Without Your Head

🔪 Welcome back to CRYSTAL LAKE! The legendary world of FRIDAY THE 13TH returns with a new prequel series from A24 and Peacock! Actress Nancy Nagrant joins Nasty Neal on Without Your Head Horror Podcast to discuss joining one of horror's most iconic franchises with her recurring role as Kay Christy in CRYSTAL LAKE!Premiering Thursday, October 15, on Peacock, CRYSTAL LAKE brings audiences back...

Aaron Barrocas of Without Your Head on the red carpet premiere of CRAWLERS at Screamfest 2026!CRAWLERS follows building manager Serena, played by Lutz, as a rapidly spreading infestation of venomous spiders traps her and the residents inside their apartment complex. With police enforcing a quarantine, Serena must confront her deepest fear to help them survive. Subscribe to Without Your Head for mo...

Someone is killing her exes—and “Prince Charming” wants to be THE ONLY ONE. 🔪Nasty Neal interviews Mel Jarnson (Zoe) and Saphira Moran (Piper), stars of the new Australian retro slasher THE ONLY ONE, ahead of its world premiere at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival! When Zoe returns to her Australian hometown for a friend’s wedding after years chasing an acting career in Los Angeles, her romantic past...

A deadly spider invasion. An apartment building under quarantine. Nowhere to escape. 🕷️Nasty Neal interviews CRAWLERS star Matilda Lutz and director Angel Gómez Hernández on Without Your Head Horror Podcast ahead of the film’s theatrical release this Friday, October 16!CRAWLERS follows building manager Serena, played by Lutz, as a rapidly spreading infestation of venomous spiders traps her and the...

Aaron Barrocas of Without Your Head talked with Ciara Ni Chuirc and Leigh Adler at THE SMOTHER screening at Screamfest 2026!"Jack tries to outrace a mysterious supernatural entity known as The Smother, but unexpectedly runs into an old friend."Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#Thesmother #Supernatual #WithoutYourHead #S...

Aaron Barrocas of Without Your Head talked with Hope Lagos, Ruth Fowler & Jang-Woo Lee on the THE WOMAN IS PERFECTED red carpet at Screamfest 2026!"As she waits in her plastic surgeon’s office, Cassie drifts through the private logic of her own unraveling. Young, striking, and consumed by a need to perfect herself, she moves through a world shaped by impossible beauty standards and the co...

Aaron Barrocas of Without Your Head talked with Zena Leigh Logan, Alison Star Locke, Ben Rock and Virginia Powers Hendry of UNTIL THE END on the Screamfest 2026 red carpet!"In the midst of a zombie apocalypse, an infected Jake asks his ex-wife, Margo, to end his life before he becomes a monster—but only at the right moment. As they wait, old grievances resurface alongside memories of their lo...

Heavy metal, vampires, cannibals, a werewolf and a warlock collide in DEVOUR! Nasty Neal interviews director Scott B. Hansen about his new supernatural horror film on Without Your Head. From the director of Bad Candy and The Possession Experiment, DEVOUR follows an all-girl heavy metal band stranded after a disastrous gig. When they try to help a woman in danger, they become trapped in a remote to...

Aaron Barrocas of Without Your Head talked with Kyra Gardner at th premiere of SLAY at Screamfest 2026!"When her friend's murder shatters her carefully curated world, teen influencer Chloe Cruz and her friends escape to an isolated disco-themed cabin, where fractured friendships, growing paranoia, and a masked killer threaten to expose them."Join this channel to get access to perks:h...

Aaron Barrocas of Without Your Head talked with Benjamin Vigil at his premiere of GHOSTED at Screamfest 2026!"A Horror Comedy about a college student who falls in love with a ghost that haunts his house, which becomes fatal on Halloween night. A group of college roommates prepare for a Halloween party, as their hermit roommate "Tye" is finally able to physically touch a poltergeist...

Something ancient is awakening beneath the badlands. Nasty Neal interviews Split Rock writer and director Ryan Glover on Without Your Head horror podcast about his new Canadian horror film starring Clark Backo, Drew Ray Tanner, Olivia Luccardi, and Graham Verchere.

The world is a haunted house—and Halloween is a fight for survival! 🎃Nasty Neal welcomes Hallowarrior writer/director Ben Sottak and star Milly Shapiro to Without Your Head for an interview about their new Halloween horror film. Shapiro stars as Pumpkin, a young survivor of a devastating plague whose lonely Halloween takes a terrifying turn when violent raiders arrive at her doorstep. With candy,...

Would you help someone you loved before they turned into a zombie? Nasty Neal talks with the team behind UNTIL THE END, a horror short blending zombie-apocalypse terror with the heartbreak of a marriage that has ended. Joining Without Your Head:• Ben Rock — Director• Zena Leigh Logan — Writer, lead actress & executive producer• Alison Star Locke — Producer• Gina Hendry — Co-producerUNTIL THE E...

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Writer/director Mike Lombardo and assistant director/producer Pat Dougherty joins Without Your Head to talk DEAD FORMAT, VHS horror, video store nostalgia, and bringing his indie horror film to life.

A long-lost cousin. A marriage falling apart. A good deed with terrifying consequences. Nasty Neal welcomes writer/director David Harari and cast members Michael Ursu, Kelly Pantaleoni, and Sophia Guillén to Without Your Head to talk about their indie horror film PROCESSING CHARLIE and its world premiere at Screamfest LA!

Aaron Barrocas of Without Your Head talked with filmmakers Rocko Zevenbergen & George Jones at their premiere of FLAPJAX at Screamfest 2026!"An over-eager fast-food manager unknowingly executes the plans of an alien race by serving a new item called FLAPJAX."Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#Flapjax #WithoutYourHead #Screamfe...

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...