We Watch Shudder - A Horror Movie Podcast

Took a minute to get it together but Michelle and JD are finally here with their series critics have called "I can't believe it's not Shudder!" What did they see this month? What's the scoop on their beef over "No One Will Save You"? Let's all find out together!

"Skinamarink" is one of the most polarizing and talked about horror films of the year (we did two episodes on it), and "heck." is where it all began. Regardless of where Kyle Edward Ball goes from here, you can be sure most of the horror world will be watching! Watch the short HERE !

The shortest of our selections for the entire month, David Sandberg's 2013 short accomplishes more in two and a half minutes than many features do with much more. Sandberg got the chance to adapt this to a feature in 2016, and has gone on to work in the Conjuring Universe as director of "Annabelle: Creation", as well as the DCEU as director of both "Shazam" films! Watch the short HERE !

Art the Clown has rocketed to the front of the splatter pack as the sadistic torture-killer du jour, and this original short from director Damien Leone is every bit as brutal as the franchise it has become, with an grassroots demand theatrical run for "Terrifier 2" that earned $10 million at the domestic box office in October-November 2022!   Watch the short HERE !

Mike Flanagan is one of the biggest names in horror in 2023, but back in 2006 he was taking his first steps into the genre with this short that went on to become his second feature, and arguably the film that kick-started his career! Watch the short HERE !

Part two of our week one series of shorts that became popular features is by far the most commercially successful! James Wan's original 2003 "Saw" short (now retconned to "Saw 0.5") is 12 minutes that ultimately led to a billion dollar franchise with its tenth film in theaters now! Watch the short HERE !

Spooktober is here and we're kicking off our month-long daily drops with a week of short horror films that went on to become popular feature films! We're starting with a true piece of horror history - Sam Raimi's prEvil Dead short from 1978, "Within the Woods"! As of the time of this posting, you can see the film HERE , but pretty sure that's the third link we've had to find in the last couple of...

Why were Michelle and JD both inexplicably driven to embarrass themselves and put heavy shame and dishonor on their families? Let's all find out together!

What prompted Michelle and JD to offer to pay double the Shudder subscription price to have another user kicked off the service? Let's all find out together!

Who would watch a movie about a YouTube show about some teenage spooky adventure kids riding an elevator for twenty minutes? Let's all find out together!

What happens when you take about seventeen different popular horror films and put them all in a Malaysian homage blender? Let's all find out together!

So what kind of stuff did Michelle and JD get up to watching this month outside the hallowed horror halls of Shudder? Let's all find out together!

What could possibly have happened to lead Michelle to shout, "TEENAGE GIRLS, GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!!!" Let's all find out together (unlike teenage girl shit)!

Just exactly how far did Michelle make it into this film before she almost vomited, and what was it that pushed her to the edge? Let's all find out together!

Did Bad Things live up to having the temerity, the audacity, the unmitigated gall of straight-up reimagining The Shining? Let's all find out together!

Will JD get through this episode without insisting we avoid a specific spoiler and then giving that spoiler out himself so he has to go back and beep it out? Let's all find out together!!

Hey, it's a new thing! Once a month, Michelle and JD will take some time to chat about other new and notable horror and non-horror stuff we've seen outside of the hallowed halls of our beloved Shudder! We hope you enjoy it!

Which one of us had the audacity, the temerity, the unmitigated gall to call trash classic Winterbeast a five skull film? Let's all find out together!

Who's the copier copycat, the copycat who copies or the copycat who copycats the copycat? Let's all find out together!

How did an episode about a documentary about shark movies turn into Michelle and JD fawning over Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds? Let's all find out together!

What happens when Michelle and JD decide to branch out and try to do some interviews with some folks in movieland? Let's all find out together! Derek Haugen played Ned in the film we reviewed back in episode 110, a special bonus review of "I Had a Bloody Good Time at House Harker", which he also co-wrote as part of Good Cops Entertainment. We sit down with him to discuss those things and more in a...

Do the people who made this movie know more than you about snakes and quicksand? Let's all find out together!

Does this well-regarded Korean film from 2016 pass the "was it worth JD reading subtitles for two and a half hours" test? Let's all find out together!

What have been the best not-Shudder releases Michelle and JD have seen this year, and what are they most looking forward to in part two? Let's all find out together!

We're either of us aware that this was the TWELFTH film in this franchise, and the THIRD direct adaptation of the Stephen King story? Let's all find out together!