The Horror Sanctum Podcast

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....

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the 1981 slasher film, The Prowler. The film follows a group of college students in a coastal California town who are stalked and murdered during a graduation party by a World War II veteran who killed his ex-girlfriend in 1945. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @t...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the newest film from legendary director Sam Raimi, Send Help. The film is about an employee and her boss who become stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash and attempt to survive while tension rises between them. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorr...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the 1999 stoner horror comedy Idle Hands. The film is about a teenage slacker's right hand that becomes possessed with murderous intent. 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 on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the newest installment in the Scream franchise, Scream 7. The story involves a new Ghostface killer emerging in the town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life and her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebo...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the 2005 supernatural slasher film Venom. The film follows a group of teens who fight to survive a man-turned-zombie after he becomes possessed by evil spirits. 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 rat...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the 2002 M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi horror film Signs. The film is about a widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm where they find mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast....

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the 1995 cult classic Tales from The Crypt: Demon Knight. The story is about a group of people who find themselves stranded at a hotel in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by demons who are after an important artifact held by demon hunter Brayker (William Sadler). Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast....

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the 2015 horror thriller film Green Room. Green Room is about a punk rock band forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar. 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 ra...

Today in the Sanctum, we take a tour of a curious little pop up curio shop that happens to be run by the devil himself. Yep, we're bringing you the Stephen King 1993 adaptation, Needful Things, starring Ed Harris, JT Walsh, and Max Von Sydow in a devilish performance. What would you do for the one thing you always wanted? Would you play a harmless little trick for the low, low price of your et...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the newest killer animal gone wild horror film, Primate. The film is about a group of friends on tropical vacation that turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival when a pet chimpanzee goes rabid. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we cover dystopian thriller film The Long Walk directed by Francis Lawrence. Based on a novel by Stephen King, the film is about a group of teenage boys that compete in an annual contest known as "The Long Walk," in which they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanct...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we discuss the recent Valentine's slasher film Heart Eyes. The story revolves around two coworkers that have to survive the Heart Eyes Killer on Valentine's Day and stay together long enough to find out who is after them. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsa...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we cover the 2025 body horror film Together. The story is about Tim and Millie who find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. With tensions already flaring, an encounter with an unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on YouTube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Jo...

This episode of the Sanctum is brought to you by the Letters P and G, and no, it's definitely not a PG film....P for Peter Jackson and G for Gore! That's right! We're doing Dead Alive, Peter Jackson's 1992 gory zombie mix of horror, comedy, and romance. Known as Braindead in other countries, Dead Alive was a cult classic in the video store days here in the states, and we welcome ou...

Today on The Horror Sanctum we cover the film adaptation of the popular video game series Five Nights at Freddy's. The film stars Josh Hutcherson as a troubled security guard who starts a job at an abandoned pizzeria where he discovers its animatronic mascots are possessed by the souls of murdered children who were abducted by a serial killer decades before. Follow us on Instagram and subscribe on...

Do You Like Scary Movies? What's your favorite scary movie? Well if you are a millennial who came of age in horror during the mid-90's, 1996's Scream would be a solid option to answer that question with. Wes Craven's re-invention of the slasher genre for a new audience is still being sequelized 30 years later. This is a genre redefining bit of nostalgia that is still just as relevant today as it w...