The Final Podcast

They're all around. But you'd never know unless you happened to be Roddy Pipper with a pair of specialized black sunglasses. They Live is the 3rd John Carpenter movie we have reviewed and the 2nd of which we had the pleasure of having the always entertaining, Tim Ryan on the show. Either put the shades on and fight some aliens who have been slowly mind controlling us or join them in wrec...

Back in 2009, a cult classic film was born along with a fifth season of the year. Tom Six released his "100% medically accurate" film, The Human Centipede (First Sequence)  which begged to asked his audience, one question - you eat ass bro? The highly disturbing, Dr. Heiter has big plans. His experiment on a group of dogs hits a dead end so he spots an opportunity to complete his vision...

St. Paddy's Day is coming and as a tribute, Bryan, Shane, & Jen decide to run through Leprechaun with Mikey Bratwurst. The 1993 classic stars, the one and only, Warwick Davis and a very young and impressionable, Jennifer Aniston. That's right, before Friends , Jennifer Aniston acted in this little horror film, you may have heard of it. A leprechaun goes on a torrid killing spree look...

Have you ever went to hell and back through a black hole? It sounds pretty miserable, but it's the likely source of what happened to the crew aboard the Event Horizon.  A rescue mission has crew members seek out a spacecraft, assumed to be lost after disappearing through a black hole, as it mysteriously reappears. Bryan, Shane, & Jen review the 1997 horror, sci-fi cult-classic, Event Hori...

Adrian, the abusive boyfriend who has haunted Cecilia for so long, has committed suicide and has left Cecilia something to remember him by: $5 million and bad memories. However, through strange circumstances, she believes he is still around and is stalking her. Did he really die? The Invisible Man was one of the last horror movies to hit the big screen prior to the pandemic and movie theater closi...

What up Spooky Bitches! This week Bryan, Shane, & Jen review a 90's found-footage staple, The Blair Witch Project. Many horror fans and critics often refer to this movie as one of the scariest of the decade, if not ever. Growing up, we all were fans of this one and decide to review it years later to see if the mystique of the film holds up. Found footage films are not for everyone, but on...

Scum Town is ruled by a vicious overlord who always has the cameras rolling as he turns his day-to-day vicious public slayings into entertainment for all to see and bow down in fear. A town absent of any hope; only despair and scum. An unlikely hero,  a street curb observer grows tired of the chaos and corruption and decides to forego his dream of buying a lawnmower for a shotgun and take matters...

DO NOT GO TO THE VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE! The decade-old story of Harry Warden and the grisly murders on Valentine's Day floats through the mining town of Valentine Bluffs as a dance is being planned and the locals are wary. Bryan, Shane, & Jen rundown and review the slasher classic, My Bloody Valentine. Critical of the remake, what do Bryan, Shane, & Jen think of the original film...

After a family tragedy, a young boy stays with his aunt and uncle and befriends his cousin, who expresses increasingly odd and violent behavior. The Good Son  depicts early signs and behavioral patterns of potential serial killers. Macaulay Kulkin and Elijah Wood star in this drama, thriller that has a unique take on family bonding. Rapper, Kosha Dillz, joins Bryan, Shane, & Jen in the Spooky...

Tough times in Antarctica especially when a team of researchers are pitted against one another when an unknown alien starts to perfectly imitate its host. John Carpenter's, The Thing  has long been a favorite of the The Final Podcast and we are thrilled to be reviewing it with MacReady look-a-like, Tim Ryan. Please catch our review of this body horror, mystery classic! As always, a special th...

A young girl is followed after having sex. The horror, thriller It Follows is a mixed bag  for many horror fans. We've seen people absolutely mesmerized by this movie and others bored by it. We think it's time we toss in our two cents. However, we needed another opinion for such a highly debated modern horror movie. Jared Knapik joins The Final Podcast to rundown It Follows and give his...

The Loser's Club fight against an evil entity habiting their worst fears in 1960s Derry, Maine. 30 years later, they come back to Derry to finish the evil once and for all. It is a fan favorite and Tim Curry's performance as Pennywise made this review a must for The Final Podcast. We had some help from our friend Daniel Cancellieri who assisted with commentary for this marathon of a movi...

2021 has arrived and we are starting this year off with an absolute haymaker. Christian Ortiz, lead vocalist of the NJ pop punk band Boy Blue, joins The Final Podcast to review Jordan Peele's 2019 horror film, Us.  Peele's follow-up to his 2017 horror, thriller masterpiece, Get Out, this movie is SCARY! When a family visits their vacation home near Santa Cruz, they are visited by doppelg...

The Final Podcast wraps up the holiday season and 2021 in style with a review of the horror comedy, Santa's Slay. Bill Goldberg stars as demonic Santa who lost a bet to an angel and spend centuries giving toys to bratty kids. However, when the bet is over, he returns to his evil ways. As always, a special thanks to Green Knuckle Material for our new music. Please give these guys a listen beca...

Back to back to back Black Christmas films! This week, The Final Podcast is reviewing the 2019 version of Black Christmas. Sorority girls are being killed once again, but this time Billy is not the culprit. Join us for this one as we rank this modern take on a slasher classic. As always, a special thanks to Green Knuckle Material for our new music. Please give these guys a listen because they are...

Yes, oh yes. We are reviewing the 2006 remake of Black Christmas.  A highly criticized film for being a poor rendition of the classic 70's slasher, but does it hold a flicker of flame to the original? Bryan, Shane, and Jen get in the Christmas spirit for this review as there is a mental patient on the loose and he's going back to his childhood home turned sorority for some killing on Chr...

Bryan, Shane, and Jen kick off the holiday season with a review of the classic 1974 slasher, Black Christmas.  Deck the halls as there's a killer on the loose during the holiday season who is killing off sorority girls. You may want to check the attic! As always, a special thanks to Green Knuckle Material for our new music. Please give these guys a listen because they are super hot and are re...

Midsommar is the last stop for Kult Klassics, an entire month devoted to exploring cult-related horror movies in a different decade each week starting with the 1970's and ending with the 2010's.  Midsommar is Ari Aster's follow-up movie to Hereditary and it sure it powerful. Can a young woman who experienced tremendous grief enjoy a getaway in Sweden encountering a midsummer festiva...

Backed by popular demand, YouTube sensation and The Pokemon Internet Champion, Sauce McGavin hops into the Spooky Pit once again for week 4 of Kult Klassics month to review remake to a classic horror film, The Wicker Man . The 2006 film starring Nicholas Cage brings a California cop out of his jurisdiction to a mysterious island in Washington called SummersIsle on the trail of a missing girl. He b...

A strange, old man. A mysterious package. A hidden well in the basement. Bluish goo. A satanic cult. A demon baby. Just a few of the surprises wrapped in the 1991 Michele Soavi horror film, The Sect. A teacher who lives isolated in the woods discovers a hidden well in the basement of her new house and finds herself being pursued by a satanic cult. Please give Green Knuckle Material a listen becaus...

High schooler, Bill Whitney is a young, athletic teenager who appears to have everything going for him. Then why is everyone around him acting so strange - his upper class family, his friends, his school, even his therapist. Could it be possible they are all involved in a highly sexual secret society for the upper class? Check out our review of Society , the second review in our Kult Klassic serie...

For the first week of Kult Klassics - an entire month devoted to cult-related films, Bryan, Shane and Jen review Ken Russell's 1971 drama horror, The Devils. Leading a barrage of memorable performance, Oliver Reed stars as Urbain Grandier, a priest with a soft spot for the ladies, who is put in charge of governing Loudun, France during the reign of Louis XIII. Vanessa Redgrave stars as Sister...

It's Halloween in suburban Haddonfield, IL where Laurie Strode has babysitting plans. Little does she know, that there's an escaped mental patient who has come to.....kill. The New Brunswick hip hop outfit, Cook Thugless hop in the Spooky Pit to break down this cult classic that has its place in horror history as one of the pioneer slasher films. Please check out their newest album Yikes...

Certainly there are movies that are set around a holiday season that bring a certain appeal to the viewer. Fans appreciate the film because it's set during a time that resonates with them. There are also movies that embody the spirit of the holiday, but these are few and far between. Bryan, Shane, and Jen just so happen to be reviewing such a film - the 2007 Halloween cult classic, Trick &apo...

Who's ready to party at the Broussard Mansion! Just one little secret...85 years ago and on Halloween night, demons plotted to escape hell and experience their freedom. They needed 7 bodies to inhabit and a séance was the perfect vehicle. Things didn't go as planned for the demons then, could they have better luck now? In a review that can be only described as wildly insane and very inap...