The Shock Doctors Podcast

David Koepp’s House of Leaves riff is best described, in Matt’s words, as “medium clever.” Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like us to check out? Feel free to send us … Continue reading "Episode 56 – You...

An offbeat possession movie that features top-notch performances, while dispensing with most of the genre’s tired tropes and over-the-top CGI theatrics? Sign. Us. Up. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like … Continue reading "Ep...

The sequel nobody asked for to a movie nobody liked, The Gallows Act II also attempts to hitch its wagon to a viral fad long since faded into irrelevance. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for … Continue reading "Episode 54 – The Gallows Act II"

Don’t believe the marketing – or last episode’s outro – Antebellum has nothing to do with time travel, except maybe in the sociological sense. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like … Continue reading "Episode...

If the pandemic hasn’t made you skittish about AirBnB, this movie definitely should. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like us to check out? Feel free to send us a DM … Continue reading "Episode 52 – The Rental"

All space parasite movies must by necessity stand in the shadow of Alien, but this oppressive Russian period piece takes a good crack at it all the same. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the … Continue reading "Episode 51 – Sputnik"

This deliriously funny deconstruction of zombie filmmaking is an instant classic that Matt and Jim are glad to have picked for the 50th episode of the podcast. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next … Continue reading "Episode 50 – One Cut of th...

Lars Klevberg adapts his popular short film into a woefully underdeveloped (HAH!) time-waster of a feature film. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like us to check out? Feel free to … Continue reading "Episode 49 – Polaroid"

Emily Mortimer and Bella Heathcote grapple with a senile relative and a house quite literally haunted by dementia. It’s a treat. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like us to check … Continue reading "Episode 48 – Relic"

An improbably deep cast, potentially spooky premise, and a setting brimming with possibility are all wasted in this highly derivative snoozefest. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like us to check … Continue reading "Episode 47 &#8211...

Matt and Jim are thrilled to be back at it, but starting with The Hunt after a four-month layoff turns out to be pretty anti-climactic. And why was Trump pissed about this movie, exactly? Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune … Continue reading "Episode 46 – The Hunt"

Another suspense-less entry in this misbegotten franchise is further undermined by a baffling decision to retcon away the only vaguely interesting thing the first film had going for it. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for … Continue reading "Episode 45 &#82...

Leigh Whannell continues a successful post-James Wan career with a nervy thriller that reminds us – the terror of the unseen is the most unsettling of all. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next … Continue reading "Episode 44 – The Invisible Man...

Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s follow-up to Goodnight, Mommy is as bone-chilling as the frozen landscape that it inhabits. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like us to check out? Feel … Continue reading "Episode 43 – T...

Matt and Jim may have disagreed about The Turning, but they’re on the same page about this woefully misbegotten adaptation of the 70s TV show – Fantasy Island is a trainwreck in all but the most literal sense. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, … Continue reading "Episode 42 – Fantasy Islan...

Oz Perkins takes a quantum leap forward with a gorgeously lensed and delightfully atmospheric adaptation of perhaps the most well-known of Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like … Continue reading "Episode 4...

If you’ve been waiting for Matt and Jim to have their Siskel and Ebert moment, this is it. The Turning is… divisive, to say the least. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie … Continue reading "Episode 40 – The Turning"

The first really good horror movie of the year features the return of a Nicolas Cage voice we thought had been lost to the sands of time. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next … Continue reading "Episode 39 – Color Out of Space"

While it borrows a lot from a lot of different places, Underwater clips along so fast, you hardly have time to think about it. The end result is a good time at the movies – particularly for January. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, … Continue reading "Episode 38 – Underwater"

There are good remakes of J-horror, and there are bad ones. This one? Well, let’s just say William Sadler’s Detective Wilson may have had the right idea. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next … Continue reading "Episode 37 – The Gru...

Did Black Christmas need to be remade? As was the case in 2006, the answer is… probably not. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like us to check out? Feel free … Continue reading "Episode 36 – Black Christmas"

Matt and Jim discover that the only thing more irritating than the Countdown notification noise is… wait, no, that’s the world’s most annoying thing. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d like … Continue reading "Episode...

In this episode, Matt and Jim discover that Mike Flanagan is capable of stifling his taste for the warm fuzzies, giving us a bleak and atmospheric sequel to The Shining that seriously exceeds expectations. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune … Continue reading "Episode 34 &#82...

Matt and Jim discover that, in Parasite, Bong Joon-ho has crafted a film that sneaks up on you, grabs you by the throat, and doesn’t let go. RESPECT! Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the … Continue reading "Episode 33 – Parasite"

In what has to be the frontrunner for Horror Film of the Year, Robert Pattinson spills his beans, and Willem Dafoe is distraught about it. Please follow us on Twitter @ShockDoctorsPod, on Facebook at facebook.com/shockdoctorspod, or check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or Tune In. Got an idea for the next movie you’d … Continue reading "Episode 32 – The Lighthouse"