casualhorrorpod.com https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorP...

Episode 101, the one where we get our first guest in possibly a year! Thank you so much Audra for joining us in talking about Saw 2, the one with the needle pit. Audra’s Socials: https://linktr.ee/itsaaudraw https://x.com/carouselshotgun Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.com/CasualHorrorPod https://podcasters....

Happy 100th episode! We saved a big one for this. The one, the only, John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)!! Roger Ebert’s review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-thing-1982 Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.com/CasualHorrorPod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-obsession Follow the hosts on the...

Today Noah, Nina, and Jade talked about Eerie Horror Fest 24 and what they got to see this year! All hail the first bonus episode in almost exactly 3 years. Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.com/CasualHorrorPod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-obsession Follow the hosts on their individual accoun...

Episode 99! We’re excited to jump into Scream today, a classic that, frankly, it’s crazy we haven’t touched yet. Look forward to next week, but for now dive into the mind of Wes Craven in his 1996 classic. Roger Ebert’s review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/scream-1996 Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.co...

Fresh from the theaters to us (with a month or two in there, I suppose,) Oddity! Check out what we thought of one of the bigger critical hits of the summer that flew under a lot off radars. Sheila O'Malley’s review for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/oddity-horror-film-review-2024 Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorror...

A fresh international entry for the podcast and another single word title. This week we watched our first Turkish film, Baskin from 2015! Simon Abrams’ review for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/baskin-2016 Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.com/CasualHorrorPod https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...

Everyone loves a remake of a movie that’s less than 5 years old, right? Alexandre Aja’s Mirrors is what we’re covering today! A general well regarded (by the podcast) film, we’re all very excited to talk about it. Except for Nina, who didn’t feel great and dipped for half the episode. Enjoy! No official reviews this week, just pulling from the Rotten Tomatoes page! Follow us on social media! https...

It Follows, one of 2014’s biggest hits (or 2015, if you go by theatrical vs festival.) Hear what the hosts all thought of it right here. Simon Abrams’ review for Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/it-follows-2015 Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.com/CasualHorrorPod https://podcasters.spotify.com/...

We’re hitting a new one! Jump into this fun South Korean movie about hauntings, exorcisms, and geomancers who love to vape. Meagan Navarro for Bloody Disgusting: https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3805276/exhuma-review-south-korea-folk-horror-fun/ Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.com/CasualHorrorPod https:...

A host favorite (mostly), The Devil’s Candy! A heavy metal movie that doesn’t pull it’s punches, we hope you enjoy it! Simon Abrams’ review at Roger Ebert: https://www.spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com/2019/09/haunt-movie-review.html?m=1&sfns=mo Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.com/CasualHorrorPod https://podcas...

There’s 2 kinds of people in this world, my friend. Those who go down the “Scary” path and the extreme haunt, and those who don’t. Brandon’s review at The Movie Sleuth: https://www.spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com/2019/09/haunt-movie-review.html?m=1&sfns=mo Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.com/CasualHorrorPod h...

Sometimes you go out with friends and have a good time, and sometimes you get stalked through a theme park and picked off one by one by legally distinct Michael Letatherface. It’s time for Hell Fest! Mike Flanagan’s review Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/57Lj2H Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www.facebook.com/CasualHorrorPod...

Sometimes you go out with friends and have a good time, and sometimes you get stalked through a theme park and picked off one by one by legally distinct Michael Letatherface. It’s time for Hell Fest! Nick Allen’s review rogerebert.com: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hell-fest-2018 Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpod https://www....

We hope you enjoyed the books, but we’re back to our feature programming now with Talk To Me! This is our first movie we’ve done where all the hosts gabbed it, then gave it the full review treatment. Nick Allen’s review rogerebert.com: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/talk-to-me-movie-review-2023 Follow us on social media! https://twitter.com/CasualHorrorPod https://www.tumblr.com/casualhorrorpo...