The Graveyard Shift Horror Podcast

It’s no secret we are huge Bruce Campbell fans here and it starts with the very beginning, Evil Dead. While some people had “remake fears” even Bruce was among them. They had a stroke of genius to amend this. Not make it a remake. But that doesn’t change the confusion since the title never changed. But its very good and we get into why that is. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to se...

We all have new house jitters when moving into a new place. But most of them are “are there hidden flaws, is it a bad neighbourhood, whats the schools like?” and not “is there a ghost inside the snuff film in the attic and did my husband purposely buy a HOUSE just to find inspiration for his creative slump?” This movie is the latter, and the choices of this writer pales in comparison to the writer...

As Black History Month ends, we close on an artistic note, and Mike reveals he struggles with arthouse flicks (if you haven’t found that out on our Suspiria episode) when they have a message but leave it up to you. but John and Maki had a great time, albeit with some ganga of their own. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like...

We keep Black History going, and leave the 40’s to plow ahead to the age of Disco, Funk, and find ourselves hanging with one STRAAAANGE dude. Join Maki , John, and Mike on a trip to the mean streets of Blaxploitation as we discuss Blacula and the missed opportunity of a throwaway character named after cookware. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme...

Maki streets’s back, all right. Our streaming friend returns to the show as we continue celebrating Black History Month with a movie that has an exemplary depiction of a black character that is VERY counter to the majority of depictions at the time. We continue with the history to provide context, and why this movie stand out in a very positive way. Shame its utterly baffling, boring, and a total...

We begin another Black History Month on the show and we start with the poorly marketed but excellently made stop-motion dark fantasy by Key & Peele. this was requested by our guest, Dodie Arnold and we are so grateful. The many layers of this family flick has so much to say about pain, loss, institutional slavery, and family. She also runs a non profit , and serves on a board We are hosted at...

We are back after a brief break to see the Foo Fighters horror film which is spoiler, FANG-Tastic. Suggested by Rich who joins us for this episode, this is just well written, and features legendary horror talent and practical effects. We cannot sing the praises of this movie enough. RIP Taylor Hawkins. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. I...

Sometimes a classic just gets overlooked and buried in history. This is such a case. a comedy horror that is just well written in terms of banter, well shot in terms of kills, and just well cast. A vampire tears through an office leaving the office suckup and a few others to find a way to survive the ultimate downsizing. Also it stars Pedro Pascal without that terrible mando stach. We are hosted a...

What do you get when you take a cop with a dead father, a police station that has NO night crew, and a script that leaves you wondering what was real or if things were just a delusion, and mix it with a wasted premise? you get this movie that is mediocre at best and total fustercluck at worst. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you wou...

We kick off the new year with a Hammer film. unfortunately this is when the studio was clearly in decline in terms of writing and effects. We have a lot to discuss so lets start this year with some complaining! 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 and get access to bonu...

The Christmassacre of 2022 ends like most Christmas dinners do, starting with hope, joy, love and great food, but ending with a TON of cleanup and feeling bloated. Jeffery Combs stars as an owner of a unique pawn shop that deals exclusively in items that have a unique story. Sadly most of them suck. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If y...

The Christmassacre continues! We avoided the hassle of the stores and got this movie online, unlike the running of the shoppers that we see in this movie. This has Bruce Campbell and Devin Sawa as employees of a store facing a horde of mindless shoppers bent on consuming. oh and they then become zombies. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months....

We continue the Christmassacre with our FIRST musical and Ho Ho Holy smokes this thing is amazingly charming, gruesome, gory, and all in all a great time. 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 and get access to bonus perks, you can do so by checking us out at Patreon You...

Josh Clough joins us for his first Christmassacre to discuss the issues this rubber faced pretty boy has against sanitation pickup as we watch GARBAGE DAY, aka Silent Night Deadly Night 2. The first 40 minutes of this film is 90% the first film in flashbacks. but the next 50 minutes is just outrageous violence and only the final 15 minutes is about Christmas. Yet somehow we couldn’t be mad at this...

Slither was one of our most beloved films to review, thanks to James Gunn and his ability to take violence, gore, and music to create touching soulful films that speak to the human condition. Enter, The Belko Experiment, written by him after a vivid dream, but not directed by him due to various reasons over several years. So it retains his flavour, and his familiar casting choices, that we have NO...

Jeffrey Combs. has he ever disappointed us on this show? Re-Animator, Castle Freak, and to our surprise, this unique saw ripoff. Combs is a man obsessed with the idea of choice, and how flexible morals can be for the right price. We love him, and this movie while… squicky at times, has some charming actors besides Mr Combs. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestio...

We deviate from the usual English fare and indulge in a Spanish first person horror. does it fall prey to the usual tropes that drive Mike to anger, or does it thread the needle and use its narrative device to proper effect? 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 and get...

We get our rope & tackle to brave the cold dark depths in this tale of spooky spelunking. Does this movie deserve to see the light of day or should it remain 200 ft under? Listen 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 and get access to bonus perks, you ca...

We finish the Halloween Grab Bag with some Nightmares that gave us anything but. These stories were initially written to appear in a TV series called Darkroom but was considered too scary for television and was rewritten for a theatrical release. Unfortunately. 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...

The Halloween Grab Bag continues as we exit the Night Gallery and enter The Vault of Horror! Based on stories from EC comics series that included Tales from the Crypt, and created by the same guy that gave us MAD Magazine. 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 and get ac...

The love for Rod Serling continues with the Halloween Grab Bag as we take in some culture at the Night Gallery. This pilot launched a 3 season series that continued Rod Serling’s legacy of karmic retribution for societal ills. 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 and ge...

As we continue the Halloween Grab Bag this year, Mike is joined by John “Mr Socko” Valls and Joshua Clough to discuss the movie that killed Vic Morrow and 2 children, destroyed the friendship of Stephen Spielberg and John Landis, and was a love letter to the legacy of Rod Serling. We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to ma...

John (Mr Socko on twitch) is here to celebrate Halloween Month as we dig into “the Grab Bag” where we will review anthology horrors for bite sized tales of dread and terror. And then there’s THIS movie by Steven King with surprisingly little of either. but it’s still good! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would like to make conti...

John (Mr Socko on Twitch) and Sheldon are here to finish up the Murder For Dummies month on the podcast as we see a blatant rip off of Child’s Play that doesn’t hold up to that, but stands above other murder toy. At least it isn’t a Puppetmaster movie. 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...

John (Mr Socko on Twitch) is back to continue this months theme, Murder for Dummies, as we finally delve into the Conjuring universe to discuss Annabelle (2014). This is the story of the cursed doll based on a * cough * true story and doll. except for all of the story and the doll. Enjoy! We are hosted at Captivate where you can tip us to send us movie suggestions and theme months. If you would li...