Halloween is Forever

How ice of you to join us. Brian's champ again, so that means he gets to pick what the punishment is this week. But in the spirit of gift giving, he gives Meg and Steve the non-Michael Keaton starring JACK FROST from 1997. The film that launched Shannon Elizabeth's career and every film she booked after it was an apology for what happened to her in this film. We're talking about snow puns, dead bu...

Twas the nightmare before christmas... no not that one... It's the Secret Satan Showdown where 3 listeners picked their favorite host then gave Brian, Meg, and Steve the gift of a Nightmare on Elm Street franchise film. Which resulted in: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) vs Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) vs Freddy vs Jason (2003) Brian will have to endure this nightmare if he...

This week we double your Steve intake. You get regular old generic Steve and we add Premium Steve Rudzinski the writer, director, lead actor et al of the newly released Amityville Christmas Vacation. Brian and Meg are also there. We talk about some of our favorite parts of this movie, the origins and inspirations for the Wally Griswold character, and things you can do with a 12 foot skeleton. Then...

This week Louie from the Haunted Hangover joins Brian and Steve to talk about their favorite scenes and movies in horror involving food. They drop their top 10 instances of stomach turning meals. Deadly desserts to carnivorous casseroles; did your favorite meals make the menu? The episode spans from the most grisly, gruesome grub to the lighter fare served by a clown. At the Halloween is Forever,...

Don't get your hopes up. We're not watching the infinitely better Hellraiser sequel of the same name. No our suffering must be more exquisite. It's a punishment episode, and Brian has control. He unleashes his favorite childhood christofascist copaganda HELLBOUND. Starring Chuck Norris and directed by a less famous Norris. The tale of one hard nosed cop and the Black man he abuses across two conti...

Take a trip back in time with Brian, Meg, and Steve as they fight it out to determine what's the best Universal Monster Movie The Invisible Man Returns (1940) vs Dracula (1931) vs The Invisible Man (1933) Does Mr. October (Steve) still have all his winning powers in November? Will he be the first 3 peat champion of Halloween is Forever? Will Steve's cohosts see the improvements in his sequel over...

Happy Halloween, mutants! Let's talk about the most talked about horror film of October, if not all of 2022. It's Damien Leone's Terrifier 2. Art the Clown is back, and boy o' boy does the rascal get into some hijinks on this go round. We talk about Art's cartoonish evolution through David Howard Thornton, why we're laughing when everyone else is puking, and how we think Chris Jericho could be use...

An extra early Bonus Episode for you this spooky Halloween. Brian, Meg and Steve pay worship to Moloch the Greed Owl and talk about their favorite Halloween Commercials all the way from the 1980s and 1990s. It's full of Beerwolves, fast food, monsters, bad acting and scam lines. Take a trip down memory lane or peer into a past you didn't experience... if you dare. Check out our YouTube channel for...

Shudder has decided to feed us again with another entry in their found footage anthology series. This time the filmmakers are tackling all the pre-2000 pitfalls of American life; Jackass wannabe skate videos, Y2K panic rituals, sloppy game shows, skull biting, and the lack of cell phones. No mention of Sony MiniDiscs, though. The true lost medium. Tune in to find out how this collection fares. Is...

This week watched the end of an era. The third film in the HallowGreen trilogy, Halloween Ends. It's so big we need as many podcasters as there are writers on the film; so we invited Anthony from They Called This A Movie to help us take down Michael Myers. How does this final installment fair? Does it fall short of Halloween Kills? Surpass Halloween 2018? Full SPOILERS as these four mutants menace...

The continued reign of Mr. October, Steve, brings us to this week's punishment films. Born of Southwest Pennsylvania, the minds of Steve Rudzinski and Aleen Isley, and a bunch friends horsin' around. CarousHELL and its sequel follow mane character Duke, an inanimate but sentient and also magical unicorn ... with a taste for blood. The first film is a true tail revenge, while the second adds compli...

It's the return of the John Carpenter Wheel of Death ... this time with the good movies! It's: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) vs Halloween (1978) vs The Thing (1982) Steve once again enters October as champion, but is beholden to the random chaos of the wheel. Can he defend against the biggest gun in the Master of Horror's portfolio? Brian goes into this showdown essentially knowing he's been elimi...

Fall may have just started, but this week we're sprung. Gonna pull up tough, because we noticed these butts were stuffed. This week we're looking, respectfully, at the best butts in horror films. Donkers, wagons, booties; guy butts, lady butts, they butts, monster butts and murderous butts. They're all on the table. These notable ASSets in notable movies will have you clapping (them cheeks.) Don't...

**Spoy Luh Hers** If you haven't seen this movie, and don't want to get it spoiled for you don't listen. It's a movie worth seeing blind. If you don't care and want to hear the good Zac Efron and booby jokes, hit play. We're talking about the feature debut of Zach Cregger, BARBARIAN (if you participate in Miss March erasure which Steve doesn't.) From the Whitest Kids U Know to the Bulgarian extras...

It's punishment, and we're talking religious horror. CW: Lots of talk of the Catholic church and all the baggage with that, how astrology is stupid, and Meg's lurid art. Be aware if you think those things may upset you, or if you're Roger Ebert and hate this movie. We're talking the most 90s horror non-horror as Gabriel Byrne tries to save Patricia Arquette from the priest inside her. Directed by...

Warn your priest! Call Tipper Gore! Send the PTC a letter about how rad we are, because we're going into full Satanic Panic mode: Prince of Darkness (1987) vs The Omen (1976) vs Rosemary's Baby (1968) Meg defends her strap in the name of the Morning Star, getting 2 wins, and heading into the all important October Showdown. Brian can reclaim gold if he's got that dog in him, but will his affinity f...

Bonus minisode for the month as we creep ever closer to Spooky Season and our Satamber Showdown. This week we're watching a prequel 13 years in the making, ORPHAN FIRST KILL. How does a prequel handle the issue of its partner film being so predicated on a twist? It doesn't, and just makes its own wild ass twist. But if you watched these films chronologically, this film ruins the surprise of the or...

This week we have a guest on. It's Drew West from surf horrorpunk band, Drew and The Blue and also The Horrornauts. Drew even got to pick the movie and he chose the punker splatterfest The Return of the Living Dead. Our second Dan O'Bannon film this month also makes sense as this and Lifeforce were released in the same year. Lots of talk of music this episode including the unforgettable film sound...

Finally, Brian, Meg and Steve were able to see the latest hit from Jordan Peele, NOPE. A SPOILER HEAVY episode this week. This latest film dripping in subtext about the Hollywood system is driven by the character performances of Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya, and Steven Yeun. Get ready for UFO lore and more, while Meg shares a wild story that ties into the film. I'm honestly not trying to give away...

Last week's episode ended in a cliffhanger with an undecided champion. Tune in now for the thrilling conclusion and find out "Who is Champ?" Whoever champ is though, they were benevolent and rather than a punishment movie decided to we should all watch Tobe Hooper's space vampire epic LIFEFORCE. The film that dares to go to space, have giant practical bats, show nonstop huge boobs, exsanguinate Pa...

These aren't your great-grandparents from the old country's vampyrs, it's our Non-Traditional Vampire showdown: Martin (1976) vs Let The Right One In (2008) vs Near Dark (1987) Steve is the current title holder, but who will become the King/Queen of the Vampires? Meg is out to needle home the razor fine points of her film, but does Pittsburgh homerism always win? Steve imported a Swedish film. Did...

These aren't your great-grandparents from the old country's vampyrs, it's our Non-Traditional Vampire showdown: Martin (1976) vs Let The Right One In (2008) vs Near Dark (1987) Steve is the current title holder, but who will become the King/Queen of the Vampires? Meg is out to needle home the razor fine points of her film, but does Pittsburgh homerism always win? Steve imported a Swedish film. Did...

This week the HiF gang is quarantining. Not because the movie they're talking about is about a contagious virus, but because they all got the ronies. Instead of seeing Nope like all the cool kids, they spin the wheel of Tubi Roulette and wound up with another Steven Yeun film, Mayhem.  The Walking Dead star plays opposite of Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) in a deadly reach for the brass ring that's...

This week we're joined by special guest Brian "Sikes" Howe of Start the Beat Podcast and many bands, hereon known as Brian Junior. He brings street cred with stories of managing a Blockbuster and having watched this week's film on VHS. We talk Brad Anderson's SESSION 9, the psychological thriller that was a shot in the arm to David Caruso's career before CSI catapulted him into syndication heaven....

A film 65 Million years minus 7 months in the making, Roger Corman's CARNOSAUR made us all believe dinosaurs could be puppets. Long before The Asylum and Wish.com, Corman was the master of the cheap knockoff. He filled his first-to-market dino flick with jabs and nods to Jurassic Park. Listen in as extra inebriated hosts Brian, Meg, and Steve do their best to stay on topic while envisioning their...