Screams from the Basement

Xie Miao portrays the mute, badass action hero "Wang Wei" in the upcoming release THE FURIOUS, a surefire action classic in the making! Xie joins Screams from the Basement to discuss the making of the film, performing insane stunts, and what fans can expect from THE FURIOUS, releasing in theaters nationwide June 12th from Lionsgate. Listen to previous episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Screams from the Basement welcomes director Kenji Tanigaki to the podcast to share insight on the INSANE, BONE-CRUNCHING action epic THE FURIOUS, releasing in theaters nationwide June 12th from Lionsgate. Listen to previous episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.screamsfromthebasement.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PATREON: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠h...

Martial Artist, Actor, and Stunt Performer Brian Le joins Screams from the Basement to chat about the HIGH OCTANE, ADRENALINE RUSH martial arts action film THE FURIOUS, releasing in theaters nationwide June 12th from Lionsgate. Listen to previous episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.screamsfromthebasement.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PATREON: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

One of the most singular voices in all of modern cinema is from the beautiful mind of director and screenwriter Jane Schoenbrun. On this episode of Screams from the Basement, host Sam and Casey discuss their first two feature films, including the festival darling WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR about an online challenge taken by wayward teenager, and their sophomore feature about the h...

Returning to the BASEMENT for the first time in over two years is Writer/Director/Actor DEAN JACOBS to chat with us about his creepy, folk horror film WATER RITES starring Dee Wallace, Lynn Lowry, and Michael Berryman! Water Rites releases soon from Terror Films. Listen to previous episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.screamsfromthebasement.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Do you ever have the feeling like you're being watched? We do on this episode of Screams from the Basement as we breakdown the "watcher in the window" Double Feature of teen thriller DISTURBIA starring Shia LaBeouf, and the Romanian set WATCHER starring Maika Monroe! Listen to previous episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.screamsfromthebasement.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Joining hosts Sam and Casey in the basement is screenwriter, director, editor and producer of the 2026 found footage film House at the Edge of the Woods , Brandon Hartsock! The film follows a documentary crew as they investigate the home of a grieving man whose father has gone missing from their house located at the edge of a mysterious woods. House at the Edge of the Woods is available now on VOD...

Have you not learned anything from this podcast...never go in the basement! That is unless of course you're listening to this episode of Screams from the Basement as hosts Sam and Casey creep downstairs to see what creatures may be lurking in the basement shadows with the Double Feature of the Full Moon Features & Charles Band staple CASTLE FREAK, and Zach Cregger's modern marvel, BARB...

Do you believe in Bigfoot? Screams from the Basement welcomes returning guest, author Joshua Millican back to the basement to discuss his trippy take on the legend of Sasquatch with his latest novel, Dopefoot ! The novel follows college dropout "Harmless" who begins working at a California pot farm, located in the middle of a hotbed of smugglers and mobsters, but after unimaginable horro...

It’s Screams by Night week, and Screams from the Basement is celebrating Halfway to Halloween with two of their convention guests, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens, with the ultimate B-movie double feature! First up is the feminist slasher THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982), Brinke’s first feature film role and a staple of the genre. Then, they boogie on to HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS (1988), which...

Actress, Model, and Sideshow Performer Kelsey Livengood joins Screams from the Basement to cause a little "Mischief" leading up to her appearance at the Screams By Night: Halfway to Halloween Con on Saturday, April 25th in Sioux Falls, SD! Check out Kelsey's work in Clown Motel 2, Babezilla 2, and Night of the Dead Sorority Babes! Screams by Night: Halfway to Halloween Con Tickets: h...

The GREATEST horror story ever told, FRANKESTEIN, has seen hundreds of adaptations of the Mary Shelley novel, but NONE of them are quite like THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935, dir. James Whale) or FRANKENHOOKER (1990, dir. Frank Henenlotter)! Join Screams from the Basement as we hoist these two all time classics into the sky, and strike a lightning bolt into the social commentary of life, creation,...

Frequent collaborator of Director Brandon Christensen on works like Night of the Reaper and Superhost , DP Clayton Moore joins us in the basement to chat about the recently released SHUDDER ORIGINAL Bodycam . Clayton shares with us what went into creating this found footage thrill ride using faux police bodycams, using GoPro camera attached to actors, and the challenges of working in the found foo...

BATTER UP! Screams from the Basement is celebrating America’s favorite pastime with a baseball-horror double feature! (Yes, there’s actually two whole baseball horror movies!) First up is 1989’s NIGHT GAME , a cop-drama/slasher starring Roy Scheider, who investigates a serial killer murdering women after ballgames. Next, we dive into BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL (2003), a gonzo Japanese horror-action-come...

Screams from the Basement welcomes to the basement screenwriter, director, fellow cinephile KEVIN LEWIS to chat about his recently released action-thriller MISDIRECTION starring Frank Grillo ( THE PURGE series) and Olga Kurylenko ( QUANTUM OF SOLACE ). Kevin chats with us about shooting the single location thriller, his cinematic influences, and shares what he learned from working with Nicolas Cag...

On this special bonus episode of Screams from the Basement, Sam sits down with director veteran music video Marc Klasfeld (THAT Sum41 music video) and actor Javier Botet (The Conjuring 2, It) to talk about their new film, DO NOT ENTER. The horror-adventure film follows a group of urban explorers searching for treasure in an abandoned hotel where something evil is lurking. We discuss blending genre...

It's FRIDAY THE 13TH and on this episode of Screams from the Basement, we celebrate the grandfather of the Friday the 13th series, Sean S. Cunningham, with a DOUBLE FEATURE of the supernatural horror-comedy HOUSE and the underwater aquatic horror DEEPSTAR SIX! Listen to previous episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.screamsfromthebasement.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PATREON: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Screams from the Basement is SCREAMING with excitement to welcome legend of the industry and certified horror ICON Lin Shaye to the basement! Lin joins hosts Sam Lenz and Casey Kelderman to chat about her latest Scared to Death , in theaters March 13th, and how her background in horror films including the Insidious series and Farrelly Brothers comedies help meld into her performance in Scared to D...

Harkening back to 1950's drive-in horror mixed with Mel Brooks madness and a dash of South Park comes Vampire Zombies...From Space! Director and Co-Writer Michael Stasko joins us from a ski resort (no really!) to chat about this passion project about an alien invasion of vampire zombies with a cast that includes genre legends Lloyd Kaufman and Judith O'Dea! Listen to previous episodes at ⁠...

Screams from the Basement is cockadoodie snowbound in the basement this week, as we discuss and dissect two seminal Stephen King adaptations! First up is Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING, followed by Rob Reiner’s MISERY ! We discuss the talent of both filmmakers, what makes their respective adaptations two of the best King movies, and how these films are actually a perfect double feature. Listen to p...

Screams from the Basement is joined by an acclaimed performer, best known for his work on Fear the Walking Dead, Raising Hope, Deadwood, and the recently released indie-thriller The Huntsman, the marvelous Garret Dillahunt! Garret chats with us about being a chameleon on screen, with work that ranges from tight thrillers, family sitcoms, and heartfelt dramas. Listen to previous episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

It's Friday the 13th, so grab your machete, put on your hockey mask, and join Screams from the Basement for this knock-off Friday the 13th slasher double feature! We kick things off with the U.K. Jason Voorhees riff with UNMASKED PART 25 about a slasher villain who falls in love with a blind woman. We follow it up with the indie slasher-parody YOU MIGHT BE THE KILLER, starring Alyson Hannigan...

We are RE-ANIMATED with excitement to welcome a legend of the film industry, the one and only Barbara Crampton to Screams from the Basement! Barbara joins us in the Basement to chat about her performance in the 2026 psychological-thriller TEACHER'S PET, as well as her legendary roles in film's like RE-ANIMATOR, CHOPPING MALL, and SUITABLE FLESH! Teacher's Pet is available now on Digita...

Screams from the Basement hits the slopes for a ski trip DOUBLE FEATURE! We hit the bunny trail first with THE ROOM of slasher movies, 1989's ICED, featuring a slasher bound on revenge after a danger ski accident year prior. We then hit the ski lift for Adam Green's all timer survival thriller from 2010 with FROZEN starring Shawn Ashmore and Emma Bell! Listen to previous episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

A sequel 60 years in the making! From the team that brought you the Babezilla and After School Lunch Special movies comes a sequel to the Ed Wood penned "nudie-cutie" ORGY OF THE DEAD! Screams from the Basement is joined from the graveyard of the damned by director Andrew J. Chambers to chat about the low budget sequel, getting the rights to the original film, and working with B-Movie ba...