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Send us Fan Mail Eight limbs, two sets of fangs and an Al-titude! Al & Siena are wading through webs and calling for creepers in this insectoid installment on PHENOMENA (1985) x ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990)! Find out the food-based FX hack that stood in for swarms of insects onscreen, uncover the Olympic process of arachnid casting, and learn to spot why CREEPERS is actually set in an alternate timeli...

Send us Fan Mail Ki-ki-ki ma-ma-ma...Mommy? Al & Siena are cooking up something campy in this sleepaway slasher pairing on THE FINAL GIRLS (2015) x FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)! Hear the SFX secrets behind Kevin Bacon's h-arrow-ing death scene, uncover the Chloe Sevigny casting that almost was, and find out why Sean Cunningham's ad campaign publicly pissed of the MoMA in this summer camp s...

Send us Fan Mail See? Pod on a stick! Al & Siena are walking right into the world's worst roadtrips in this high-temperature horror pairing on THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977) x WOLF CREEK (2005)! Find out what protected species a producer killed for the camera, learn which scene seemed so real on set it actually worried the director, and hear how bones from Texas Chainsaw Massacre made their w...

Send us Fan Mail Do you like girls, boys, or TV shows? Al & Siena are bringing their bunny suits into the Pink Opaque for Siena's "Big Sad Gay Birthday Special" episode on DONNIE DARKO (2001) x I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)! Find out about the recurring Twin Peaks dream that inspired Jane Schoenbrun, hear how watching football stoned helped Richard Kelly create the look of his wormho...

Send us Fan Mail In podspace no one can hear you scream. Al & Siena are opening the hatch and jamming with Jean Jacket in this extraterrestrial episode on ALIEN (1979) x NOPE (2022)! Find out how Alejandro Jodorowsky's ill-fated Dune gave us those great Giger monsters, learn the deep lore behind Antlers Holst's name, and uncover Ridley Scott's hand acting cameo in this ufologica...

Send us Fan Mail Pass it on! Al & Siena are cheating death and charting who's next in this doom-and-Devon Sawa-filled episode on FINAL DESTINATION (2000) x IT FOLLOWS (2014)! Hear the full plot of the unproduced X-Files episode that spawned a series, learn why the score for IT FOLLOWS was composed before the film was shot, and uncover how we really got Tony Todd as Bludworth on this &quot...

Send us Fan Mail The only "serial" they know anything about is Rice Krispies! Al & Siena are turning out all the lights and summoning the murder mommies of THE OTHERS (2001) x SERIAL MOM (1994)! Learn what happens on set when a director composes their own score, uncover how reverse psychology led Kathleen Turner to her iconic role, and find out why Nicole Kidman tried to escape the p...

Send us Fan Mail Everything is peachy effing keen, and you're a shoo-in for prom queen! Al & Siena can see your dirty pillows in this coronation-ready combo episode on JAWBREAKER (1999) x CARRIE (1976)! Learn how Vaseline helped Sissy Spacek get the part, uncover the ways JAWBREAKER incorporated candy into its iconic costumes and production design, and hear how one mechanical failure rewr...

Send us Fan Mail To a new world of gods and monsters! Al & Siena are conjuring creatures and slipping into something a little less visible in this episode on Universal horror staples THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) x BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)! Hear how black velvet helped Claude Rains vanish, learn what a studio psychiatrist contributed to the screenwriting process, and discover the trick behind t...

Send us Fan Mail Fire walk with me, b-b-ba-baby! Al & Siena are spilling Mother's milk and grabbing Garmonbozia in this family trauma-filled episode on BARBARIAN (2022) x TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)! Hear how that hairy baby bottle came to be, learn about the real-life Halloween murder that paralleled the filming of TWIN PEAKS, and discover which prosthetic piece for Mother didn&...

Send us Fan Mail Bananas! Bananas! Bananas! Al & Siena have prepared a few party favors for this visit to the wild and watermelon-filled haunted houses of HAUSU (1977) x HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959). Hear the bizarre story of how Spielberg's JAWS inspired Obayashi's comedic horror, learn what Alfred Hitchcock stole from William Castle's marketing campaigns, and uncover the fate...

Send us Fan Mail They have such sights to show you! Al & Siena are reaching for reagent and summoning cenobites in this necromantic and nutty episode on RE-ANIMATOR (1985) x HELLRAISER (1987)! Hear which colorful '80s classic was originally intended to be shot in black-and-white, learn how condoms and lube contributed to the prop creation, and uncover which scene shows a real body onscree...

Send us Fan Mail It'll be a guaranteed standing ovulation! Al & Siena are purveyors of pulchritude in this seductively sorceress-filled episode on THE LOVE WITCH (2016) x ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK (1988)! Hear why old-school 35mm rear projection looks better now than it did in the '60s, learn what A-list celebrity was deemed too cute to cast, and discover which bloody prop was act...

Send us Fan Mail Not so silent anymore! Al & Siena are pausing for Pyramid Head and screaming in subways over SILENT HILL (2006) x POSSESSION (1981)! Hear how 165 unique sets were blended to create the setting of Silent Hill, learn what direction Isabelle Adjani was given for that infamous subway scene, and discover which rom-com star was up for the role of Rose Da Silva on this psychotic and...

Send us Fan Mail We have enough battery power to run a small country here! Al & Siena are cracking open the camcorders and taking some tubby time in this episode on THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) x CREEP (2014)! Hear what cardinal rule of production design was broken making BLAIR's iconic stickmen, find out where the Peachfuzz mask really came from, and uncover the alternate witchy ending...

Send us Fan Mail They have crossed oceans of time to find you. Al & Siena are vampires pretending to be humans pretending to be vampires in this extra thirsty episode on INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994) x BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992)! Hear how Stan Winston Studios helped Tom Cruise slurp up that rat, learn what turn-of-the-century camera trick inspired Coppola's vampire POV shots, a...

Send us Fan Mail Yulish, very yulish! Al & Siena are coming in Krampus-y in this festive and fear-filled episode on BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) x KRAMPUS (2015)! Hear how the terrifying voice of the phone stalker was created, spot a PSYCHO Easter Egg filled with holiday spirit, and learn how a real murder took Bob Clark's film off TV on this holiday horror special edition of Splice & Splat...

Send us Fan Mail We have to return some videotapes! Al & Siena are peeling off the mask of sanity in this serial killer-stuffed episode on THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT (2018) x AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000)! Hear the lengths Christian Bale went to in order to scare Bret Easton Ellis, learn which murder almost kept Matt Dillon from taking the role of Jack, and discover what sound is used for foley in tha...

Send us Fan Mail You are receiving this podcast as a dream! Al & Siena are unfreezing John Carpenter’s cosmic horror in this episode on PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987) and THE THING (1982)! Hear about the Wrestlemania match where Alice Cooper and Carpenter met, mock Tobe Hooper’s horrible pitch for THE THING, and spot all the sci-fi author Easter Eggs hidden in the character names on this dystopian...

Send us Fan Mail They're here already...and you're next! Al & Siena drifted through the universe, from planet to planet in the first episode of Season 2 of Splice & Splatter to share the mysteries behind INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) x INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)! Learn which actor did all their own stunts, what the insane SFX budget constraints were, and the te...

Send us Fan Mail Whatever you do... don't fall asleep as we celebrate Splice & Splatter's ONE YEAR PODCAST ANNIVERSARY! Al & Siena are in the Halloween spirit as they share all the tricks and treats about ROB ZOMBIE'S HALLOWEEN II (2009) and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984). Learn what weapon Freddy Krueger was going to have before his iconic knife glove, all the rules Rob Z...

Send us Fan Mail Ahh! We're insane with anger!! Al & Siena are probing into extraterrestrial terrors and alien invasions in this episode on SIGNS (2002) and DARK SKIES (2013)! Learn what those tinfoil hats were really made of, hear why an FX artist-turned-director chose to eschew special effects on his own set, and discover why the creature in that infamous Brazilian birthday party scene...

Send us Fan Mail Alright...this podcast is hereby...condemned! Al & Siena are mean mother filmin' servants of god in this cryptacular episode on TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT (1995) and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (1996)! Al & Siena are mean mother...filmin' servants of god in this cryptacular episode on TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT (1995) and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (1996)! Learn...

Send us Fan Mail GROOVY!! Al & Siena are kicking arse for the lord in this utterly undead episode on DEAD ALIVE (1992) and EVIL DEAD II (1987)! Learn why the town nearest to DEAD ALIVE’s set thought its crew committed a real massacre, hear how Bruce Campbell got blood-boarded for the camera, and discover which household objects can be used to animate a zombie baby on this Al’s birthday “Al-str...

Send us Fan Mail Question us not, Malachai! Stephen King has Al & Siena ready for harvest and reaching for scythes in this extra corny episode on IN THE TALL GRASS (2019) x CHILDREN OF THE CORN (1984)! Hear why Patrick Wilson is the king of hair pulling, learn how a local Boy Scouts troop contributed to the SFX creation of He Who Walks Behind the Rows, and spot the hidden CHRISTINE shoutout on...