Episode 23: Hereditary
Patrick and Katie return from the foggy mist of parenting to muse on the debut horror film from Ari Aster, Hereditary, which may be strongest directorial debut for a horror director since The Babadook.
When you fall in love over Puppet Master, you should probably get married and have a kid. A not-so-weekly horror discussion between husband (Patrick) and wife (Katie).
Patrick and Katie return from the foggy mist of parenting to muse on the debut horror film from Ari Aster, Hereditary, which may be strongest directorial debut for a horror director since The Babadook.
We're back! Again! But Netflix's The Ritual, the new and shockingly good movie from Southbound director David Bruckner that basically functions as a sequel to The Blair Witch Project, gave us plenty to talk about.
Patrick and Katie return from a four month podcasting slumber, awakened, like the ol' Clovie monster himself, by the release of The Cloverfield Paradox after the Super Bowl. We talk through the older Cloverfield movies, why we're fascinated by them, and how the latest one, while great on paper, misses the mark.
We're back! Being parents hasn't kept us away from horror movies, but it has kept us away from talking about them. As part of celebrating Shocktober 2017, though, Patrick and Katie have reconvened to discuss IT, Gerald's Game, Killing Ground, and put together our list of 31 horror movies for 2017. Warning: We now talk about all movies with spoilers on. You've been warned!
Patrick and Katie return from the grave to briefly discuss The Conjuring 2 and Lights Out, before obsessively break down the new Blair Witch movie.
We delve into the world of Turkish horror and break down Baskin, while taking a look at the trailers for Bye Bye Man and Lights Out.
After a brief hiatus, we return to lament the return of Hellraiser, and discuss the anthology film Southbound.
We discuss whether the much hyped The Witch is as good as It Follows, Babadook, and horror's other instant classics the last few years.
A lull in new horror movies prompts us to look towards the past, in celebration of John Carpenter's 1978 classic.
The Boy should have been a terrible movie. As it turns out, it's a pretty great one.
The Forest is a bad movie. Movie theaters on a Friday night are a bad idea. This podcast is, hopefully, slightly better.
With 2015 in the rearview mirror, we look back on the best horror films from the past year.
We discuss the twists, turns, twists, turns, and twists from one of this year's biggest surprises, The Gift.
We discuss the bizarre announcement of The Strangers 2 before drooling all over Michael Dougherty's latest contribution to holiday horror, Krampus.
We discuss our regret at even trying to watch 45 minutes of Thankskilling 3 before mulling the last (two!) disappointing episodes of Ash vs. Evil Dead. Bummers all around.
After Katie throws a tantrum over the lack of candy, we dig into the latest news about Alien: Covenant. Then, we cover the latest Ash vs. Evil Dead, The Hallow, and The Final Girls.
Upon returning from sunny San Francisco, we discuss the second episode of Ash vs. Evil Dead and the passing of a horror legend. Our movies this week are Magic and The Lazarus Effect.
We leverage the Necronomicon to change the podcast release schedule, and discuss the first episode of Ash vs. Evil Dead. New episodes will drop on Mondays, though next week will be delayed, due to travel.
As Shocktober 2015 nears its end, we get sidetracked by butt shots as we discuss Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Crimson Peak, and Insidious: Chapter Three.
We talk through the latest updates on Friday the 13th and The Ring sequels, before discussing Contracted: Phase Two, The Tenant, and the awful Poltergeist remake.
As Shocktober rolls on, the director of The Sixth Sense breaks his streak of terrible films with The Visit, Patrick breaks his Jacob's Ladder cherry, and we discuss the month's biggest surprise, We Are Still Here. Note: Spoiler chat happen at the end of the podcast.
Our marriage hasn't fallen apart yet, so we're back to discuss the fall of Paranormal Activity, Natalie Dormer's horror debut, and three movies: Cooties, Westworld, and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.
Our debut episode discusses how we fell in love with horror and the first two movies on this year's Shocktober list: Goodnight Mommy and Unfriended.