The Creep-O-Rama Podcast

This week, the CREEP-O-RAMA crew trades ghost stories for story structure as we pull up a chair with Jeff Barker for an incredibly fun deep dive into horror filmmaking, screenwriting, and why the best stories are built on unforgettable characters – not just monsters.   Jeff shares some behind-the-scenes stories about his son,filmmaker Curry Barker , whose film Obsession has dominated the box offic...

We’re back in the swamp this week to wrap up a full-scale forensic examination of the most dysfunctional family tree in television history. What started as a simple murder investigation, eventually starts feeling like someone dumped a thousand-piece puzzle onto the floor, set half the pieces on fire, and then whisper, “Good luck. Now get me a beer.” The back half of True Detective Season 1 sees Ru...

This week, we travel down south to crack open the first three episodes of True Detective Season 1 (2014) , created by Nic Pizzolatto and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga , and immediately find ourselves trapped in a Louisiana swamp of murder, cosmic dread, existential philosophy, and enough cigarette smoke to permanently alter local weather patterns. For the first few minutes, we attempt to discuss...

We venture forth to the nerd cave this week to discuss Smile (2022) and Smile 2 (2024) , both directed by Parker Finn , and what begins as a serious conversation about trauma, grief, and psychological horror immediately mutates into a 90-minute brainstorming session about how challenging the Smile Demon to a Mario Kart battle in space somehow makes sense? Look, if Leprechaun and Hellraiser can go...

This week, three horror nerds gather to discuss Obsession (2025) and Milk & Serial (2024) , both directed by Curry Barker , and within approximately six minutes completely abandon reality. What begins as a normal conversation about two incredible indie horror films quickly devolves into a full-scale investigation into whether Curry Barker is secretly a sleep paralysis demon with a camera budge...

We’re back this week to discuss crime thrillers and immediately devolve into shouting about bad cops, worse vibes, and dudes who absolutely should not be mentors . We kick things off with Taking Lives (2004) , directed by D.J. Caruso , a movie that asks: What if a serial killer’s whole thing was identity theft… but make it sexy and deeply confusing? Angelina Jolie shows up doing FBI profiler busin...

This week were joined by Vinny Pacifico in an episode where we all sat down to talk about Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) and Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 , both directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield , and immediately ask the most important question in cinema history: What if Pooh Bear snapped? This episode is a full-blown descent into madness as we tackle the cinematic event that broke...

Three horror nerds sat down to calmly discuss The Black Phone (2021) , directed by Scott Derrickson . That did not happen. Instead, we immediately spiraled into an emotional basement and started yelling about ghost children, cursed rotary phones, and Ethan Hawke wearing enough masks to legally qualify as a Halloween store franchise . We break down how The Black Phone is somehow: A Supernatural gho...

In this absolutely unglued episode, your favorite movie goblins spiral into a double feature of romantic body horror nightmares , breaking down Together , directed by Michael Shanks , and The Ugly Stepsister , directed by Emilie Blichfeldt — two films that boldly ask the question: “What if love… but also screaming?” First up, we tackle Together , where relationships, intimacy, and human bodies all...

Your favorite sleep-deprived monsters return this week to dive headfirst into Mortal Kombat (1995) , directed by Paul W.S. Anderson , and its chaotic little gremlin cousin Mortal Kombat:Annihilation (1997) , directed by John R. Leonetti . What begins as nostalgic love for flying bicycle kicks, techno bangers, and flawless ’90s vibes quickly mutates into a full-scale emotional fatality. We lovingly...

This week, your favorite horror gremlins go on a full-blown Rutger Hauer appreciation spiral and collectively realize that Rutger Hauer might not have been acting—he might have just been like that . We dive headfirst into The Hitcher (1986) , directed by Robert Harmon , a movie that wastes absolutely zero time politely introducing itself before immediately threatening your entire family. Rutger Ha...

In this episode, your favorite chaos-goblins sit down to talk about Prisoners (2013, directed by Denis Villeneuve) —which is technically a prestige thriller but FEELS like a horror movie—and Nightcrawler (2014, directed by Dan Gilroy) , where Jake Gyllenhaal becomes a sentient camera tripod powered entirely by caffeine and questionable ethics. 🕳️ PRISONERS (2013, dir. Denis Villeneuve) We start wi...

This week on the pod, Chris Dudley of Underoath joins us in going full horror-goblin mode while we descend into full-blown extraterrestrial delirium, tackling The Fourth Kind , Signs , and Fire in the Sky — three films that prove aliens really might exist, but also might have the collective IQ of a Roomba in a bathtub. We kick off with The Fourth Kind (2009) — directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi , star...

Welcome to the podcast where we don’t review movies—we aggressively scream about them like gremlins who found a mall PA system. This week we’re spiritually summoning the ghosts of the Evil Dead series and go absolutely feral over two of the most chaotic low-budget masterpieces that were clearly made after someone said, “hey what if we did this but like with ZERO adult supervision?” 🪓 Intruder (19...

What happens when three horror nerds who think too much throw on House of Wax and Thir13en Ghosts ? Absolute chaos. That’s what. This week we tried, and failed, to traverse two of our favorite horror films from the mid-2000s, only to spiral into oblivion trying to figure out how Jared Padalecki’s face survives being ripped off (spoiler: it doesn’t ), debate whether Chad Michael Murray was secretly...

This week, we’re taking a deep dive into the very haunted history of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina—a small Southern town with more ghost stories per square mile than Salem, Savannah, or Charleston combined. Joined by local authors and tour guides Liz Z Pardue and Kelly Prestipino (also possibly haunted), we explore paranormal encounters, unsolved murders, witch lore, haunted cemeteries, and ghostl...

School is back in session, and this week we’re flunking out of reality with a double feature of academic anarchy: Classof 1984 (1982) and Class of 1999 (1990). Two movies, two decades apart, same message: high school is the worst. First up is Mark L. Lester’s Class of 1984 , starring Perry King , Timothy Van Patten , and a very young Michael J. Fox . It’s a gritty tale of punks, classroom chaos, a...

It’s a full-on cosmic horror double feature this week as we dive into Color Out of Space (2019) and The Endless (2017) — two movies where the universe is broken, time is meaningless, and Nicolas Cage might be your dad. We kick things off with Richard Stanley’s goo-soaked nightmare Color Out of Space , where Nicolas Cage yells about alpacas, chugs space milk, and absolutely loses his marbles in a w...

Beach House Breakdown, Vagina Dentata, & Cronenberg’s Sex Parasites – Horror Hangout from Hell What do a Cthulhu beach vacation, vagina dentata, and horny parasitic zombies have in common? We have no idea. But it’s Josh’s birthday, so come with us as we shuffle through all this goo and try to find out. The dudes dive headfirst into The Beach House (dir. Jeffrey A. Brown), a Lovecraft-lite flic...

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Welcome to Creep-O-Rama, the horror podcast that dares to ask: What if Count Orlok was just a goth Victorian raccoon with boundary issues? In this week's episode, we explore the damp cathedral of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu (2024)—a movie so dark, brooding, and horny it might actually be a sentient Victorian wallpaper sample. 💀 THE MOVIE: Directed by Robert “I Only Shoot by Candlelight” Eggers a...

Tape up your knuckles and prepare for a roundhouse kick of nostalgia as we dive into the final episode of our Jean-Claude Van Damme marathon with the most iconic double feature: Bloodsport (1988, dir. Newt Arnold) and Kickboxer (1989, dir. Mark DiSalle & David Worth). We’re talking Frank Dux’s (Van Damme) very real Kumite exploits (spoiler: they’re not real), Bolo Yeung’s terrifying pecs, and...

Get ready for the most roundhouse-kick-to-the-face episode yet, where we dive into not one, not two, but THREE Jean-Claude Van Damme cinematic fever dreams and spiral off into pure sweaty chaos. 🎬 Double Impact (1991) Directed by Sheldon Lettich, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme (twice), Bolo Yeung, and Geoffrey Lewis. JCVD plays both Chad and Alex, twin brothers separated at birth and reunited onl...

Welcome to part THREE of the Jean-Claude Van Damme marathon! This week, four roundhouse-loving maniacs dive into a triple feature so stacked it could only be held together with sweat and slow-motion spin kicks while it fights to resist spontaneously combusting from a denim overload and sheer gluteal power! 👊 Lionheart (1990) – Directed by Sheldon Lettich , writtenpartially by JCVD’s ego. Starring...