The Graveyard Shift Horror Podcast

John and Mike have decided its time to pay tribute to the man, the myth, the legend; Vincent Price. We start with the first of many, The Price is Right, to honour and keep alive the works, and trivia, of a phenomenal actor and a totally sweet awesome person. We begin with one that’s been talked about enough times so we had to cover it, The Tingler. The movie where fear is more than a reaction. It’...

What’s not to love about sequels? We get what we loved in the past and we know how much it’s going to be great! In that spirit, we are rejoined by comic artist and novelist Ryan Estrada to partake in Gremlins 2. This was not well received on its debut, but dammit this crazy psychotic brain child of Joe Dante shows a purity of vision and consistency of tone that really makes us respect this absolut...

As someone who cannot work the graveyard shift alone, Mike understands the need to rely on, and be valued by others. So he identifies with the most famous co-dependant in horror history, Renfield! Starring Nicolas Hoult as the bug eating sycophant, and Nic Cage as the blood drinking psycho. We are joined by John’s very own brother Phil! We all loved this film and you’ll love this episode! We are h...

This is the story of a girl. But instead of crying a river and drowning the whole world, she’s cursed a piece of outdated media that should not get so much circulation anymore. We review The Ring but John and Mike were too scared to watch it alone so we got some help with actor, producer, DJ Hale. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you...

We got Josh back for another episode but that’s not all! We have from the cartoon smash hit of the mid 2000’s Sons of Butcher, comes a great guest for our Review of Bud The C.H.U.D, Trevor Ziebarth! Cartoonist, rock musician, and most important, horror fan, he suggested this film and BOY did we have thoughts! This is a great one. So enjoy Trevor’s coolness and then enjoy amazing music from his not...

Pride Moth is over. The greyscale rainbow finally shows its end. while some queer elements have been more obvious than others, there’s no denying the lesbian energy in this one. It ends strong with a very decent film that has spawned remakes and a Netflix series. So watch it and then hear us talk about it! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme month...

Pride Moth continues. This theme month celebrating the greyscale rainbow is nearing its end but we have more to come. This week we share a film that has been co-opted by many queer publications though we find it lacking in coded messaging ourselves, we will stand by their assertions and give this film the Graveyard Shift treatment. This movie features a woman who fears she descends from a cat trib...

Pride Moth 2023 continues to celebrate the greyscale rainbow with more James Whale cinema. This time we have our first double bill, as we celebrate both Universal Frankenstein films in one episode as they are both halves of the same story. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show...

It’s the Graveyard Shift Horror Podcast 300th episode! While we would love to reflect on the show, our past, our achievements, and our future, we are instead gonna focus on a movie worthy of this milestone, Psycho! We continue the Pride Moth 2023 celebration of the Greyscale rainbow, celebrating coded classics with queer villains and themes! We are joined by Joshua Clough and Gio Petti to celebrat...

We did NOT forget Pride Month. We just don’t need one month in the year to celebrate it. We will honour the greyscale rainbow as we take on coded queer films that showed your freak flag can fly even if its monochrome! Classic black and white horrors will be on the menu as we start with a film that was lost for 85 years, James Wales “The Old Dark House” lampoons Hollywood tropes, even in the time t...

We end Video Game Horror Month on the Graveyard Shift as we have covered movies BASED on games, and involving games, so its only fair to end with a game that inspired a horror game. that was so good it inspired another game FRANCHISE. We talk about the Japanese film Sweet Home , that inspired the NES game that was SO SCARY it was kept in Japan. Seriously look at the plays on YouTube, this game pus...

Well we walked through the valley of the shadow of Boll, we haven’t left the shit woods yet. Video Game horror month proceeds as we discuss Brainscan. Eddie Furlong showed us his chops in Terminator 2 and made a name for himself as the kid dealing with fatal technology out to get him. But the real star of this show was the villain, Trickster. and for some reason we have Frank Langella. We are host...

We continue the theme of Video Game horrors. After the success of Werewoves Within, we needed a break from quality, wit, charm, and logic of any kind. Which led us to Uwe Boll. It was only a matter of time. but bear with us, as we endure this for your entertainment. It gets better next week. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would...

We say farewell to last months theme as we stay indoors and enjoy some Video Game Horrors. We are joined by Eric and comic artist Ryan Estrada to discuss Werewolves Within. We haven’t played the game but this movie made an impression on all of us to be sure! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to...

This is how we end Cult Classics. Not with a bang, but with a retro style film from 2021 that looks like 1986. This stars a few 80’s actors we’ve covered on this podcast in the past. but does this capture the charms of the era it’s trying to emulate? Rotten Tomatoes thinks so, but do WE? tune in and find out. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme mo...

Don’t just sit there listening to any old podcast, there’s a podcast that’s waiting to talk to YOU, yes YOU! For the low low price of 1 hour and 41 minutes you can enjoy the bombastic David Bronstein , KING of late night infomercials and the boss from the series Doghouse, as we discuss his ability to travel through time, his billionaire club, and occasionally, this weeks Cult Classic, the perfect...

We aren’t done with Ari Aster for this months “Cult Classics” and fans of the show know Mike had some opinions when he had no idea what was going on. Will a repeat viewing make it make sense? Join us along with guest Gio to find out! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show going...

What Cult Classics marathon would be complete without Christopher Lee’s favourite film that he had a big hand in creating, as well as appearing in, The Wicker Man? We couldn’t tackle a classic like this alone however, so joining is horror film director and actor, Hunter Johnson! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make...

It’s spring time, when a young mans fancy turns to thoughts of fertility rituals to ensure good crops for an isolated community. So we turn to the “Cult Classics” and begin with Midsommar, the Ari Aster summer flick about vacations and college theses gone awry…. OR to plan. depending on your perspective. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months....

We finish Animation April with a body horror classic. Akira had an impact, the same way an asteroid does. It took anime to a level that the rest of the world was unable to just push into “niche” animation, or “foreign cartoons” anymore. We talked a lot about Satoshi Kon this month, and this is where his story truly began cause he was HEAVILY influenced by the works of the creator of this manga, Ka...

We started Animation April with the final Satoshi Kon film Paprika, but now we’re taking it to his directorial debut, Perfect Blue. This movie had an impact on a generation of viewers and even directors, and we’re going to get into why. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued support to help keep the show go...

Animation April continues with a throwback to the past with a throwback to Western fantasy animation. Particularly the rotoscoped animation style of Ralph Bakshi and the background settings of Frank Frazetta. this makes the style visually unique, to both the benefit and detriment of those elements. And the cast is filled with known fantasy enthusiasts and figures, like Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt,...

Animation April has begun. We kick it off with the last film completed by Satoshi Kon before his tragic passing in 2010. As was his style this film blended reality and fantasy in amazing ways, and even clearly inspired Inception, while dealing with some trippy and scary ideas. Suffice to say we love this film. but can this streak of hand drawn horror continue? Spoiler, YES. this is a no loser line...

What do you do with a classic film that has no copyright at all? Anything you want, including making an animated remake that COULD have removed some of the lamer aspects of the original, but instead ruins nearly every opportunity this new medium could have presented. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make continued s...

We decided to check out a modern film about a modern problem, renting homes for a couple days and instead of the usual worries like bedbugs, structural damage, foul odours, etc, its the eternal classic problem… how to deal with a massive feral cave woman. This movie is very intentional in every part, for its high points and sadly one of its lowest points as well. We are hosted at Captivate where y...