Fear and Beer: A Halloween Horror Nights Podcast

Another speculation map, another episode! Nick and Shamus dive into this map given to us by Horror Night Nightmares and speculate the changes and possible wait times for this years event! We are getting closer and closer to the season! We can almost smell the fog!

In this special HHN @ Home event episode we take a look back at all past scare zones and select 10 to be turned into houses as we create a full map with these special properties getting the recognition they deserve!

In this giant milestone episode for us we finally hit 1 year of podcasting for all you wonderful people and boy do we have a show for you! Huge announcement from the get go and then we dive into some HHN talk with this amazing group of fellow creators. We discuss each groups Top 5 Things We Are Excited For This Year at HHN30! After that we get into a Pick Em debate as each person has to pick certa...

Nick and Shamus finally after about a year got their first interview in! The very first one is with Justin Lewkowitz a lighting technician for Halloween Horror Nights Orlando. In this episode we dive into how he got to where he is, how the process of lighting the scare zones/streets comes out and what he's excited for going forward!

We had a lot of ground to cover after a couple busy weeks! In this episode we catch up on a few things as we briefly discuss the HHN Hollywood Speculation map from Horror Night Nightmares, our time at Spooky Empire and then finally to talk about what if we got an 11th house this year! What would we want it to be? Be sure to listen all the way through because at the end we discuss what our next two...

The Cabin in the Woods! We thought this was a 10 year anniversary, but memory did not serve us well so we are doing this to celebrate the 9th year of its release! Nick and Shamus have seen this instant classic before, but Kevin had not. Listen along to hear our takes and his first watch reaction to this wild ride of a movie!

You are now on the clock.... in this draft style episode Nick and Shamus are joined by Jimmy to draft Horror Movie directors. We each have 6 sub-genres of horror (slasher, monster, paranormal, zombie, psychological and body horror) and need to pick one director to attach to each one of those! Who will get taken off the board first? Alfred Hitchcock? John Carpenter? Wes Craven? Rob Zombie? Listen a...

In this fantasy created event we are bringing you an all 80's event themed around...you guessed it. 80's! IPs, Pop Culture, Toys and everything in between! We did however did not devout houses to some of the obvious choices so listen along to see what we would plan for this event!

In new format to Killer Reviews we did more a free flow of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 masterpiece The Shining. We discuss all the wild theories and conspiracies that revolve around this movie. Grab a beer, sit back and listen to us discuss! 

We have a spec map! From the peeps over at Horror Night Nightmares so let's discuss! What is the same? What is different? What will change? What will be the scariest or most fun house? Listen to find out!

WE FINALLY HAVE HHN NEWS! TELL ONE, TELL ALL! Join us this week as we go through the news we did get and what that may mean come September! Also we give you our insight (none, merely guesses) on what to expect this fall!

The luck of the Irish....just ran out for all of us. Listen along as Nick, Shamus and Kevin go through 1993 cult hit Leprechaun staring Jennifer Aniston and Warwick Davis!

In this episode Nick and Shamus go through various musical bands/artists that could have been a great fit for Halloween Horror Nights at one time or another. Who would you love to see be worked into a house?

What if there was a movie about The Usher? What about Jack? or Terra Queen? Who would play them in these films/series and who would direct each piece? Nick and Shamus discuss these various Icons and "cast" the actors/actresses and directors of each film. Let us know who you'd cast on each project!

This month is starting like all others! A Killer Reviews and this time we dive into the 2009 "classic" My Bloody Valentine that decides the only thing better about remaking an older slasher movie is adding terrible acting, unredeemable characters and 3D kills! Join us as we go into this piece and discuss.

Nick and Shamus go through a handful of horror movies that came out in 2020. What we liked and what we didn't! Tune in as talk about The Invisible Man, His House, The Lodge, Host and a few more.

The decade has come and gone and we take a look back at some of the memorable houses we either wish we could have seen in person or relive one last time. We picked the 10 houses we'd love to see on the map one last time if there ever could be a "Greatest Hits of" for Halloween Horror Nights Orlando. Part 2 we go through the IPs that HHN creative gave us.

We decided during the week that instead of looking back at the dumpster fire that was 2020 we are instead going to keep looking towards 2021! In this episode Nick and Shamus go through what is on their list of horror movies they are looking forward to in the coming year!

The decade has come and gone and we take a look back at some of the memorable houses we either wish we could have seen in person or relive one last time. We picked the 10 houses we'd love to see on the map one last time if there ever could be a "Greatest Hits of" for Halloween Horror Nights Orlando. Part 1 we go through the originals that HHN creative gave us.

We kick of this month just like every other month. KILLER REVIEWS! Only this time we are welcoming in a new year and with that we tagged along on the ride of the "Terror Train" a 1980 slasher staring Jamie Lee Curtis and David Copperfield (yes the magician). Three years after a prank went wrong six college students are targeted by a masked killer on a train that takes a New Years Eve party turns m...

Who is the best hero in Horror? We picked 16 heroic characters, set them up in a bracket and discussed who would come out on top match up by match up! Sidney Prescott? Dr. Loomis? Laurie Strode? Ripley? Who ended up taking the crown? Find out to listen!

Nick and Shamus each present a new (semi) look at a few holiday traditions that could work as a fun twisted house if HHN ever dipped their toes back into the Christmas/Halloween cross-over world again much like they did with Krampus back in 2016!

This week Nick and Shamus dive into the 2016 psychological thriller Better Watch Out, where a "home invasion" takes a quick and drastic turn for the worse.

In this episode Shamus and Nick are joined by Jimmy as we watch through a handful of Christmas themed Horror movies to determine what we want to watch for our December Killer Reviews!

In this split co-op episode we and the HHN365 guys each come up with a BRAND NEW HHN Icon! Listen along as we blind reveal the stories and images of these new faces of fear! For Part 2 head over to the HHN365 feed and continue listening along!