Halloween is Forever

When given the choice between a Cuckoo and The Crow, Brian and Steve have only one answer. Choosey podcast hosts choose, Cuckoo. The sophmore feature from Tillman Singer stars hot talent Hunter Schafer (Euphoria, Kinds of Kindness) and Dan Stevens (Downton Abigail). A bizarre mystery unfolds in the German Alps under Institution-core aesthetics. Do you have the time to watch and listen?   Plus we a...

Brian and Steve take a chance on the newly released Milk & Serial. The $800 budgeted, found footage horror film debuted on YouTube from the comedy and filmmaking group That's A Bad Idea. Essentially the opposite of what we talked about in our Starry Eyes discussion, this is a group of friends who actually get things made rather than paying lip service. Tune in as we break down all the good thi...

Our September Showdown went the way of the patrons, which means they got to pick this week's punishment film. Thankfully, they didn't feel like punishing their favorite podcast and had us watch the mashup of Don Coscarelli x Bruce Campbell. Old Elvis and old, Black JFK fight an even older Mummy and his scarab sidekick in the weird fiction adaptation Bubba Ho-Tep. Plus we debate the new Wolfman and...

  Brat summer is over! Occult Autumn is here with . . . The House of the Devil (2009) vs Starry Eyes (2014) vs A Dark Song (2016)   Can the patrons eclipse the hosts, or have they dialed up the wrong number? Can Steve shine as a star, or are his ambitions about to be tatered? Is Brian ready to conjure a third win, or will he be left salty?   Tune in as two mutant horror nerds and their fans rip ea...

Brat summer is over! Occult Autumn is here with . . . The House of the Devil (2009) vs Starry Eyes (2014) vs A Dark Song (2016)   Can the patrons eclipse the hosts, or have they dialed up the wrong number? Can Steve shine as a star, or are his ambitions about to be tatered? Is Brian ready to conjure a third win, or will he be left salty?   Tune in as two mutant horror nerds and their fans rip each...

Brat summer is over! Occult Autumn is here with . . . The House of the Devil (2009) vs Starry Eyes (2014) vs A Dark Song (2016)   Can the patrons eclipse the hosts, or have they dialed up the wrong number? Can Steve shine as a star, or are his ambitions about to be tatered? Is Brian ready to conjure a third win, or will he be left salty?   Tune in as two mutant horror nerds and their fans rip each...

You got yourself a big blender and in that blender you toss in film school experimental films, retrofuturism, beefcakes, Instagram models, the bad guy from Blade, monster squids and Darren Aronofsky's dumb guy affinity for the Bible. Blend it up and you've got yourself some Divinity; which is a different recipe from the movie. Brian and Steve watch a 90 minute cologne ad and have thoughts. Plus we...

Alien fever has once again gripped the nation with the release of Romulus, so we're watching the ultimate sequel in James Cameron's Alien$. We're talking: extended version vs theatrical cut and what puts this in a league of its own outside of the franchise, even Ridley Scott's original. Plus all our favorite scenes and what makes this its own corporate horror. Also we announce our September Showdo...

Brian and Steve travel to all the way back to 2007 Japan for their hair appointment. Nani?! It's schlock J-horror director Sion Sono's Ekusute. The classic tale of organ harvest victim turned hair ghost meets hair pervert morgue worker. The film features Chiaki Kuriyama of Kill Bill and Battle Royale. Is this the kind of film that grows on you? Tune in and find out.   Instagram: https://www.instag...

It's the smash of the summer when Brian, Steve and their patrons have a Bash at the Beach . . . The Sand (2015) vs Dead & Buried (1981) vs Club Dread (2004) Can the patrons secure their first victory with some pepper spray and hotdogs, or will they be left spinning their tires in the sand? Will Brian be able to retain his title and the secret to keeping a streak alive, or is he destined to for...

It's time to pay the Penance...of a boring edgelord movie. From the year of 2009 when everything was torture and found footage, one director dared to mix the two. Then he hired recognizable faces Tony Todd and Michael Rooker for the smallest cameos that still allowed him to put their names on the promotional material. Tune in as Brian gets lessons in anatomy and stripping culture from Steve.   Ins...

Cuckoo! It's a Nic Cage double feature with back-to-back episodes with the best nepobaby around. This time he features in the film of another nepobaby, Osgood Perkins. We're talking Satanic serial killer thriller Longlegs, and we have nothing but good things to say. From Maika Monroe's white knuckle performance to the dread inducing cinematography to the clues ridden throughout the film. Take a tr...

Brian and Steve watch the newest Nicolas Cage film released over the weekend, not called Longlegs. It's Arcadian; a post-apocalyptic story of a father trying to raise his two sons in a world of monsters. In an incredible twist, Cage doesn't have the most eccentric, off-the-wall performance . . . it's the monsters. Goof Troop, mount up and tune in.   Plus we announce our August Showdown topic.   In...

It's Swords & Satanism this week on the pod as Brian forces Steve to watch another Steve live out his dreams. Empire of the Dark from 1990 was written, directed, starred and more by Steve Barkett. It also features his son Christopher playing his son. The Barkett boys get down with broadswords as they chop down demonic druids out to sacrifice women to a bigger stop-motion demon. It rules.   Fin...

It's going to be a great American bash when Brian takes on Steve in the main event of ...    Mil Mascaras vs The Aztec Mummy (2007) vs Monster Brawl (2011)   Can Steve turn into a Mary-Sue and secure the belt, or will he not do a good lucha thing? Will Brian mash out a monster victory, or is he going to be counting the lights?   Tune in as two mutant horror nerds rip each other’s guts out on the w...

We must've angered Tubi in some fashion to curse Brian and Steve with Dinosaur Hotel 3. From the same people vomiting out every public domain horror and Christmas princess dog film in Britain, comes another hastily slapped together, unfinished, (alleged) tax scheme or (alleged) public funding grift film. What if Squid Games with Dinosaurs was in a foreclosed British estate? It'd suck. And it does....

Brian and Steve catch up on their Shudder watching with newly released film from Robert Morgan. Stopmotion is mixed media horror combing a psychological thriller with a Tool music video. It's also a mixed-metaphor film combing trauma, inheritance of mental unwellness, the artist's struggle and Greek mythology. We take it frame-by-frame for this film that may be one of our favorites of the year.  ...

Brian and Steve lost the showdown last week to Louie their guest from the Haunted Hangover. Louie used his power of the punishment film to make them watch the film he wrote in 2013. The classic tale about a clown who kills a bunch of people for revenge for a crime he didn't commit and then comes back 10 years later to kill the kids of the people he killed and use those killings to bring back his d...

This month we take a strange trip to the weirdest state, Indiana. Brian and Steve are joined by Louie from the Haunted Hangover Podcast to pit their favorite Eerie episodes in ... America's Scariest Home Videos vs Mr. Chaney vs. The Lost Hour   Can Louie wrap up a guest spot title win, or will he be sent home crying to his mummy? Is Brian able to Root out a victory for himself, or is it "Spain Tim...

This week Brian and Steve take a trip to the Irish (English) countryside with Rawhead Rex. They examine the film, the original Clive Barker story, and the Steve Niles adapted comic. What's different? What doesn't work? Why is the movie Rawhead essentially the Ultimate Warrior on a nose binge? Also piss talk. We hooooooooope you listen.   Plus we announce our guest and episodes for the June Eerie,...

By listener request, Brian and Steve strap on their ballet shoes and kick it with Abigail from the creatives behind Ready or Not, 5cream and Scream VI. It also features a full cast of genre and character actors including Melissa Barrera (Scream 5 & 6), Kathryn Newton (Lisa Frankenstein), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), and Kevin Durand (Tragedy Girls, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes). But...

This week Steve punishes Brian with the film called "The Worst Film Ever Made...for Normies." It was Steve. He called it that. This episode. 2005's Alone in the Dark is a confluence of bad movie behavior. Tara Reid on her way down. Stephen Dorff and Christian Slater in movie jail. Uwe Boll doing his carny tax dodge with a video game property. Film in Canada. All this and more to create a movie les...

It's time for the Zero G1 Tornado Tag Showdown in Space! Brian and Steve throwdown with 4 unsung space horror flicks when it's   Galaxy of Terror (1981) / Dead Space Downfall (2008) vs Apollo 18 (2011) / Life (2017)   Can Brian blast off for his third successful mission, or will it be disavowed by the government? Is Steve creating a convergence event for winning the belt, or will his greatest fear...

By listener request, we go all the way back to the year 2020 for the body swap horror (but not body horror?) comedy. From the director of Happy Death Day, this mash up of a Jamie Lee Curtis film and Friday the 13th isn't what you'd expect. It stars current genre darling Kathryn Newton from Lisa Frankenstein and Abigail. Also, Vince Vaughn stands out when he has no weddings to crash but does get to...

The Bash Brothers take on The Cairns Brothers as Brian and Steve watch the AI blemished Late Night with the Devil. Starring David Dastmalchian as a Dick Cavett analog, the late night host pushes limits for ratings when he brings on a Wish.com Exorcist girl. Also we spend a lot of time talking about famous skeptic James Randi, because it's obvious the filmmakers are also fans.   Plus, we announce o...