Mostly Horror

Hey Horror Fans! The Book of the Dead is having a moment. With Evil Dead: Burn dropping this July, Evil Dead: Wrath officially locked in for 2028, and Lee Cronin’s The Mummy keeping the Rise director in the conversation…it felt like the right time to go back to one of our earliest episodes!! Back in March of 2021 we sat down with George Reinblatt, the creator of Evil Dead the Musical, to talk abou...

This week we're talking to Adam Dougherty; the practical effects artist and founder of KreatureKid Studios!!! We chat about monsters, movie magic, and an industry that seems to keep choosing the product and quantity over heart, art and quality ... lt's a conversation about craft, independence, and what happens when the thing you've dedicated your life to gets treated like an outdated over expense....

This week we did something a little different. For the first time ever we have a guest where we needed a translator and honestly... it was a blast!  We are thrilled to be joined by Japanese story teller Genki Kawamura who is the producer behind Your Name and Suzume , NYT bestselling novelist of  If Cats Disappeared From the World  , and director of A Hundred Flowers and his latest film Exit 8 , th...

Hey Horror Fans!!! This week we sat down with comedian, creator and overall personality Katie Hettenback (Aka Katie Afraidy) from the Fangoria podcast Katie Afraidy and got into all sorts of nonsense.  Stand up horror tastes, the movies that shape you and the ones that expose you. Turns out talking about horror can reveal a little more than you mean it to..  A few hot takes, maybe some questionabl...

This week Eric LaRocca is back on Mostly Horror for round three and we’re diving into his newest book Wretch: The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw . This conversation goes to some interesting places. We get into grief, belief, and the ways people cope with loss, especially when that coping starts to drift into something a little more complicated. We talk about seeing meaning where there might not be a...

This week we’re joined by Alec Duckart, the musician behind Searows, to talk about his new album Death in the Business of Whaling and all the stuff that feeds into his work. We get into horror movies, growing up on things like The X-Files, and the films that have stuck with him over time, along with how that kind of atmosphere and storytelling shows up in his music. It’s a loose, honest conversati...

This week we’re joined by writer/director Ian Tuason , whose new A24 horror film Undertone is creeping into theaters March 13. The film plays with a deceptively simple question: what if the scariest thing in a movie isn’t what you see… but what you hear later? We talk with Ian about building tension through sound, the eerie psychology of playback and EVP recordings, and why something as innocent a...

Writer and director Matthew McManus hangs out with us this week to talk about making movies with family, jumping from comedy into genre, and taking on the multiverse. From American Vandal to indie sci-fi with his brother Kevin, Matthew’s always had a sharp sense of tone. With Redux Redux, starring his sister Michaela, the McManus siblings build a time bending revenge story that feels intimate, int...

This week we’re joined by visionary artist Skinner!!! The mind behind neon-drenched monsters, cosmic chaos, and some of the most visually stunning artwork in modern horror and heavy metal culture. From album art for Mastodon to Magic: The Gathering, tabletop games, toys, murals, and beyond, Skinner has built an entire universe fueled by imagination, nightmares and obsession. We dive into his new Y...

This week’s episode feels like a nice little time capsule. We start with the latest horror news, including the new game from the studio behind Little Nightmares, updates on Jane Schoenbrun’s upcoming film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, new details on Mike Flanagan’s Carrie series, and the newly announced title for the next Evil Dead installment, Evil Dead: Wrath, directed by Mostly Horror a...

Hey horror fans!!  This week writer and filmmaker Matthew Robinson joins us to talk about his new genre bending thriller Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die , a modern day Twilight Zone style story that mixes AI, tech obsession, and social chaos with sharp humor and unexpected twists. Matthew shares behind the scenes stories about writing for a stacked ensemble cast, working with actors like Haley Lu Ric...

This week on Mostly Horror, we’re doing a rewind episode and revisiting our early chat with David Firth, the creator of Salad Fingers and one of the most uncompromising voices in indie horror. With the state of the world feeling increasingly surreal, scary, and downright absurd, this conversation felt like the right one to bring back. David’s work has always reflected the darker side of humanity w...

This week we’re joined by award winning filmmaker Greg Porper , writer, director, and producer of the darkly funny indie feature Don’t Tell Larry , now streaming on Amazon Prime and Apple TV . We talk about the film’s evolution from a scrappy web series into a feature, finding the right tone for a workplace comedy that slowly spirals into something more stressful and unsettling, and how a small li...

This week on Mostly Horror, we step into the ring with professional wrestler and horror fan Vinny Pacifico. We talk about the overlap between wrestling and horror, from larger than life characters and spectacle to violence, fear, and performance. Vinny also joins us to discuss his work in horror, including Crimzon Harvest and the wrestling infused Mr. Reset and the Society of Turnbuckle & Bone , p...

Filmmaker Christophe Gans ( Silent Hill , Brotherhood of the Wolf , Beauty and the Beast ) joins Mostly Horror to talk about the power of video games as a storytelling medium , what makes Silent Hill one of the most haunting and enduring horror franchises of all time, and what it was like to return to that world nearly 20 years later with Return to Silent Hill .  We explore why Silent Hill’s brand...

It’s January, so we’re pulling out the horror crystal ball and looking ahead at what 2026 has in store. Friend of the Pod Gigi Leal (RoomforScream) joins us to go through a stacked list of upcoming horror movies and just… scream at each other like horror fans do. We get into things we’re excited about, things we’re nervous about, and things we’re already overthinking way too much—covering titles l...

We’re starting 2026 the Mostly Horror way!! Talking horror with friends and arguing about what scared us the most. For our first episode of the new year, we’re joined once again by Mike Scollins , writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers and a longtime friend of the show. Mike’s been on with us plenty of times before, from general horror hangouts, to breaking down Scream 6 , to helping us celebrate...

Pull your chair a little closer and turn the lights down. This week on Mostly Horror, it’s just Sean and Steve, inviting listeners to settle in for a set of holiday stories best heard late at night. After a brief stop in horror news, they share three chilling Holiday tales pulled from dark corners of the internet. A man visiting his mother wakes up to discover something important has vanished. A f...

With the holiday season in full swing and schedules getting messy, this week’s Mostly Horror episode came together a little differently. With no guest and a last minute pivot, Sean and Steve sit down to talk through what’s been happening across the horror landscape lately. The episode kicks off with a rundown of recent news, from the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer to upda...

This week on Mostly Horror, we are absolutely honored to be joined by the writer of Edward Scissorhands , The Nightmare Before Christmas , The Addams Family , Corpse Bride , Homeward Bound , The Secret Garden , Black Beauty and more... Caroline Thompson. Caroline is one of the quiet architects of our childhoods, a storyteller whose work shaped entire generations without ever being given or demandi...

This week on Mostly Horror , we’re joined by the absolute legend: Matthew Lillard . From Scream to Thirteen Ghosts , Scooby-Doo , and now the ever-expanding Five Nights at Freddy’s universe, Lillard has carved out one of the most beloved and eclectic careers in genre cinema. We talk about his long-standing place in horror, the massive energy he brings to conventions, and why fans still rally aroun...

This week on Mostly Horror, we’re hanging out with filmmaking and writing duo Peter S. Hall and Paul Gandersman to talk about their creative partnership, their genre instincts, and their new indie horror film Man Finds Tape. We get into the strange magic of found footage, the influence of small town religion, Peter’s years discovering breakout talent at SXSW, and how the project ended up landing w...

This week on Mostly Horror, Steve and Sean sit down with author Jess Hagemann; the brilliantly twisted mind behind Mother-Eating and Headcheese.  Jess joins the boys for a wild, spoiler free conversation about transgressive fiction, cult psychology, why Marie Antoinette’s legacy is more complex than you've heard, and how the grotesque can be used to explore power, femininity, and body autonomy in...

Hey Horror Fans!!! This week on Mostly Horror , Steve and Sean sit down with filmmaker Lotfy Nathan to talk about The Carpenter’s Son — a dark and daring reimagining of Christ’s childhood that pulls from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas . Lotfy dives into religious myth, backlash from the faithful, and what it was like directing Nicolas Cage , FKA Twigs , and Noah Jupe in one of the most ar...

Hey Horror Fans!!! This week actress Sarah Durn joins the boys to talk about Chris Stuckmann’s Debut horror film Shelby Oaks!! The viral found footage style paranormal mystery that’s got the horror world buzzing. They chat about the movie’s ghostly atmosphere, filming at real haunted locations, Sarah’s thoughts on the supernatural and they even get into a little Medieval shenanigans and alchemy......