Horror Movie Survival Guide

The Strangers - "Why Are They Doing This?"  Home invasions are always scary, but these villains take it to a whole new level with seemingly senseless torture added in THE STRANGERS (2008) . Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman play a couple that are on the rocks after a wedding engagement does not go as planned. In the midst of this already emotional night they are preyed upon by a group of mask...

Bones and All - "Lick it Up" This week we devour a fresh film from Luca Guadagnino - BONES AND ALL (2022) .  A coming of age story about a young "eater" discovering she is not alone. A sprawling road trip and powerhouse performances from cinema veterans like Jessica Harper, Mark Rylance, Chloë Sevigny and Michael Stuhlbarg paired with the new class of Timothée Chalamet and Tayl...

All About Evil - "Star Quality"   ALL ABOUT EVIL (2010)  is  a love letter to independent revival house cinema that hits in all the right places! Written and directed by friend of the podcast and co-host of the Midnight Mass Podcast, Joshua Grannell aka Peaches Christ , this film would be the perfect double feature with Julia's documentary  OUT OF PRINT (2016) since they both celebr...

All That We Destroy - "She Seems Real"   Wonderful near future Lo-Fi Sci-Fi at it's best - ALL THAT WE DESTROY (2019) . This feature was part of the series INTO THE DARK (Hulu) and is a stand alone film a la Black Mirror that was helmed by the uber talented  CHELSEA STARDUST ! Samantha Mathis stars as a scientist with the Nobel Prize gleam in her eye, who is also the mother of a psy...

HATCHET - "You're All Gonna Die" We are delighted to cover this old school style slasher lovingly made with so many practical effects directed by friend of the pod  Adam Green   - HATCHET (2006) ! We follow a lovelorn young man who should be celebrating Mardi Gras, but he's distracted by heartbreak. In order to get his mind off of women, he recruits one of his best friends to g...

SEQUENCE BREAK - "Hit Reset" A lifelong gamer meets his match in more ways than one in SEQUENCE BREAK (2017). What would you do if a mysterious motherboard was left in your arcade repair shop...? Press play and see what happens! Lots of Cthulu inspired goodness from writer/director GRAHAM SKIPPER - a true disciple of the late great Stuart Gordon . We hope you enjoy oozing and ahhing with...

DOCTOR JEKYLL - "Crunchy, Nutty Cornflakes!" So honored to review Hammer Films new take on a classic story - DOCTOR JEKYLL (2023) starring the incomparable EDDIE IZZARD . A young recently released convict is stuck between a rock and a hard place. In order to see his baby girl he must work and the only job available is for the reclusive billionaire Doctor Jekyll... The job sounds like a d...

We Are the Night - "Rare & Breathtaking" We complete our Lesbian Vampire round with a hedonistic coven based in Germany - WE ARE THE NIGHT (2010) . A vampire on her quest to find her soulmate has recruited lovers to her vamp fam over the last century. Will her next attempt at love be her last...? Bloody & funny these vampires take full advantage of their immortality.  We hope you...

The Moth Diaries - "Sex, Blood & Death" We continue our Vampire Lesbian round with the filmmaker who brought us one of our faves American Psycho - the wonderful Mary Harron's THE MOTH DIARIES 2011 . We get a literature lesson in gothic lore and history as our backdrop to this tale set in an all girls boarding school. There will be blood, there will be betrayal, but will anyone b...

VAMPIRE ECSTASY (The Devil's Plaything) - "I am here, Mistress" We continue our Lesbian Vampire round with the ultimate in seduction and taboo with VAMPIRE ECSTASY aka The Devil's Plaything (1973). This one was a favorite of Teri's and a first time watch for Julia - thanks to the "Algorithm" for knowing what we like!  We hope you enjoy being hypnotized by our fre...

VAMPYRES - "She's My Girlfriend"  It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! It's our whole teams Birthday Month!! Julia, Teri & Sierra are all born in March! In order to celebrate we bring you a whole month of our most beloved sub-sub-genre - LESBIAN VAMPIRES - kicking off with VAMPYRES (1974) .  We hope you enjoying biting into the flesh of this fresh episode! Suppo...

THE NUN 2 - "It's Okay to Be Scared"  We're going to the chapel and it's gonna be scaaarrry - as we discuss one of the "scariest villains" in the CONJURING universe in  THE NUN 2 (2023) . Another great script penned by the amazing AKELA COOPER . We loved seeing our friend BONNIE AARONS as Valek - the NUN & we agree that we wish we had more moments with her in...

M3GAN - "She Looks Demented" We continue our journey into the Wan -Verse with another brilliant script penned by Wan & Akela Cooper - the instant camp classic M3GAN (2022) . A modern AI twist on a Child's Play story that unleashes one of the most fun lil villains to come out of the pandemic era.  We hope you enjoy this fresh episode! Support the show

Malignant - "You Don't Deserve Your Body" We venture deeper into the Wan-Verse with with a mystery/thriller MALIGNANT (2021) . This is a favorite of Teri's - you'll have to listen to the episode to hear what Julia thinks... If you haven't seen this film - please watch it before you listen! We were lucky enough to not have the twist spoiled before going into it! So we...

Indidious - "The Universe is Deathless" It's our 350th Episode of Horror Movie Survival Guide! As a treat we are tackling one of our most requested films. This week we venture back into the Wan -Verse with Poltergeist for Gen Z - INSIDIOUS (2010) . A little boy makes contact with the other world and is left in what seems like a coma. With the help of a medium his father makes his wa...

Maniac - "I Know What You Need"  One of our favorite cute boys, ELIJAH WOOD ,  steps into the killer role in this update of the iconic slasher film -  MANIAC (2012) . Set in the seedy parts of the newly gentrified downtown Los Angeles & playing on the fears of online dating this update is a bloody good time! We hope you enjoy digging into this fresh new episode!  Support the show

The Strangler (l'etrangleur) 1970 - "I'm Obsessed with Happiness" We are in love with another "Cute Boy Killer"  in this French Giallo masterpiece THE STRANGLER (1970) . Emile ( Jacques Perrin ) is obsessed with happiness and uses murder to relieve women of their sadness. Writer/Director Paul Vecchiali delivers a sumptuous feast for the eyes in this under-seen thrille...

Peeping Tom - "Take Me to Your Cinema" We continue our "Cute Boy Killer" round with a  boy who grew up under the microscope of a camera that eventually becomes his weapon of choice in PEEPING TOM (1960) . We follow Mark (Karlheinz Böhm) as he navigates falling in love vs. his insatiable need to capture authentic fear on camera. A cinematic masterpiece from the team that brought...

Kill Your Friends - "Middley" We get to see another side of our "Cute Boy Killer" star Nicholas Hoult ( Renfield ) in KILL YOUR FRIENDS (2015) . This time he plays a cut-throat  music executive in a 90's period piece based on a novel by John Niven. Dubbed the British version of AMERICAN PSYCHO - it plays as another cautionary tale about men behaving very badly!  We hope yo...

RENFIELD - "Snickerdoodle" One of our favorite characters finally gets wonderfully rewarded with his very own movie - and a full length episode from us -  RENFIELD (2023) ! Our adorable sidekick is trying to break free from the shackles of his toxic relationship with his master, Dracula & ends up entangled with a police officer, a mafia family & victim support group. This film is...

LETTERS TO SATAN CLAUS - "It's Cookie Time" Not today Santa! A spelling error sends a letter to Hell instead of the North Pole and changes our protagonist life forever.  LETTERS TO SATAN CLAUS (2020) - is a horror send up of the traditional Hallmark/Lifetime Holiday movie format.  A beautiful city girl heads back to her hometown and is confronted by her past!  We hope you enjoy this...

HANUKKAH - "Does anybody want any nachos?" HANUKKAH (2019) is a Jewish horror film with star studded credits! Guided by his own set of rules outside of the Torah - The Hanukiller is coming for you -  if you've been naughty! The final film for both Sid Haig & Dick Miller. Produced by Felissa Rose, Music by Harry Manfredini, stunts by Kane Hodder!  We hope you enjoy this seasonal...

VIOLENT NIGHT - "Skullcrusher" You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout - I'm telling you why - DAVID HARBOUR - as the sexiest zaddy - Santa is coming to town! It's the Holiday Season & you've been very good this year...so we are giving you a VIOLENT NIGHT (2022). We hope you enjoy this holiday delight! Support the show

Hausu (House)  - "You're So Cool, KungFu!" A kaleidoscope of genres, colors & styles - a true feast for the eyes - HAUSU (1977) . One of the most creative & out of the box adventures in cinema! A group of girls go to visit one of their friend's Aunts & discover nothing is what it seems! We hope you enjoy diving into this fresh episode! Support the show

THE BLACKENING - "Pick a Card" So excited to finally cover this Comedy Horror inspired by an award-winning sketch from 3-Peat Comedy that originally aired on Comedy Central - THE BLACKENING (2022) . A brilliant premise that was conceived and developed by Dewayne Perkins and fleshed out for a feature-length film with  Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip). What if all the main characters are Black......