Horror 101 Podcast

Welcome to our 121st show!  .  The Cult Sensation has pulled his request card!  We recently lost another excellent actor and this loss was enough for Nick to want to pay tribute to the first film this gentleman starred in.   A fairly obscure little gem that fits perfectly in our catalog.   If science runs amok stories are your bag?  I think you're in for a good time. Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelud...

This show is taking us back to the heyday of Full Moon's epic Straight to Video collection.  Long time listeners should be acquainted with Charles Band and his Full Moon catalog.  Join us as we revisit the second installment of Ted Nicolaou 's vampire epic.  Beautifully shot in real locations in Romania.  This is a must see for any fan of vampire tales.  A true diamond in the crown of Full Moon's...

Ten years after the first A Nightmare On Elm Street, writer/director Wes Craven returned to his legacy and gave us a fresh tale where the horror of the Nightmare films seep into the real world and menace the cast and crew of the original film.  This film works on a lot of different levels.  A few missteps were made.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treat to the late Craven's New Nightmare! Show...

This show we're focussing on an obscure gem from the early 90s.  This low budget creeper features a bunch of film students hosting an all night 50s schlock horror marathon, complete with William Castle style gimmicks and tricks.  This event has a Phantom of the Opera style villain wandering the theatre, dealing out havoc and death.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Mark Herrier's Popc...

This is episode 117 and our final show for 2021.  Written by the award winning William Goldman and scored by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith, this film sparked a huge debate between us as to whether or not its actually a horror film.  Join us for our Horror 101 treatment of Sir Richard Attenborough's Magic! Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror... 03:40  Spotify Resolved... 05:43  Introducing Ma...

Ever since we covered Neil Marshal's Dog Soldiers we have received numerous requests for his 2005 film, The Descent.  Nefarious Paul B has been carrying The Descent torch for about 2 years now and threatened to burn this place down if we don't cover it so.....here it is. Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror 04:10  Spotify issues... 06:42  Introducing The Descent... 13:00  Losing Everything......

We were fortunate enough to convene on the same night that Halloween Kills was released so for the second time ever we are covering a film that none of us have seen before.  Join us this Halloween as we discover the second chapter of this Michael Myers trilogy. Show Highlights: 01:00  Prelude to Terror... 05:30  Reviewing the Halloween Legacy... 11:00  Haddonfield, 1978... 15:35  Emerging from Fla...

Nood's birthday is coming up at the beginning of October so for part of her birthday the crew has agreed to focus on her favourite horror film.   This film has been relentlessly studied and analyzed for nearly 50 years.  It was a commercial success at its 1973 debut and even now remains one of the most controversial films ever released.  Many people were unprepared for the brutal and raw depiction...

A mother searches for her lost adopted daughter in a ghost town and becomes part of a 30 year struggle for redemption and revenge.  Adapted from the Horror Video Game of the same name.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Christophe Gans' Silent Hill. Show Hightlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:20  Peaches! 06:00  Choosing Silent Hill... 12:50  Going to Silent Hill... 16:00  Cut off...

On our 112th show I am filling a long time request from three very determined individuals to get Horror 101 to cover Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers from 2002.  A six man military squad are setup as bait for a pack of werewolves and must hold out till morning in a secluded farm house in the Scottish Isles.   Six soldiers.   Full moon.  With absolutely no chance. This is basically Aliens, Predator and...

Leaping from one vampire from to another, this time we're covering an obscure 80s movie.  An surreal, nightmarish journey into urban vampirism with an odd combination of horror and comedy.  For this 111th episode we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Richard Wenk's Vamp.   Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 05:54  Introducing Vamp... 12:30  "Silence, Pledge!" 16:30  The spinout into an...

On our 110th episode we revisit David Slade's 30 Days of Night. Original concept by Steve Niles and made with Evil Dead money, this film brought back the savage, vicious vampire. Danny Huston leads a pack of hungry undead who coordinate an apocalyptic feeding frenzy on a northern town during their 30 days with no sunshine. Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:20 Introducing 30 Days... 11...

Last show we featured April Fool's Day from 1986, starring Deborah Foreman. She's going to be featured again in this 1988 film which also stars Zach Galligan from Gremlins and the legendary David Warner. There have been countless House of Wax type horror films since the dawn of cinema. In 1988 writer/director Anthony Hickox gave us his very first feature film which was his take on this subgenre. I...

APRIL FOOLS!! Welcome back to the Horror 101 podcast. This recording session was like nothing we've ever captured before. My crew hated the film we're about to review. The vitriol and spite against me for suggesting this film is over the top. If you haven't seen this film yet please watch it first cause there will be ending spoilers right out of the gate. Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatmen...

. On this episode we are going to tip our hats to our homeland. In 2008 director Bruce McDonald gave us a low budget and very different take on the mass infection outbreak horror subgenre. As you may or may not know this show comes to you from Ontario Canada. And this little gem is set in a small Ontario town just a few hours drive from here. Now, a lot of movies are shot in Canada but not a whole...

We're going to start the year by focusing on a Scott Spiegel film from 1989. This is a cheese filled slasher that came WAY late in the game. It is, essentially most of the crew that gave us Evil Dead 2 returning to give us an ultra low budget last hurrah of 80s gory goodness. We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Intruder. Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror 05:00 Not so impromptu Dis...

Our final Horror 101 episode of this foul year 2020 and our last show for our Haunted Place Theme. In 1980 Veteran Director Kubrick made a cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King story involving a small family isolated in an evil resort for the winter. Join us as we give a critical look at what many regard as one of the most terrifying ghost stories ever put to celluloid. The Shining. Show Hightlig...

You know we're fans of the one set, one night survival horror films and we wanted to focus on a fairly recent chiller that might have flown under your radar. Imagine a supernatural retelling of Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 with nods to several other great horror films and thats what you're in for this show. Join us as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Anthony DiBlasi's Last Shift. Show Hig...

Happy Halloween, my friends! Continuing our haunted theme, we're focusing on a late 90s supernatural thriller which is based off the works of Richard Matheson. After Tom (Kevin Bacon) is hypnotized at a party his world is turned upside down as a restless spirit begins terrorizing him, using his newly opened mind to help solve a murder mystery. Join us this October 31st as we give the Horror 101 tr...

Welcome to our 102nd podcast. We have another haunted film for you. This time we're going 80s cheese and digging up an obscure nasty. Its quite possible you've never heard of this film. Filled with ridiculous characters, gore and supernatural mayhem, this is a film that has no rules and despises every character in it. Join us as we give a comical Horror treatment to James Roberson's Superstition....

For this 101st show we're going back to dust off a classic haunted house film, directed by the legendary Robert Wise. Based off the novel by Shirley Jackson, this movie has been the template for successful ghost story films for decades. Grim atmosphere and top notch performances make this one of the best haunted house films ever created. Nearly 60 years later its influence on modern cinema can sti...

For this special 100th podcast the Horror 101 crew will square off in a Horror Trivia Smackdown. Its a fun 80 minute show where you can play along and test your own knowledge of the genre. Find out which of us will be victorious and who among us will crash and burn. Join us as we celebrate 100 shows!

Welcome back to the Horror 101 Podcast. In 1985, Friday the 13th alumni Sean S. Cunningham and Steve Miner teamed up to make a horror/comedy haunted house film called House. Starring William Katt, Richard Moll and George Wendt. My crew completely tore this movie a new asshole. If you're a fan of House, I apologise in advance. This is gonna be painful. We hope you join us as we absolutely demolish...

Welcome back to the Horror 101 Podcast. We're continuing with our Haunted Theme and focusing on one of the highest grossing horror films of all time. This is a patient, atmospheric chiller with excellent performances. A mother and her two photosensitive children are isolated in a large house on a British island. When three servants show up out of the fog a series of ghostly phenomenon curse the gr...

Since our theme is haunted places this year and since most of us are now shut in and effectively trapped in our own homes we decided to cover a film thats based off a Stephen King short story. This is the perfect movie to focus on in these times. Cause if you're going to be trapped somewhere at least its not in an evil room thats trying to destroy you. Which is precisely whats happening to John Cu...