Halloween is Forever

Starting off 2026 with an aborted, mutant baby new year is definitely a choice. One Brian and Steve gladly make to talk about a real New York classic. Clearly inspired by the schlock coming from Troma and Frank Henenlotter at the time, The Suckling tackles women's rights and autonomy with the same deft tact as yelling slurs outside of Planned Parenthood. Full of non-actors who would go on to nothi...

It's still the holiday break and therefore we're still talking holiday horror. This week Steve is joined by his former Hop Nation USA cohost Adam, so Steve can once again make normie watch extreme splatter horror. This time it's horror shorts. First, the 2008 evergreen-sploitation film Treevenge from the director of Hobo with a Shotgun and stars of The Trailer Park Boys. Then it's a brand new zomb...

It's once again Christmastime and Brian and Steve divide and conquer the holidays with solo shows. First up is Brian and his daughters as they talk about the somewhat spooky ghosts of the Dickens classic retelling. Tune in to find out which Christmas Carol is the favorite among kids. Is it Sonic? How tall do they think Michael Caine is? All that plus Brian announces our January Showdown topic and...

Kellie from the Final Girls returns to tackle the wildest punishment film to date with Brian and Steve. Is it an existential look at the impact of nuclear fear on the nuclear family? Is it a meta exploration of the nature of exploitation in the fetish industry? Is it a summoning circle drawing Tommy Wisseau, Neil Breen, Seymour Butts, John Waters and David Lynch into a Captain Planet like cinema e...

Slay bells ringing, are you listening? Well you best heed them as they herald the return of the Christmas Horror showdown with ... Curtains for Christmas (2024) vs To All A Good Night (1980) vs The Gingerdead Man (2005)   Will Steve double his Steve power for a win, or will it be curtains for his holiday cheer? Can Kellie of the Final Girls take the guys to finishing school, or is she headed for a...

Slay bells ringing, are you listening? Well you best heed them as they herald the return of the Christmas Horror showdown with ... Curtains for Christmas (2024) vs To All A Good Night (1980) vs The Gingerdead Man (2005)   Will Steve double his Steve power for a win, or will it be curtains for his holiday cheer? Can Kellie of the Final Girls take the guys to finishing school, or is she headed for a...

It's time to ring ting tingle in the season. We start this year with a parody of the all the Hallmark Christmas movies that was actually produced under the Hellmark banner for SyFy channel. Holly accidentally kills her parents with a letter to Satan as a child and moves to the big city as an adult. When her big city job brings her home for the holidays, will she find the man ... men ... man and op...

Once again it's time to be thankful for podcasts who do holiday programming. Whether you need something on your travels or to shut out your family as they espouse the benefits of colloidal silver, Brian and Steve got you covered. They travel all the way back to 2019 for the anthology film about the true meaning of Thanksgiving. What would you do if your loser family made you spend the yummiest day...

The filmmaker most in tune with Brian and Steve's sensibilities, Steven Kostanski, has a new film. This time he's remade a sword and sorcery from the 80s, Deathstalker. And while the film is an homage to those films, it's also tribute to all the others like Conan, Masters of the Universe, The Beastmaster, and even Ray Harryhausen films. All retold through the lens of 90s kid who loved the Power Ra...

Trash and Chaos! The Great Psycho of them All! Love has no borders, nationalities or genders! These are the tenants of the Japanese B-movie zombie U.F.O. comedy starring garage-noise-rockabilly band Guitar Wolf. Guitar Wolf may say trans rights, but zombies have no rights. Follow Ace as he learns the true meaning of rock 'n' roll with the aid of his favorite band, and the crazy cast of side charac...

In the times before Amazon and Wal-Mart, people use to do battle for the holiday deals. And that battleground was the mall! Go back to the 80s as battle rages once again in... Hide and Go Shriek (1988) vs Night of the Comet (1984) vs Chopping Mall (1986) Can the patrons ride the elevator of success, or will they struggle at hiding not being in a mall? Will Steve reclaim the belt as an early Christ...

In the times before Amazon and Wal-Mart, people use to do battle for the holiday deals. And that battleground was the mall! Go back to the 80s as battle rages once again in... Hide and Go Shriek (1988) vs Night of the Comet (1984) vs Chopping Mall (1986) Can the patrons ride the elevator of success, or will they struggle at hiding not being in a mall? Will Steve reclaim the belt as an early Christ...

On the week of Halloween, Brian and Steve go trick or treating for short films both horror and of the season. Thanks to the Hallow Ian Horror Hour, Haunted Hangover Podcast, Force Five Podcast and Subcinema.org for their suggestions Films featured - The Ballerina; Dir. Aaron Fradkin Just Stay In; Dir. Noah J Welter The Need; Dir. EE Tallent & Michael Rognlie Bio-Cop; Dir. Steven Kostanski Warn...

No it's not the sequel to the 1998 hit Blade where they add another Wesley Snipes; it's the golf course lawnmower parody of Jaws. Brought into homes by Troma, of course, and inflicted upon this show by Bigfoot Ben. Brian and Steve suffer through this no-Pro, only Am joke that should've been a 3 minute fake trailer instead of full length film over 90 minutes. Plus our November Showdown topic announ...

Lights out in the mist. Rising from the brackish mire. Rushing through the mossy trees. It's the return! The Boghag is here! Meg joins Brian and Steve for their near yearly discussion of the latest entry into the Bloody Disgusting and Shudder anthology series V/H/S/*. Find out if this installment is a trick or a treat? Is it a full sized bar, a lovely variety, or did some put a razor blade in the...

It's time once again to the Aos sí spirits of Samhain to bestow us gifts or curses from the Wheel O' Ween in ...    Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) vs The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) vs Slugs (1988) vs Halloweentown (1998)   Can Steve get his revenge for a BS loss last month, or are his chances headed down river to hobo town? Will BigWeen Ben declare himself the Pumpkin King...

The final days before we dive full force into the reason for the season, Brian and Steve are watching a new to ScreamBox Indonesian horror. It's called The Draft! aka Setan Alas! And it's not what you think. Our review is full spoilers, but also adds context to some of the things lost culturally. It's both a movie that deserves to be seen completely cold, but also can be enhanced by context, so li...

As the spooky season grows in power, we watch our first film set during Halloween. Brian and Steve don't fear the follow up film from the director of The Puppetman. In fact, they may have simply preferred a sequel. Tune in to find out more about this slasher (but not really) crossed with a detective mystery (but only kind of) and why it isn't The House of the Devil.   Plus we announce our final gu...

It's Lucy McConky vs Captain Boomerang in the Rumble Down Under. Brian and Steve took an excursion to see the Dangerous Animals. A patchwork of more popular films like Creep, Twister, Silence of the Lambs, and Jaws, that combine to make Jai Courtney's best performance. Tune in to find out what happens when a serial killer tag teams with sharks to ruin obnoxious tourists' days. Plus a Wheel O' Ween...

What if The Terminator and Robocop were mostly stern phone calls? What if the main android of those films was your stepdad after a couple beers at your little league game? Boy those movies would suck. Thankfully, R.O.T.O.R. was stupid so the other films didn't have to be. Depressed robots, American Gladiators, pre-Buc-ee's craze Texas, and nary a line of original dialogue. It's all here in this mo...

A film featuring The Toxic Avenger director Macon Blair, another with infamous actor Mickey Rourke, and a third featuring two rats fighting over a hot dog. This is the definition of art when it's ...  Bag Boy Lover Boy (2014) vs Murder Party (2007) vs Fade to Black (1980)   Will the patrons pick up another win against their hosts, or will they fumble the bag? Can Steve keep the belt and party, or...

A film featuring The Toxic Avenger director Macon Blair, another with infamous actor Mickey Rourke, and a third featuring two rats fighting over a hot dog. This is the definition of art when it's ...  Bag Boy Lover Boy (2014) vs Murder Party (2007) vs Fade to Black (1980)   Will the patrons pick up another win against their hosts, or will they fumble the bag? Can Steve keep the belt and party, or...

This week we're going to talk to you about the one of the best horror films of 2025. The deeply layered, well planned sophomore effort from the Australian Philippou brothers is a bummer. But, it's a really well-made bummer, so you can't deny it. Hear our thoughts on the motifs of the film, how we feel about Paddington 2 and how to properly eat knife.   Plus an update on the September Showdown   Fi...

Brian and Steve dip into the world of the boob tube for the latest premium cable show from the FX/Hulu/Disney syndicate. A show about how 5 corporations own everything, technology worsens lives, ecological disasters are second to profits and the kids are sent to work. Can it resonate in today's world world of 12 corporate masters? Perhaps if we had acid-blooded killing machines, we would be able t...

The following film contains Wizards, Vampires, Zombies, Ghosts, and 3 Stooges bits. The blender that is 80s Hong Kong cinema. Starring, written and directed by Sammo Hung; alt title Spooky Encounters follows the daring Bold Cheung as he fights for his life against the undead, a horrible boss, and a cheating wife. Classic kung fu action mixes, folk monster lore, comedy and delivers on one of the mo...