The Film Flamers: A Horror Movie Podcast

Psycho is a 1960 American horror film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, was based on the 1959 novel by Robert Bloch, which was based on the life and crimes of Ed Gein. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam. The plot centers on an encounter between on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane, shy motel proprie...

We're kicking off Spooky Season with our quarterly Shooting the Flames episode, where we discuss all your questions and comments, along with all the latest horror movie news, trailers, etc.! If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!     News: Duplas...

Alien: Earth is an American science fiction horror television series created by Noah Hawley. It is the first television series in the Alien franchise and is set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, and Timothy Olyphant in main roles. If you have anything to add to the discussion...

Friday the 13th 2  is a 1981 American slasher film produced and directed by Steve Miner in his directorial debut, and written by Ron Kurz. It is the sequel to Friday the 13th (1980), and the second installment in the franchise. Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, and Walt Gorney reprise their respective roles from the first film as Alice Hardy, Pamela Voorhees, and Crazy Ralph. Amy Steel and John Furey a...

Friday the 13th is a1980 American slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, and Kevin Bacon. The plot follows a group of teenage camp counselors who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while they are attempting to reopen an abandoned...

Alien: Earth is an American science fiction horror television series created by Noah Hawley. It is the first television series in the Alien franchise and is set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, and Timothy Olyphant in main roles. If you have anything to add to the discussion...

War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction action-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, based on H. G. Wells' 1898 novel.  Tom Cruise stars in the main role alongside Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins, with narration by Morgan Freeman. It follows an American dock worker who must look after his children, from whom he lives sep...

Dreamcatcher is a 2003 American science fiction horror film based on Stephen King's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan and co-written by Kasdan and screenwriter William Goldman, the film stars Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, and Timothy Olyphant as four friends who encounter an invasion of parasitic aliens. It also features Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore, and Donnie Wahlb...

In honor of our 7th anniversary, we're releasing the kraken that is this massive Outtakes episode. You're welcome. And we're sorry. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!    Out this Month: Dreamcatcher (2003) War of the Worlds (2005) Patreon: Ho...

Don’t miss our hot take on Together (2025), the chilling supernatural body horror debut from writer-director Michael Shanks. Real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie star as partners who escape to the countryside—only to face a disturbing force that begins warping their bodies in terrifying ways. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to u...

Sphere is a 1998 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed and produced by Barry Levinson, adapted by Kurt Wimmer, and starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson. The film centers on a large mysterious underwater object discovered by Navy divers. When the scientists are sent to examine it, they are puzzled to find out it is a huge metal sphere, with no further...

Congo is a 1995 American science fiction action-adventure film based on the 1980 novel by Michael Crichton. It was directed by Frank Marshall and stars Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker and Tim Curry. The music for the film was composed by the late great Jerry Goldsmith. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out...

We're kicking off our Michael Crichton Summer with our regular Shooting The Flames episode, where we cover all your comments and questions, along with all the latest horror news and trailers! If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!     News: Mel B...

Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American Gothic science fiction horror film, and the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film Frankenstein. As with the first film, Bride of Frankenstein was directed by James Whale starring Boris Karloff as the Monster and Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein. Joining the cast are Elsa Lanchester as the Bride and Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Pretorius. If you have anythi...

We're giving you our hot take on 28 Years Later, a film that has been 23 years in the making! Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return, determined to make an epic out of their beloved franchise. But was it worth the wait? Take a listen and find out! If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline an...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars as Victor Frankenstein, with Robert De Niro portraying Frankenstein's monster (called The Creation in the film), and co-stars Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Richard Briers and Aidan Quinn. The film follows a medical student who creates new life in the form of a mon...

We're kicking off Pride month with our 300th Episode - our regular Shooting The Flames episode, where we cover all your comments and questions, along with all the latest horror news and trailers! If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!     News: P...

Check out our hot take for Bring Her Back, the upcoming Australian horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou of Talk to Me fame, and written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman, and stars Sally Hawkins and Billy Barratt. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a m...

The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film written and directed by Jennifer Kent, expanding on her 2005 short Monster in her feature debut. Starring Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman, it follows a widowed mother and her increasingly unhinged son as they confront a mysterious, top-hatted entity that may—or may not—be grief in a trench coat. The haunting score is by Jed Kurzel. If you ha...

We're kicking off the lusty month of MAy24 (see what we did there?) with our regular Shooting The Flames episode, where we cover all your comments and questions, along with all the latest horror news and trailers! If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666...

Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster. The film co-stars Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, and Gene Ha...

Dracula: Dead and Loving It is a 1995 horror comedy film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Leslie Nielsen. It is a spoof of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula and of some of the story's well-known adaptations. Brooks co-authored the screenplay with Steve Haberman and Rudy De Luca. He also appears as Dr. Van Helsing. The film's other stars include Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, Peter MacNicol, Harvey Korman...

Join us as we discuss all the new and upcoming 2025 horror movies we saw at The Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans. From Clown in a Cornfield to 40 Acres, we're bringing you a slew of amazing 2025 horror movie goodness! If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message a...

We're kicking off April (comedy month!) with our regular Shooting The Flames episode, where we cover all your comments and questions, along with all the latest horror news and trailers! If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!     News: Real Injury...

REC 2 is a 2009 Spanish found footage zombie film sequel to 2007's Rec and the second installment of the Rec film series. The film was written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, both of whom returned from the previous film. The story takes place immediately after the events of the first film and follows a team of soldiers assigned to protect a scientist supposedly sent to investigate...