Without Your Head

Was Exorcist II: The Heretic a daring artistic gamble or a legendary failure? Or, was it both? How did this effect the creator and the cast? Nasty Neal interviews director David Kittredge about his documentary Boorman and the Devil, following its screening at the Boston Underground Film Festival. We discuss John Boorman’s ambitious sequel to The Exorcist, its controversial reputation, and the stor...

Spookies co-writer and producer Frank Farel and Emmy award winner Cecilia Doran join Nasty Neal to talk the history of Spookies and announce the upcoming Spookies 2 campaign!

Beware Boiúna has a giant snake that eats people—but is there more to it? Nasty Neal gives his spoiler-free, 60-second review of Mike P. Nelson’s new creature feature. A team of doctors heads into the Amazon, where an ancient predator is waiting. I came for the giant snake, but the characters and performances gave me a reason to care when things went wrong. Beware Boiúna opens in theaters October...

A security guard vanishes during his first night at an old psychiatric hospital. The only clue is his bodycam footage. Nasty Neal talks with director Nicholas Pineda about his feature debut, INFIRMARY, and bringing its unsettling found footage story to the screen. INFIRMARY begins streaming on Shudder October 2, 2026.What’s the creepiest found footage movie you’ve seen? Tell us in the comments. Su...

What happens when a medical mission in the Amazon draws the attention of an ancient predator? Nasty Neal interviews director Mike P. Nelson about Beware Boiúna, a new creature feature starring Kiana Madeira, Jessica Rothe, and Logan Marshall-Green. Watch the interview, then tell us: what’s your favorite giant creature movie? Subscribe for more filmmaker interviews from Without Your Head Horror Pod...

The cast and filmmakers of THE KRAMPUS CLAUSE join Without Your Head to explore the darkly funny Yuleverse, where ancient mythology, Christmas folklore and modern workplace dysfunction collide! Krampus is the powerful and impatient Lord of Yule—but he doesn’t break the rules. He finds loopholes. Maintaining the holiday balance means dealing with gods, Goddess Witch Queens, dysfunctional Hellves, s...

Join Nasty Neal LIVE for an interview with director Lila McLaughlin about her feature directorial debut, DON’T LET THEM OUT—a chilling psychological horror-thriller about grief, inherited trauma and a family’s terrifying past. A struggling, grieving woman travels to an isolated desert property she has inherited, hoping to sell it, escape her mounting debts and begin a new chapter. Instead, she unc...

Director Casey Walker joins Nasty Neal on Without Your Head Horror Podcast to discuss ITHAQUA, the chilling new survival-horror film from the returning Hammer Films that premiered at FrightFest in London. Described as Lovecraft meets Hammer in the snow, ITHAQUA draws upon Indigenous ties to the Wendigo legend to tell a haunting story of isolation, paranoia, starvation and an ancient presence stalk...

Nasty Neal talks with Cassie Workman about her new series Cassie Workman is Witchy AF covering the Occult, Hollywood's portrayal of Satanic mythology and more! CASSIE WORKMAN IS WITCHY AF is an eight-part, weekly, adult comedic documentary series that explores the history and philosophy of occultism and magic. Using puppetry created by Direct Message and practical SFX make-up from Monster in M...

Director Luka Marčetič and star Lara Wolf join Nasty Neal to discuss their new movie GIRL IN THE NIGHT, premiering at Fantastic Fest!  @fantasticfest  “Girl in the Night” follows the aimless life of a lonely kleptomaniac (Urban Kuntarič) takes an unexpected turn for the worse when he steals a bicycle from a mysterious girl (Lara Wolf ) who spends her nights fighting crime. To cut through the munda...

Director Raymond Creamer joins Nasty Neal on Without Your Head to discuss his chilling new Shudder film, GOODY GOODY!Raymond talks about crafting the film’s suffocating atmosphere, blending supernatural horror with unsettling body horror, and turning a long home birth during a raging blizzard into a terrifying fight for survival. He also discusses his love of ghost stories and folklore, working wi...

Anthony Cousins joins Nasty Neal, Terrible Troy and Tara Hutchison to reveal The Kentucky Goblins, his new Christmas found-footage creature feature set within the expanding Frogman Universe! Anthony discusses the film’s Kickstarter campaign, the terrifying Kentucky Goblins legend, practical goblin puppets and transforming a family’s 1989 Christmas home video into a feature-length horror movie. He...

Director David Ferino joins Nasty Neal to discuss ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES: ORGANIC INTELLIGENCE, the outrageous new comedy-horror film that brings the beloved cult franchise into a whole new era. David talks about reviving the Killer Tomatoes, balancing horror with absurd comedy, working with the film’s incredible cast, creating the tomato mayhem and honoring the wonderfully weird legacy tha...

Monster maker Lynette Eklund joins Nasty Neal to reveal how she created the unforgettable Buddy suit for the new cult horror sensation BUDDY! Lynette also looks back on her incredible decades-long career working on films including Species, Jurassic Park III, Puppet Master II & III, The Relic, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 1988’s The Blob, and many more. Discover the artistry behind one of hor...

Real alligators. Practical gore. A murderous cult worshipping an alligator god! Nasty Neal interviews GATOR FACE writer/director Padraig Reynolds and star Tabitha Brownstone about creating this wild new creature horror film in the Florida swamps. Reynolds and Brownstone discuss working with live alligators, bringing Gator Face to life through practical effects, developing the film’s sinister cult...

Nasty Neal is joined by the cast and crew of the new experiemental psycho sexual horror film ELECTRIC MEAT!writer and Director Dan Schaffer"Lush" Nina Courson"the Butcher" Caspian Fayeand "The Landlady" Emily BoothA photographer working a day job as a butcher finds one of his models murdered in an alley and, being comfortable around dead meat, decides to keep her arou...

Writer and director Brando Benetton joins Nasty Neal to discuss his gripping new crime thriller, THE GIRL IN THE RIVER, now playing in select theaters and available digitally. The film opened in select theaters and on digital/VOD on September 4, 2026.After twin teenage sisters are abducted—with one found dead in the Mississippi River and the other still missing—veteran criminologist Alan Kramer is...

Our 2009 interview with the late Victor Miller, the creator of Friday the 13th! R.I.P. #FridayThe13th #WithoutYourHead #HorrorPodcast #VictorMiller

Director Chris Schwab joins Nasty Neal to discuss his haunting new horror film, DRACULA: THE NIGHT AROUND US, following its screening at FrightFest. A disillusioned doctor begins to regain his faith in humanity after forming a connection with a mother and daughter. But their fragile hope is threatened when they are hunted by an evil force that thrives on destruction. Chris Schwab discusses reimagi...

Kurt Deimer joins Nasty Neal to discuss his terrifying new indie horror film, HELLBILLY HOLLOW!Filmed inside the real Hellbilly Hollow haunted attraction in Vincent, Alabama, the movie unleashes a nightmarish carnival filled with elaborate practical set pieces—including Wack-a-Troll, High Striker, Acid Darts and a wild Car Dunk sequence engineered by executive producer and production designer Mike...

What would you risk for the chance to stay in America? Director Yihong Exa Huang and lead actor Forest Lin join Nasty Neal to discuss their new horror short FORTUNE HOUSE—a supernatural immigration fable blending demonic horror, magical realism, dark humor and a deadly game of mahjong. Set in a near-future Los Angeles, Fortune House follows an undocumented Chinese delivery driver who stumbles into...

Writer and director Karen Lam joins Nasty Neal to discuss her apocalyptic horror film ARMAGEDDON ROAD, which played at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival! What happens in Vegas…might end the world. Steve is an ex-con with big dreams who accepts a job chauffeuring a mob boss’ girlfriend for one night. There’s just one horrifying problem: his passenger is dead—and possessed by one of the Four Horseme...

Nasty Neal interviews writer-director Arkar Soe Oo and star Li Li Kyaw Khaing about THE LAST FOOTAGE, Myanmar’s first found-footage horror film, following its premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival! Shot entirely from a first-person perspective, THE LAST FOOTAGE follows a group whose getaway to a remote forest cabin becomes a nightmare when a young boy disappears. A desperate blood r...

Writer/director Angus Silver joins Nasty Neal to talk about his provocative new film INSECTASY, fresh off its premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival! INSECTASY follows Sadie as she struggles to find balance while juggling work, her social life, and an increasingly consuming erotic fascination with insects. Angus Silver discusses the strange and fascinating concept behind the film, br...

Writer/director Harrison Atkins joins Without Your Head to talk about his surreal new indie film SOUR MINNOWS, following its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival. What begins with an inexplicable sight on an empty Los Angeles street sends Ricky spiraling into a reality where memories slip, perception fractures, and a mysterious entity known as “The Yellow Thing” wears people...