Corpse Club

We had so many great questions to answer in our previous episode, we decided to open the mailbag once again on this episode of Corpse Club! Listen as co-hosts Scott Drebit, Bryan Christopher, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James answer another round of scary good questions from Corpse Club listeners, with topics this time including the horror heroes they looked up to in their formative years (and st...

It's time to dig into the mailbag once again on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast! Listen as co-hosts Scott Drebit, Tamika Jones, Bryan Christopher, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James answer questions from  Corpse Club listeners about their favorite Christmas horror movies, films they'd love to see sequelized, gift recommendations for younger horror fans, and more!

With 2020 nearing its end, Corpse Club co-hosts Scott Drebit, Tamika Jones, Bryan Christopher, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James gather together online for a virtual Friendsgiving to discuss the people, experiences, and things they're grateful for this past year. From movies and video games to Daily Dead highlights and virtual events, listen as the co-hosts reflect on the past months of the pande...

On this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast, Heather Wixson discusses Tobe Hooper's 1979 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot with special guest Jared Rivet (screenwriter of 2017's Jackals, staff writer on 2021's Day of the Dead series and 2019's Are You Afraid of the Dark? revival, producer of 2007's Raw Footage, writer and voice actor on the Earbud Theater audio drama). From...

On this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast, Heather Wixson is joined by film historian, journalist, and author Eugenio Ercolani to discuss filmmaker William Friedkin and his 1980 movie, Cruising (starring Al Pacino and based on Gerald Walker's novel of the same name), which is the subject of a new book that Eugenio co-wrote with Marcus Stiglegger in the Devil's Advocates horror cinema litera...

Following up on their "A Very Fulci Christmas" episode of Corpse Club, Horror BFFs Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley celebrate The Godfather of Gore once again with a double feature discussion of Lucio Fulci's Don't Torture a Duckling and The New York Ripper on this special Gialloween episode of Daily Dead's official podcast!

Daily Dead's Gialloween celebration continues on this episode of Corpse Club, as co-hosts Heather Wixson, Bryan Christopher, and Monte Yazzie discuss Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy's The Editor and Yann Gonzalez's Knife + Heart. From their clever homages to gialli of the past to their creative kills, scintillating scores, and bold styles all their own, listen as the co-hosts celebrate these intri...

Daily Dead's Gialloween celebration continues on this special episode of Corpse Club, as Heather Wixson is joined by screenwriter Marc Gottlieb (Triassic World, "Five Deaths in Blood Red" segment of Deathcember) to discuss the giallo films The Red Queen Kills Seven Times and Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye. From the films' creepy castle settings and macabre murder mysteries to their killer curses an...

We return to the drive-in to curate more of our own horror movie marathons that we'd love to see outdoors on the big screen! From sequels and musicals to invasion horror movies and films that feel like fall (as well as go-to movie candy and beverages), listen as Bryan Christopher, Tamika Jones, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James program drive-in horror movie marathons that you can enjoy from the c...

Enjoy the pleasure and pain of paradise as we wrap up our retrospective series on the Hellraiser franchise on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast!    Following in the footsteps of Dante's trip through the domains of the dead in the Divine Comedy, we conclude our Hellraiser retrospective series by visiting the "Heaven" of the fiery franchise: Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Tony Randel's He...

Heather Wixson is joined by horror journalist Anya Stanley to discuss Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this fall! From its Cult of Thorn mythology and depiction of Michael Myers to its Producer's Cut and performances by a cast that includes Donald Pleasence and Paul Rudd, listen as Heather and Anya discuss the divisive sixth entry in the Halloween franch...

Wrapping up their retrospective episodes on horror remakes released in 2010, Horror BFFs Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley take a look back at Steven R. Monroe's remake of Meir Zarchi's I Spit on Your Grave and Alexandre Aja's reimagining of Joe Dante's Piranha on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast!    From vengeful kills and controversial content to ferocious fish and horror comedy in...

On this special episode of Corpse Club, Heather Wixson is joined by filmmaker McG to discuss his new horror comedy The Babysitter: Killer Queen, which pits high school student Cole (Judah Lewis) against a resurgent satanic cult and is now streaming on Netflix!    Listen as McG talks with Heather about making the sequel to his 2017 film The Babysitter, including continuing Cole's coming-of-age stor...

  From movies and TV shows to video games, Corpse Club co-hosts Scott Drebit, Bryan Christopher, and Jonathan James have another " quarantine   catch - up " to discuss what they've been  up  to in their latest weeks of social distancing.    The co-hosts also discuss prepping for Halloween and virtual / socially distant events you can take part in during the Halloween season, including drive-in scr...

An SUV becomes a deadly prison when a snowstorm submerges a young couple on the side of the road in the new movie Centigrade, with the expectant mother and father-to-be battling not only the elements, but their trust in each other, too.    On this special episode of Corpse Club, Heather Wixson is joined by Centigrade director/co-writer Brendan Walsh to discuss his new survival thriller, which is o...

From Benny in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dewey Riley in the Scream movies to Rob Geller in Never Been Kissed and Chris McCormick in Eight Legged Freaks, David Arquette has played many unique roles in his career, but his most memorable onscreen appearance may come as himself in You Cannot Kill David Arquette.    On this special episode of Corpse Club, Heather Wixson is joined by special guest Arq...

"The only survivor did not come back alone." The historic Space Race becomes the backdrop for a living nightmare when a Russian cosmonaut returns to Earth with something alien (that doesn't seem to come in peace) inside him in the new sci-fi horror film Sputnik.    On this special episode of Corpse Club, Heather Wixson is joined by Sputnik director Egor Abramenko to discuss his feature film debut,...

Continuing their retrospective episodes on horror remakes released in 2010 that celebrate their 10th anniversaries this year, Horror BFFs Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley take a look back at Matt Reeves' reimagining of Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In (based on John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel of the same name) on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast!    Listen as Heather and Patrick...

Join us on a journey through the next stage of our retrospective series on the Hellraiser franchise on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast! Following in the footsteps of Dante's trip through the domains of the dead in the Divine Comedy, we continue our Hellraiser retrospective series by visiting Purgatory and diving into three more Hellraiser movies: Inferno, Bloodline, and Hell on Earth...

Dracula (1931) or Frankenstein (1931)? Hocus Pocus or Night of the Creeps? Halloween (1978) or A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)? What if you had to make a definitive, ultimate choice between two horror movies, saving one to cherish for all time and leaving the other one behind forever?  On this episode of Corpse Club, co-hosts Scott Drebit, Bryan Christopher, Derek Anderson, Jonathan James, and sp...

Daily Dead's Class of 1980 retrospective series continues on this episode of Corpse Club with a look back at some of our favorite horror and sci-fi releases of 1980! Listen as co-hosts Scott Drebit, Bryan Christopher, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James discuss Friday the 13th, Without Warning, The Empire Strikes Back, and more movies that first graced the big screen 40 years ago.    The co-hosts a...

Horror BFFs Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley continue Daily Dead's Class of 1980 retrospective series with a look back at Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill on this episode of Corpse Club!    Listen as Heather and Patrick take a deep dive into the classic horror film, from De Palma's innovative directing and clever camerawork to the film's killer mystery, psychological layers, and intriguing perfo...

Kicking off our Class of 1980 retrospective series, the Corpse Club co-hosts take a look back at Ken Russell's Altered States on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast! Listen as co-hosts Heather Wixson, Bryan Christopher, and special guest Monte Yazzie (Daily Dead contributor and Festival Director of The International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival) dive into the Oscar-nominated adaptatio...

Continuing their retrospective episodes on horror remakes released in 2010 that celebrate their 10th anniversaries this year, Horror BFFs Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley take a look back at Joe Johnston's remake of George Waggner's The Wolf Man on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast!    Listen as Heather and Patrick discuss the lycanthropic reimagining, including Rick Baker and Dave E...

On this episode of Corpse Club, Heather Wixson is joined by director Josephine Decker and screenwriter Sarah Gubbins to discuss their new movie Shirley (based on Susan Scarf Merrell's novel of the same name), which is out now on digital platforms via NEON.    Listen as Decker and Gubbins reflect on making a movie about the legendary author Shirley Jackson ("The Lottery," The Haunting of Hill House...