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On this episode, we're celebrating the holiday of practical jokes and hoaxes by watching the eponymous 1986 Fred Walton horror-comedy classic APRIL FOOL'S DAY -- and what better way for Muffy/Buffy to celebrate her birthday than to scare the crap out of her closest friends. Will Muffy's friends forgive her? Are the fortuitous events of this film highly improbable? Does a person really react that w...

For our belated St. Patricks Day episode, we are going on a very bleak journey to the cosmos. It's LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE, a movie we never thought we would do and we're still not sure why. Why is he even in space? Is he an alien, or a leprechaun? Why do they blend the already blended DNA in that one scene? As always the great BLOOD RAGE theme cover is by Matt Akers. Check out his bandcamp. We nee...

Why has it taken Archers of Horror 31 episodes to discuss the horror-comedy classic THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD? There are many answers to that but the most convincing one is that Ed's a bit self-conscious having the same haircut as TARMAN. On this episode we'll be discussing everyone's favorite undead characters -- Tarman, the Reanimated Cadaver and of course, Party-Time Skeleton. We also discu...

For our 30th episode, we take a look at Rospo Pallenberg's CUTTING CLASS which would be his only directorial feature. But more importantly, is this the episode where Rusty finally breaks Ed? How many more bad movies can Ed endure?  We also talk cutting actual class, Valentine's Day binge eating and climbing the rope in gym class.  As always the great BLOOD RAGE theme cover is by Matt Akers. Check...

Director Adam Egypt Mortimer (DANIEL ISN'T REAL, SOME KIND OF HATE) joins us for a wide-ranging deep dive into the David Cronenberg classic. This is probably our most intellectual episode to date as we delve into sexual repression, violence on film, artistic motifs and the M.A.S.K. Boulder Hill Playset. As always the BLOOD RAGE theme song cover is by Matt Akers. Check out his bandcamp. Particularl...

It's time to talk about CANDYMAN, the iconic Tony Todd-Philip Glass collab and the one big issue Ed has always had with it. We also talk about all kinds of urban legends, how to properly pronounce "Bernard Rose" and working at Adventureland. As always the great BLOOD RAGE theme cover is by Matt Akers. Check out his bandcamp. Someone rate and review the show. Just one of you. Follow us on Instagram...

We're hoping this episode makes a great contribution to SOCIETY as we discuss the still somewhat underseen Brian Yuzna classic. Frequent listeners of the show can probably predict that Rusty finds the shunting erotic and Ed has no memory of the movie. But most importantly please rate and review the podcast. Don't make us beg, people. Because we've already begged and don't wanna do it again. Look,...

For the second part of our Xmas Spectacular, here comes a much better movie than SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT. BLACK CHRISTMAS has gotta be one of the best xmas horror films ever, a slasher which predates all of the other classics and still rises above those that followed. We discuss all the important things like our childhood crushes on Olivia Hussey and prank calls we've received. It's another cla...

The holiday season gets bloody when the Archer boys watch this infamous 80s Santa slasher for the first time! Who liked it-- who didn't and what were the best toys in that toy store? (spoiler: it was the KRULL board game.) For the Mondo SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT colored vinyl soundtrack giveaway we mention: follow archersofhorror on instagram! The details will be announced Wednesday. As always Ma...

It's time to tackle one of our favorite horror films: the timeless story of a boy, a ball and a mysterious Tall Man. And Reggie the ice cream guy. And a dwarf named Tommy. We share tales of Michael/Jodi-esque adventures with our brothers and Rusty lists a lot of interesting facts about Angus Scrimm as we discuss PHANTASM (and vow to do an episode for every sequel). I think I write this every time...

Almost in time for Halloween comes one of the ultimate Halloween movies! NIGHT OF THE DEMONS is an absolute classic which represents the pinnacle of late 80s horror, which makes it really weird Ed hasn't seen it until now! Normally here I would make references to what comes up during the episode, but Rusty edited this one and I haven't listened yet and I have no memory of what was said. However--...

Just in time for Halloween, the Archer boys finally confront HOWLING 2: YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF. Could this be our most anticipated episode yet? Is this movie as terrible as popularly believed or could it be ripe for a HALLOWEEN III style rediscovery? Find out on our newest episode, which as always features that great BLOOD RAGE cover by Matt Akers. Please rate and review the podcast and tell yo...

The Archer boys are back again and this time they're joined by a special guest.  No, it's not the short adorable Klown.  Sasha Glasser--special effects makeup artist and seasons 7 and 13 contestant on SYFY's Face Off--joins us to discuss this horrifyingly fun tale of gruesome freaks invading small town USA...and that's just the college kids.   Sit back, relax, blow up your very own inflatable raft...

The challenging Mexican film WE ARE THE FLESH takes us some dark and disgusting places as we talk about movies that have shocked us, would we eat human flesh and what makes us wanna throw up. Somehow we also connect this film to the musical "Rent" and Ed talks about rescuing a GI Joe figure from a horrible fate (not as a child, just recently). As always please rate the podcast-- although we know y...

Well it's back to a solo episode for DOOM ASYLUM. Where to begin? It's a lot like HELLGATE and THE MUTILATOR except much worse yet still-- kind of lovable? When a group of teens (including a young Kristin Davis and FRANKENHOOKER star Patty Mullen!) visit an abandoned asylum in New Jersey, they find themselves getting picked off one by one by a deranged lawyer turned mortician named Mitch. Who will...

In an unintentional tribute to the classic play Waiting for Godot, our hosts spend much of the episode waiting for the guest -- Sabrina Ellis of the bands A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit -- to show up! But it all fits the vibe of the episode, we promise, as we dig into the mysteries of 2001's DONNIE DARKO. What does it all mean? Is this just a JACOB'S LADDER scenario or are we in a tangent universe?...

For Rusty's birthday we completely smash the formula and watch a non-horror Arrow release -- THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN. The remake of the Israeli film LEMON POPSICLE is probably best known for launching Golan and Globus in America, on their way to creating the immortal Cannon Films. It's also one of Rusty's favorite movies. But will Ed like it? Find out on this episode! Also please-- we are begging...

After so many broken promises, we finally have a guest episode! Brea Grant-- from the upcoming film DEAD NIGHT, the podcast Reading Glasses and too many other cool things to list-- joins us to discuss Frank Henenlotter's BASKET CASE. We've come to love Frank on Archers of Horror-- but will we love his most famous movie? Why is Belial so strong? And how was Brea's trip to Universal Studios Hollywoo...

After only discussing films made in 1990 and before, we burst into the modern era with Ben Young's 2017 film HOUNDS OF LOVE. We love Australia on Archers of Horror-- but did we love this very tough to watch film?! I will say that one of our opinions on the film changed considerably during the preparation of this episode. If you like the show please rate and review us on iTunes. We know every podca...

In what could be our best episode yet, we get infected by David Cronenberg's first film SHIVERS aka THEY CAME FROM WITHIN aka ORGY OF THE BLOOD PARASITES! Somehow we also tell embarrassing childhood sex stories and manage to feature four samples from Les Miserables! How does it all tie together?! You will have to listen to find out! 

In this episode, Eddie D and Rusty discuss the Australian film DEAD END DRIVE-IN from Ozploitation legend Brian Trenchard-Smith. We dive deep into the special features of this Arrow Blu-ray-- we're confident no other podcast has every talked as much about the included Brian Trenchard-Smith TV doc THE STUNT MEN. Most importantly, we'll learn "which CAAAAAR?!" As always, Matt Akers elevates everythi...

Somehow we always end up talking about Larry Cohen on this show, especially when discussing this 1988 near-classic he wrote and produced: MANIAC COP. What could have been done to make this film a little better? Is Tom Atkins nice in real life? Have you ever known a maniac cop? What does Chun-Li have to do with any of this? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this episode of Archers...

By far the worst film we have watched for this podcast, HELLGATE nearly destroyed us. But we're back, and we'll be releasing episodes again on the 1st and 15th of every month! But back to HELLGATE-- wow, we hated this movie. Arrow only made 1000 copies of this-- we must destroy the other 998. NEXT EPISODE: MANIAC COP. 

In 1984 a lawyer named Buddy Cooper put his life savings on the line to achieve his ultimate dream-- to become a filmmaker! He gathered his friends and the residents of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina together to make THE MUTILATOR. Was it all worth it?! Rusty and Eddie D break it down in the new episode of Archers of Horror! We are very pleased to announce this is the first episode featuring our n...

Join Rusty and Eddie D as they review the Arrow Video release of BRAIN DAMAGE and find their minds blown by the fact that they've never seen this classic and amazing film by the lovable Frank Henenlotter! This tale of a boy and his brain parasite has finally knocked BLOOD RAGE off of the top spot! What more is there to say? NEXT: THE MUTILATOR