Horror Movie Weekly

Happy Halloween this month! It's time for  Episode 189  right now, dammit. So, roll over. Get out of bed. Put on some pants, and welcome to  Horror Movie Weekly , "One Badass Horror Podcast," where Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  review the Sci-Fi Horror film  Almost Human (2014) , which is the feature directorial debut of indie filmmaker and Horror heavy-hitter, Joe Begos. Before that, your f...

Happy Halloween this month from Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson ! In  Episode 188  of  Horror Movie Weekly , your two late-night Horror hosts bring you a Feature Review of the obscure, low-budget backwoods exploitation flick,  Bloodlines (2007)  — Jay of the Dead's pick. But first, the boys discuss the Wendy's "Frosty" versus milkshakes, the Oscars' surprising, recent recognition for Horror, an...

Happy Halloween this month! You're in the right place to hear about Horror movies because it's always Halloween on this podcast! In fact, here in  Episode 187  of  Horror Movie Weekly , Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  take a detour into the lonely Belgian countryside for a Feature Review of the deranged and unsettling, French-language rural nightmare,  Calvaire (2006)  — also known as "The Ord...

Oh yeah!  Banzai!  Welcome to  Horror Movie Weekly , where Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  continue their trek through Horror films released between 2005 and 2015. Here in  Episode 186 , Jay chooses to Feature Review  Creep (2015) , Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass's unnervingly intimate Found Footage two-hander about a videographer who answers the sort of online job posting that should probably...

Your delineated duo of dread is back for  Episode 185  of  Horror Movie Weekly , and this time Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  leave the classy, prestige-horror mountaintop behind and gleefully roll around in the cinematic mud with  Mister Watson 's Feature Review pick,  Gun Woman (2015)  — an outrageous Japanese revenge-splatter oddity that is graphic, sleazy, violent, absurd and, according t...

Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  return for  Episode 184  with another  Horror Movie Weekly  Feature Review drawn from their current 2005 to 2015 selection era. This time, Jay brings the Australian backwoods Horror film,  Dying Breed (2009) , to the table, leading to a discussion about Tasmanian tiger folklore, Ozploitation cinema, After Dark Horror Fest's "8 Films to Die For" series, gruesome...

After a long hiatus,  Horror Movie Weekly  returns for  Episode 183 , where Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  reunite to discuss one of the most emotionally devastating supernatural Horror films of the 2000s:  The Orphanage (2007) . Chosen by Mister Watson, this Spanish-language Gothic ghost story becomes the centerpiece for an unusually heartfelt and deeply personal discussion about grief, sorr...

The Didactic Duo of Dread return for  Episode 182  of  Horror Movie Weekly , where Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  tackle Bong Joon-ho's acclaimed South Korean creature feature,  The Host (2006)  — Jay's pick for this week's Feature Review. The hosts dig into the film's jaw-dropping opening monster attack sequence, its tonal balancing act between Beastly Freak Horror and quirky comedy, and whe...

OK, dammit. It's time for  Episode 181  of  Horror Movie Weekly , One Badass Horror Podcast. During this episode, Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  bring you a Feature Review of  Sublime (2007) . And during our Micro Horror Movie Reviews, Mister Watson completes a rite of passage, of sorts, by watching "Jan-Gel: The Beast From the East" (1999)! Jay of the Dead highlights and recommend five distu...

Anyway, as we were saying six months ago, we're back again and we have revised our Feature Review selection parameters of our pool of Horror movies to this special span: 2005 to 2015. The time span in Horror is important to your intrepid hosts because it overlaps with the era of films discussed in their formative years of Horror podcasting. Therefore, here in  Episode 180  of  Horror Movie Weekly...

This might be the one you've been waiting for… or maybe the one you've been dreading. Perhaps our longest episode of  Horror Movie Weekly , here in epic  Episode 179 , Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  bring you an in-depth, spoiler review of the Academy Award-winning Horror film,  The Substance (2024) , with the Herculean help of special guest Kagan "The Fruit Brute" Breitenbach! During this ep...

Oh my! We have a rarity here: In  Episode 178  of  Horror Movie Weekly , your humorous hosts, Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson , are uncharacteristically divided by a wide chasm of five rating points for their Feature Review of  Underwater (2020) ! And as always, we bring you our famous  Micro Horror Movie Reviews  of "The Greasy Strangler" (2016) and "13 Cameras" (2015). Join us! Wild times! No...

Another Sunday, another release by your favorite delineators of detritus, Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson , hosts of  Horror Movie Weekly , One Badass Horror Podcast! This is  Episode 177 , where Watson chose a fascinating little Horror flick called  Do Not Disturb (2023) , written and directed by John Ainslie. In addition, Jay brings you a Micro review of a non-Horror called, "Gods and Monster...

For those who love "inside baseball" and all manner of tidbits, tangents, and minutiae,  Episode 176  of  Horror Movie Weekly  will be right up your alley! Your lovable hosts, Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson , bring you lots of their usual, irreverent shenanigans, as well as a Feature Review of  The Manor (2021) ! We also bring you our famous  Micro Horror Movie Reviews  of "Paul Dood's Deadly...

OK! Put your hands together, everybody. Let's have fun! It's time for  Episode 175  of  Horror Movie Weekly , One Badass Horror Podcast! This week, it was Mister Watson's turn to choose, and he did not let us down, as usual. This is a film, notably, that both Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson say plays like a Horror film for first-time viewers (though it doesn't maintain that genre upon repeat vie...

All right, dammit! It's finally time for  Episode 174  of  Horror Movie Weekly , where Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson bring you a Feature Review of  Exhuma (2024) ! In addition, we bring you Micro Horror Movie Reviews of "Captifs" (2010) — a Take Two review — and "Borderland" (2007). Join us! Note: This episode was recorded on July 31, 2024. It finally released on June 30, 2025. Better late tha...

Releasing on the 13-year anniversary of the launch of Jay of the Dead's HORROR METROPOLIS podcast (4/29/25), we welcome you to a barn-burner here with  Episode 173  of  Horror Movie Weekly , One Badass Horror Podcast! It was  Mister Watson's  pick, and he chose a doozy for us to discuss:  Soft and Quiet (2022) . In addition to that in-depth analysis, the Boys Boys Boys bring you Micro Horror Movie...

Have you ever tried hooking up through a VHS dating service? Did such services actually exist back in the heyday of VHS? You can admit it, if you know. There's no shame in it — as long as you "be kind, rewind." Here in  Episode 172  of  Horror Movie Weekly , Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson bring you a Feature Review of  Rent-A-Pal (2020)  — a remarkable little film that does eventually deliver t...

Celebrate good times — come on! It is time for celebration here on  Horror Movie Weekly , because here with  Episode 171 , we have reached a magnificent milestone… With this episode, we celebrate 100 episodes since  Mister Watson  joined the HMW hosting roster and figurative rostrum! As the creator of the show, Jay of the Dead sincerely believes that adding Watson as a host is the single greatest...

"That's what time it is right now!" Time to get "a semi" over  Horror Movie Weekly ,  Episode 170 , where we Feature Review  Lovely, Dark and Deep (2024) . Yeah, Jay of the Dead and  Mister Watson  have a merry old time bringing you Micro Horror Movie Reviews, such as "Nightwatch" (1994) and "Devil's Pass" (2013). We also hear about the Watson boys' trip to the zoo to see some polar bears! Thanks...

"Round Two goes to Kong." We are back again — two weeks in a row for another rousing (and arousing) episode of  Horror Movie Weekly , One Badass Horror Podcast! This is  Episode 169 , where we review Mister Watson's pick for this week,  Brightwood (2023)  — not "Brightburn," the evil Superman boy movie. No, this week we're looking at another shape of Horror, the infinite circle. A loop. The redund...

"Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker." That's a terrible title. But is "Exposition" a derogatory term? That is the question. Along with: Where the HELL has this podcast been for the past four months? Jay of the Dead provides a way-too-long-preface to explain. But in short, we're back now, Baby! Happy new year 2025! During  Episode 168  of  Horror Movie Weekly , Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson bring yo...

Because one of us is still in 5th grade… one of us chose to Feature Review  Butt Boy (2020) . But that's OK! We even give "Butt Boy" an earnest review! So, here in  Episode 167  of  Horror Movie Weekly , Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson tackle this cinematic oddity, and we also bring you our Micro Horror Movie Reviews of "We're All Going to the World's Fair" (2022) and "Maniac Cop" (1988). Join u...

Ground Control to Major Tom! This week in  Episode 166  of  Horror Movie Weekly , Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson are your cosmonaut tour guides, taking you on a tour of Sci-Fi Horror from outer space (while also stopping by the UK to revel in our favorite accents). Yes, once we finally get around to it, we bring you a Feature Review  Sputnik (2020) , an excellent Horror film that was criminally...

"Can you spy him deep within? Little Possum, black as sin. Bag is open, growing wider. What's inside it, man or spider? Little boy, don't lose your way. Possum wants to come and play."  We've got a great episode for you this week. Here in  Episode 165  of  Horror Movie Weekly , Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson welcome  special guest   Horror Movie Fanboy Brian Scott  to Feature Review  Possum (20...