Fear and Beer: A Halloween Horror Nights Podcast

This week, we’re heading to Castle Rock for a rabidly intense slice of Stephen King horror with Cujo! What starts as a routine trip to the mechanic quickly turns into a brutal fight for survival when a once-friendly St. Bernard turns savage after a bat bite. Trapped in a sweltering car with no help in sight, a mother and son must face not just the beast outside, but their own mounting desperation...

The final HHN34 original house has been revealed and it’s Galkin: Monsters of the North! We break down the cold, creepy possibilities of what monsters and mythos might be lurking in this chilling new house. Then, we fire up the nostalgia and look back at last year’s Spooky Week to see how our hype for HHN34 compares to the chaos and excitement of HHN33!

This week on Shudder Sundays, we’re diving into the chilling world of ventriloquism, curses, and one unforgettable ghost story with Dead Silence!   From the minds behind Saw and The Conjuring, this underrated gem blends eerie atmosphere with classic supernatural scares. After his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his haunted hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation...

El Artista! Hatchet and Chains! Dolls! Graveyard! What a week for HHN fans! In this episode, we’re breaking down everything from our time at Spooky Empire (including the HHN panel) and diving deep into the four original houses announced so far. AND if another house gets announced on Friday, June 27, be sure to follow us on social because we’re going LIVE on YouTube and Facebook to talk about it an...

This week on Shudder Sundays, we’re taking a twisted walk down the YellowBrickRoad but trust us, there’s no Emerald City at the end of this journey. YellowBrickRoad follows a group of researchers investigating the mysterious disappearance of an entire New Hampshire town back in 1940. We break down the eerie atmosphere, psychological horror, and that unforgettable sound design that makes YellowBric...

In a hybrid podcast/live format we bring you this week's episode with amazing news! WE HAVE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT! That's right...on a Friday of all days (who could have guessed?), but not just any Friday; Friday the 13th! Which can only mean one thing! JASON VOORHEES IS BACK! Let's dive into the announcement video, the press release and even the preview merch!

This month we are playing a bit of catch up so as a we start this month we cover the movie we were suppose to finish with last month for our "Halfway to Halloween" theme!   All Hallows' Eve is a 2013 American horror anthology film written, edited, and directed by Damien Leone. The film is presented as a series of shorts that two children and their babysitter discover on an unmarked videotape on Ha...

Well it's officially ANNOUNCEMENT Season! We have zoomed through Speculation Season right into the official stuff! We had a 1/2 of an announcement on Sunday night with the confirmation that Five Night At Freddy's will be at Halloween Horror Nights Orlando and Hollywood in some capacity AND we got our FIRST House Announcement in the form of Fallout! On top of that we got all kinds of tickets, add o...

In the past 2 weeks we have missed a lot! Speculation Map 2.0 from Horror Night Nightmares, a Spooky Empire HHN Panel, HHN34 Preview Merch and so much more! We also spent 2 days at Epic Universe AND hosted our 5 Year Anniversary/100 Days Until HHN Trivia event! Why waste any more time? Let's dive in!

We're keeping the "Halfway to Halloween" vibes going strong for this month's Shudder Sundays with a look at The Houses October Built! Now streaming on Shudder is the original 2011 version of The Houses October Built — and we had to check it out to see how it stacks up against the more well-known 2014 release. What we discovered is a creepy, documentary-style film that blurs the line between fact a...

To fill in hopefully some of the last "quiet" weeks before we get the ball actually rolling on Halloween Horror Nights this year we figured a little AMA would be a fun way to talk about stuff YOU want us to talk about!

For the month of May we are going to be celebrating the season of "Halfway to Halloween"! What better way to get into the "Halloween" season than Halloween itself!  Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece Jamie. Can Dr. Loomis stop him? Where does this Halloween iteration land in your fran...

After a mini break we are back with the whole gang! This week we're going to discuss all the recent and not so recent rumors we've seen/heard about Halloween Horror Nights 34.   What seems to be sticking? Are some rumors dead at this point? Is there anything new? (Yes, yes there is!)   Grab a cold one and let's dive in!

To round out of month of April's category of "Best New Shudder Movies" we dive into the 2024 Crime Thriller Dead Mail! An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator Jasper to a kidnapped keyboard technician. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men's home where Jasper lives....

He has risen! (and by he, we mean a new Speculation Map) That's right! Thanks to the folks over at Horror Night Nightmares we have received an updated and slightly altered Speculation Map for the upcoming season. What are some of the biggest changes? Tune in to find out!

This April, we’re diving into some of the freshest and freakiest new titles that just dropped on Shudder! Up next is The Rule of Jenny Penn! A 2024 New Zealand psychological horror film based on Owen Marshall's short story of the same name.  Directed by James Ashcroft and starring John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush! Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former J...

Since things have been pretty quiet on the rumor front lately—especially with barely any new house whispers and absolutely zero Scare Zone buzz—we figured it’s the perfect time to ask: what do we want to see this year at HHN? Are there certain vibes or aesthetics that feel overdue for a comeback? Maybe a specific theme, era, or atmosphere that hasn’t gotten the spotlight in a while?  Let’s start m...

This April, we're diving deep into the shadows to spotlight the freshest—and most fear-inducing—new arrivals haunting Shudder. Next up: Shadow of God When an elite exorcist takes matters into his own hands, performing an unauthorized ritual on his own father, he expects to confront a demon. But what he encounters is something far more mysterious—and far more terrifying. As the lines between good a...

This April, we’re spotlighting the freshest and most fear-inducing new arrivals to Shudder — and kicking things off with a bloody bang. First up: Bloody Axe Wound, a twisted coming-of-age slasher that’s equal parts gory and gripping. Starring Sari Arambulo, Molly Brown, Billy Burke, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the film follows Abbie Bladecut (Arambulo), a teenager grappling with the terrifying legacy...

Due to some technical difficulties, our original Round Table Crossover episode has vanished into the digital void. But there’s no way we could miss out on discussing Horror Night Nightmares’ very first Speculation Map of the season!   We will do our best to CONJURE “The Lost Episode”, but in the mean time join us as we all three of us dive into these symbols, put our thinking caps on, SCREAM at ea...

For the final week of Jamie’s Picks, we’re diving into the B-grade horror sci-fi classic—Mosquito! After a brutal massacre by giant, human-sized mosquitoes, a group of survivors must band together to fight off the relentless swarm and make it out alive. Have you seen this one? What are your thoughts?

Welcome to Week 3 of Jamie’s Picks! This time, we're diving deep into the neon-drenched, mind-bending world of Enter The Void. 🌌💊 Directed by Gaspar Noé, this visually stunning acid-trip drama takes us through the afterlife in a way you've never seen before. Set in the vibrant yet haunting nightlife of Tokyo, the story follows Oscar, a young American drug dealer who is fatally shot by police—yet...

We’ve crafted our own HHN events, drafted ideas, and designed original Houses and Scare Zones—but can AI do it better? This week, we put ChatGPT to the test, asking it to create the ultimate Halloween Horror Nights event, complete with 10 Houses, 5 Scare Zones, and an original Icon. What did it come up with? And is it actually any good? Let’s break it down and find out!

March is Jamie's Picks! For Week 2, we're diving back into the eerie world of Damien McCarthy. After covering Oddity and falling in love with his chilling style, we had to check out more of his work—and that led us to Caveat! Starring Johnny French and Leila Sykes, this psychological horror follows a drifter with partial memory loss who takes a job caring for a disturbed woman in a secluded island...

March Madness is back—but with a terrifying twist! Forget NCAA basketball; we’re bringing our own bracket challenge to the table! This year, we’re pitting some of our favorite recent Scare Zones against each other to determine which one would make the ultimate haunted house. Will the neon-soaked chaos of Anarch-Cade reign supreme? Or will Jungle of Doom emerge as the underdog Cinderella story of t...