Horror Hero

Grab a fruity drink and head to the beach with us horror heroes, because we're going on summer vacation! Well, Sommers Vacation! Stephen Sommers, that is! This episode our horror heroes discuss the Victorian era Wolverine with flowing locks, a very confusing hat, and enough gadgets to make Desmond Llewelyn jealous: Van Helsing (2004) Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Blue...

Hey Horror Heroes, it's your favorite horror host Johnathon here with a special treat! I got the pleasure to sit and have a chat with Derek Wayne Trautwein. Trautwein is a Kansas City local and is the artistic director and creator of The Spooky ShXt Show, a show that smashes horror and comedy together, throws it in a wood chipper and spits it out on stage as a terrifying and fun live theatrical pr...

It's Summerween! You know what that means! It's time for a good old fashion summer double feature! Killer robots vs rage fueled zombies! (Yes we know they aren't technically zombies, you nerds!) Upgraded M3gan vs upgraded Alpha! We're talking 28 Years Later and M3gan 2.0 We also tackle a few minor news topics, brag about our horror hordes we uncovered this week (vhs, steelbooks, and vinyl), and ta...

Time for a swim down under, horror heroes! Join Johnathon and Bethany as they dive into Sean Byrne's 2025 Shudder original feature Dangerous Animals. This episode we also gush over Dark Universe, get the cold chills as we hear rumors of an Eggers directed A Christmas Story, discuss star cars as an original screen used Dorothy II is reunited (and it feels so good) with a newly restored storm chaser...

What is scarier than Friday the 13th? Thursday the 12th! In honor of the first Friday the 13th of the podcast we thought we'd do a little bonus episode and talk the original Friday the 13th! Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod" Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Show yours off and tag us! Have a question? Email us at...

Resurrection can be tricky, especially without the book of the dead or a glowing green serum! Listen as our horror heroes discuss Danny and Michael Phillippou's 2025 film Bring Her Back. This episode we also discuss what actually happened to the invisible werewolf in David Sandberg's Until Dawn, news about the upcoming Friday the 13th prequel series and the subsequently fawn over Linda Cardellini,...

Death is a devious bastard! What happens when our horror heroes come face to face with death itself? Can they Indiana Jones their way through all the murder traps surrounding them? On this episode we discuss Netflix erasing media (a reminder that streaming sucks), Jane Shoenbrun's next film, new details on Evil Dead Burn and the next Legendary Godzilla movie (yep, they're going to space), and The...

Can our horror heroes, Bethany and Johnathon, battle through 13 nights of repetitious, yet fun kills? Can they survive.... UNTIL DAWN??? This week we discuss some rad Universal Monsters comics, Godzilla, Jaws and Rocky Horror's 50th Birthday Bash, new details on Sam Raimi's return to horror with Send Help, Wednesday's season 2 return, more news straight from Toxie's mop bucket, video games we enjo...

It's a Green Day to Die Hard as our horror heroes, Bethany and Johnathon, take on Nazis, misogynistic rap legends, hitmen, snarky video store clerks, and 1987 Oakland in the latest episode where they review the stellar 2025 film: Freaky Tales. Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod" Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Hav...

Bust out the chainsaws and boomsticks and join us as Bethany and Johnathon go mythical creature hunting on the latest episode of the Horror Hero Podcast. On this episode, our heroes talk cryptids, collecting and cinema as they hit us with the horror news, show off their horror hauls, briefly discuss Panic Film Fest, and deep dive on A24's Death of a Unicorn (2024). Why is Paul Rudd such a D-bag? W...

On this groovy episode, our horror heroes Johnathon and Bethany are green with envy as they discuss first looks at Peter Dinklage in Macon Blair's Toxic Avenger reboot, how badly they wish they could click their hills three times to be in Universal Studio Orlando's Darkmoor/Dark Universe portion of the new Epic Universe Park, Saw XI's unfortunately update, Adam Cesare's 2020 YA novel Clown in a Co...

Welcome back to Horror Hero! This time Johnathon and Bethany discuss B-tier holiday traditions, the expanding Diablo Cody spookiverse, and what the hell is going on with Scream 7. Then they take on their scariest challenge so far: trying to remember the plot of 1993’s Leprechaun and figuring out why a 90 minute movie feels like a 3 hour movie! So grab a shamrock shake, put on your favorite green t...

Welcome to the first episode of our groovy little horror podcast! Johnathon and Bethany are two horror nuts who wanted an outlet to talk about the things they love! One from BC and one from KC, the two arm themselves with chainsaws, microphones, and a wardrobe from hot topic and prepare to take on the hordes of horror content. In this episode we discuss what we have been up to, what's going on in...