Grave Tone: Horror Podcast

In this bonus episode of Grave Tone Podcast, Meaghan and Arthur sit down with prolific character actor Mark Acheson for a wide-ranging conversation about craft, career, and Christmas horror. Mark is probably best known as the unforgettable Mailroom Guy from Elf (2003), but his career spans four decades, three Emmys (via his role in Fargo), Zack Snyder's Watch, Chronicles of Riddick, Brand New Cher...

We just got home from the theatre, and we're breaking down This Is Not a Test (2026), the new zombie horror film directed by Adam McDonald and based on the beloved Courtney Summers YA novel. Meaghan read the book (and the bonus sequel novella, Please Remain Calm). Arthur has a giant zombie-kill knife on his nightstand. We are, arguably, the ideal people to review this. This Is Not a Test just hit...

Psycho Killer (2026) is the first Disney-distributed film to land 0% on Rotten Tomatoes — and we just saw it opening night. Here's our full spoiler review. Written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, Sleepy Hollow), directed by debut director Gavin Polone, and starring Georgina Campbell as a revenge-driven state trooper hunting a ritualistic serial killer, Psycho Killer had everything going for it. So...

Sam Raimi is back in the horror director's chair, and it's glorious. On this bonus episode of Grave Tone Podcast, Meaghan and Arthur break down Send Help (2026), the survival horror thriller starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien as corporate co-workers stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. They dive into the film's sharp commentary on nepotism and corporate culture, the incredible...

We just got back from the theater to review Cold Storage (2026), the new horror comedy based on David Koepp's 2019 novel. This film has an absolutely stacked cast — Joe Keery (Stranger Things), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Liam Neeson, Leslie Manville, Sosie Bacon (Smile), Richard Brake, and Vanessa Redgrave — all trapped in a self-storage facility when a parasitic alien fungus escapes from a se...

Megan and Arthur review Whistle (2026), the new cursed-object horror where blowing an “Aztec death whistle” calls in something worse than a demon—your future death. This episode is spoiler-heavy: we talk kill highlights, what works (and what doesn’t), the movie’s throwback teen-horror vibe, and why it feels like a mashup of Final Destination chaos with Smile-style curse mechanics. Also: cast notes...

Childhood Trauma Horror Rewatch of Dolls (1987) and Poltergeist (1982) — with Horror Roulette Podcast. Evil dolls, haunted suburbia, clown nightmares, and iconic 80s practical effects… what still scares us now? Meaghan & Arthur (Grave Tone) team up with Nelly & Antony (Horror Roulette Podcast) to revisit two films that hit us at the worst possible age. We break down the moments that caused the dam...

Universal’s Dark Universe was supposed to be a Monster MCU — and The Mummy (2017) killed it. We break down Dracula Untold, The Mummy, Dr. Jekyll, and every reason the franchise collapsed. Universal tried to resurrect its legendary monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man, Invisible Man, The Mummy) inside one shared cinematic universe… and it cratered almost instantly. Follow us & Subscribe: Spoti...

We’re back, for the second time. After seeing 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple on Friday, January 16, 2026, we recorded our full review… and then the audio file vanished into the void. So at 7:00 a.m. (with coffee and pure spite), we did it again, because this movie is worth it. In this episode of Grave Tone Podcast, Meaghjan and Arthur break down why The Bone Temple is a massive step up and (for u...

In this episode of Grave Tone, Megan and Arthur record immediately after an early screening of Primate (2026)—a lean, mean creature feature where a beloved chimp named Ben turns deadly after a rabies incident, trapping a group of young friends in a remote cliffside home in Hawaii. We start with quick first reactions and a spoiler-free verdict on what Primate delivers: hard R gore, strong tension,...

Today we’re reviewing We Bury the Dead (2026) (written/directed by Zak Hilditch), starring Daisy Ridley as Ava—a woman who volunteers with a body retrieval unit while searching for her missing husband in a devastated Tasmania. FULL SPOILERS AHEAD: We discuss the movie’s zombie design, the “cognitive undead” idea we wish the film explored more, what worked (shots, tension spikes, performances), wha...

It’s the first Grave Tone episode of the year, and we’re kicking things off with a screener review of The Plague: a brutally realistic, deeply unsettling coming-of-age horror-thriller set at a boys’ water polo sleepaway camp. New kid Ben arrives already anxious… and immediately learns the camp’s “tradition”: the group chooses one boy to label as “the plague,” and everyone treats him as contagious....

It’s the end-of-year horror hangover episode: Megan and Arthur reveal their Top 10 Horror Movies of 2025, counting down from #10 to #1—without telling each other their lists ahead of time. They cover buzzy sequels that actually delivered, festival discoveries that deserve wider distribution, and the movies that hit hardest emotionally (even when the blood was flowing). Expect passionate takes on m...

Horror comes to life with the horror author Jonathan Janz on Grave Tone. In this episode, Jonathan breaks down how he landed in the officially authorized Stand universe — including the wild behind-the-scenes moment when Stephen King gave the green light for The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand (edited by Brian Keene and Christopher Golden) and why that “DO IT!!...

It’s finally holiday horror season… so we did the only sensible thing: watched all seven Silent Night, Deadly Night films and ranked them from worst to best, including the bonkers detours (psychic coma connections, witchy cult chaos, killer toys) and the entries that actually work as slashers. We also hit the theater for the new 2025 Silent Night, Deadly Night, and—spoiler alert—it’s way better th...

In this episode of Grave Tone, your hosts break down the sequel’s bigger budget, sleeker Jim Henson Creature Shop animatronics, and why the old, more deteriorated suits are still the truly scary ones. They talk about the PG-13 kills, the tame gore, and how the loudest cheers weren’t for creative deaths but for character reveals, Easter eggs, and fan-service moments pulled straight from the games a...

2026 is stacked with horror: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Evil Dead Burn, Soulm8te, Night Patrol, Send Help, new Exorcist and Resident Evil movies, The Bride!, a Robert Eggers werewolf film, and more. In this Grave Tone episode, we break down the best upcoming 2026 horror movies, from monster reboots and AI horror to sequels, reboots, and gothic nightmares you need on your watchlist. Follow us...

Welcome back to Gravestone, the horror podcast where childhood trauma becomes content. In this episode of our Childhood Trauma series, we dive into LINK (1986), the not-quite-chimp killer ape movie set in a remote English mansion with Elizabeth Shue, Terrence Stamp, and a very badly supervised group of apes. We start by reading the official IMDb synopsis… and then rewrite it with the honesty it de...

On this episode of Gravestone , Meaghan and Arthur talk all things Keeper (2025) , Osgood Perkins’ latest folk horror about a couple’s anniversary trip that devolves into a surreal nightmare of toxic romance, creepy cabins, and generational sacrifices. Fresh out of a Sunday screening (plus a long drive and some seriously annoying talkers in the theater), they break down their spoiler-filled reacti...

Predator: Badlands might be the freshest take on the franchise yet. We break down why making Dex—the Yautja—our actual protagonist changes everything, how full-CG facial capture makes this the most emotive Predator we’ve seen, and why a story with no humans on screen somehow feels… more human. We also get into the Weyland-Yutani connective tissue to Alien , the surprisingly funny script beats, and...

We caught up with James Kondelik (writer/director) and Wai Sun Cheng (producer) right after the world premiere of PITFALL at ScreamFest LA 2025 . They walk us through how a simple premise— a hiker trapped in a spike-lined pit in the woods —became a raw, character-driven survival slasher . We cover how the movie was made , the team’s emphasis on painful, tactile, practical effects , the cast (inclu...

It’s a cozy-spooky Halloween at Gravestone: Megan & Arthur hit record on Halloween night and switch things up with a storytelling game, each brings three short scary tales : two based in fact, one pure fiction. The other has to spot the fake…to win the pot of candy . Play along! Highlights we talk through: Chelsea’s 1981 Halloween murders and those strange Son of Sam prison whispers about a planne...

The most-funded horror on Kickstarter is finally in theaters—here’s what Shelby Oaks gets right after Neon’s reshoots, and why that mockumentary-to-feature opening still rules. We break down the found-footage DNA, Camille Sullivan’s performance, the demon’s slow reveal, and the spoiler-heavy ending. We also revisit the film’s road from Fantasia to wide release, Mike Flanagan’s light-touch EP role,...

In this episode of Grave Tone , Meaghan and Arthur dig into Pitfall (2025) —a backwoods survival slasher that premiered at Screamfest LA —without spoilers. Think 127 Hours , but make it horror… and give the villain a Rambo-style edge. We break down why the characters feel capable (not cannon fodder), how the practical work sells the pain, and why the cast chemistry keeps the tension human. We also...

The Black Phone 2 (2025) review: Gwen takes center stage as winter-camp horror, dream-phone lore, and a meaner Grabber turn this sequel into a tense, atmospheric surprise. Is it as good as the original? We go spoiler-free first, then dive into spoilers: the icy setting, Sinister/Elm Street vibes, Ethan Hawke behind the mask, continuity callbacks (Fin vs. Finney), the dad’s big scene, darker cinema...