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2025 was a year in which vampires danced and crooned, social workers dabbled in the occult, and Jason and Ali rediscovered Rosemary's Baby and Onibaba. Join them for the year's final episode.

What happens when the virgin to be sacrificed to the devil isn't actually a virgin? She turns into a man-eating demon, naturally. Jason and Ali discuss the cult classic, Jennifer's Body (2009).

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) is one of the first and most influential horror novels. Join Jason and Ali as they discuss the book, the legend, and Guillermo del Toro's new adaptation (2025).

Other (2025) by David Moreau stars Olga Kurylenko as a woman surrounded by faceless others, and a monster who likes to destroy faces. Jason and Ali talk about ethics, otherness and videotapes.

The weird low-budget 1962 film by an obscure director went on to become an influential cult classic. But why? Jason and Ali discuss death, dreams and ghouls.

Wishmaster (1997) revives the myth of the sinister djinn to bust the image of a congenial genie. Jason and Ali dare to make a wish.

Wes Craven's debut (1972) is one of the most controversial horror films of all time. But can it still shock? And why are there so many scenes missing? Jason and Ali consider depraved outlaws, nubile victims, and the culture of censorship.

V/H/S/85 (2023) is the 6th instalment in the famed found footage series. It features short films about a shapeshifting blob, the Aztec God of Death, and undead teens. Jason and Ali are delighted.

Lorraine and Ed are back for another rumble with the demonic in The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025). But have we not had enough of them? Jason and Ali talk about haunted objects and tired franchises.

Stephen King's 1977 short story 'Children of the Corn' was significantly changed in its first cinematic version in 1984. Jason and Ali talk about murderous children, cults and Linda Hamilton.

Can a film starring Eddie Murphy be scary? Why has Wes Craven's 1995 film Vampire in Brooklyn become a cult classic? Jason and Ali sink their teeth into one funny, spooky film.

Horror Express is a strange 1972 film in which Christopher Lee and co try to stop a powerful alien force from possessing the passengers on the Trans-Siberian Express. Jason and Ali get on board.

Halle Berry stars in Gothika, a 2003 fusion of murder mystery and supernatural horror. But does it work? Jason and Ali talk about possession, prisons, and the pitfalls of Hollywood star power.

The Philippou brothers are back with one of the year's most unsettling films. In a leafy Australian suburb, a youth social worker dabbles in necromancy. Jason and Ali get worried for the children.

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) is a cult classic from the early horror boom. It's the story of would-be hippies who find themselves at the mercy of one groovy bloodsucker. Jason and Ali, though, aren't scared to death.

Leaky ceilings, mould and dysfunctional lifts. Can the mundane facts of renting a rundown apartment be the stuff of supernatural horror? Indeed. Join Jason and Ali for a chat about Dark Water (2005) and its star, the great Jennifer Connelly.

Sinners (2025) is a rare thing: a popular blockbuster lauded by film critics. But what do Jason and Ali make of this hybrid of period drama, gothic horror and Mississippi Delta blues? Listen to find out!

Is Winnnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) as bad as all that? Definitely not. Jason and Ali praise an intelligent, iconoclastic instant classic.

Terry's Baby Apartment 7A (2024) is the official prequel to Rosemary's Baby, made more than half a century after the original. Jason and Ali revisit the spooky Bramford building, its witchy residents, and the unsuspecting heroine who is to give birth to Satan's offspring.

Ira Levin's 1967 novel and Roman Polanski's 1968 film brought the horror genre into the cultural mainstream. Jason and Ali reflect on satanic cults, satanic sex and the resulting satanic baby.

Poltergeist (1982) is a supernatural horror classic featuring many (real!) skeletons. It is also a fun-filled family comedy. Jason and Ali stare at old analogue TV screens to discuss the famous film and its 2015 remake.

Frank de Felitta wrote two of strangest supernatural horror films of the 'boom' period. Jason and Ali get baffled by Audrey Rose (1977) and unsettled by The Entity (1982).

Osgood Perkins's The Monkey (2025) is a very loose adaptation of a 1980 Stephen King story. King's story takes death very seriously, but Perkins mocks the Grim Reaper. Jason and Ali talk about a very morbid comedy.

What do you get when you mix a pandemic, murderousness, international travel, pathological horniness, racism and size insecurity? Apparently, a film called Ebola Syndrome (1996).

Presence (2024) is an inventive, uncanny new take on the familiar terrain of the familial ghost story. An upper-middle class American family is haunted by the ghost of its inherent dysfunctionality. Jason and Ali reflect on annoying siblings, teen serial killers, and immersive Steadicam cinematography.