This week, in our annual summer bonus episode, we're joined once again by Hale "Satan" Appleman, he of stage, screen, "The Magicians," "American Horror Story," Teeth, and more. Our assignment: Longlegs, Osgood Perkins' insidiously stylish brain-twister featuring off-the-hook performances by Maika Monroe, Alicia Witt, and a barely recognizable Nicol…

Crawling out of the swamp to close out Season 3, Eric and Bradford are joined by Broadway actor-musician Matt Saldivar for a rollicking discussion of Neil Jordan's grand guignol ode to undying love. With a cast headed by Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt as comedy duo Lestat and Louis, interesting turns from Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater…

The house in Harrisville, Rhode Island is not clean. In fact it's filthy, lousy with supernatural yuck. That's bad news for whoever inhabits it, and no one's going to have it worse than the Perrons—father Roger (Ron Livingston), mother Carolyn (Lili Taylor), and their five daughters. When the otherworldly rumblings get out of hand, who they gonna c…

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright were on to something. Taking a well-worn subgenre and fusing it with the distinct style they'd perfected on Channel 4's "Spaced," the two concocted a script like no other and produced a cult classic. Twenty years since its premiere, we look at the production and legacy of Wright's breakthrough film with Clark Collis, for…

So... you think you can remake a classic horror movie. That's what Michael Bay thought, anyway, when his production shingle Platinum Dunes embarked on a new adaptation of Jay Anson's tale of mayhem on Long Island. Citizen Kane the 1979 Amityville Horror may not be, but it holds a special place in the hearts of horror fans worldwide. So who's to bla…

What's that, by the side of the road? Is that a... vomiting nun, played by star of stage and screen Irene Dailey? And what's that, up in the sewing room? Is that a... priest covered in flies, played by Oscar-winner Rod Steiger? However you feel about it, there's no question that Stuart Rosenberg's O.G. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979) is an iconic laun…

Take a seat at the dining room table and gaze through that planchette. We're attempting to connect with the spirit world in Mike Flanagan's 2016 prequel-to-beat-all-prequels OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, featuring Elizabeth Reaser, Lulu Wilson, Annalise Basso, and Henry Thomas. Joining us to battle Demons from the Great Beyond is the amazing Louisa Krause…

Strap on your gas mask, crack open that sketch pad, and astrally project yourself into The Further as we continue our James Wan mini-series with an assessment of Wan's 2010 Insidious. With a script by key collaborator Leigh Whannell and a cast featuring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, and the ethereal Lin Shaye, this is the Insidious t…

Hooray for Captain Spaulding! And some Fireflies. Writer and early-00s horror authority Ariel Powers-Schaub joins us to vivisect Rob Zombie's 2003 roadside attraction of sin and debauchery, House of 1000 Corpses, starring Sid Haig, Karen Black, Rainn Wilson, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, and a young, nubile, young Walton Goggins as "Deputy Steve…

Watch out for that piano! And the well! And the light fixture! And the... clock? This week, we're joined by the one and only Dawn Luebbe (co-director, Greener Grass, Wayfair's "Welcome to the Wayborhood") to discuss Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's mindbending horror cult comedy House. Will we make it out alive? Only Auntie's cat Blanche knows for sure. Intro, …

We're back from Spring Break, discussing James Whale's 1935 classic featuring Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, and Ernest Thesiger. Our guests are the authors of the new book Peggy Webling and the Story Behind Frankenstein: The Making of a Hollywood Monster, about the woman who wrote the stage play from which Universal's…

When music journalist Myles Clarkson visits ailing piano virtuoso Duncan Ely at his palatial California home, ostensibly to interview the man, Duncan notices something distinct about Myles: his hands – they’re beautiful, the bone structure perfect for a concert pianist. Myles, it turns out, is a Juilliard-trained musician whose career tanked after …

Behold – the late, great Edward Lionheart, a Shakespearean actor whose performances in Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, Cymbeline, and others left him the laughingstock of London theatre critics, is dead. And yet somehow, someone is knocking off said critics one at a time in truly Shakespearean fashion… albeit with slight alterations t…

World War II. Somewhere in Germany. Accompanied by a cameraman shooting propaganda for Mother Russia, a ragtag platoon fighting the Nazis receives a distress signal from fellow soldiers and heads off to investigate. They approach a church where no Russians can be found, but the church is inhabited by creatures who appear to be constructed from weap…

Following a double mastectomy, and hoping to recover in peace, actress Veronica Ghent travels to what she believes will be a solitary retreat in the Scottish Highlands. She’s accompanied by a young nurse, Desi, who through sheer will and a good heart is able to put up with Veronica’s brusque, standoffish nature. There are other forces at work: the …

Somewhere on the outskirts of Paris, a woman, Louise, is driving alone at night. There’s a body in the back seat of her car. Its face is obscured, and it’s slumped over, lifeless. Because said body is a corpse, and Louise is soon dragging it into the Seine. Meanwhile, after giving a speech about the perils and pleasures of skin grafts, a doctor, Ge…

Jennifer Check and Anita “Needy” Lesnicky are best friends living in the town of Devil’s Kettle, best known for its waterfall and high school football team. When Jennifer suggests she and Needy step out to see a band, Low Shoulder, at the local roadhouse, Melody Lane, Needy’s reluctant. She’s rather spend the night with Chip, her boyfriend. But Jen…

Driving instructor Rose Dooley lives alone in rural Ireland, but she’s hardly ever alone. The local residents call Rose any time they have a, shall we say, ghost problem. Which happens more often than you’d think. You see, Rose’s father, the late ghost hunter Vincent Dooley, has imbued Rose with certain ‘talents’ to divine and chat up ghosts that a…

Eccentric billionaire Rudolph Deutsch wants someone to figure out what (or who's) been haunting the old Belasco mansion, the “Mt Everest of haunted houses.” Apparently the house has something to do with the secret to life after death, so Deutsch enlists a team of potential rivals to get to the bottom of it: physicist and sometime paranormal investi…

It’s a cage match in a used car graveyard, with soul hunter Cyrus Kriticos taking on soul preserver Kalina Oretzia. Lost amidst the metal is The Breaker, a murderous ghost Cyrus wishes to add to his collection. Assisting Cyrus is Dennis, a medium whose ability to sense ghosts sends him into spasms of pain. Kalina’s only wish is to set souls free an…

Grad student Helen Lyle is determined to find out why the residents of the Cabrini-Green housing development in Chicago are petrified by the Candyman, a ghost who allegedly appears if you say his name in the mirror five times. After jokingly summoning him with Trevor, her philandering professor husband, Helen heads to Cabrini-Green with her pal Ber…

Wilbur Whateley wants the Necronomicon, and although the library’s closing, local coed Nancy is so entranced by Whateley that she’s inclined to let him read it. Her professor, Dr. Armitage, isn’t thrilled with the idea of someone borrowing the book – even for five minutes – until he realizes who the reader is. Eager to find out more about Wilbur, a…

It’s been a while since true crime writer Ellison Oswalt had a bestseller, and the strain is starting to show on Ellison, his wife Tracy, and their kids Trevor and Ashley. Local law enforcement isn’t keen on him, either, as his last few books didn’t cast them in too fond a light. So Ellison and his family take up residence in a modest Pennsylvania …

Following the unexpected arrival of a ventriloquist dummy on his doorstep, and the sudden, violent death of his wife – two events that might be related – Jamie Ashen is arrested by Detective Lipton, a cop with a thing for electric razors. Lipton’s also a by the books kind of guy who’s convinced Jamie is responsible for his wife’s death. But Jamie d…

Ricky and his shy, reserved cousin Angela are spending the summer at Camp Arawak, a bargain basement overnight camp in upstate New York run by Mel, cigar-chomping shyster, and staffed by a bunch of adult and teenage degenerates. Angela is initially withdrawn, occasionally catatonic – but is soon brought out of her shell by Ricky’s friend Paul, who …

We meet Lucie on Halloween morning, at a bus stop by a pier that is festooned with flyers with the names and faces of missing children. She’s soon picked us by Catherine Wilson, a wisecracking nurse who makes house calls to elderly residents. Lucie, who is interning for Ms. Wilson, is none too happy about the work, and at the end of her first day, …

Who doesn’t love a party? And what’s better at a party than a good party game, especially one that involves grasping an embalmed hand and speaking the words, “Talk to me.” For the full effect, you then say, “I let you in” and allow yourself to be fully possessed by whatever lies beyond the spirit realm. It’s terrifying, but also a total rush, provi…

What’s wrong with Larry Abbot? The radio star is having bouts of fear, perhaps a remnant of childhood trauma. Otherwise, everything’s swell: he’s engaged to be married to his scene partner, Vickie Pearle. But the radio show, hosted by the Manhattan Mystery Theater and lead sponsor Ralston-Purina, are concerned about Larry’s mental health, so they’v…

It’s late one night in America, and two men are chasing tweakers from a local meth den. One escapee, James, gets away. The other, a girl, is set on fire by the men before they drive off. Meanwhile, local police chief Daniel Carter is asleep on the job, again, when he spots James crawling out of the woods, and transports him to the nearest medical f…

When we meet Oskar, it’s 1982 and he’s a meek 12-year-old with a shameful blonde pageboy haircut. His parents are divorced, making for a lonely existence on a nondescript housing estate in a suburb of Stockholm. On top of this, local bully Conny’s been taunting him at school, his jabs becoming increasingly violent. Meanwhile, people are dying in Os…

A couple, Ash and Linda, are driving to what they believe will be a romantic getaway at a cabin in the woods that Ash claims is deserted. The cabin, we discover, once belonged to an archaeologist, Dr. Raymond Knowby and his wife Henrietta, who, while on an archaeological… mission of some kind, discovered the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, the Book of the …

Newlywed couple Stefan and Valerie are traveling across Europe by train, bound for Belgium, then England, where they are to meet Stefan’s mother. But when the train makes an unexpected stop, the couple decide to hang out for a while in a seaside hotel in the town of Ostend. Fortunately, It’s winter, so they have their pick of suites. But why is Ste…

Marrying into the wealthy Le Domas family, one-time foster child Grace thinks she’s going to have it all: a handsome, loving husband in Alex, all the amenities she desires, and of course, a loving extended family. But, as one character says, the rich really are different. The family invites Grace to partake in a ritual designed for all new members …

A film studio focus puller moonlighting as a DIY pornographer, Mark Lewis has a problem. And he’s not sure he wants to get rid of it. You see, Mark has a certain kink, a turn-on: he loves, gets off even, on the sight of women in fear. Fear of death, fear of Mark, fear of the unknown. His weapon is a film camera, and after he stalks and kills a pros…

We begin in an asylum for the criminally insane. A man in a straitjacket is hauled into the facility and thrown into a padded cell. Visited by a psychiatrist, the man begins telling his story, while acknowledging that something awful is happening in the outside world. We flash back: renowned horror writer Sutter Cane has disappeared. Seeking to loc…

An American couple, Peter and Joan Allison, are traveling by train through Hungary when they’re told their cabin has been double booked. Dr. Vitus Werdegast, a psychiatrist just released from eighteen years in a prison camp, soon joins them for the short ride to their destination – the same place Werdegast is going, he claims, to visit an old frien…

It’s Halloween 1968 in Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, a town best known for its Mill and its Valley. Friends Stella, Auggie, and Chuck decide to take revenge on some local bullies, led by Tommy, who’s dating Chuck’s sister Ruth. After removing his feces from the toilet to hand to Tommy, and throwing the requisite eggs at his car, the bullies track the …

An American research crew at a base in Antarctica finds they are not alone in the desolate, freezing landscape when a nearby Norwegian team accidentally awakens an alien presence that’s been frozen in the ice for a hundred thousand years. As the American crew determines just what the alien’s M.O. is, they are overcome by a creeping distrust, and th…

After surviving a torrential Nor’easter that rips parts of his home and adjoining properties to shreds, Bridgton, Maine resident and graphic artist David Drayton, his son Billy and wife Steff notice a strange fog rolling in on the lake behind their house. After confirming that his boathouse was crushed by neighbor Brent Norton’s old tree, a source …

When Christine Brown, a young bank loan officer, must decide whether to grant a third extension on the loan of one Sylvia Ganush, who’s already defaulted on two – she’s in a real quandary. She really wants that Assistant Manager position, and Stu Rubin seems to have the inside track with her boss, Mr. Jacks. But Christine’s determined, and so, with…

Virginia, an actress, bookstore employee, and voracious reader of trash fiction, becomes convinced that the author of the books she’s reading – who died some 30 years ago – is out there, on the streets of Los Angeles, committing grisly murders similar to the ones in his books. Her detective boyfriend, Richard, along with the rest of the LAPD, is sk…

Eight year-old Rhoda Penmark is angry. Not because her father, a colonel, is heading off to Washington for four weeks. Not because her apartment building’s janitor, LeRoy Jessup, is hovering a little too close for comfort. No, Rhoda’s pissed because her classmate Claude Daigle has won the school’s penmanship medal, and in Rhoda’s mind, that just is…

It’s a stormy night somewhere in Wales, and three travelers are having a rough go of it: married couple Phillip and Margaret Waverton, and their passenger in the back seat, the dapper Penderel. That’s when they come upon a house, which is, shockingly, old… and dark. They manage to gain entrance after convincing the mute, lumbering butler, Morgan, t…

Determined to make better lives for themselves, Madrid town square "mascots" Tony and Jose, in their guises as a silver-hued Jesus and a green-skinned toy soldier, rob a shop specializing in the exchange and purchase of gold. Joined by Jose’s son Sergio, who has forsaken his homework for a day with dad, the men make off with countless rings and oth…

The 17th century. The English Civil War. Whitehead, a man of letters, maker of lace, and self-described coward, is tasked with finding and arresting the colleague and rival alchemist who stole his master’s papers. He enlists the aid of Cutler, a soldier who claims he can take them to a nearby alehouse, and two deserters, the wily Jacob and dull-min…

Lola Stone wants to go to prom with Brent, the school hottie, but he’s already going with his girlfriend Holly. So Lola does what any jilted high schooler would do: she and her father kidnap Brent, tie him to a chair, and proceed to torture him in excruciating ways -- all while hiding a long-buried secret concerning the disappearance of several of …

It’s Christmas at a college somewhere in North America, and the girls of a campus sorority house are welcoming the season with boys and libations. For Clare, Jess, Phyl, Barb and their house mother, Mrs. Mac, it’s an especially sweet time, as the house welcomes kids from the neighborhood for a party and the spirit of giving is in the air. But soon,…

Four months after surviving a car crash that killed her husband, pregnant Sarah is alone and depressed on Christmas Eve, and due to have her baby the next day. Violent protests are happening in the streets, but she doesn’t want to be with anyone, despite her mother and boss Jean-Pierre offering her opportunities to come to parties, or keep her comp…

Seeking some extra cash to pay for her new off-campus apartment, college sophomore Samantha answers an ad for a babysitting job. Her friend Megan suspects something weird is going on and insists on joining Samantha for the evening. On the night of a total lunar eclipse, the two drive to a grand Victorian on the outskirts of town and meet the Ulmans…

Gathering for a weekend at the sprawling island home of their friend Muffy, a gaggle of Vassar students find themselves in a bit of a pickle as they start disappearing one at a time, apparently at the hand of a murderer who kills them in a series of increasingly bizarre ways. Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 0:00-25:33 Honor Roll…