Horror 101 Podcast

Welcome Horror 101 Listeners!  We have another podcast for you.  This time we're going back to 1980 and reaching into the Nasty Bag for another Italian Splatterfest.  Two episodes back we had such a good time covering Zombie from 1979, we decided to focus on another Fulci classic.  This would be the first of his Gates of Hell Trilogy.  Starring Catriona MacColl and Christopher George, this movie b...

Greetings Horror Fans!  For our 145th episode we're spotlighting a new Australian film from the Cairnes Bros.  This is an excellent example of independent horror being done correct.  This movie has masterful performances and an authentic retro 70s style that delivers a tense and fascinating faux reality experience.  We cannot remember another film that made us want to press play on it again right...

Happy Easter!  And welcome Horror 101 fans to our 144th show.   A year after Romero's epic Dawn of the Dead took the Horror world by storm Italy answered with their own take on the undead subgenre, made for the International market.  This would be Lucio Fulci's first entry in an array of graphic Euro-Splatter features made for English audiences which would crown him the Godfather of Italian Splatt...

Welcome to our 143rd episode!   For the first time ever we flipped a coin with the microphone running and let fate decide the direction for this show.   There's been word that Jordan Peele's company has announced they are remaking this title.  Its not the most celebrated film by Wes Craven but we hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to the bizarre 1991 horror The People Under the Sta...

Welcome to our first show of 2024!  We're hoping that you're in the mood for some European 80s sleaze cause that is whats on the docket for this podcast.  Gratuitous nudity.  Horrible dubbing.  Extreme violence and bad acting all wrapped up in a package of camp from a Spanish director.  They cannot make films like this anymore.  We had a lot of fun picking this feature apart and we hope you enjoy...

We're going back to 1980 on this show.  There are 5 movies that made Jamie Lee Curtis one of the most famous scream queens, ever.  Tonight, we bring you another one of those.  Since this show is coming out on New Year's Eve and the setting of this film is also on the same occasion, we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Roger Spottiswoode's Terror Train.  Happy New Year to all our listeners! Sho...

You've heard our Nefarious Paul B rip this film to pieces for years!  Now we're rubbing his nose in it!  For our 140th podcast we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of Robert Hiltzik 's Sleepaway Camp.  How will Cult Sensation Nick MacPherson react to that shocking conclusion?  Join us and find out! Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:00  Eye Trauma... 14:00  Boat Massacre... 15:30  Au...

We saw this Friday the 13th in October coming a mile a way and ever since January my crew knew exactly what we were going to cover for this month.   Every horror fan has their favourite Friday the 13th film and God knows there's a lot to choose from.  With masterful photography, great direction, an interesting, well written cast.  The best stuntman playing Jason this side of Kane Hodder and graphi...

This has been a guilty pleasure for decades.  Most reviewers either love it or hate it.  As we setup for the end of summer around here we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to William Wesley's Scarecrows.   Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror... 03:45  The Gifts of Stewart... 06:15  Remembering Scarecrows... 13:00  A Double cross... 19:40  Betrayal Unravels... 25:15  Burt's at the House.......

Welcome to our 137th show!  In the late 90s a young Paul W.S. Anderson directed a fantastic cast in a Horror/Sci Fi that's main goal was to give you a haunted house in space film.  Test Audiences hated it.  Half an hour was cut from it.  The negative has been neglected and destroyed and although it was a commercial failure this film has since gathered a huge following in the horror community.  Its...

We put Nood through the creepy crawler ringer once again!  This show we're going back to 1990 and revisiting the thrillomity of that summer.  Its been confirmed, we lost Julian Sands on Mount Baldy this year.  He was part of this Spielberg produced killer spider film which cuts an even slice of dread and comedy to appeal to all audiences.  Fond memories of this title.  We hope you enjoy our Horror...

We hope you're feeling Nasty today cause thats exactly what we're covering.  A slasher gore piece from 1981 that was on the UK's Video Nasty list.  Of all the films is the 80s that tried to copy the Friday the 13th formula with a brutal killer in the woods this movie is one of the noteworthy ones.  It has an impressive synth score from Richard Wakeman of Yes.  Tom Savini does the horror effects an...

Two days before we convened to run the microphone for this episode Evil Dead Rise was released for stream.  Hot off the press.  We had to strike while the iron was hot.  None of us were fans of the 2013 remake and expectations were low for this entry.  All of us had avoided spoilers and were going in to this cold.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Lee Cronin's addition to the Evil Dea...

If you were a subscriber of The Gorezone or Fangoria magazines back in the day, you would have heard all about it.  Outside of that, there is a very good chance you missed this sleeper genre movie.  Two horror icons give us their modernized take on a pair of Edgar Allan Poe stories.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Romero/Argento's Two Evil Eyes.   Show Hightlights: 01:00  Prelude t...

Welcome to our 132nd Episode!  This was recorded on St. Patty's Day.  No, we're not covering Leprechaun.  We did entertain the idea of covering an Irish themed horror but ultimately went with a film from 2016.  Its quick, its tight.  Its a decent shocker.  Its a solid supernatural story that seems familiar but repacked well.  Its claustrophobic and has an excellent cast and for these reasons we're...

Welcome to our 131st show.  With the recent news of Julian Sands lost on  California's Mount Baldy we decided to focus on another Anthony Hickox film which features one of the best contributions by Mr. Sands to the horror genre.  We give the Horror 101 treatment to Warlock Armageddon in the hopes that Julian Sands might still be alive out there.   Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:45 ...

Welcome back to the Horror 101 Podcast!  On our 130th episode we go back to the early 70s and feature a Spanish film which brings Hammer favourites Lee and Cushing together as allies against an ancient evil loose on the famous Trans-Siberian train in the early 20th century..  Horror Express is very much a reverse murder mystery combined with elements of The Thing.  It is now within the public doma...

Welcome to our last show of 2022!  This film is very much a Merry Christmas Creepshow.   We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of A Christmas Horror Story.  Happy New Year! Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror.. 04:10  Gift Exchange... 07:30  Introducing the film... 11:10  Dangerous Dan on the airwaves... 13:35  St. Joseph's Academy... 23:50  Krampus Nacht... 36:00  Oh, Christmas Tree Tr...

After another disappointing Halloween we decided to go back to the 80s and cover something we KNEW we would have fun dissecting.  It features one of our favourite genre actors, Tom Atkins and has a script that is much smarter than it deserves to be.  A wonderful blend of 50s schlock and 80s gore.  A true love letter to the horror genre.  For our 128th podcast we're giving the Horror 101 treatment...

I'm sure you all knew that we would be putting the spotlight on the newest Halloween film.  The final movie in David Gordon Green's extension of the original 1978 film.  We avoided any spoilers to make sure we go in fresh.  How will this end?  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Halloween Ends.. Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror... 04:30  Introducing Halloween Ends... 11:20  Baby...

What do you get when a telekinetic vampire lays siege to a mausoleum from within his coffin during a cruel high school hazing stunt?  You get this movie, starring Meg Tilly and Adam West.  This is director Tom Mcloughlin's first film.  We hope you like our Horror 101 Treatment of One Dark Night from 1982.   Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:30  Introducing the film... 13:20  Raymar's...

For our 125th episode we are revisiting The Subspecies Franchise.  With work going ahead on the upcoming Subspecies V we thought it best to focus another show on this 90s Full moon Vampire Chronicle.  Shot back to back with Part 2, Bloodlust is a well crafted counterpart to its predecessor.  With authentic sets and an entertaining balance of humour and malice Bloodlust is certain to sate all vampi...

This movie is the next chapter in horror collaboration by director Scott Derrickson and Ethan Hawk who worked together in Sinister.  It is our privilege to present you our Horror 101 treatment of The Black Phone.  Not since our Maniac show many years ago did a brand new movie push our scores so high.   Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror... 04:50  Savini Mask Design... 06:50  Remembering Sin...

On this show we cover a Lou Diamond Phillips action/horror from 1990.  This film borrows heavily from late 80s resurrected killer movies like Shocker and The Horror Show.  Jeff Kober has a menacingly good time playing Satanic killer Patrick Channing.  The stunts in this movie are way better than a film of this calibre deserves.  This is presented as one of Cash's guilty pleasures.  join us as we g...

With the recent passing of Fred Ward it seemed a perfect time for the crew to throw a spotlight on this 90s creature feature.  Join us as we revisit the doomed town of Perfection and give the horror 101 treatment to Ron Underwood's Tremors.   Show highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror... 05:30  Remembering Remo Williams... 09:30  Its Jaws under the sand... 13:30  The Bacon/Ward Chemistry... 16:20 ...