The Horror Sanctum Podcast

Welcome to our season 5 kickoff keeping with tradition with the next sequential installment of Halloween on our timeline, Halloween 5. Halloween 5 is a mixed bag for sure with the beginnings of Thorn, the man in black, totally insane screaming Dr. Loomis, and so much more. As has become our tradition, we are joined by the one and only, our friend and yours, Vito Trigo, and another returning friend...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we talk about 1987 classic, Evil Dead 2. In this beloved sequel Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack on him and others. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Face...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we talk about 1999 Tim Burton film Sleepy Hollow. The film follows Ichabod Crane as he is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people and the culprit is the legendary apparition The Headless Horseman. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanc...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we talk about 1991 comedy horror classic Ernest Scared Stupid. In this film Ernest accidentally unleashes an ugly troll that plots to transform children into wooden dolls in the town of Briarville, Missouri. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum. Follow us on Ti...

Today in the Sanctum, we welcome our esteemed guest, Costa Dillon, the creator and writer of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise, all 5 films, including the just released Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Organic Intelligence, starring Daniel Roebuck and John Astin. It's a fun chat and walk through the incredibly fun world of the Killer Tomatoes. Costa is also an Executive Producer on the...

Today in the sanctum we bring you 1996's The Frighteners. This is one of Michael J. Fox's last starring roles in a feature film before his Parkinson's got too bad. It's the film that bridges the gap in Peter Jackson's directorial career from his early cult horror films into his true introduction to Hollywood. Without this film there is no Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings f...

Today in the sanctum we bring you 2000's Final Destination...well final until the next 5 sequels and counting I suppose. It's a fun twist on the slasher genre where the killer is the unseen force of death itself. The Grim Reaper is up to plenty of Rube Goldberg device murder shenanigans in this film that spawned a still successful franchise that had a hit entry as recently as last year. It...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we talk about the 2005 horror film The Descent. The film is about a caving expedition that goes horribly wrong when six explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum. Follow us on TikTok @t...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we talk about the 2002 remake, The Ring. The film follows a journalist who discovers a cursed VHS tape that causes its viewers to die seven days later. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum. Follow us on TikTok @the.horror.sanctum. Please rate, review, and subsc...

Today in the sanctum, hold onto your brains, because we're tackling the 1985 Dan O'Bannon directed horror comedy classic, Return of the Living Dead. So, be on the look out for the tar man, and watch out for that acid rain. Grab some popcorn, and let's punk rock it out all night with Linnea Quigley and Tom Matthews. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @t...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we talk about the 2026 supernatural horror film, Undertone. Evy Babic, a skeptical paranormal pod-caster caring for her comatose mother, receives disturbing recordings tied to a folkloric threat, and every new file pulls her closer to fears she can no longer explain away. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Joi...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we talk about the 2002 cult classic, Bubba Ho-Tep. When residents of their nursing home start dying of dubious causes, an aged Elvis and an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy discover that the perpetrator is an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum...

Today in the Sanctum, we tackle what many refer to as the best werewolf movie ever made, John Landis's dark horror comedy An American Werewolf in London. So throw on your backpack and your bright red or green jacket of choice and let's head for the moors to go werewolf hunting. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusiv...

Today in the Sanctum, we finally tackle the talk of the 2026 Horror Town, Curry Barker's record-breaking runaway smash hit, Obsession. For all the hype and buzz, it's a dark and dirty little indie movie that defies expectations by focusing on a simple but effective story that plays on the tried and true horror trope of "Be careful what you wish for...." A star-making performance...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we talk about the 1983 horror cult classic Sleepaway Camp. Following the death of her family, Angela is sent to a camp for the summer. After her arrival, brutal accidents begin to kill the other campers. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum. Follow us on TikTok...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the 2011 home invasion horror film You're Next. The story revolves around a family that comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway by a gang of killers. Unfortunately for them the killers soon learn that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @theh...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theater, we hit you with the first of 3 Jaws sequels that helped create this Hollywood Summer Blockbuster Sequel Hellscape that we now live in. Thanks, Jaws 2! It's a shark movie. It's got Sheriff Brody back doing pretty much the same stuff he did before and a town that seems to have totally forgotten about a great white shark terrorizing...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the viral 2026 horror film Backrooms directed by Kane Parsons. The film is about a therapist's patient that disappears into a dimension beyond reality as she ventures into the unknown to save him. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum. Follow us o...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the kind of forgotten 2024 horror film Tarot. The plot involves a group of friends that recklessly violate the rules of Tarot readings and unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum....

On this special episode of the sanctum, Jay and John sit down with prolific actress and filmmaker, Kansas Bowling to discuss some of her career highlights and experiences in the industry, everything from working with Tarantino on Once Upon A Time in Hollywood to being featured in music videos by members of the Beatles to cult horror films like Murdercise. It's a fun chat. They also talk about...

For the first time in the 4 year history of the horror sanctum, we actually do a back to back revisiting of the same franchise with the sequel to Alien, aptly named, Aliens. James Cameron's 1986 Horror, Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller is a genre-bending quintessential piece of 1980's pop culture that took everything that Alien introduced and expanded upon it exponentially. Sigourney Weaver's Ripley is st...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the legendary horror sci-fi film that started it all, Alien (1979). The story is about the crew of the space ship Nostromo as they investigate a mysterious transmission of unknown origin and encounter a deadly alien lifeform. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @theh...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the 1989 Full Moon Pictures classic Puppet Master. After being contacted by their mysterious former colleague, four psychics arrive at a secluded hotel where they are stalked by a group of murderous puppets. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum. Foll...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the 1994 Freddy Krueger film Wes Craven's New Nightmare. The plot focuses on an unnamed demon that has taken the form of Freddy Krueger and invaded the real world to haunt the actors and film crew responsible for the  A Nightmare on Elm Street  films that existed at the time. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrors...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the pre-Troma film Mother's Day. The film focuses on three women on a camping excursion who fall victim to two deranged, murderous young men and their unhinged mother. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum. Follow us on TikTok @the.horror.sanctum....