The Horror Heals Podcast

Send us Fan Mail When we launched Horror Heals , there was one guest we knew we had to have: Adrienne King. Best known as Alice Hardy, the original final girl from Friday the 13th , Adrienne gave horror one of its most unforgettable survivors. But her most remarkable story happened after the cameras stopped rolling. Following the film's release, Adrienne endured years of trauma after being st...

Send us Fan Mail What if the thing that scares us most isn't lurking in the shadows? Filmmaker Shal Ngo joins Corey and Kendall for a conversation that starts with horror movies and ends somewhere much deeper. They explore why fear can be healing, how horror creates space for empathy, and why understanding the monster might tell us more about ourselves than the monster ever could. Shal discus...

Send us Fan Mail Happy 100th Birthday, Mel Brooks! To celebrate one of the greatest storytellers of all time, we're opening up the Horror Heals vault and sharing one of Corey's favorite interviews. Long before Horror Heals, Corey had the chance to spend an hour with the legendary Mel Brooks. While the conversation covers Mel's remarkable career, horror fans know his impact goes far...

Send us Fan Mail Doug Jones has spent four decades bringing some of the most unforgettable characters in film and television to life. From Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy to Hocus Pocus , The Shape of Water , and Star Trek: Discovery , his performances have helped define modern fantasy and horror. But who is the man beneath the makeup? This week on Horror Heals, Corey sits down with Doug Jones an...

Send us Fan Mail What if the hardest people to face aren't the monsters? They're family. This week on Horror Heals , Kendall sits down with actor, writer, and producer Rae Jones to celebrate Soul Sisters , a Halloween-set horror short that proves family reunions can be every bit as terrifying as the darkest haunted house. The film follows three estranged sisters who come together hoping...

Send us Fan Mail Let's do the Time Warp. This week, Corey speaks with filmmaker Linus O'Brien, director of Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror and son of Richard O'Brien, for a conversation that feels like hanging out in the lobby after a midnight screening. They talk about Tim Curry's impossible-to-replicate charisma, the magic of Frank-N-Furter, growing up around Rocky...

Send us Fan Mail In part two of our conversation with Spooky Kisses, the discussion shifts from haunted attractions and horror conventions to something even more interesting: the people who make these communities feel like home. We talk about why horror fans are some of the most loyal and passionate people you'll ever meet, the friendships that form inside haunt casts, and why so many scare a...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when horror fans sit down and just start talking? In part one of our conversation with Spooky Kisses, we go everywhere, haunted attractions, horror conventions, scare acting, creepy abandoned places, terrifying childhood memories of secretly watching The Exorcist, and why horror fans always seem to find each other. We talk about iconic haunts like Pennhurst Asylum, Ha...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the internet stops feeling like entertainment and starts feeling like a nightmare? On this episode of Horror Heals, Corey and Kendall talk with filmmaker Zack Ogle about his unsettling indie horror film It Needs Eyes , a story about isolation, disturbing online imagery, unreliable reality, and the strange emotional pull of internet rabbit holes. Zack discusses ho...

Send us Fan Mail Horror fans don’t just consume stories. A lot of us create because of them. In this episode of Horror Heals , Corey sits down with horror-inspired artist Christian Baloga for a deeply personal conversation about fear, trauma, creativity, and why horror has always felt like home for outsiders and survivors. Before the interview, Kendall reflects on the unique emotional honesty foun...

Send us Fan Mail What if horror isn’t just entertainment, but a tool for survival? In this episode of Horror Heals , Corey sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Lana Holmes to explore how horror movies mirror real-life trauma, resilience, and mental health. From hiding behind the couch as a kid to integrating horror into her clinical work, Dr. Holmes shares how the genre can help people process...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when horror, art, and real-life trauma all collide? In this episode, we sit down with Whit Hertford, known to horror fans as Jacob from A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 and to movie lovers as the kid who gets shocked in Jurassic Park . But this conversation goes way beyond film credits. Whit opens up about losing his father at age 10 and how creativity became his way of pr...

Send us Fan Mail Horror isn’t just about fear. For Kamaria Williams, it’s about healing. In this episode of Horror Heals, we sit down with actor, writer, and filmmaker Kamaria Williams to explore how horror became her creative outlet and emotional processing tool. Growing up surrounded by horror films, Kamaria developed a deep connection to the genre, not because it scared her, but because it help...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Christmas, dammnit, and Horror Heals is decking the halls with horror, heart, and holiday cheer. This episode marks the relaunch of one of our most beloved Christmas conversations, featuring horror icon Jill Schoelen , actress, fan favorite, and now holiday music maker. Jill joins us to talk about returning to creativity after stepping away, why the horror community remains o...

Send us Fan Mail Black Christmas may have turned fifty last year, but its power has never faded. This episode is a relaunch of one of Horror Heals’ most important holiday conversations, revisiting why Bob Clark’s bleak, unsettling classic still feels disturbingly real decades later. Corey and Kendall are joined by Lynne Griffin , who played Claire , one of the most enduring images in horror histor...

Send us Fan Mail To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Wicked , we bring you something rare and unexpected. Years ago Corey sat down with Gregory Maguire for a candid, hilarious and deeply thoughtful conversation about the moral complexity of Oz, the origins of Elphaba, the impact of politics on fantasy, and the loose ends that make his work feel so human. The original audio has been lost to t...

Send us Fan Mail Women in Horror are reshaping the genre, from the lingering dread of The Exorcist to modern Final Person heroes like Naru in Prey. In this episode, Kimberly Ramsawak, creator of Horror Concierge and founder of Horror and Her, joins us for her first podcast appearance to talk empowerment, representation, and why horror is the most emotionally honest genre around. We explore Kimberl...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when an actress who played make-believe among the stars helps real astronauts reach them? In this special tribute episode of Horror Heals , Corey honors the life and legacy of June Lockhart , who passed away at 100 after a century spent balancing the light of Hollywood with the wonder of the cosmos. For most of us, June will always be the fearless matriarch who kept h...

Send us Fan Mail Beatrice Boepple (Amanda Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 ) joins Horror Heals for one of the most powerful conversations we’ve had about horror, trauma, empathy, and why these stories matter so much. Before the interview, Corey shares what happened at ScareFest: Beatrice had her entire day’s earnings stolen, money earmarked for her son’s college fund, and was later target...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the VHS kid who found safety with scream queens grows up and becomes the cosplay that inspires the original star? If horror has ever been your coping tool, your comfort movie, or your mirror when life got loud, Gregory’s story shows how channeling fandom into creativity and community can lift your mood, build resilience, and connect you to people who truly get it...

Send us Fan Mail The world feels heavy. Anxiety is high, headlines are grim, and creative burnout is real. This week, Horror Heals host Corey Stulce sits down with Lee Murray ONZM to talk about how horror can help us process the darkness instead of drowning in it. Lee Murray is proof that horror can wear a crown and still draw blood. The Aotearoa-born author, editor, poet, and screenwriter has sna...

Send us Fan Mail This year marks the 50th anniversary of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," and what better way to celebrate than to explore its legacy as a queer lifeline. In Part Two of our conversation with the creator behind Queer for Fear, we dig into how "Rocky Horror" is more than a midnight movie. It is a rite of passage, a community builder, and a warm blanket for queer...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horror Heals , Corey sits down with Heather, the force behind Queer for Fear. Part One of this two-parter dives deep into the queer relationship with horror, the villains we secretly love, and how the genre became a lifeline for outsiders looking for a mirror in pop culture. Heather shares her personal journey of grief and discovery, from the death of her brothe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horror Heals , Corey and Kendall sit down with psychotherapist and horror enthusiast Candis Green. From her childhood obsession with Halloween and witches to her professional use of Jungian dream work and archetypes, Candis shares how horror became both her passion and her therapeutic lens. She opens up about why she watches horror movies alone in the dark, what...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Horror Heals , Corey and Kendall are joined by filmmaker Andrew Jara , who opens up about creating a horror film rooted in his own experience with anxiety, panic attacks, and the slow, quiet devastation of grief. 🎬 Andrew’s film The Empty Space isn’t your typical genre fare — it’s a deeply personal exploration of mental health, told through the lens of horror....