A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) d. Wes Craven (USA) Horror Hall-of Famer Wes Craven created this hugely successful fright flick, which spawned multiple sequels, launched New Line Cinema, and introduced the moniker of “Freddy Krueger” into pop culture consciousness. Heather Langenkamp plays a teenager plagued by dreams of a horribly scarred figure …

A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959) d. Roger Corman (1959) THE WASP WOMAN (1959) d. Roger Corman (1959) The year before he became the American rival to Hammer Studios in the Gothic Horror department with The Fall of the House of Usher (1960), Roger Corman was the reigning "King of the B's" at the drive-ins across the USA, delivering thrills and chills to teen…

Featured Movie Review: Terrifier 2 [Wikipedia] [IMDb] PROMO: Reading Between the Reels (@ReadBtweenReels) SHOWNOTES: Collateral Cinema has one more Halloween treat for you this year, as we discuss Damien Leone's 2022 supernatural slasher sequel Terrifier 2! With a 138-minute runtime, Art the Clown's second feature film attempts to address the plot-…

LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE (aka THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE) (1974)d. Jorge Grau (Spain/Italy) A hidden gem overshadowed by the myriad flesh-eating flicks that followed in its wake, director Jorge Grau took his given assignment of creating a spiritual sequel to George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead and conjured a minor classic all its …

Title: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard Producer: Ramsey Thomas Writers: Michael Jacobs, Dominique Othenin-Girard, Shem Bitterman; John Carpenter, Debra Hill (original characters) Stars: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Wendy Kaplan, Tamara Glynn Release dat…

Join Dan and Bradley as they discuss two lesser (talked about) Scorsese films, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST and BRINGING OUT THE DEAD with their pals and movie geniuses John Arminio and Carmelita Valdez McKoy. links: John on Twitter/X John's excellent regular podcast series Popcorn Eschaton Carmelita on Twitter/X…

Title: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Director: Tobe Hooper Producer: Tobe Hooper Writers: Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper Stars: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen Release date: October 11, 1974 PROMO: Movie Wars (@MovieWarsPod) SHOWNOTES: Spooky Month continues on Collateral Cinema as we explore the ori…

HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) d. William Castle (USA) THE TINGLER (1959) d. William Castle (USA) Words like "Emergo" and "Percepto" may not be common knowledge for younger horror aficionados, but for classic horror fans, they instantly bring a smile to our faces as we remember the first time we heard the names of producer/director William Castle and…

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2007/09) d. Oren Peli (USA) PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (2010) d. Tod Williams (USA) PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (2011) d. Henry Joost/Ariel Schulman (USA) PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (2012) d. Henry Joost/Ariel Schulman (USA) PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (2014) d. Christopher Landon (USA) PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION (2015) …

Join Dan and Bradley as they discussion approximately 1 billion movies with the hosts of POD 366 ‘a 366 Weird Movies’ podcast and YouTube series Greg Smalley (the founder of the great 366 Weird Movies website www.366weirdmovies.com) and Giles Edwards (Co-host and writer for 366 Weird Movies). We get deep into the 366 Weird Movies catalog and discus…

Title: Terrifier [Wikipedia] [IMDB] Director: Damien Leone Producers: Damien Leone, Phil Falcone, George Steuber Writer: Damien Leone Stars: Jenna Kanell, Samantha Scaffidi, David Howard Thornton, Catherine Corcoran Release date(s): October 15, 2016 (Telluride); March 15, 2018 (US) PROMO: Cinema Recall (@cinema_recall) SPECIAL GUEST: Robert Stewart…

AUDITION (1999) d. Takashi Miike (Japan/S. Korea) After seven years of mourning and encouraged by his teenage son to find a new wife, widower Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) seeks the advice of a colleague within the film company for which they both work. Together, they hit upon the perfect plan: Staging an audition for actresses, ostensibly for a new featu…

PONTYPOOL (2008) d. Bruce McDonald (Canada) Pontypool, celebrating its 15th anniversary, is a fiercely intelligent variation on the “zombie/infected hordes” theme, indelibly anchored by film/TV veteran Stephen McHattie’s charismatic central performance. Exiled to the wastelands of rural Ontario, former shock jock radio personality Grant Mazzy finds…

SAW (2004) d. James Wan (USA) SAW II (2005) d. Darren Lynn Bousman (USA) SAW III (2006) d. Darren Lynn Bousman (USA) SAW IV (2007) d. Darren Lynn Bousman (USA) SAW V (2008) d. David Hackl (USA) SAW VI (2009) d. Kevin Greutert (USA) SAW 3D (2010) d. Kevin Greutert (USA) JIGSAW (2017) d. Michael Spierig / Peter Spierig (USA) SPIRAL (2021) d. Darren L…

Dan and Bradley talk with their good friends Elbee and Andrew, from Grumpire and Gimetzco, about the new film STRANGE DARLING and the kinda new(ish, for us) movie PIERCING. We had a wonderful time as usual and we highly recommend you watch the films first because the show is super spoilery.

LEFT BANK (aka LINKEROEVER) (2008) d. Pieter Van Hees (Belgium) CUB (aka WELP) (2014) d. Jonas Govaerts (Belgium) Tonight’s double feature takes us across the ocean to Belgium, a land renowned for lace, beer, chocolate, waffles, and a small but notable number of horror titles, including two films we’re going to be discussing tonight: Pieter Van Hee…

SHATTER DEAD (1994) d. Scooter McCrae (USA) When the Angel of Death impregnates a mortal woman, people stop being able to die. As the living human population dwindles, the line begins to blur as to which is considered the dominant race and who are the monstrous aberrations. Tonight’s selection, SHATTER DEAD, is a shining example of why “Shot-on-Vid…

Title: Home Movies [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Creators: Brendon Small, Loren Bouchard Director: Loren Bouchard Producer: Melissa Bardin Galsky Stars: Brendon Small, Janine Ditullio, H. Jon Benjamin, Melissa Bardin Galsky Original release: January 6 – March 31, 2002 PROMO: Reading Between the Reels (@ReadBtweenReels) SPECIAL GUEST: Robbie Sherman, Conversat…

BLACK SABBATH (1963) d. Mario Bava (Italy) Following the success of Roger Corman’s comic exploration of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven in 1963, Boris Karloff found himself in high demand with American International Pictures. In addition to The Terror, notoriously shot in two days on the Raven’s sets, the horror icon appeared in The Comedy of Terrors f…

FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER (1984) d. Joseph Zito (USA) One of the most influential modern horror films, 1980’s surprise hit from producer/director Sean S. Cunningham, FRIDAY THE 13th, spurred a spate of sequels and imitators. By 1984, however, interest in the slasher genre seemed to be fading (only to be reinvigorated by a certain resident …

Dan and Bradley welcome their good friend Jake Lindberg for another episode of 26 MOVIES FROM HELL. This time we are dealing with a wide variety of films, including a (rarely covered on MFH) shot on video movie, some Spanish folk horror, and a hillbilly revenge film. You can follow our friend and guest Jake on X Also mentioned on the podcast EZTV…

GODZILLA (2014) d. Gareth Edwards (USA) GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) d. Takashi Yamazaki (Japan) Join AC and his awesome panel of guests (Dan Caffrey, Barry Kaufman, Michelle Kisner, Mark Matzke, Lee Price) for the second half of our special TWO-PART EPISODE celebrating 70 years of Godzilla! Tonight, we'll discuss the first installment of what would c…

Title: The Happiness of the Katakuris (カタクリ家の幸福, Katakuri-ke no Kōfuku) Director: Takashi Miike Producers: Hirotsugu Yoshida, Tetsuo Sasho Writers: Kikumi Yamagishi (screenplay), Ai Kennedy Stars: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Tetsurō Tamba Release date: February 16, 2002 (JP) PROMO: Retro Anime Pod…

GOJIRA (aka GODZILLA) (1954) d. Ishiro Honda (Japan) SHIN GODZILLA (2016) d. Hideaki Anno (Japan) From his dark and imposing origins in 1954 to the rambunctious, bellowing, drop-kicking superhero of the 1970s to his resurgence on both sides of the Pacific in the 1990s and 2000s, Godzilla’s significance to the giant monster genre cannot be understat…

THE BLOB (1958) d. Irwin J. Yeaworth (USA) THE BLOB (1988) d. Chuck Russell (USA) By the 1950s, sci-fi had taken Hollywood by storm, with all manner of tales involving Man exploring the galaxy, or various intergalactic neighbors swinging down to our neck of the woods for a visit. Meanwhile, juvenile delinquent pics became all the rage following the…

Bradley and Dan welcome to the show, a man who is quite possibly the nicest man on the internet, Mr. John Arminio. The Movie Genius, Podcast Host and Norse God Arminio discusses the films Tokyo Fist, Titane, Toys are not for Children, and Twisted Nerve with Dan and Brad on yet another low on facts and big on fun episode of 26 Movies from Hell. John…

THE TOXIC AVENGER (1984) d. Lloyd Kaufman/Michael Herz (USA) THE TOXIC AVENGER PART 2 (1989) d. Lloyd Kaufman/Michael Herz (USA) THE TOXIC AVENGER III: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF TOXIE (1989) d. Lloyd Kaufman/Michael Herz (USA) CITIZEN TOXIE: THE TOXIC AVENGER IV (2001) d. Lloyd Kaufman (USA) Neither celebrated for their subtle nuance nor held in high …

DOG SOLDIERS (2002) d. Neil Marshall (UK) Dispatched to the Scottish Highlands, a half-dozen soldiers find their special training maneuver exercises interrupted by an S.O.S. signal flare. Upon arrival at the distress site, they discover the sole remaining member of a Special Ops team, Captain Ryan, raving and bleeding profusely. Moments later, the …

THE GORGON (1964) d. Terence Fisher (UK) THE REPTILE (1966) d. John Gilling (UK) By the mid-1960s, Hammer Studios had exhausted its supply of classic Universal monsters, with vampiric counts, stitched-together reanimated corpses, lycanthropic curses, and bandaged Egyptian shamblers all present and accounted for. In response, the creative teams dug …

Title: Deadpool & Wolverine [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Director: Shawn Levy Producers: Kevin Feige, Lauren Shuler Donner, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy Writers: Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Shawn Levy Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford, Matthew Macfadyen Release d…

THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) d. M. Night Shyamalan (USA) STIR OF ECHOES (1999) d. David Koepp (USA) With scores of classic ghost movies populating the silver screen, video shelves, and streaming queues, it's still a pleasant surprise to have two noteworthy examples arriving the same year. That’s exactly what happened in 1999 when M. Night Shyamalan's The…

Dan and Bradley welcome their good friend, Author and moviegenius Paull Grammatico to discuss three films determined by our listener's poll: Reflections of Evil, Rubber’s Lover and Rat Man. poll results: Reflections of Evil• 2002 27% Rubber’s Lover • 1996 27% Rat Man • 1988 23.4% Revenge of The Cheerleaders • 1976 22.5% 111 votes·Final results Our …

Title: The Bikeriders [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Director: Jeff Nichols Producers: Sarah Green, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Arnon Milchan Writers: Jeff Nichols (screenplay), Danny Lyon (original book) Stars: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Norman Reedus Release date: June 21, 2024 (US) PROMO: Ninety For Chill: The Podcast wit…

THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1974) d. Kevin Connor (UK) AT THE EARTH'S CORE (1976) d. Kevin Connor (UK) THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT (1977) d. Kevin Connor (UK) WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS (1978) d. Kevin Connor (UK) After a British cruiser is sunk by a German U-boat in the waning days of WWI, the remaining survivors – led by square-jawed American Bowen Tyle…

ZOMBIE (aka ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS/ZOMBI 2) (1979) d. Lucio Fulci (Italy) When George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead became a major success worldwide, Italians had a stake in the matter since horror icon Dario Argento was one of its producers. In Italy, the trimmed-down Dawn was rechristened Zombi, and its blockbuster status dramatically altered the horror…

Listen to Dan and Bradley talk to the great Heather Drain about the work, career and art of the prolific genius Stephen Sayadian. Dr. Caligari, Cafe Flesh, Night Dreams, all discussed as well as the brilliant work Mr. Sayadian did w/Hustler Magazine, the band Wall of Voodo, and much much more. And if you hang in there, at the end of the podcast, yo…