Horror 101 Podcast

After a slew of shows on old 70s horrors our audience may have missed my crew agreed to hit something new from this year.   None of us have seen this film or any of the director's other works yet so we're going in blind this time.  We hope you enjoy the Horror 101 treatment of Damian McCarthy 's Hokum.  Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror 04:24  Selecting Hokum... 10:25  It passed the 1 Drin...

The podcast is continuing with our obscure 70s features. We had a good time with Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things last time we recorded.  We've already covered Black Christmas and Deranged by the same film makers but there's another film from 1974, directed by Bob Clark and written by Alan Ormsby that is probably their least known work.  With makeup effects by Tom Savini!  We hope you enjo...

We've covered Black Christmas, Popcorn and Deranged.  All helmed by either Bob Clark or Alan Ormsby.  For this 169th podcast we're digging up their first collaboration into horror.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Children Shouldn't Play with Dead things from 1972. Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 05:00  The Thriller Double Feature Nostalgia... 12:30  Ghoul in t...

I warned the group that the show was going back to the 70s this time around and I gave them a choice of 4 titles that I thought would make for a decent podcast and they ultimately chose to give the horror 101 treatment David Cronenberg's The Brood from 1979.  Enjoy the show!  Show Higtlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror... 03:30  Welcoming Elvis and Eugene to the show... 05:20  The Vote! 07:40  Other...

We convened on the first of THREE Friday the 13ths in 2026 and decided to add another Jason film to our catalog.  With over 20 deaths and very little gore, this installment was a shock to Jason fans.  The direction the studio took the franchise in was nothing less than an 80s slasher scandal.  There may be no more polarized film in the entire 45 years of the Friday legacy.  You get the hockey mask...

Between Salem's Lot and Poltergeist Tobe Hooper gave us a reason to fear the carnival.  You never know whats lurking under the attractions of the bizarre.  For our 166th podcast we give the Horror 101 Treatment to The Funhouse.  This movie is heavily steeped in 80s fun... Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 03:30  A 50th Birthday Surprise... 06:30  Tobe Hooper Films... 12:10  The Psycho Ha...

We hope your Christmas went smooth and Santa fulfilled all your wishes this year.  We have something very different for you for our final show of the year.  Think Zombieland meets high school musical.  How was this ever made?  I dunno but we're ending 2025 giving the Horror 101 Treatment to John McPhail 's Anna and the Apocalypse!  Sharpen your candy canes, Kids.  Its going to be a WILD ride! Show...

In the early 60s there was an anthology horror released by American International Pictures.  Around the same time Vincent Price was making his mark with the Corman pictures an Italian Director was given an opportunity to give his take on several  classic horror tales and somehow got Boris Karloff to join in as the movie's host and star.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Mar...

Its Halloween 2025!  Welcome to our 163rd show!  To celebreate the occasion, The Crew all agreed to focus on a sequel that we felt deserved a show.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 Halloween treatment to Brian Trenchard-Smith's Night of the Demons 2 from 1994.  Show Highlights:   01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:30 Setting up the movie... 10:00 A Slice of Cake... 13:50  Folklore... 16:05 ...

We're going to the 80s for our 162nd show. You know we're all about Hidden Gems and there was some talk about doing Wishamster 2 for this podcast, since we had such a great time covering the original last show.  But instead we decided to honour the director of Wishmaster 2 by covering another of his films.  One of several he made for New Line Cinema back in the 80s.  This guy is not very well know...

We've received a LOT of requests to cover this one over the years.  Directed by F/X mogul Robert Kurtzman and produced by Wes Craven, this late 90s gem features a TON of 80s Horror Icons.  Anyone who wanted an 'Expendables" version of Horror actors need look no further.  This is what you want.  Very few movies from this era had so many great practical effects.  The Gore is superb.  The Djinn was a...

Another 80s classic is being remade and should be released in August so before that comes out, for better or worse we want to spotlight the original from 1986.  Its our pleasure to give the Horror 101 treatment to Kevin Tenney's first feature film.  A solid entry in light 80s spiritual horror. Show highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror... 04:00  Introducing Witchboard and the pending remake... 11:3...

Welcome to our 159th show.  For the first time in 13 years we cover a Mario Bava horror film from 1971.  We recorded this on Friday the 13th to pay homage to a film that inspired the Friday franchise.  With 13 deaths in an 84 minute movie, Bava certainly had no issue with letting the blood flow!  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Bava's classic Italian slasher, A Bay of Bloo...

We're going back to the 80s to spotlight a low budget horror from The Empire days of legendary producer Charles Band.  We hope you enjoy as we give the horror 101 treatment to Luca Bercovici's Ghoulies.   Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 05:15  Before Full Moon.... 07:55  You have a Big Hit on your hands... 09:35  PG-13!? 14:00  Ritual Infanticide... 17:05  Inheritance... 19:10  First P...

Horror 101 Episode 6... That was the last time we touched anything directed by Michele Soavi .  For this show we decided to speculate on his film from 1994 which many believe to be his best piece of work.  It did NOT go as planned.  I broke my crew with this viewing.  You're about to have a box seat to that mayhem.  We hope you enjoy our hilarious Horror 101 treatment of Saovi's Cemerty Man AKA De...

The Horror 101 crew finally spotlights a Hammer film.  A Terence Fisher film by a Richard Matheson script from a Dennis Wheatley novel.  This is a rare time Christopher Lee is the hero in a Hammer Horror.,  We hope you enjoy our coverage of The Devil Rides Out.   Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 05:00 The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee... 06:00 Our First Rated G film... 07:30 Favour...

Welcome to Episode 155!  For the first time we're covering a 70s sleeper which Cash has never seen before.  Now he is the student on his own show.  The crew takes a leap of faith on a film which has been hailed as "criminally underseen".  If David Lynch had made a Zombie film, this would be it.  We hope you enjoy the Horror 101 treatment of Messiah of Evil from 1974! Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude...

Welcome to our first podcast of 2025.  We're making a conscious effort to go back to the heart of the Horror 101 project and cover some of the more obscure films of the Horror Genre.  We're going to start with an early 80s slasher that features some memorable Tom Savini gore effects.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 Treatment of Joe Zito's The Prowler. Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror......

This is it!  Our final podcast of 2024.  We have a full house this episode with our friend and special guest, Elvis joining us.  We recorded this show on Friday, December 13th and decided to break out the hockey mask once again.  Part 7 is celebrated for Kane Hodder's inaugural performance as the unstoppable killer.  Although the MPAA cut the violence to ribbons its the stunts and Jason work that...

To honour the recently passed Tony Todd we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Bill Condin's Candyman Farewell To The Flesh from 1995.  We share our experience with Tony himself and one of our podcasters has to fly home in the middle of the recording.  Don't miss this show! Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude To Terror... 05:20  We owe a tribute to Tony Todd... 12:25  Purcell's Demise... 17:55  Ethan...

For all those who've messaged us over the years about covering a Rob Zombie film.  HERE YOU GO!!  Its finally happening.  For our 151st show and this year's Halloween Special we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.  His inaugural film.  A true love letter to nasty 70s horror.  Happy Halloween to all our listeners! Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror 04:40  Eug...

We recorded our milestone 150th episode on Friday, September 13th and decided to mark the occasion by covering the 2nd film in the Friday franchise.  With our special guest Eugene we're going back to 1981 to revisit the original Baghead Jason.  This film made absolutely no sense considering the info from the first movie.  Audiences didn't care.  More deaths, more destruction.  Come, revisit the Fr...

On our 149th show we're going to back to 1980 to focus on a satirical horror starring Rory Calhoun and Nancy Parsons.    This film made the cover of Fangoria #9.  Ebert liked it much more than my crew did.  What's all that strange noise coming from inside Vincent's secret garden? Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Kevin Connor's Motel Hell. Show Hightlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror......

We decided to stick with the Gothic Poe era for one more show.  On this 148th episode we're going back to revisit this 1960 film and re-covering the first Corman/Price feature.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to House of Usher! Show hightlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:00  Celebrating 13 years of podcasting... 08:20  Comparing Usher to Masque... 09:00  Approaching in D...

On our 147th show we are once again paying homage to a recently lost treasure.  We lost Roger Corman at the age of 98.  The amount of talent that was realised through his projects is innumerable .  The man was a Hollywood Kingmaker.  Nobody could make a film as quick and as cheap as Roger Corman yet he still produced solid, entertaining films.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 Treatment...