Fright Club Podcast

Hope and George are back in front of a great live audience at Gateway Film Center to count down their favorite horror flicks that are caught in a time loop!

Hope and George have made their list and checked it twice...the best horror films of the year! Join us!

Hope and George count down their latest top 5 in front another great live crowd!

Join us as we count down our favorite horror films about traveling abroad!

What a treat to get a Halloween visit from the legendary Elvira!

Who let the scary dogs out? We don't know, but join us to count down our favorites!

Join us to count down our favorite vehicular horror flicks!

Garb a drink and join Hope and George for a crawl through the best bars in horror!

Hope and George are back to count down their favorites in amusement park horror!

Special guest Jen Dreadful joins Hope and George to count down their favorites in gas station horror!

Director Ben Young joins us to talk about his film Hounds of Love, one of the great pics we discuss in this countdown of the best Missing Persons Horror.

ver since Romero reimagined the mindless monster in 1968, horror cinema’s go-to beast has been the zombie. Perfect for true terror or splatter comedy – or, hell, even a romantic comedy now and again – films of the undead proliferated faster than a zombie horde. You can find them in nearly every genre, on almost every continent, and in just about every possible medium including children’s books. (I...

Viscosity! That’s the name of the game today, and it’s a messy, messy game to play. Today we slip and slide through the sloppiest movies we could find as we count down the most inspired use of body fluids in horror. The whole mess is recorded live at Gateway Film Center. And don’t forget to bring a towel!

Is it really that time already? Yes, 2019 is half over and that means taking a gander backward to appreciate the horror we’ve witnessed thus far. Two first film filmmakers leave a mark while three of the greats remind us why they have that ranking.

We are beyond delighted to have been allowed to screen Jim Jarmusch’s new zombie classic The Dead Don’t Die two days in advance of its national opening. To honor this remarkable film and its amazing cast, we look at the best other horror movies that star these actors.

Our friend is looking to buy her first home and our only advice was probably the same advice she got from everyone: check the basement for the gateway to hell. That always causes trouble for new homebuyers, doesn’t it? Indeed, these netherworld exits and entrances don’t exist only in suburban basements. Nope, you can find them anywhere. In fact, you can even create your own. No idea why you would...

Why fear the sea? The same reason to see menace in the deep, dark unknown of space or the dense and dizzying claustrophobia of the forest: because it’s really hard to see what’s in there. That leaves us to our imagination, and when is that ever a good idea? Here, then, are some of the most imaginative ways horror filmmakers terrorized us with tales of what lies beneath.

Horror has a love/hate relationship with hippies. I suppose most of us do. And while some of the greatest films in the genre were made by Sixties freaks George Romero, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper and the like, most of the time hippies’ onscreen representation got wrapped up in Manson hysteria. Daniel Baldwin from Bloody Disgusting joins us to count down the best horror movies involving hippies. George...

Lesbians in horror have come a long way since Jesus DeFranco’s bloodthirsty nymphettes. In fact, we are now at the glorious point in history in which story leads can be lesbians for no particular reason—their sexual orientation not a metaphor for anything at all. They’re just characters. Nice! There are so many great options that we had to leave many off. What were we looking for? Main characters...

No genre has more invested in the twist ending – in being able to pull the rug out from under you at the last possible second – than horror. The best are the films that truly sneak up on you, making you re-examine everything that preceded the surprise. Andy Ussery of Black Cat’s Shadow podcast joins us and he has an entirely different list of movies – that’s how many there are!

The Law figures heavily in horror films. Most of them depict crimes. Bloody, bloody crimes. So, in many cases, the authorities must be brought in. And there are some outstanding genre films depicting a law enforcement officer as hero—Jaws and Slither spring to mind. They are also villains as often as bumbling side characters (we’re looking at you Inside and Last House on the Left). Today we want t...

Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab. The cold, sterile morgue. That basement examination room with those drawers that should really never open on their own. Those rows of tables with sheets that should not just blow around. It’s a quiet, peaceful place where, in horror movies, attractive naked women lay prone and yet onscreen without a line of dialog for 90 minute stretches. That’s not t...

Love is in the air! God help us, especially those who are throwing themselves into the love game. It’s horrifying, right? Scary, vulnerable, awkward, and really bloody once the power tools come out. Horror filmmakers know a good subject when they see one. Here are our five favorite films focused on the quest to find and secure love.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:39 — 22.2MB) | Embed It’s that time of year! The Academy celebrates the best work in the industry and we celebrate the early, mainly terrible work of those same nominees. It’s Skeletons in the Closet season, people! We will let you know up front that, because Sam Rockwell and Bradley Cooper have already been subjects of the program, we will not...

Science Fiction and Horror are cousins—creepy, often slimy cousins. Cousins with pustules, often. There are so many utterly brilliant options to pick through that our omissions are bound to frustrate and upset, but whether your horror comes from the lab, from space or from the space/time continuum, when you watch these five, your neighbors will hear you scream.