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Happy single Shaming Day! What better way to exorcise the woes of a holiday that cons you into believing that relationship status is something to be ashamed of... than by watching the classic Canadian Slasher about a disgruntled miner taking hearts in all the ways that make MY BLOODY VALENTINE a slasher classic!

Last year we lost a trailblazing legend of horror with the loss of the great Tony Todd, so for Black History Month we pay tribute to this genre legend with what is widely considered to be his definitive peformance that had us all hooked.

Naturally a great trailer makes you want to see a movie, but many times a great horror movie trailer makes you scared to see it. Today JT Smith and I explore the remarkably complex art of horror movie Trailers and Beyond!

The "In Search of Darkness" Documentary series is the perfect shopping list for anyone who loves horror, or wants to learn how to love horror, and today we are honored to talk with the man behind this series DAVID WEINER You can find the In Search of Darkness Series at https://90shorrordoc.com/ And you Can follow David at itcamefromblog.com and on BlueSky @davidweiner.bsky.social

This is a passion project ten years in the making for horror auteur Robert Eggers. However, will his vision for the century old classic be copacetic with modern horror audiences? Click and hear our take. Find SPOOKY SCARY SPARKLE on the following TikTok~ @sparkleinthedarkness Instagram~ @spookyscarysparkle

One childhood experience that has been lost with the demise of the video store is the joy of scrutinizing the horror section and become mystified by the nightmarish box art of each of the titles on display. Horror is the one genre that consistently knows how to sink it's claws into you with a haunting still image on a poster or video box and today we are going to examine the art of the horror post...

2024 has come to a close, and while real world horrors await in 2025 we can at least look back on the incredible horror that has invaded our brains in the previous year. Here and now is our awards for the best horror in 2024. Find Matt Konopka "Killer Horror Critic at" www.killerhorrorcritic.com BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/werematt.bsky.social Instagram @killer_horror_critic

Before Jason, Before Michael, After Norman... There was Billy and the fateful Christmas he hid in the attic of a Sorority House became the stuff of horror legend. Bob Clark's 1974 classic is also one of the most influential slashers of all time. This Christmas we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Black Christmas with a full length fan commentary. If it doesn't get under your skin, it's on too...

Forty Years ago, a different kind of Santa came to town, and self-righteous parents, film critics, and moral crusaders weren't happy about. However that didn't stop this Holiday Horror milestone (and by extension it's oddball sequel) from becoming a classic. For it's fortieth anniversary we are going to salute the quintessential Santa slasher and it's deliriously meme-worthy sequel.

For those with a very specific need for more zombies to go with your Christmas sing-alongs... That is very specific but fortunately Anna and the Apocalypse is more than up to the task but this film is the rare time a horror musical hits the right note with critics and audiences. Here we are also going to explore the turbulent history of the horror musical from Sweeney Todd to Repo! the Genetic Ope...

Well what else would it be on a Friday the 13th? Join us for the first of many full length commentaries of the ultimate anti-bullying message films... Oh and some Bacon Guy.

Forty years ago, horror fans met the man of their dreams and we have been swooning ever since. So join us for our full length commentary in celebration of this horror legend.

We wrap up our exploration of the SAW franchise as we spotlight the latest entry. An entry that showed that the series was capable of emotional depth and even turns our favorite dungeon master into something of an antihero.

For a holiday frequently associated with pain and misery of innocent lives, you'd think there would be more Thanksgiving slashers. Apart from the obvious, there was one that brought the carving, and most importantly... It brought the cranberry sauce... That is cranberry sauce right?

After the franchise came to a dubious end, The producers attempted to find new ways for Jigsaw's games to continue. For this edition we determine if these experimental titles were successful... entirely successful.

Imagine a better version of Horror in 2024... You really can't Not after Coralie Fargeat's "THE SUBSTANCE" Arrived on the scene and balls-out stabbed at the heart of absurdly obscene beauty standards and the results are spec-bloody-tacular.

Cynics have dismissed, slashers as nothing more than blood, gore, and gratuitous mayhem. Worst of all it has been deemed one-note and uninspired. Naturally we beg to differ. Slashers are the lifeblood of our beloved genre. Today we will give you give you our reasons why. You can find Ivotres Littles at the following YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HorrorMoviesandBeyond Twitter: @HMoviesBeyond In...

Happy Halloween everyone! To wrap up another wild Spooky Season we continue our Fan Commentary Series on the Halloween Franchise with the Fan Favorite sequel. Do we feel the same way? Find out here.

Sure, there's no actual chopping in a movie called "Chopping Mall" but that doesn't stop it from being an absolute classic of the era that spawned it.

Detested by fans upon release, SEED OF CHUCKY is still avidly defended by series creator Don Mancini. Today he will not have to do it alone. Join us as we celebrate the 20 delve into this hilariously ribald Hollywood Satire, and discover the dense themes that you'd never expect in a movie with killer dolls lusting after Jennifer Tilly.

Or next Dis-Comfort Flick is James Wan's wildly entertaining, wildly insane, and yet wildly divisive opus MALIGNANT. Today we discuss why this Fangoria Chainsaw Award Winning funhouse of a movie may be one of the crown jewels in James Wan's already impressive filmography.

We love watching a wreck. Partially because we're always curious about what led to that wreck happening in the first place. That logic can easily be applied to why we love SPOOKIES, our first Spotlight for our recently resurrected Halloween Dis-Comfort Flicks series for 2024

Well, it's come to this. It's Halloween, we're a horror podcast, so it's inevitable that we tackle the franchise that is practically innate with the holiday starting with John Carpenter's 1978 classic. So much has already been said... and this is a bit more.

We resume our exploration of the Saw Franchise as we focus on the rampage of Jigsaw apprentice Hoffman. Is he worthy to carry the mantle? Find out here.

When you give a gift for your friend's birthday, you give them the gift that keeps on giving. Which is why you give them a demented low budget trashterpiece with some of the nastiest killer kids you'll ever see on film. It's Ed Hunt's lurid classic Bloody Birthday.