Horror Hangout

It's not real. It's not real. It's not real. The Boogeyman is a 2023 American supernatural horror film directed by Rob Savage from a screenplay by Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, and Mark Heyman. It is based on the 1973 short story of the same name, by Stephen King. The film stars Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, and David Dastmalchian. Still reeling from the tragic death of their mothe...

Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. Army of Darkness is a 1992 American dark fantasy horror comedy film directed, co-written, and co-edited by Sam Raimi. The film is the third installment in the Evil Dead film series and the sequel to Evil Dead II (1987). Starring Bruce Campbell and Embeth Davidtz, it follows Ash Williams (Campbell) as he is trapped in the Middle Ages and battles the...

She created a monster… As her secret lover! Possession is a 1981 psychological drama and horror film directed by Andrzej Żuławski and written by Żuławski and Frederic Tuten. The plot obliquely follows the relationship between an international spy (Sam Neill) and his wife (Isabelle Adjani), who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking for a divorce. 00:00 Intro 10:40 Horror N...

If you're not back by midnight... You won't be coming home. Prom Night is a 1980 slasher film directed by Paul Lynch and written by William Gray. Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen star. The film's plot follows a group of high school seniors who are targeted at their prom by a masked killer, seeking vengeance for the accidental death of a young girl (six years earlier). Prom Night is a 2008 slash...

It's not the house that's haunted... Insidious is a 2010 supernatural horror film directed by James Wan, written by Leigh Whannell, and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Barbara Hershey. It is the first installment in the Insidious franchise, and the third in terms of the series' in-story chronology. The story centres on a married couple whose boy inexplicably enters a comatose state and be...

Terror beyond belief. Tenebrae (lit. '"darkness"', also known as Tenebre) is a 1982 Italian giallo film written and directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Anthony Franciosa as American author Peter Neal, who – while in Rome promoting his latest murder-mystery novel – becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who may have been inspired to kill by his novel. 00:00 Intro 20:24 Horror New...

Mommy loves you to death. Evil Dead Rise is a 2023 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Lee Cronin. It is the fifth installment of the Evil Dead film series. The film stars Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, and Nell Fisher. A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them...

Ben Errington is joined by Colin G Cooper, the director of upcoming short film Bath Bomb, a queer giallo film that is currently funding on Indiegogo. Bath Bomb is a proposed short film written by Michael Clifton and directed by Colin with the intention of establishing a Queer approach to the cinematic subgenre known as Giallo. Jordan is a sullen doctor with a refined manner. Grant is his beefy him...

14,000 years it has waited for us. Moontrap is an American 1989 science fiction film produced by Magic Films. Written by Tex Ragsdale and directed by Robert Dyke. NASA finds remains of an ancient humanoid race on the Moon that left behind deadly robots. 00:00 Intro 14:11 Horror News 25:52 What We've Been Watching 43:19 Film Review 2:02:10 Name Game 2:07:08 Film Rating 2:11:37 Outro Podcast - https...

He was 98lbs of solid nerd until he became... The Toxic Avenger! The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 American superhero black comedy splatter film directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman (credited as Samuel Weil) and written by Kaufman and Joe Ritter. It is the first installment of The Toxic Avenger franchise. The film was released by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with ca...

The body count continues... Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 American slasher film produced and directed by Steve Miner in his directorial debut, and written by Ron Kurz. It is the sequel to Friday the 13th (1980), and the second installment in the franchise. Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer and Walt Gorney reprise their respective roles from the first film as Alice Hardy, Pamela Voorhees, and Crazy Ra...

When you're lost in the darkness, look for the light. The Last of Us is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. Based on the 2013 video game developed by Naughty Dog The series is set in 2023, twenty years into a pandemic caused by a mass fungal infection, which causes its hosts to transform into zombie-like creatures and collapses so...

They are in your house and they are watching you. Terrified (Spanish: Aterrados) is a 2017 Argentine horror film written and directed by Demián Rugna. When strange events occur in a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, a doctor specializing in the paranormal, her colleague, and an ex police officer decide to investigate further. 00:00 Intro 17:23 Horror News 29:59 What We've Been Watching 51:34 Film Revi...

New York. New rules. Scream VI is a 2023 American slasher film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. It is the sequel to Scream (2022) and the sixth installment in the Scream film series. The film stars Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, Hayden Panettiere, and Courteney Cox, all reprising their roles from...

Andy Conduit-Turner is joined by Jonas Trukanas, the director of Pensive, which had its UK premiere at FrightFest Glasgow on Friday the 10th March. Get ready for the very first Lithuanian slasher. Wooden sculptures of the Pensive Christ can be found in weirdest spots all through the Baltic States. They combine folk art and Christian traditions into a singular entity concerning the fear of being ju...

FrightFest is the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film festival and was back from 9th - 11th of March at the Glasgow Film Theatre, which for 18 years has been FrightFest’s second home, as part of the internationally renowned Glasgow Film Festival. Listen as Ben and Andy cover an extravaganza of the dark arts, embracing the latest genre discoveries from around the globe, which includes World, Intern...

Ben Errington is joined by Amber Doig-Thorne, the star of Winnie the Pooh - Blood & Honey, which has its UK premiere at FrightFest Glasgow on Friday the 10th March (TONIGHT)! Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is a 2023 British independent slasher film written, directed and produced by Rhys Frake-Waterfield. The film serves as a horror retelling of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh...

This woman has just cut, chopped, broken and burned four men beyond recognition... but no jury in America would ever convict her! *TRIGGER WARNING - R*pe, sexual assault.* I Spit on Your Grave (originally titled Day of the Woman) is a 1978 American rape and revenge film edited, written, and directed by Meir Zarchi. An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four...

'You like people and you don't know why? Maybe you don't really like them. Because people are not so easy to like.' Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon is a 2021 American fantasy thriller film written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. It stars Kate Hudson, Jun Jong-seo, Ed Skrein, Evan Whitten, and Craig Robinson. A girl with unusual powers escapes from a mental asylum and tries to make it on her own in...

The rocking, shocking, new wave of horror! Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (also known as Howling II and Howling II: Stirba – Werewolf Bitch) is a 1985 American horror film directed by Philippe Mora and direct sequel to the 1981 film The Howling. The film stars horror film veteran Christopher Lee along with Reb Brown and Annie McEnroe as they try to defeat Sybil Danning's werewolf queen Stir...

They say there's nothing new under the sun. But under the ground... Tremors is a 1990 American monster comedy horror film directed by Ron Underwood, produced by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson, written by Maddock, Wilson, and Underwood and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire. Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground cr...

Make the choice. Knock at the Cabin is a 2023 American apocalyptic psychological horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who wrote the screenplay from an initial draft by Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman. It is based on the 2018 novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul G. Tremblay, the first adaptation of one of his works. The film stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben A...

In this house... Skinamarink is a 2022 Canadian experimental horror film written and directed by Kyle Edward Ball in his feature directorial debut. The film follows two children who wake up during the night to discover that they cannot find their father, and that the windows, doors, and other objects in their house are disappearing. 00:00 Intro 05:18 Horror News 18:48 What We've Been Watching 43:3...

She can't live without you. Deadly Friend is a 1986 American science fiction horror film directed by Wes Craven, and starring Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, and Anne Ramsey. After his friend is killed by her abusive father, the new kid in town attempts to save her by implanting a robotic microchip into her brain. 00:00 Intro 06:24 Horror News 23:...

Friendship has evolved. M3GAN is a 2022 American science fiction horror film directed by Gerard Johnstone, written by Akela Cooper from a story by Cooper and James Wan (who also produced with Jason Blum), and starring Allison Williams and Violet McGraw, with Amie Donald physically portraying M3GAN and Jenna Davis voicing the character. Its plot follows the eponymous artificially intelligent doll w...