SlashU Podcast

Original Air Date: 11/28/2022 This week on "Held Back" we're having everyone re-take our class on a 1987 sequel (maybe?) called "Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II." This one had us scratching our heads because it involves a ghost and we're not exactly sure if it's a direct sequel to "Prom Night." But it might be. But as I type these notes and try to remember the episode, I can't really remember what w...

We're back with a fresh SlashU episode for your listening pleasure. Continuing our Summer Camp Slasher Series we bring you "Camp Dread" from 2014. Starring Eric Roberts, Danielle Harris, and Felissa Rose, this one gets weird. When a group of troubled 20 somethings find themselves cast in a reality show set at a summer camp, things get weird. What they suspect is a competition-style reality show "g...

Original Air Date 10/23/2023 We're still on a brief hiatus for our normal Monday podcast release. This week we're having our students re-take our class on "Totally Killer" from 2023. It's "Back to the Future" crossed with a Slasher movie. Complete with self-referential humor about how different things were in the 80s. This one was a prime example of how modern day slasher/horror pays tribute to th...

Original Air Date: 10/4/2021 On this week's "Held Back" we're re-taking the class on "The Majorettes" from 1986. Not sure why, but for a long time this was one of our most downloaded episodes. We couldn't figure it out. Maybe you all can listen to it and let us know what the appeal is. But this classic 80s slasher centers around a group of high school majorettes being targeted by a killer and ther...

Original Air Date: 10/09/2023 We had to throw up a throwback this week. We're having you all retake our class on "Maniac" from 2012. It's a remake of the 1980 classic by the same name but his one stars Elijah Wood! And the unique mostly POV perspective makes this one extra trippy as we get to see most of the movie through the eyes of the killer. Listen, enjoy, tell a friend and we'll be back on sc...

Original Air Date: 3/15/2021 This week on "Held Back" we're having our students repeat our class on "Slaughter High" from 1986. It's another one of those British slasher movies where the actors tried to sound American. And we absolutely pointed it out as much as possible. It's a classic story of a nerd who was bullied in high school who takes his revenge out on those who wronged him under the guis...

We went back to 2019 this week continuing our Summer Camp series for 2026 here on SlashU. This week we covered "Camp Wedding." It's the story of Mia and her bridal party. They rented out an old abandoned summer camp to turn it into Mia's wedding venue. But little do they know the camp carries a history. A young girl was struck by lightning and drowned in the 80s. Also there were some Salem-style w...

Original Air Date: 9/26/2022 On this episode of "Held Back" we're jumping back to our class on "Effects" from 1979. A film crew shooting a horror movie at an old house in the woods starts to blend the line between film and reality. The actors might not realize that they aren't exactly acting in the movie they thought they were acting in. That's a weird sentence. And it's a weird movie, but we like...

This week we got into our Summer Camp Slasher series for this year. We present to you "Bloody Bloody Bible Camp" from 2012. This one has got all sorts of whacky, campy, cheesy one-liners and throwaway jokes along with a host of gory kills. The story centers around a group of counselors set to re-open a closed up bible camp where seven years earlier there was a series of killings at the hands of Si...

Original Air Date: 6/19/2023 This week on "Held Back" we re-visit our class on "Stage Fright" from 2014. There are a lot of movies called "Stage Fright" so make sure you are watching the 2014 movie for this episode to make sense. It was the first musical slasher we covered here at SlashU and it starred the legendary Meat Loaf! The story centers around a theater camp that's terrorized by a killer w...

This week we got sent to detention. But not just any detention, it's "Deadly Detention" from 2017. When "The Breakfast Club" meets a slasher movie, this is what you get. And we had no shortage of thoughts about it. For some reason, the story centers around a group of high school kids serving up a Saturday detention sentence in an abandoned correctional facility instead of their school. The movie a...

Original Air Date: 6/7/2021 This week on "Held Back" we drop back to Season 2 of SlashU where we covered "The Prowler" from 1981. This one was a lot of fun with some great special effects. Listen, enjoy, tell a friend and rate the show! Follow us on Instagram @SlashU_Podcast Email us at SlashUPodcast@gmail.com Check out the Facebook page too: SlashU Podcast Click any of the Amazon links at SlashUP...

This week we went back to our 80s roots to watch an Anthology-style horror movie. It's "Screamtime" from 1983. This one's simple. A couple guys steal some VHS tapes, go to a friend's apartment to watch them, and we as the audience get to enjoy 3 different mini-movies. It's not a bad little low-budget British horror flick. Listen, enjoy, tell your friends, rate the show, and tell us what you think....

Original Air Date 2/7/2022 This week on "Held Back" we're revisiting a movie from 1987. The story centers around a group of travelers who find themselves stranded on an island in the Pacific Northwest after their seaplane has to make an emergency landing. They stumble upon a family of psychotic killers and the rest is all for us to enjoy! Thanks for taking our class again on this classic. Tell you...

This week we covered one from 2025 that left us absolutely floored with the number of practical effects and the 'kill count.' It's non-stop slasher madness from "New Fears Eve." We had hoped to talk a little bit with the writer/director PJ Starks but after a couple of different attempts, our schedules just could not line up. At the end of the day, we still had fun. The story in this one centers ar...

Original Air Date 9/13/2021 This week on "Held Back" we're jumping all the way back to Season 3 of SlashU when we covered "Sweet Sixteen" from 1983. There was some strange stuff in this movie. For example, an actress has a nude scene, the actress is of course over eighteen years old but the character is only sixteen....as the title of the movie indicates. It's just one of the many examples of how...

Original Air Date 8/23/2024 We had to call an audible this week due to some scheduling mix-ups. But we'll be back on track quickly, don't worry. So we decided to re-visit a classic in honor of Mother's Day. We're going back to the original "bad mom" by revisiting "Friday the 13th" from 1980. The one where most of the slasher madness began. Listen, tell a friend, rate the show, and enjoy! Follow us...

Original Air Date: 4/25/2022 This week on SlashU Held Back we're re-visiting 2006's "Hatchet." It's an amazing nod to old-school campy over-the-top slasher movies. Victor Crowley stalks Honey Island Swamp and anyone who invades his territory meets a gruesome death. It's the first in the "Hatchet" series, and we covered them all here on SlashU. We're eagerly awaiting more! Listen, tell a friend, ra...

This week on SlashU we had to take a look at one from 2015 that left us wondering if anything can be made into a slasher movie. The answer is yes, pretty much any idea you have could be made into a slasher movie. And the proof is in "Killer Piñata." It's the story of Lindsey and her friends throwing a pretty typical small house party / get together / makeout session. But a possessed piñata has pla...

Original Air Date: 6/6/2022 This week on "Held Back" we invite you to repeat our class on "Girls Nite Out" from 1982. It's the story of several young women at an Ohio college stalked by a killer dressed in the school's bear mascot uniform. What fun! Share the show, comment, subscribe, and tell a friend! Follow us on Instagram @SlashU_Podcast Email us at SlashUPodcast@gmail.com Check out the Facebo...

This week we wanted to stay on our usual track of a movie that lines up with the time of year. So we hit "Arbor Day" from 1990. Yes, this is a real movie and yes the killer uses Arbor Day as his backdrop/reason for killing. The story centers around young Elmer Jacobs, who witnessed his parents' murdered by a grizzly bear 20 years ago on Arbor Day. And now, on the 20 year anniversary of their death...

Original Air Date 4/3/2023 This week on "Held Back" we're re-visiting Season 6, Episode 104 of SlashU because on April 23rd, 1986 the movie "April Fool's Day" was released. We even played a big prank on everyone for this episode! A group of college friends staying at an island mansion get picked off one by one by an unseen threat. However, at the end of the day, nothing is as it seems. The group i...

This week we were joined by friend of the show and horror/suspense/sci-fi author Joe Prosit. Joe sat down with us to dissect "Attack of the Killer Donuts" from 2016. It's the story of Johnny and Michelle, working at their dead-end donut shop job. But a science experiment mishap causes dozens of the donuts to come to life as bloodthirsty little monsters. The donut shop''s only employees have to sav...

Original Air Date: 9/12/2020 This week we go WAY back to the very beginning of SlashU to re-visit one of our first few episodes. The sound quality wasn't as good but the laughter is still genuine. We're re-visiting "Killer Workout" also known as "Aerobicide." It's the story of Rhonda's place, a gym where all the beautiful people go to get buff. But someone's talking the gym members and killing the...

Well this week we covered one that's not exactly a slasher movie. But it's been recommended a bunch of times by people we meet and talk to about horror/slashers. Apparently this is a cult classic. The story centers around a group of college students who break into a bowling alley as part of a sorority initiation. They steal a bowling trophy, but it breaks open and a mischevious Imp pops out and of...