Screams from the Basement

He has risen, and he is here to save the lesbians! Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter is a shot on film comedy, action, horror, musical about the son of God returning to earth to team with a Mexican luchador to save the world's lesbians from daywalking vampires. Joining us is the creative genius behind the work Lee Demarbre to chat about the making of the film, creating his cinematic Jesus, putting t...

Things are about to get political on this episode of the Screams from the Basement Podcast as hosts Sam and Casey chat about an evil politician double feature with Omen III: The Final Conflict and The Dead Zone! Get ready for a chat about Sam Neill's take on the anti-Christ Damien, Christopher Walken's performance in The Dead Zone, and the all-timer collaboration between Stephen King and D...

Iconic Scream Queen Brinke Stevens joins Sam and Casey to discuss her latest project, Ed Kemper (2025), a true crime horror film about the infamous “Co-Ed Killer.” Stevens portrays Sally Hallett, Kemper’s final victim before his incarceration. We dive into the period setting—which lead to Brinke driving her dream car, the instant camaraderie with her castmates, and why this film is a bit of an out...

Things are getting monstrous in the basement this week as Sam and Casey discuss a rip roaring double feature! First, they dive into RAWHEAD REX (1986), the deliriously entertaining B-movie based on a Clive Barker story—and their screening of it at the Sioux Falls State Theatre. Then, they laugh through a conversation on PSYCHO GOREMAN (2020), a modern splatter comedy masterpiece. Monster fans, thi...

The Fetus stars Terrifier's Lauren LaVera as Alessa in a story about a failing relationship only getting worse when Alessa begins to experience all 9 months of pregnancy is the span of 24 hours. We are joined by the film's writer and director to chat about creating the concept of The Fetus, working with LaVera and horror icon Bill Moseley, and developing the insane special FX makeup featur...

Who doesn't love a good urban legend? One of our favorite settings for a horror story is a lighthouse, so why not chat about two horror films set at lighthouses! On this episode we chat about John Carpenter's seminal classic The Fog starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, and Janet Leight AND the much maligned killer tooth fairy film Darkness Falls! Screams by Night | Halfway to Hallo...

Screams from the Basement is joined on this episode by writer/director Jamie Langlands and actress Meghan Adara to chat about Jamie's feature directorial debut, The Cellar. The Cellar follows Abigail (Adara) who has been kidnapped an placed inside a mysterious cellar by a number of masked individuals, now Abigail must find out how she got their and who's behind all of this in this supernatural, ps...

Monkey see, monkey do. We saw The Monkey, how about you? On this episode of the Screams from the Basement Podcast, hosts Sam and Casey monkey around as they chat Oz Perkin's gore-gag a minute 2025 new release The Monkey, and George A. Romero's underrated Monkey Shines! Grab a banana and bang a drum for this MONKEY themed DOUBLE FEATURE! The Monkey SPOILER WARNING 1:17:00 Screams by Night | Halfway...

For 50 years Lloyd Kaufman's Troma Entertainment has been creating disruptive entertainment, including cult classics The Toxic Avenger, Tromeo and Juliet, and Poultrygeist. Now the famed independent studio is putting it's hands all across America with the "Hands Across Tromerica" Tour featuring today's guest, Brandon Bassham and his anthology Bring on the Damned! Bring on the...

Love (and murder) is in the dank basement air! Sam and Casey are celebrating Valentine’s Day with a horror-romance double feature! First up is Guillermo del Toro’s gothic period piece, Crimson Peak (2015), followed by Anna Biller’s Hammer horror throwback, The Love Witch (2016). This double feature is sure to appeal to the horrific romantic in everyone! SCREAMS BY NIGHT HORROR CON TICKETS: https:/...

Joining us in the Basement, no not a creepy one with a female mannequin like this movie, are director Jason Zink and writer Nolan Mihail to chat about their feature film Looky-loo. Looky-loo is a found footage film told the POV of a burgeoning serial killer. Looky-loo is available February 14th on Blu-ray and VHS from Scream Team Releasing: https://screamteamreleasing.com/collections/looky-loo-mer...

Hosts Sam and Casey take a dive into previously unexplored territory, filling in a major blind spot for both of them—the films of David Lynch. First, they discuss Lynch’s feature debut, 1977’s Eraserhead in all of its paternal anxiety. Then, they move onto Blue Velvet, Lynch’s suburban noir about the seedy underside of small town America. SCREAMS BY NIGHT HORROR CON TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite...

Only monsters can kill monsters is the upcoming creature feature Round the Decay! Joining us in the basement is writer, director, producer Adam Newman to chat about practical effects heavy, monster movie Round the Decay. Round the Decay his theaters nationwide January 30th! For more information and to purchase tickets: https://www.fandango.com/round-the-decay-2025-239030/movie-overview PATREON: ht...

Bundle up, because the Basement Boys are taking a trip to the arctic for a chilly double feature! Listen in as we discuss the ‘50s sci-fi classic The Thing from Another World, as well as its remake, John Carpenter’s The Thing! These movies, while born from the same source material, couldn’t be more different! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ScreamsfromtheBasement MERCH STORE: teepublic.com/user/s...

Joining us in the Basement are our Last Stop: The Series "bosses" Dominic Wieneke and Zeke Richter to chat about the upcoming premiere of the South Dakota based comedy series! Both Sam and Casey work in front of - and behind the camera - on the 7 episode season which features many local talents lending their work to the fictional retail store set comedy. Tickets for an ENCORE PREMIERE available no...

It's that time of the year! Sam and Casey sit down to each rank their personal TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES OF 2024! With titles such as The Substance, Longlegs, and Terrifier 3, what will make our lists? Listen to find out! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ScreamsfromtheBasement MERCH STORE: teepublic.com/user/screams-from-the-basement FANGORIA AFFILIATE LINK: shop.fangoria.com/SCREAMSFROMTHEBASEMENT TER...

On this episode of Screams from the Basement, the basement boys sit down for an interview with…themselves?! That’s right, we got the low down on how Casey and Sam feel about the massive year they just had, what’s in store for the future, and some of their favorite memories from 2024. Thanks to everyone for making this year a great one; we’ll see you all in 2025! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/Sc...

It's a 1984 Christmas sci-fi double feature! Screams from the Basement gets out our 10 second watch and pair of Uzi's as we chat about Night of the Comet, starring Kelli Maroney and Catherine Mary Stewart, and Empire Pictures' Trancers, starring Tim Thomerson and Helen Hunt! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ScreamsfromtheBasement MERCH STORE: teepublic.com/user/screams-from-the-basement FANGORIA A...

Melt the rich and melt your mind as we are joined by writer/director Ryan Kruger to chat about his follow-up to Shudder's pandemic hit Fried Barry with Kruger's spiritual sequel to the cult 80's splatter film, Street Trash. Taking place on the streets of South Africa, a mind melting drug is unleashed upon a group of ragtag street dwellers as a devious plan to rid the unhoused population in the goo...

What do werewolves, westerns, college undergrads, and a jar of Satan juice have in common? Alice Cooper, of course! Hosts Sam and Casey are joined by author and podcaster Bryan Clark of Attack of the Killer Podcast to discuss this wild double feature of Monster Dog and Prince of Darkness! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ScreamsfromtheBasement MERCH STORE: teepublic.com/user/screams-from-the-basem...

Hidey-ho! Have we got a special interview for you! Sam and Casey sit down with director Thommy Hutson and executive producer Michael Perez to discuss their brand new documentary, DOC OF CHUCKY! We discuss everything, from their personal favorites of the Child’s Play franchise, to getting incredible anecdotes out of the films’ cast and crew, to editing hundreds of hours of footage into a cohesive,...

We're SCREAMING off the page on to the silver screen with this episode's double feature of two 1980's forgotten cult classics, Cellar Dweller and I, Madman! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ScreamsfromtheBasement MERCH STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/user/screams-from-the-basement FANGORIA AFFILIATE LINK: https://www.shop.fangoria.com/SCREAMSFROMTHEBASEMENT TERPBOYS AFFILIATE LINK: https://www.bu...

Does Hollywood have any original ideas anymore, ANOTHER cabin in the woods movie? Wait, this one is a satire of the entire genre, poking fun at tropes, stereotypes, and the basic conventions...count us in! We are excited to welcome back to the basement, writer, director and producer Joe Bandelli to chat about his latest horror-comedy Another Cabin in the Woods Movie! We also chat with Joe about th...

Grab your laptop, log into Skype, and watch out for glitchy people from the dark web as we chat about UNFRIENDED (2015) and UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB (2018). We break down the screen life horrors including the world's worst game of "Never Have I Ever," virtual Cards Against Humanity (however that works), and the importance of never putting a blender next to your computer. Don't unfriend us because this...

Joining hosts of Screams from the Basement Sam Lenz and Casey Kelderman is filmmaker Virat Pal, writer and director of the ''Dream Girl'' segment in V/H/S/Beyond! Virat joins us in the basement to chat about the 7th installment in the acclaimed found footage series, being the first director to shoot a V/H/S segment in India, and just how quick the film went from concept, to production, to final pr...