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The Cat People (1942), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), and The Body Snatcher (1945). In this episode, we delved into the light within the darkness, deep into the shadows, where atmosphere is king. We cover three titles from the producer Val Lewton. While he only produced a handful of films, the ones he did in the early '40s remain not only classics, but set the standard for what a low budget horror film could look like when you had the talent behind it.

Sit back, turn the light down low, and get ready to learn about how you can show very little onscreen, but still make some well acted, smart, and scary little films.

In this episode, we mention the following films:

The Body Snatcher (1945), The Cat People (1942), Cat People (1982), The Curse of the Cat People (1944), Curse of the Demon (1957), The Haunting (1963), House of Frankenstein (1944), Isle of the Dead (1945), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), King of the Zombies (1941), The Last Patrol (1934), Revenge of the Zombies (1943), Revolt of the Zombies (1936), The Tale of Two Cities (1935), White Zombie (1932), Zombie (1979)

When a film is popular in the horror genre, most likely it will have a sequel. Or two. Or nine. When quality goes out the window to make a quick buck. Or is that completely true? Are there sequels out there that maybe not be as good as the original, but are still entertaining? Or, is there a sequel that actually surpasses the original? Before scoff, put some thought into that question. Or, listen to this episode first, then give it some thought.

Either way, come listen to us rant and ramble on some of the sequels that we think are pretty fun, well made, or just a complete waste of time!

Titles we discuss in this episode:

The Amityville Horror (1979), Amityville II: The Possession (1982), Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Army of Darkness (1992), Beyond Re-Animator (2003), Beyond the Door (1974), Beyond the Door II (1977), Beyond the Door III (1989), Blade (1998), Blade II (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Bride of Re-Animator (1990), Cat in the Brain (1990), Children of the Corn (1984), Children of the Corn: Runaway (2018), Critters (1986), Critters II: The Main Course (1988), The Crow: City of Angels (1996), Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dagon (2001), Devil's Rejects (2005), Diary of the Dead (2007), Doctor Sleep (2019), The Exorcist (1973), The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), The Exorcist III: Legion (1990), Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987), Evil of Frankenstein (1964), Friday the 13^th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Frankenstein (1931), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), From Beyond (1986), Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser (1987), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), House of 1000 Corpses (2003), Horror of Dracula (1958), Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973), Inferno (1980), Leatherface (2017), Jaws (1977), Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3D (1983), Jigsaw (2017), Killjoy (2000), Land of the Dead (2005), Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990), Leprechaun (1993), Mother of Tears (2007), Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Paranormal Activity 2 (2010), Pit and the Pendulum (1991), Puppet Master (1989), Puppet Master II (1990), Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991), Puppet Master IV (1993), Puppet Master V (1994), The Purge (2013), Predator (1987), Re-Animator (1985), [REC] (2007), [REC] 2 (2009), [REC] 3: Genesis (2012), [REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014), Return of the Living Dead III (1993), Saw (2004), Saw II (2005), Saw III (2005), Saw IV (2006), Scream (1996), Society (1989), Spiral (2021), Survival of the Dead (2009), Suspiria (1977), Terminator (1984), Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022), Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (1986), Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972), Wrong Turn (2003), Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007), Zombie (1979), Zombie 3 (1988), Zombie 4: After Death (1989)

Night of the Howling Beast (1975), Night of the Werewolf (1981), and The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983). In the annals of the Spanish horror genre, you can't go far without running into the name Paul Naschy, especially the werewolf films that he made, numbering over a dozen! In his 40+ year career, Naschy made over 100 films, many in the horror genre, even directing almost two dozen of them, and writing over fifty of them!

In this episode, we cover 3 of Naschy's werewolf film, where he always re-invented the character of Waldemar Daninsky character, who always seems to be cursed to turn into a snarling beast. Tune in and take notes!

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In this episode, we mention these films:

An American Werewolf in London (1981), Assignment Terror (1970), Beast and the Magic Sword (1983), Curse of the Devil (1973), Curse of the Werewolf (1961), The Devil's Possessed (1974), Dr. Jekyll vs the Wolfman (1972), Exorcismo (1975), Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1967), Fury of the Wolfman (1972), Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973), The Howling (1981), Human Beasts (1980), Loreley's Grasp (1973), Night of the Howling Beast aka Werewolf vs the Yeti (1975), Night of the Seagulls (1975)  Night of the Werewolf (1981), The People Who Own the Dark (1976), The Return of the Vampire (1943), Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972), Werewolf Shadow aka Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman (1971), Werewolf (1956), Zombie (1979)

A single word that will bring a look of hatred, disgust, or simply end the conversation: remakes. When brought up, many fans will immediately say "they suck" and move on. But do they all suck? Sure, we can all point out an example or two that we think of as abominations, but you can't lump all of them together. Because when you start to think about it, there are plenty of good remakes… and a few that we think are amazing! In this episode, we delve into this perennially controversial subject. We'll cover some of our favorites as well as ones that we feel missed the mark, and even try to figure out what makes a remake successful or... well, not so successful.

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In this episode, we discuss:

13 Ghosts (2001)

Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

Amityville Horror (1979)

Amityville Horror (2005)

Army of Darkness (1992)

The Blob (1958)

The Blob (1988)

Carrie (1976)

Cat People (1942)

Cat People (1982)

Child's Play (1988)

Child's Play (2019)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

The Devil's Rejects (2005)

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)

Dracula (1931)

Dracula (1974)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

Evil Dead (1981)

Evil Dead (2010)

Evil Dead 2 (1987)

Freddy vs Jason (2003)

The Fly (1986)

Frankenstein (1910)

Frankenstein (1931)

Frankenstein: The True Story

Friday the 13^th (1980)

Friday the 13^th (2009)

Fright Night (1985)

Fright Night (2011)

Godfather (1972)

Halloween (1978)

Halloween (2007)

Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Hills Have Eyes (2006)

House of a 1000 Corpses (2003)

Invasion of the Body Snatcher (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatcher (1978)

Inside (2007)

The Invisible Man (2020)

It (1990)

It (2017)

Jaws (1975)

Last House on the Left (1972)

Last House on the Left (2009)

Leatherface (2017)

Maniac (1980)

Maniac (2012)

Martyrs (2015)

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Nosferatu (1979)

Pet Sematary (1989)

Pet Sematary (2019)

Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Piranha (1978)

Piranha 3D (2010)

Psycho (1998)

Quarantine (2008)

[REC] (2007)

The Ring (1998)

The Ring (2002)

Salem's Lot (1979)

The Shining (1980)

The Shining (1997)

Suspiria (1977)

Suspiria (2018)

Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

The Thing (1982)

The Thing from Another World (1951)

The Toolbox Murders (1978)

Toolbox Murders (2004)

We Are What We Are (2010)

We Are What We Are (2013)

The Wolfman (2010)

 

 

 

 

The Brood (1979), Videodrome (1983), The Fly (1986). These are the three favorites of one of the most unique directors working today. If he didn't create the term "body horror", he sure did redefine it. Especially in those earlier films in his career, there was always something dwelling deep within the flesh, working its way out, through the blood and plus. Tune in and hear our thoughts on our three Cronenberg favorites and such fun topics like fly politics, literal handguns, and redefining what a messy divorce looks like.

Films mention in this episode:

Atrium (2018), Black Christmas (1974), The Brood (1979), Cigarette Burns (2005), Curtains (1983), The Dead are Alive! (1972), The Dead Zone (1983), The Exterminator (1980), The Fly (1986), Ghostbusters (1984), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Nightbreed (1990), Rabid (1977), Scanners (1981), Shivers (1975), Stripes (1982), The Thing (1982), Videodrome (1983), The Void (2016)

Toys. Not for just kids anymore, are they? Especially when you're talking about toys created from our nightmares and the countless horror films that we have devoured in our lifetime. It is amazing the amount of horror toys that are out now, as well as the wide variety of them too! From our favorite monster characters, to the classics, to the obscure, they are out there. Listen in to hear about the ones we "grew up with" as well as a little history lesson, especially about the Living Dead Dolls!

Movies mentioned in this episode:

Alien, The Black Hole, Candyman, Clash of the Titans, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dune, Escape from L.A., Escape from New York, Erotic Rites of Frankenstein, Evil Dead, The Exorcist, The Fly, Friday the 13^th, Forbidden Planet, Frankenstein, Groovie Goolies, Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Jaws, London After Midnight, Mad Doctor of Blood Island, Masters of the Universe, The Munsters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Nekromantik, Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shawn of the Dead, Sleepaway Camp, Star Wars, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Tombs of the Blind Dead, Toxic Avengers, Transformers, Virus, Wishmaster, The Wolf Man

Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960), The Damned (1963), Plague of the Zombies (1966). These are the three titles covered in this episode, as well as a little discussing on what can be considered "horror" when talking about the famous Studio that Dripped Blood. While some of these titles don't immediately come to mind when you think of Hammer Horror, digging a little deeper, you might discover it to be there after all. These are the titles mentioned in the episode: Cross of the Devil (1975), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), The Damned (1963), The Ghost Breakers (1940), Horror of Dracula (1958), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Plague of the Zombies (1966), Paranoiac (1963), The People Who Own the Dark (1976), The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), To the Devil a Daughter (1976), White Zombie (1932)

When most horror fans they first get into the genre, they tend to look for the juicy, red, and meaty stuff . . . the gore. Okay maybe not all horror fans, but a lot of us. Always looking for the next over-the-top or extreme, or just being dazzled by the top-notch gory makeup effects that were bursting out from the screen, we ate that shit up! In this episode, we highlight some of our favorite moments of gore. Joining us on our journey through the gore-soaked trenches is the incredible artist Putrid!

Alien (1979), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Anthropophagus (1981), The Beyond (1981), Beyond the Darkness (1979),Black Past (1989), Blood Feast (1963), Blood Freak (1972), Bloodsucking Freaks (1976), Bone Tomahawk (2015), Braindead (1992), The Burning Moon (1992), Cannibal Holocaust (1980), City of the Living Dead (1980), A Company of Wolves (1984), Dard Divorce (2007), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), Deep Red (1975), Dellamorte Dellamore (1994), Dream Home (2010), Dr. Lamb (1992), Dust Devil (1992), Ebola Syndrome (1996), Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead (2013), Evilspeak (1981), Faces of Death (1978), The Fly II (1989), The Fog (1980), Found (2012), Friday the 13^th (1980), The Gore Gore Girls (1972), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), House by the Cemetery (1981), The Howling (1981), The Initiation (1984), Irreversible (2002), Maniac (1980), Mermaid in a Manhole (1988), Nekromantik (1987), New York Ripper (1982), No Reason (2010), Opera (1987), Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997), The Queen of Black Magic (1981), The Raid (2011), Rampage (1987), Robocop (1987), Scanners (1981), The Shining (1980), Society (1989), Splatter Farm (1987), Starship Troopers (1997), Story of Ricky (1991), Suspiria (1977), Tenebre (1982), The Thing (1982), Tonight She Comes (2016),Total Recall (1990), The Toxic Avengers (1984), Traces of Death (1993), Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964), The Untold Story (1993), Videodrome (1982), Violent Shit (1989), Wizard of Gore (1970), Woodchipper Massacre (1988), Zombie (1979)

King Dinosaur (1955), The Cyclops (1957), & Food of the Gods (1976). Tune in to this GIANT episode when we discuss Mr. B.I.G., the one and only Bert I. Gordon, and three of his films. Known for films that featured giant monsters, such as giant grasshoppers, spiders, teenagers, and rats, he usually had some sort of small threat that is made larger with either shooting them on smaller sets or super imposing them over a back projector screen. Fun usually ensues.  Movies we mentioned in this episode:

Beginning of the End (1957), Brides of Blood (1968), Cannibal Ferox (1981), Cannibal Holocaust (1980), The Cyclops (1957), Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977), Empire of the Ants (1977), Faces of Death (1978), Food of the Gods (1976), Holy Mountain (1973), The Howling (1981) Hunchback of the Morgue (1973), The Innocents (1961), King Dinosaur (1955), The Legend of Hell House (1973), Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Night of a 1000 Cats (1972), Of Mice and Men (1939), The Spider aka Earth vs the Spider (1958), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), El Topo (1970), War of the Colossal Beast (1958), Wild Beasts (1984), and The Wolf Man (1941)

Before the Internet, horror reference books are where you'd go to learn about the genre. Whether it was film and video guides, biographies, or just general information titles, we learn about new titles as well as learn more about the ones we already knew. And it is still as effective today! In this episode, we cover some titles that were essential to us, as well as some of our favorite titles today.

Books Mentioned in this episode:

Analog Nightmares: The Shot on Video Horror Films of 1982-1995

The Best, Worst, and Most Unusual Horror Films

Beyond Horror Holocaust by Chas Balun

Biology of Science Fiction Cinema by Mark C. Glassy

Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey by Joseph A. Ziemba

Bleeding Skull! A 1990's Trash-Horror Odyssey by Annie Choi, & Joseph A. Ziemba

Bizarro Encyclopedia of Film Volume 1 by John Skipp & Heather DrainCut! Horror Writers on Horror Films by Christopher Golden

Blood Circuits: Contemporary Argentine Horror Cinema by Johnathan Risner

Films of the New French Extremity by Alexandra West

Gore Score by Chas Balun

Hammer Complete by Howard Maxford

Hammer Dracula Scrapbook by Wayne Kinsey

Hammer Films Legacy by Wayne Kinsey

Hammer Frankenstein Scrapbook by Wayne Kinsey

Hammer's Grand Design by Wayne Kinsey

Hidden Horror edited by Aaron Christensen

Horror 101: The A-List of Horror Films and Monster Movies edited by Aaron Christensen

Horror Films of the 1970s by John Kenneth Muir

Horror Films of the 1980s by John Kenneth Muir

Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir

Horror Films of the 2000s by John Kenneth Muir

Immoral Tales Pete Tombs & Cathil Tohill

Infogothic by Alister Hughes

It Came from Hunger by Larry Buchanan

J-Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge, and Beyond by David Kalat

Killing for Culture by David Kerekes & David Slater

A Look of Horror

Mondo Macabro by Pete Tombs

Official Splatter Movie Guide Vol. 1 & 2 John McCarty

Overlook Film Encyclopedia - Horror by Phil Hardy

A Pictorial History of Hammer Films edited by Eric McNaughton & Darrell Buxton

Profondo Agento by Alan Jones

Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film by Michael Weldon

Re/Search: Incredible Strange Films

Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema: The Spanish Horror Film by Nicholas G. Schlegel

Spanish Horror Films by Antonio Lázaro-Reboll

Sweet and Savage: The World through the Mondo Film Lens by Mark Goodall & Jeremy Dyson

Universal Horrors Tom Weaver, Michael, and John Brunas

Unsung Horrors edited by Eric McNaughton & Darrell Buxton

A Vault of Horror: A Book of 80 Great British Horror Movies from 1956-1974 by Keith Topping

Video Hound's Horror Show by Mike Mayo

Video Wasteland's Rental, Reference, and Review Guide by Ken Kish