Nothing to Fear

This Episode Contains Spoilers! *Seriously* If you are at all interested in watching this movie spoiler free do not listen to the episode before you do so. You have been warned. Alex, Billie and Luke dive into the twisted and brutal world of Jigsaw to talk about 2004's Saw. Join us as we talk about Saw, the early 2000s and the unique twist on the horror genre that spawned the sub-genre of Gore por...

This podcast contains spoilers! Finishing off birthday month strong with the 1987 entry for our very own Luke. It's Clive Barker's Hellraiser! We get to meet Pinhead, learn how to solve a particularly challenging Rubik's cube and talk about that sweet sweet 80s style we all miss so much (do we?) You know, some people say that this podcast is run by demons. Still waiting for the contingent that say...

This Episode Contains Spoilers! Continuing birthday month, Billie celebrates by making the guys watch 1985's Fright Night. We really.....er....uh.....we really sink our teeth into this movie. The discussion gets very.....time warpey but it's all good fun. Join us as we talk about Vampires, Chris Sarandon roles and the power of believing in yourself. This might be the most motivational episode of t...

This Podcast contains spoilers (BUT that doesn't super matter) (Also we don't really spoil that much) Continuing on our Birthday Celebration episodes with Alex's birthday we take a look at 1993's Leprechaun. So get your bangs teased to the utmost and find your purple vest because we got a whole bag of gold coins that we found next to a shiny green hat and a some buckled shoes. What could go wrong?...

This podcast contains spoilers. Welcome to the year 2021 everyone. Let's talk all about Pet Sematary today! What do we think?  We can't think of a better way to ring in the New Year than by talking about a film where there is a graveyard that can bring things back to life (like 80s nostalgia and Star Wars reboots) but somehow wrong or different. This marks the first week of birthday month at...

Just in time for the end of the year, Billie was super super honoured to sit down with the lovely Shannon McDill, to continue the conversation around Get Out. She gives me a brief history of her own horror movie pedigree and she also gives a couple great podcast recommendations.  Check out You're Wrong About , for those episodes on the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and also listen to Shannon's Podc...

THIS PODCAST CONTAINS SPOILERS!  We close our very first calendar year at Nothing to Fear with a Mega-sized episode discussing all the ins and outs of Get Out. Even though Billie is 3 years late to the party on this Jordan Peele directorial debut, she can't actually shut up about it. You'll have to permit a little bit of preaching to the choir but it's real good! And, what better sentiment to...

What's this? Under your tree? An extra gift of a Nothing to Fear bonus episode? That Santa sure knows how to pick a great gift. That's right! It's another NtF bonus episode! Today we are discussing the 1974 Holiday Slasher movie "Black Christmas" And it's Canadian! So get a mug of egg nog, turn on a Fireplace log channel and join us with this bonus episode. However you celebrate the winter season...

Grab your biggest egg nog, make sure your stockings are hung and remember to keep the spirit of fellowship and good will around or else you'll be visited by THIS podcast. We're talking about 2015's Krampus! Join Billie, Alex and Luke underneath the Christmas tree as we dive into this confusing mess of a movie. Part-horror movie, part family comedy, and it comes together about as well as putting pe...

THIS PODCAST CONTAINS SPOILERS.  Take a trip to the Izu Peninsula in Japan with the Nothing to Fear squad! We are talking all about 1998's J-Horror classic, Ring. We ask if you would chant Bloody Mary in the mirror, debate the likelihood of the spirit world and how it can impact on our lives and gently remind Luke that Master Chief isn't going to be in this one until we realize that Sadako wa...

Let's all sing a slowed down nursery rhyme and grab an extra cup of hidden triple espresso because not even Sleeptime is Safety! (Just Daytime ). The Pod takes a trip to "Ohio" to visit Elm Street as we talk about A Nightmare on Elm Street! Get your finger knives sharp and find out where you stashed your green and red sweater and have a listen along! Just don't ask Glen to wake you up ever. Please...

This Podcast contains spoilers. The Nothing to Fear Squad takes a glance a movie all about an evil entity with a Two-Letter name. But this one never turned into a clown even once and Billie didn't get it. Listen on as Alex patiently tries to get her to understand, we pitch an award winning tv show idea and Luke shares a musical recommendation "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" by Brand New...

This Podcast contains Spoilers! It Chapter Two takes place 27 years after the first chapter. The movie was released a YEAR after the first one. But we're impatient at Nothing to Fear so the gap is only one week long. We're diving back into the sewers of Derry, Maine to confront our fears, drag them out in the daylight and reveal them to be much less powerful than we perceive.  NOW. There is t...

This Podcast contains spoilers!! And, As a bonus trigger warning just for those eagle eyed listeners who read these notes, THERE are some discussions about sexual assault in this episode. So. You are warned. There is also an audio clue for you to prep yourself. So, you go in as armed as you can be. On to the show notes! The Nothing to Fear Team headed to Maine in the 80s to check out some weird ha...

This Podcast Contains Spoilers For this very special episode of Nothing to Fear, we take a trip to Camp Crystal Lake and wonder why all the counsellors are always apart. We eagerly await the arrival of the film's would be antagonist only to find out a horrible horrible truth about this very strange entry into the Horror Movie and then question how this thing got to be such a franchise. Plus, Alex...

This Podcast Contains Spoilers! The Nothing to Fear gang kicks off Season Two of the show with a delightfully comedic romp that is Cabin in the Woods. Luke counts how many horror tropes they use in the movie but loses count around 2 billion, Alex ruminates on how much more enjoyable this movie was since we watched it after seeing so many horror films and Billie fools everyone by making them think...

This podcast contains spoilers!! Well. Here it is. It finally happened. We watched Hereditary. Talk about a spooky ooky film! But we did it. And we couldn't be more excited to talk about it. We also touch on our experience with the Horror movie genre as this is our 20th episode. Buckle up for an extra long episode filled with insight, comedy and your, now to be expected, Star Wars reference. And t...

This Podcast Contains Spoilers! We round out our Halloween Spooktacular with a strange departure and possible alternate universe of Halloween films with Halloween 3: The Season of the Witch. Join the NtF trio as they explore the mysteries of the Silver Shamrock company, their line of Halloween Masks, and a shocking rise in reports of exceedingly boring looking men in drab suits. This movie has it...

Halloween Spooktacular continues with our Third entry into that sprawling Franchise. Listener beware, there be spoilers in the pod.  Halloween 2018 is a retcon sequel which completely obliterates every movie in between the one from 1978 and 2018. We chat about it! We make jokes about it! We all wear Michael Myers masks for the whole recording but don't mention it or bring it up at all! Please...

There are spoilers in this episode!!! Spooky Halloween season continues, friends with our mini-series on the Halloween movie franchise. To keep ourselves from getting confused we picked the first of the direct sequels as we join Michael Myers on that same Halloween night in... 1979? No, 1978 as he goes along his merry way stabbing and murdering and being inexplicably invisible to the citizens of H...

Spooky Halloween (season), Everyone!  This week we are embarking on a 4 week adventure into the horror film legacy that is the Halloween franchise. We're talking about John Carpenter's original entry which introduces us to Michael Myers and his creepy, silent, relentless killing behaviour. Obviously, as with every podcast there will be spoilers for this movie (and probably some others). For t...

This episode contains spoilers for the movie we are discussing! This week the Nothing to Fear trio had the opportunity to record our episode as part of a ride along with the local fire department. Safe to say that things got a bit weird and editing out all the screams and death was a challenge. But we're professionals so we make it work! We're talking about the 2007 Spanish Language horror movie,...

This Podcast contains spoilers!  In this week's horror outing, Billie, Luke and Alex take a trip to rural Texas, taking in the sights, talking to the locals, visiting unique furniture craftsmen and sampling the local cuisine with Leatherface as our guide. Sure he's a bit free with the chain sawing and he's not much for words but there's nothing like seeing a place with a local as your tour gu...

This Podcast contains Spoilers! This week, on Nothing to Fear, the crew takes a look into the 2015 directorial debut of Robert Eggers with The VVitch. Join us as we discuss this tense, creepy slice of life movie set in 1600s New England. You may ask yourself, are we going to speak in period accents the whole time? Well, List well all ye, verily we speakst true and pure. Ugh. No way. We are not tha...

This podcast contains spoilers for the movie, Silent Hill. Shh. Everyone be quiet. This week, Luke, Billie and, Alex drive on out to West Virginia to an elevated town where everything is pretty quiet. Join us as we make siren noises, ponder as to whether or not a good movie based on a video game will ever be made and get creeped out by an old, spooky church leader. Stick around for Something to Ch...