The Horror Sanctum Podcast

On this special episode, we welcome to the Sanctum actress Robin Sydney who is the reigning Scream Queen of Charles Band's Full Moon Pictures with starring roles in the Gingerdead Man and Evil Bong Franchises as well as entries in the Puppet Master and Killjoy franchises. She's also notably starred in other films like FDR: American Badass!, Jack Ketchum's The Lost, and an episode of The Masters of...

This week we had special guest, Molly Kent, the frontwoman of the Nashville-based rock band, Omenbringer. Molly selected one of her favorite films to bring into the Sanctum, Guillermo Del Toro's 2006 films, Pan's Labyrinth. We had a lot of thoughts about it. It's one of Guillermo's highest rated films and winner of 3 technical Oscars including Best Cinematography. While it's more of a historical d...

The first half of this episode, we review and talk about the 2023 indie horror film from across the pond, Older Gods. Older Gods is a low budget, 7 person cast and crew affair, heavily inspired by the work of H. P. Lovecraft and shot during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Wales. The second half of this show is the 4 of us randomly conversing about literally everything because we've all been snowed in for...

Our guest of the Sanctum this week, Justin Beahm is a proud member of the Producer's Guild of America, an editor, and a writer. His Reverend Entertainment creates content for Paramount Pictures, Shout! Factory/Scream Factory, Terror Vision, studiocanal, Anchor Bay, Arrow Video, Vinegar Syndrome, Scorpion, Music Box Films, Ronin Flix, and others. Beahm has spearheaded theatrical releases in partner...

On this episode of the horror sanctum, we are joined by actors and directors of the hit Screambox original film, HeBGB TV, Eric Griffin and Jake Mcclellan. We have an exclusive interview with the guys talking everything about their film which is streaming now exclusively on Screambox. There's a 7 day free trial! Watch it now! Follow us on instagram and subscribe on youtube to our channel, both @th...

Then we saw her face, and we're a Believer...well, if by Believer we mean we all watched the latest Exorcist film, Believer and had lots of strong opinions about it...then yes, Believers we are indeed. This was a fun, longer than usual episode for us that ran the entire gamut on this film and the entire franchise. We break down all things Exorcist Believer. Join us, and perhaps you'll be a Believe...

On this special episode, the boys talk to the creator of the Becky franchise, Nick Morris who wrote the first Becky Film and helped develop The Wrath of Becky as Executive Producer. It's a fun talk about some fun movies. Check it out! Follow us on instagram and subscribe on youtube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum. Please rate, rev...

On this episode of the Horror Sanctum, the boys are joined by filmmaker, Brent McCorkle who has worked on such Faith-based films as Jesus Revolution and I Can Only Imagine. Helping us keep the Sanctum extra holy this week, Brent brought us a favorite film of his, 2017's The Ritual, a Netflix Exclusive. It's an interesting entry into elevated horror and folk horror with lots of layers. It was a fun...

Happy New Year from the Horror Sanctum. To celebrate, our buddy, the incomparable Vito Trigo joins us to break down the New Year's horror classic from 1980 starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Terror Train. It's got David Copperfield doing magic, a killer in a Groucho Marx mask, young Jamie Lee in the height of her Scream Queen phase. All aboard the Terror Train as we drive it full speed ahead into the new...

This is exactly what you think it is. Kelan had never seen any of the Black Christmas films (1974, 2006, and 2019), so we challenged him to watch them all in reverse order to see what he would think. The resulting show is what happened next. Strap in and prepare yourself for the Black Christmas Reversening, the Kelan Reaction show. Follow us on instagram and subscribe on youtube to our channel, bo...

With Christmas being on a Monday, we decided against a traditional episode. Instead, we talked about our favorite Christmas horror flicks and exchanged gifts. And we had a very special and jolly guest!

Today on the Sanctum we are joined by special guest, Santa Claus himself, our buddy and horror actor extraordinaire, Vito Trigo to bring you everyone's favorite film about a mutant killer snowman, 1997's Jack Frost...not to be confused with the heart-warming family drama of the exact same name starring Michael Keaton (1998) with much better CGI for the time, though not as good as Campbell's Soup c...

On this episode, the guys break down the devastatingly brutal Spanish horror film, When Evil Lurks (2023) by the director of Terrified (2017). It's a Shudder Exclusive that had a limited theatrical run in October 2023. It's getting great critical acclaim, but will it pass the critical test of the Sanctum? Duh, Duh, Duh! You'll have to tune in to find out! Follow us on instagram and subscribe on yo...

On this episode of the Horror Sanctum, the boys are joined by local Nashville film critic, film historian, and doer of the Lord's work at the historic Belcourt Theater where he is an occasional host and in-house academic, Mr Jason Shawhan! Jason is also the curator of 12 Hours of Terror and Queer Qlassics! In this week’s episode, Jason helped us review and breakdown the debut film of visionary dir...

On this episode of the Horror Sanctum, the boys are joined by Kirista, an old friend of Jay and Kelan who introduced them to each other 22 years ago. We're watching Shaun of the Dead, the film that helped bring back zombies to movies and helped bring back the King of the Zombie films to zombie movies again, George Romero. It's a fun episode full of nostalgia and all the early 2000's feels. Follow...

On this very special episode, Jay, John, and TJ are joined by legendary 80's horror film producer, Frank Feral, producer of the classic films, Spookies (1986) and Street Trash (1987). It's an enlightening conversation with some great behind the scenes talk on some 80's classics. Follow us on instagram and subscribe on youtube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Faceb...

Join us for a very special new horror comedy release that drops 11/14/23 exclusively on the Screambox horror streaming service. This is Andrew Bowser doing what he does best as this Onyx the Fortuitous character he's popularized over the last decade on YouTube. This raucous and infinitely quotable horror comedy also stars horror legends Barbara Crampton and Jeffrey Combs as well as Olivia Taylor D...

Talk To Me is the 2023 Australian "elevated horror" film released by A24. It has lots of hype and great reviews, but will it pass the muster of the Sanctum? Only one way to find out on this intriguing spoiler-filled break down of the film. Follow us on instagram and subscribe on youtube to our channel, both @thehorrorsanctum podcast. Join our exclusive Facebook Group @thehorrorsanctum. Please rate...

On this very special one year anniversary episode and Halloween week, the boys continue the trend of doing sequential Halloween franchise films with arguably one of the greatest horror sequels ever made, Halloween 2 from 1981...More of the Night He Came Home! We are joined by a few returning guests. Lots of fun and extras on this show as the whole crew breaks down all things Halloween 2. Follow us...

On this week's show, we rocked out in a silent sort of way as we were joined by our guest, the princess of hardcore rock herself, Magdalene Rose, formerly of Gold, Frankincense, and Murr, now flying solo. Magdalene brought one of her favorite films to the Sanctum, The John Krasinski directed, A Quiet Place from 2018. We chopped it up and had lots to break down about this film. Follow Magdalene Ros...

On this episode we discussed the recent theatrical release from 2023, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, a Victorian era Dracula story based in the world of Bram Stoker's original novel but building on small fragment of the story and creating an offshoot story. It was a mixed bag of a movie and a review for us, but we broke it down in great detail and the greater Dracula lore and legend throughout ci...

Ari Lehman is the front man for the band First Jason and was the first actor to play the iconic Jason Voorhees as the boy in the lake in the original Friday the 13th in 1980. He joins the boys in the sanctum for a fun interview as we catch up to him from his tour van. We talk music, Friday the 13th, Jason, Tom Savini, The Barn 1 & 2 and his role as Dr. Rock and much more. Follow us on instagram an...

On this episode of The Horror Sanctum, we are joined by Spoken Nerd, the hip hop artist from Nashville, also known by some as Nathan Conrad, and we break down a favorite movie of his, 2022's Men, directed by Alex Garland (Annihilation, Ex Machina). This is an art house A24, elevated horror, that makes you think long after it's over. You'll probably have to research more about it after the credits...

Today the boys deep dive into the Robert Rodriguez directed sci-fi horror, body-snatching 1998 classic, The Faculty. If you have nostalgia for all things 90's, then this will hit your face with double barrels right in the feels. An all-star cast of then youngsters, now award-winning, seasoned actors like Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Clea Duvall, Usher, and Jordana Brewster alongside such seasoned v...

On our episode 41 of the Horror Sanctum Podcast we were joined by Nathan Gray and Becky Fontaine from the band, The Iron Roses to discuss a movie of their choosing, The Blair Witch Project (1999). The Blair Witch Project is credited as being the most influential found footage film of all time, and it's early days of the internet marketing campaign that sold it as a true story is stuff of legend. I...