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Join us as we continue our season long watch of American Horror Story: 1984!

Join us for the final episode of Shudder's Creepshow! 

On January 3rd, 1995, just outside of Erath, Louisiana, Rustin Cohle and Martin Hart, begin investigating the murder of prostitute Dora Lange. Lange’s body is found nude and posed in prayer, with deer antlers atop her head and a spiral symbol drawn on her back. Twig latticeworks surround her body. This is how HBO’s award winning series TRUE DETECTIVE, from creator Nic Pizzolato begins. Matthew McC...

Happy Halloween from The Late Night fright! In honor of tricks and treats, we present to you a special edition featuring It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! We also have a special presentation of "the big HF" reading The Raven and letters to the Great Pumpkin from the cast and crew of the Late Night Fright! Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up and get ready to howl at the moon! It's...

October is almost over and so is our look back at the classic Universal monsters. The month comes to a close with one of the greatest creature features of all time, 1954’s Creature From The Black Lagoon, the movie that introduced the world to the Gill-Man! The Jack Arnold directed classic features a wonderful ensemble cast, an iconic creature design courtesy of Millicent Patrick, and some of the m...

American Horror Story, the award winning horror anthology series from creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, is now in its ninth season on the FX Network. The current season, 1984, is an homage to the slasher pictures of the 80s, drawing heavy influence from the Friday The 13thfranchise, as well as the works of John Carpenter and Wes Craven. The ensemble cast features Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, L...

In 1982, filmmaker George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) and author Stephen King (IT, Carrie, The Shining), the masters of terror and the macabre, gave us Creepshow, a horror anthology film inspired by the classic EC Comics of the 1950s and it was the most fun we ever had being scared. In 2019, under the guiding hand of executive producer Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), Creepshow is back a...

On January 3rd, 1995, just outside of Erath, Louisiana, Rustin Cohle and Martin Hart, begin investigating the murder of prostitute Dora Lange. Lange’s body is found nude and posed in prayer, with deer antlers atop her head and a spiral symbol drawn on her back. Twig latticeworks surround her body. This is how HBO’s award winning series TRUE DETECTIVE, from creator Nic Pizzolato begins. Matthew McC...

In 1975, comedian Rudy Ray Moore made the film DOLEMITE, a technically terrible movie that had massive appeal upon its release and continues to endear itself to audiences 44 years later. In 2019, Netflix partnered with Eddie Murphy to bring his story to the screen in the film DOLEMITE IS MY NAME directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan). The Late Night Fright, while a horror mov...

Get into the way, way back machine and travel through the mists of time with the Late Night Fright to 1925 for a look back at Universal’s classic adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel The Phantom Of The Opera. The film is a showcase for the Man Of A Thousand Faces, Lon Chaney, whose makeup design for Erik, the disfigured genius haunting the Paris Opera, is one of the greatest ever realized in a moti...

In 1982, filmmaker George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) and author Stephen King (IT, Carrie, The Shining), the masters of terror and the macabre, gave us Creepshow, a horror anthology film inspired by the classic EC Comics of the 1950s and it was the most fun we ever had being scared. In 2019, under the guiding hand of executive producer Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), Creepshow is back a...

American Horror Story, the long running horror anthology series from creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk is in its ninth season on the FX Network and Dan and Faith are continuing their season long watch 1984, the newest installment.    Red Dawn, the newest episode, answers as many questions as it raises. We are at the halfway point, and our hard working hosts have no idea where this thing is goi...

On January 3rd, 1995, just outside of Erath, Louisiana, Rustin Cohle and Martin Hart, begin investigating the murder of prostitute Dora Lange. Lange’s body is found nude and posed in prayer, with deer antlers atop her head and a spiral symbol drawn on her back. Twig latticeworks surround her body.  This is how HBO’s award winning series TRUE DETECTIVE, from creator Nic Pizzolato begins. Matthew Mc...

The Late Night Fright continues its October Universal monster marathon with another classic from the great director James Whale. Join Dan and Faith as they discuss 1933's THE INVISIBLE MAN starring Claude Rains! This one has it all: thrills, chills, murder, mayhem, and more than a few laughs thrown in! Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up and get ready to howl at the moon! It's time for...

It's TV Tuesday and we are continuing our season long watch of the ninth season of FX's award winning horror anthology series AMERICAN HORROR STORY. We have been impressed with everything 1984 has given us so far...and this week is no different! Join us as we talk about the fourth episode TRUE KILLERS. Secrets are revealed, blood is spilled and more questions arise. Who will survive? Pour yourself...

In 1982, filmmaker George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) and author Stephen King (IT, Carrie, The Shining), the masters of terror and the macabre, gave us Creepshow, a horror anthology film inspired by the classic EC Comics of the 1950s and it was the most fun we ever had being scared. In 2019, under the guiding hand of executive producer Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), Creepshow is back a...

It's Monday and that means it's time for a CAGE MATCH! This is it...the one you've been waiting for. Get into the dojo to see which film will be the last standing. Will it be Face/Off? Mandy? Raising Arizona? Moonstruck? Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and get ready to howl at the moon! All good things must end...tune in one more time to find out which Nicolas Cage film we have cr...

It is Wednesday and that means it is time to talk about horror movies! Our month long celebration of the classic Universal monsters continues with one of the all time great films in any canon: James Whale's 1935 masterpiece BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, and Elsa Lanchester. Karloff speaks, the Monster demands a mate, and even author Mary Shelley makes...

In 1982, filmmaker George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) and author Stephen King (IT, Carrie, The Shining), the masters of terror and the macabre, gave us Creepshow, a horror anthology film inspired by the classic EC Comics of the 1950s and it was the most fun we ever had being scared. In 2019, under the guiding hand of executive producer Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), Creepshow is back a...

It's Monday and that means it's time for a Cage Match! The Late Night Fright continues its celebration of the filmography of Nicolas Kim Coppola, aka Nicolas Cage, aka Nic Cage, aka The Cage. We started this journey with 16 films, but in the end only one will be crowned the CAGIEST. We're down to 8 films: Face/Off (1997) vs. Vampire's Kiss (1989), Mandy (2017) vs. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Rai...

October is here, fall is in the air, and Halloween is just around the corner. It’s also Wednesday and that means it is time to talk about horror movies! The LATE NIGHT FRIGHT is going to be showcasing classic Universal horror films this October and we are starting off with one of the best in the entire canon, 1932’s THE MUMMY directed by Karl Freund and starring the incomparable and uncanny Boris...

It's TV Tuesday and today we are looking at the first two episodes of the newest installment of FX's long running American Horror Story. Homages to the golden age of the slasher picture abound in 1984. Five friends decide to get out of Los Angeles when a mysterious killer known as the Night Stalker begins terrorizing the city. They find jobs as camp counselors at Camp Redwood, the site of a 1970 m...

In 1982, filmmaker George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) and author Stephen King (IT, Carrie, The Shining), the masters of terror and the macabre, gave us Creepshow, a horror anthology film inspired by the classic EC Comics of the 1950s and it was the most fun we ever had being scared. In 2019, under the guiding hand of executive producer Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), Creepshow is back a...

It is Monday and that means it's time for a CAGE MATCH! We continue our celebration of the filmography of Nicolas Kim Coppola, aka Nicolas Cage, aka Nic Cage, aka THE CAGE. This is the final round of the second bracket of our tournament to determine which film and performance are the CAGIEST! This week's matchup is very interesting, pitting a very good film against a very Cagey performance. Don't...