Professional Horror Podcast

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Not Christmas, actually it's the time when your old pal Chris Donovan emerges from his winter horror movie binging cave ready to scream from the mountain tops which ones were his favorites. From prom nights and trips to the pumpkin patch, to love stories that cross gorges and conquer slashers, to robot baddies, he's counting 'em all down! So join me, as I...

The most fun horror movie trivia game. *BUZZ* What is the Professional Horror Podcast Quiz Show? That's correct! It's that time of year again where your lovely host Chris Donovan has assembled his friends Carrie Drake-Coyle, Nichole Cava, and the reigning champion Sean Hogan to test their wit, knowledge, and trash talking ability to see who will win the 2025 PHP Quiz Show. Chris will see how well...

Today we're on a quest for vengeance! Ya boy Chris Donovan is back at it again with his buddy Sean and we've got vengeance on our minds. Specifically the demon of vengeance, the only and only Pumpkinhead, an awesome monster movie directed by special effects wizard Stan Winston. So crank that fog machine and join us on our journey into the woods to discuss protagonist harbingers, jump scare dogs, a...

New year, new list. It's that time of year again where your ole pal Chris Donovan emerges from toiling in the horror movie mines with his top ten favorite movies of the year. From road tripping families and glowing TVs, to multiple immaculate conceptions, to the world tour of Skye Riley, Chris Donovan is gonna run down all of 'em. So join me, as I present my top ten favorite movies of 2024.

The best horror quiz show around. What is the Professional Horror Podcast Quiz Show? That's correct. This episode, your lovely host Chris Donovan has assembled his friends, Sean Hogan, Nichole Cava, reigning champ Megan Pendagast, and fresh blood Julia Pendagast to test their horror braaains. Chris will test their knowledge on horror comics, the works of Clive Barker, not so final girls, and much...

It's that time of the year. That time where I'm a few days behind everyone else at making my top ten horror movies of the year list. But hey, I'm getting better at it. The year of 2023 brought a very strange slate of horror movies and your ole pale Chris Donovan is ready, willing, and able to run down the lot of em. From killer sloths and pumpkin monsters, to ghost summoning hands, to just some re...

A quiz show to test your horror knowledge. What is this year's Professional Horror Podcast Quiz Show? That's correct. This episode Chris Donovan has brought his friends Megan Pendagast, Carolyn Drake-Coyle, Nichole Cava, and Sean Hogan back to see if they can handle this year's installment of the PHP Quiz Show. He will test their knowledge of found footage, SyFy originals, all things R.L. Stine, a...

Happy Halloween! Sorry for the late episode, we showed up in Haddonfield for another Michael Myers romp and turns out he's all the way out in California! So your host Chris Donovan and his guests Megan and Julia Pendagast must go on a road trip to California, avoiding all rest stop bathrooms, to join our pals Michael and Laurie for another Halloween romp. Join us as we discuss Chekov's dumbwaiter,...

Happy Halloween! It's that time of year we we dress in costumes, pass out candy, and take to the streets to find our local masked serial killer. At least that's how Haddonfield does it. So that's how your host, Chris Donovan and his guests Megan and Julia plan to celebrate as well. On this episode we go back to a simpler time in the Halloween franchise and review 1981's Halloween 2. I can't think...

It's the new year, so you know what that means? It means your ole pal Chris Donovan is a few days late on making his top ten horror movies of the past year. Don't blame me though: blame 2022, because it brought a whole lot of awesome films to the table to dig through. Between studio horror good enough to make you scream and smile, to streaming services hatching up some delicious films to prey on,...

A super fun horror quiz show. What is this episode of the Professional Horror Podcast? That's correct! This episode, Chris Donovan has invited four of his friends: Megan Pendagast, Carolyn Drake-Coyle, Sean Hogan, and Nichole Cava to test their horror braaaains to see who will win the first ever Professional Horror Podcast Quiz Show! He will test their knowledge on horror musicals, Stephen King, s...

Happy Halloween! What? It's almost Thanksgiving? That doesn't matter because despite the title of the movie, Halloween never ends! Join host Chris Donovan and his fellow band geeks Megan and Julia as they head down into the sewers to find out what our friends Michael and Laurie have been up to in the four years between Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends. We'll chat babysitter murders, killer synth...

Happy Halloween! Time for candy and trick-or-treating and...masked serial killers? Huh, guess different towns have different Halloween traditions. At least that's what your host Chris Donovan, and his guests Megan & Julia find out when we visit Haddonfield for a review of the 2021 film Halloween Kills. We'll see what our ole pal Michael is up to as well as learning that maybe the real slasher,...

It's a graveyard smash! Your old pal, Chris Donovan is facing off with his good friend Nichole, one of the hosts of the Kinky Ladies Book Club, in a horror game for the ages: Monster Mash-Up! A game where we each select two poorly received horror movies and combine them into a Frankenstein's Monster of a movie pitch. Who will win? Will Chris' pairing of 80s slashers pass the test? Or will Nichole...

2021 had it's ups and downs. On the downside, we all got a lot more aquatinted with the Greek alphabet, but on the plus side, we got a lot of good horror movies. And your lovely friend, Chris Donovan, is here to count down his ten favorites. We got fake documentaries, frat houses, femme fatales, and ferocious furry monstrosities. Also, you know I put a SyFy original movie on this list, right? So j...

A little while back when Megan and Julia Pendagast joined me, Chris Donovan, to talk about Ginger Snaps, we also spent a lot of time chatting about anything but. So I've decided to cobble together our sidetracks about all things horror, from Hereditary to Goosebumps, Scream to Deep Blue Sea and edit them into a fun bonus episode. I hope you get half as much enjoyment out of this episode as we did,...

Trick or Treat! I really hope you didn't let that jack o'lantern light go out just yet. Because tonight is when the veil between fellow podcasts is thin. In the spirit of the season, Nichole and Amanda, two of the hosts of the Kinky Ladies Book Club, have crossed through the ether to join me in a discussion about the 2009 Halloween classic, Trick 'r Treat. We talk about The Tape, creepy breathing...

You guys heard of the Beast of Bailey Downs? Well my friends Megan and Julia Pendagast are joining me on a journey to track down and slay the beast. Or rather, they're joining me to talk about Ginger Snaps, the werewolf movie about curses both supernatural and totally natural. Grab your monkshood and join us as we discuss the finer points of sisterhood and puberty, but also field hockey and lycant...

The accursed year of 2020 is over! And while the year itself was not...like good by any standard, it did provide us with a ton of amazing horror movies. So obviously, your boy Chris Donovan has to count down his favorites. Just like it's obvious he would release his list weeks after the year ended, what a scrub right? Did I include another SyFy original in my list? Is nearly half my list Shudder o...

Merry...Midsommar? It may no longer be summertime, but here in 2020, time is meaningless so Carrie and I decided to take a trip to Sweden to discover what she loves (and I don't love) about this strange cult-y movie. We're going head-to-head in an old-fashioned Ari Aster-off! We debate the finer points of this film's structure, characters, and the message its trying to convey. But also, how weird...

After 10,000 years, I'm back! Sorry, it's only felt like 10,000 years but I, Chris Donovan, have returned from my prolonged absence and am back in the podcasting game. I am here to answer your most pressing questions. This of course is only if your most pressing question is what I thought the top ten horror movies of 2019 were. If you have another pressing question that will have to wait for anoth...

Happy New Year! Before we break forward into the new year of 2019 with our hopes and dreams in full bloom, come with me, Chris Donovan, as I look back on the past year in horror and tell you which films warmed my heart the most. Because even though the year might've been rough, we at least had some top-notch horror along the way. Did I have the audacity to put a SyFy original movie in my Top 10? D...

Happy Halloween!! What? You're saying that it's actually November 13th? Well it's still Halloween in my heart. But for real, your lovely, apologetic, and constantly procrastinating host, Chris Donovan is finally here to discuss the new Halloween film that came out a month ago. He's joined by his buddies Justin Beaucage and Ryan Spooner to talk about and they will take a bite out of this movie like...

Welcome to Hell! Chris Donovan is back with another quick hit review this time talking about the brand new horror film, Hell Fest. Chris is a sucker for slashers but how does Hell Fest stack up. Well if you think Chris fell for this film's slick design, lovely camera work, and fun cast of characters...then you're right. I really enjoyed this film. So come on, grab your VIP pass, grab your signific...

Hey guys, Chris Donovan coming at you with a quick hit review. I saw Assassination Nation on Thursday and I had to talk about it so I went solo and recorded a really quick, spoiler-free review for the new film. I hope you like the episode and I hope you like this quick review format. I hope to have a few of these out for you this Halloween season, including next week for Hell Fest!!