The Film Flamers: A Horror Movie Podcast

REC is a 2007 Spanish found footage zombie film co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The film stars Manuela Velasco as a reporter who, with her cameraman, accompanies a group of firefighters on an emergency call to an apartment building to discover an infection spreading inside, with the building being sealed up and all occupants ordered to follow a strict quarantine. If you...

We're kicking off March of the Zombies 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: New St...

Mulholland Drive is a 2001 surrealist neo-noir mystery art film written and directed by David Lynch. Its plot follows an aspiring actress who arrives in Los Angeles, where she befriends a woman who is suffering from amnesia after a car accident. The film follows several other vignettes and characters, including a Hollywood director who encounters mob interference while casting for his latest film....

Blue Velvet is a 1986 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by David Lynch. Blending psychological horror with film noir, the film stars Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and Laura Dern, and is named after the 1951 song of the same name. The film follows a college student who returns to his suburban hometown and discovers a severed human ear in a field, wh...

We're kicking off the month of love 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!        Out this Month (Ce...

We're kicking off the month of love with our Hot Take on Companion (2025), the first horror film of the year we've seen and reviewed! Companion is a 2025 sci-fi horror comedy starring Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid. It follows a couple on a weekend trip with friends at a remote cabin, but things take a wild turn when they discover one of the guests is actually a companion robot. If you have anythi...

We're finally giving you what you've all been clamoring for: our yearly review with all our favorite (and least favorite) horror films that have come out in the last year, including our Top Ten Best Horror Films of 2024! 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...

The Omen is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer Stephens, and Billie Whitelaw. The film's plot follows Damien Thorn, a young child replaced at birth by his father, unbeknownst to his wife, after their biolog...

The First Omen is a 2024 American supernatural horror film directed by Arkasha Stevenson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Tim Smith and Keith Thomas from a story by Ben Jacoby. It is a prequel to The Omen (1976), and the sixth film in The Omen franchise. The film stars Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sônia Braga, Ralph Ineson, and Bill Nighy. The plot follows an American nun sent to work at a Ca...

We're kicking off the new year with our regular Shooting the Flames episode, where we discuss all your comments, questions, and voicemails, and give you the latest horror movie 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!           ...

We’ve got a surprise for you, listeners! We caught an early screening of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu and couldn’t wait to bring you our hot takes in this bonus episode. This 2024 gothic horror film reimagines the 1922 silent classic, inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula. With Bill Skarsgård as the haunting Nosferatu, Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp-Ricci as the ill-fated Hutter couple, and a stellar s...

Silent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 American slasher film directed by Charles E. Sellier, Jr., and written by Michael Hickey. The film stars Robert Brian Wilson, and Linnea Quigley, and follows a young man named Billy Chapman, who suffers from post-traumatic stress, experiencing a mental break and going on a murderous spree in a Santa costume. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please...

We're kicking off the Chrismahanukwanzakah season with our regular Shooting the Flames episode, where we discuss all your comments, questions, and voicemails, and give you the latest horror movie 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 972-66...

The Mist is a 2007 American science fiction horror film directed, written, and co-produced by Frank Darabont. Based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Stephen King, the film stars an ensemble cast of Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher and Toby Jones. The music for the film was composed by Mark Isham. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesita...

The Fog is a 1980 American independent supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, who also co-wrote the screenplay and created the music for the film. It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh and Hal Holbrook. It tells the story of a strange, glowing fog that sweeps over a small coastal town in Northern California. If you have anything to add to the discussion...

We're giving you our regular Shooting the Flames episode, where we discuss all your comments, questions, and voicemails, and give you the latest horror movie 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 ‘Brides’ - Mai...

Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. Dracula was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, and was the fourth film (after Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Phantom of the Opera) in what would turn out to be a very long an...

Vampyr is a 1932 gothic horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. It was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 collection of supernatural stories In a Glass Darkly - in particular, the short story titled Carmilla.  Vampyr represents significant milestones in film, horror, and vampire history, and some of what you learn in this episode...

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife of his estate agent and brings the plague to their town. Critic and historian Kim Newman declared it as a film that set the template for the genre of horror film. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please do...

We're kicking off this Spooky Season by giving you our regular Shooting the Flames episode, where we discuss all your comments, questions, and voicemails, and give you the latest horror movie 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 972-666-77...

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare is a 1994 American meta supernatural horror film written and directed by Wes Craven, creator of 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street. A standalone film and the seventh installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, it is not part of the same continuity as previous films, instead portraying Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world and ha...

We're giving you our regular Shooting the Flames episode, where we discuss all your comments, questions, and voicemails, and give you the latest horror movie 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 Jack Black and...

In honor of our sixth anniversary, join us as we listen to our outtakes and bloopers that we've swept up from the cutting room floor over the last year.  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: Shooting the Flames The Grudge...

The Grudge is a 2004 American supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu, written by Stephen Susco. A remake of Shimizu's 2002 Japanese horror film Ju-On: The Grudge, it is the first installment in The Grudge film series. It stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, KaDee Strickland, Clea DuVall, and Bill Pullman. Takako Fuji, Yuya Ozeki, and Takashi Matsuyama portray the main family char...

We're kicking off our Anniversary Month (6 Years!) by giving you our regular Shooting the Flames episode, where we discuss all your comments, questions, and voicemails, and give you the latest horror movie 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...