The Blood Buddies: Horror Podcast

It's the end of the month! This week, we landed on the theme of "John Carpenter". Instead of doing one of his super popular movies, we decided to put up a poll for 2 of his lesser-known movies. It was a close battle, but y'all decided on "Village of the Damned" Village of the Damned (1995) dir. John Carpenter. An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the v...

Attention: This episode talks a bit about the new Harry Potter movie and idk what considers as a spoiler to people so maybe skip from 01:28:30 to 01:29:30…y'know, if you're a Potter dweebus I hope everyone is having a fun time during Thanksgiving this year! While you were eating Turkey, we all watched the really horrible movie, TRUTH OR DARE Truth or Dare dir. Jeff Wadlow. A harmless game of Truth...

Don't be fooled by the downloads that we got. We're still, we're still the podcast from the block. Big thanks to our winner and fan, Tomi, for picking this week's movie! The Cell (2000) dir. Tarsem Singh "An F.B.I. Agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap v...

We're back from a mini vacation and I gotta say, we needed a vacation from this vacation! The theme for this week was POSSESSION and you fans all agreed that we needed to watch the stoner horror teen comedy IDLE HANDS. Idle Hands (1999) dir. Rodman Flender. Seventeen year old slacker Anton Tobias wakes up one Halloween morning to discover that both of his parents have been turned into two headless...

Part deux! THE FEST is over and we had so much fun! We're gonna take it easy so here's the second part of our episode on the IT miniseries!! IT (1990) dir. Tommy Lee Wallace. In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown. (source: IMDB)

Hey y'all! By the time this episode comes out, Brian, Kris, and Stephanie will be at THE FEST down in Gainesville, FL. We ended up decided on doing a two-parter to save us some time while we're rocking out. So here's part one of the classic miniseries, IT!! IT (1990) dir. Tommy Lee Wallace. In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later,...

Oh geez, we finally get to talk about this movie! We are talking about the original EVIL DEAD movie and hopefully bring justice to the people who believe it's a horror comedy (it really isn't, y'all) The Evil Dead (1981) dir. Sam Raimi. "Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons." (source: IMDB)

We're heeeeeeeeeeere!!! This week, we watched and discussed the "Tobe Hooper" classic film, POLTERGEIST. Poltergeist (1982) dir. Tobe Hooper (Steven Spielberg). Life is very pleasant for the close-knit Freeling family until a host of otherworldly forces invades their peaceful suburban home. It starts with just an odd occurrence or two, but soon their house is turned into a swirling supernatural si...

Hey y'all! Brian recently interviewed Josh Schafer, manager of the Video Vortex at Raleigh's Alamo Drafthouse and the founder/head of the upcoming film festival, VHStival! Tickets are on sale here: https://drafthouse.com/event/vhstival Our normal episode will be out later this week!

It's David's birthday! Since our birthday traditions didn't start until after his birthday last year, this is his first ever birthday pick. He decided that for his birthday, we would discuss the criminally underrated sequel, HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH Halloween III: Season of the Witch dir. Tommy Lee Wallace. "Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Ch...

Season 2, baby!! We decided to celebrate this momentous occasion by watching Clint Howard acting like a bad guy who always has melted ice cream on his hands (just like a toddler). Ice Cream Man dir. Norman Apstein: Poor Gregory. After being released from the Wishing Well Sanatorium, all he wants to do is make the children happy. So Gregory reopens the old ice cream factory, and all the unappreciat...

I can't believe we made it an entire year! So much has changed since we first started The Blood Buddies. New logo, updated editing software, a zine, being on a podcast network, and yet we haven't gotten sick and tired of each other! For our season finale, we spun on the theme of "Based on Books" so we decided to end it all with 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs" The Silence of the Lambs (1991) dir....

This is the episode Brian has been waiting for all year! We finally get to watch the start of the Child's Play franchise. Also, one more episode until it's a whole year! Child's Play (1988) dir. Tom Holland. A single mother gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.

It's been about a month since we actually recorded an episode about a movie and it feels good to be back! Here's a movie all of you Buzzfeed Avocado Toast PSL's to dig your teeth in. Hocus Pocus (1993) dir. Kenny Ortega. After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an e...

Hey there! Here's a little change up from our normal discussions. We recently went to Monster-Mania in Philly a few weeks back. So…hera ya go!

Hey, this is the second half of our episode on 2017's IT. Still in disbelief that we needed to split this into two episodes! IT (2017) dir. Andy Muschietti. In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shapeshifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town. (source: IMDB)

When you're down here, YOU'LL FLOAT TOO. Wowza, we had no idea that this episode would be over TWO HOURS when we recorded this. So for my own sanity and to give us a little break (we deserve it), we are releasing this episode as a two-parter! Sorry for the inconvenience, y'all. Also, by the time this episode is released, we will be at Monster Mania 40 in Philly!

Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew? Cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two? 1992's movie Candyman can! Candyman (1992) dir. Bernard Rose. The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

WOAH, we can't believe Stephanie is pregnant! To celebrate this wonderful mom-ent, we are watching the best movie about parenthood, SEED OF CHUCKY. Seed of Chucky (2004) dir. Don Mancini. "Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent son, Glen/Glenda, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway." (Source: IMDB)

Just when you thought the versus fad came and went with Freddy vs Jason, Hollywood came back with another gem, ALIEN VS PREDATOR. Alien vs Predator (2004) dir. Paul W.S. Anderson. During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one spe...

Hey all of y'all teenage mutant comet zombies, here's our episode on this severly underrated 80's film, "Night of the Comet"!! Night of the Comet (1984) dir. Thom Eberhardt. "A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists."

It's the last Friday the 13th in 2018, so we needed to celebrate by discussing one of the best Jason movies, JASON LIVES Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives dir. Tom McLoughlin. Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees' body once and for all, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer once again seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one w...

It's the week of Independence Day and with us already discussing JAWS, there weren't many other patriotic horror movies to watch, so why not watch what is essentially an R rated Lifetime Channel movie? I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) dir. Jim Gillespie. Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small...

Super scary times at The Blood Buddies as we talk about the film that started the found footage resurgence, "The Blair Witch Project"! The Blair Witch Project (1999) dir. Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. "Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind." (source: IMDB) angelfire.com/md/blai...

Don't fall asleep on this episode, we're talking about A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET! Also, we are now part of a podcast network/community called MonsterKid Podcasts ! More information will be divulged in our next episode :) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) dir. Wes Craven. The monstrous spirit of a slain janitor seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his...