Straight Chilling: Horror Movie Review

A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from gentrification...and vampires. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss vampires, kid horror, and the Netflix original, Vampires vs. the Bronx.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:00) Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:31) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:00) Rotten Tomatoes (54:41) Trivia (60:32) Cooter of the Week...

The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Johnny Depp, Heather Langenkamp, and Robert Englund in Wes Craven's classic, A Nightmare on Elm Street.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:45) Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:20) Spoiler Warning/Ful...

The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss the first 4 installments in The Simpsons Halloween tradition, Treehouse of Horror.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (5:45) Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:45) Hotline Scream (118:40)   Listen to Simpsons is Greater Than   Connect with us: Support us on Patreon Websi...

A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss claymation, horror musicals, and Takashi Miike's, The Happiness of the Katakuris.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:22) Back of the Box/Recommendations (6:55) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:41) Rotten Tomatoes (6...

A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Vincent Price, haunted houses, and William Castle's, House on Haunted Hill.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:05) Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:33) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:52) Rotten Tomatoes (60:02) Trivia...

A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss cults, isolation, and Hammer's latest horror film, The Lodge.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:09) Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:39) Spoiler Warning/Full...

The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Tim Burton's classic ghost story, Beetlejuice.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:14) Back of the Box/Recommendations (13:23) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (16:16) Rotten T...

A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Jay Baruchel, horror comics, and the brutal slasher film, Random Acts of Violence.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:40) Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:37) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:46) Rotten Tomatoes (66:18) C...

Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student's disappearance. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss horror anthologies, haunted tapes, and Bloody Disgusting's, VHS2.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:15) Back of the...

Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Freud, vaginal myths, and the 2007 horror-comedy, Teeth.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:20) Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:10) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:12) Rotten Tomatoes (82:50) Cooter of the Wee...

Scientific experiments backfire and produce horrific mutations: half man, half fish, which terrorize a small fishing village by killing the men and raping the women. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Roger Corman, mutant sea creatures, and the exploitation film, Humanoids from the Deep.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:44) Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:50) Spoiler Warning/Full...

American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Japan, radioactive lizards, and the classic creature feature, Godzilla.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:30) Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:08) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:25) Rotten Tomatoes (84:39) Cooter of the Week (89:51) What We've...

A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world's largest and deadliest snake. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss J-Lo, Ice Cube, and the 1997 creature feature, Anaconda.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:35) Back of the Box/Recommendations (13:03) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (20:13) Rotten Tomatoes (76:33...

A bed possessed by a demon spirit consumes its users alive. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss death, beds, and the horrific combination of the two in, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:46) Back of the Box/Recommendations (7:11) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:49) Rotten Tomatoes (60:10) Trivia (64:10) Cooter of the Week (69:48) What We've Been Watching (...

The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest turned in cop, a teacher and a little girl can stop him. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Christopher Walken and religious based horror in 1995's, The Prophecy.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (1:21) Back of the Box/Recommendations (6:18) Spoiler Warning/Full Revie...

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Blumhouse, Animal Farm, and how much weight Ethan Suplee lost in, The Hunt.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:38) Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:45) Spoiler Warning/Full Revie...

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss art-house horror, dream logic, and David Lynch's debut feature, Eraserhead.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:20) Back of the Box/Recommendations (7:52) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:15) Rotten Tomatoes (77:07)...

A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss weird vampires, Tom Savini, and mental illness in George A. Romero's, Martin.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:55) Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:28) Spoiler Warning/Fu...

In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, young switchboard operator Fay and charismatic radio DJ Everett discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town and the future forever. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss the 1950's, science fiction, and aliens in, The Vast of Night.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:35) Back of the Box/Recommendat...

In a small Southern town, a wrongfully-killed man exacts revenge on those who murdered him from beyond the grave. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss the other, vengeance, and Bogan County in, Dark Night of the Scarecrow.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:40) Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:37) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:35) Rotten Tomatoes (71:29) Trivia (75:08) Cooter of the...

Affable hillbillies Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are mistaken for murderers by a group of preppy college students. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss hillbillies, college kids, and the inevitable bloodbath that ensues when the two collide in, Tucker and Dale vs Evil.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:35) Back of the Box/Recommendations...

A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss zombie movies, Glenn Close, and how to keep the dead fresh in, The Girl with all the Gifts.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:45) Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:53) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:37) Rotten Tomatoes (63...

A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss biblical allegory, the nature of the feminine, and Lars Von Trier's, Antichrist.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:48) Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:24) Spoiler Warning/F...

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss ghost stories, spooky kids, and J.A. Bayona's, The Orphanage.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:00) Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:12) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (1...

Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss vampires, religious horror, and Park Chan Wook's, Thirst.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:05) Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:00) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:26) Rotten Tomatoes (70:10) Trivia (75:13) Cooter of the Week (81:56...