Spooko

We're taking the week off because Peach just turned 40, but... because Peach doesn't take time off, we've recorded a quick intermission for you guys. Vale Shane Warne.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A party bus massacre? Check. Gentle anti-capilalist message? Check check. a run time of 73 minutes? This Netflix-only sequel to the original classic proves once again why horror is the greatest genre.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is nothing more compelling than a horror villain that has a point. That you don't agree with necessarily, but you get why they'd – for example – lure, trap and butcher an entire extended family on a cross-country holiday.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Serious Q that the horror genre often overlooks: If your ARE going to harvest, prepare and sell human meat, what's the best way to cultivate it?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Magical realism. Vengeful zombies. Infanticide. This enchanting indie is HEAVY, but is it horror? Film maker Megan Riakos returns to the pod to help us play the genre-categorisation game.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode we're joined by Will Reichelt, one of Australia's most accomplished special effects identities to chat an insane film that's chock full of them: James Wan's 'Malignant'! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A deceptively disgusting 'Ozploitation' film from 2009 has Peach feeling like the early days of Spooko (when he wasn't so jaded). Huge content warning, these kills are creative and disturbing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A truly disturbing episode, featuring a film based on one of the most horrific events in Australia's history. Follow us on TikTok! (IYKYK) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This film is bleak. And spoiler alert, not matter how many kids get killed by antlered beats, the true monster is capitalism.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Shag away, Peach is inviting all scaredy-cats (and a24 horror fans) to join him in an experiment that may or may not work: watching a kill-count recap vid of the very first film we covered on Spooko, Hereditary – together!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Warning: as we conclude this chronological list of the most disturbing films of all time, we're gonna be discussing some movies you may wish you'd never heard of. Listen at your own risk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For a fun end-of-year treat, we're spending the next few weeks seeing how dark horror gets via the 10 most disturbing films of all time (according to the internet). Happy holidays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thrilled to be joined once again by our favourite podcast Too Scary; Didn't Watch to help explain what a 'Chuck E Cheese' is, and why Nicolas Cage is truly the best actor of his generation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When this uncategorisable film premiered at the Sydney Film Festival, 13 people fainted and dozens walked out. Shag and this week's guest Al Grigg were there, and luckily for you, did neither.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Horror has the funnest and most inventive premises. Case in point: a debut feature from a Welsh director set in the infamous 'video nasty' era of UK censorship, that is itself a video nasty. Magic.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The power of this film's poster alone caused hysteria and widespread film banning in the UK during the 1980s. Are you brave enough do discover the Driller Killer? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How has there never been a teen slasher with this title up until now? This episode we're joined by certified scaredy cat Lee Tran Lam to recap Netflix's woke (and  surprisingly gory) reimagining of Scream. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're taking a trip from Seoul to Busan (with podcast legend Alexei Toliopoulos) to work out which is scarier: shambling Romero zombies, or an athletic undead baseball team. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Horror isn't just the 80s classics that everyone has heard of. Horror in the 2020s is an exciting crop of new franchises that have nothing to do with Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger. Say hello to Norman Nordstrom (actually don't say anything, just wave). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a Halloween tradition! We're joined once again by FBi legend Ruby Miles to explore the second film of the new Halloween trilogy, and get to the bottom of what Michael Myers is REALLY after. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 11th film in the franchise, that's actually the sequel to the original 1978 film according to the 7th Michael Myers Timeline. It's also the 3rd film called 'Halloween', following both the first and the Rob Zombie remake in 2007. Imagine explaining this to Thomas Edison. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ultimate Gap Year: trading bodies with a serial killer in your final year of high school. But please, can we stop with the butcher-shaming? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you've played Squid Game, it's time to graduate to a more sophisticated (and arguably darker) vision of Korean Horror. Also, surprise! (IYKYK) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don't let the exploitative cover fool you – this is a woke, feminist horror film that was hugely ahead of its time in 1982. But is it scary?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A loving homage to 80's live-action adventure films that's also over-the-top gory that also has a very internet sense of humour that also had a budget of whatever was in the filmmakers' wallets. Let's see how far we can push the 'so bad it's good' defence, shall we? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.