Horror 101 Podcast

Welcome to our 143rd episode!   For the first time ever we flipped a coin with the microphone running and let fate decide the direction for this show.   There's been word that Jordan Peele's company has announced they are remaking this title.  Its not the most celebrated film by Wes Craven but we hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to the bizarre 1991 horror The People Under the Stairs.  

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
07:00 The Coin Toss!
11:30  Birthday Tarot Card Reading...
13:30  One last family...
18:00  Break in...
20:00  Robbery Gone Bad...
25:40  Sometimes Out is In...
30:00  Total Spring Cleaning...
40:00  "Tail End of the Craziest Family you ever heard of..."
45:00  Re-Entry
52:40  The People Released...
56:00  Explosives...
60:00  Scoring the Film...
67:30  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our first show of 2024!  We're hoping that you're in the mood for some European 80s sleaze cause that is whats on the docket for this podcast.  Gratuitous nudity.  Horrible dubbing.  Extreme violence and bad acting all wrapped up in a package of camp from a Spanish director.  They cannot make films like this anymore.  We had a lot of fun picking this feature apart and we hope you enjoy as well as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Juan Piquer Simón's Pieces.  Its EXACTLY what you think it is! 

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
05:00 Introducing Pieces...
11:30  Porno Puzzle...
14:50  Decapitation on the grounds...
16:00 Edmund Perdom...
17:45  Paul L. Smith (and those looks)...
18:40  Murder at the Pool...
21:00  The Weird Mailing Dilemma...
22:15  "I'm no Pathologist but..."
26:45  Is that a chainsaw behind your back?
32:40  Fung Fu!!
34:25  Waterbed Massacre!
37:00  The Chainsaw Payoff!
41:00  More coffee?
48:00 WTF Ending?!!?
51:40  Scoring the Film...
57:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

We're going back to 1980 on this show.  There are 5 movies that made Jamie Lee Curtis one of the most famous scream queens, ever.  Tonight, we bring you another one of those.  Since this show is coming out on New Year's Eve and the setting of this film is also on the same occasion, we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Roger Spottiswoode's Terror Train.  Happy New Year to all our listeners!

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
04:30  60% of our crew has NOT seen this film...
07:50  The remake and its sequel...
11:40  A Macabre Practical Joke...
15:35  Three years later....Train Party!
17:30  Left on the tracks...
22:06  Lizardman death...
26:40  Mitchy gets hers...
29:00  Moe's last magic show...
31:00  What do we have in common?
35:00  A vicious battle...
41:15   A SPOILER WARNING!
46:35  Horky's Call...
50:30  Scoring the Film...
61:00  Conclusion!  Happy New Year!!

You've heard our Nefarious Paul B rip this film to pieces for years!  Now we're rubbing his nose in it!  For our 140th podcast we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of Robert Hiltzik's Sleepaway Camp.  How will Cult Sensation Nick MacPherson react to that shocking conclusion?  Join us and find out!

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:00  Eye Trauma...
14:00  Boat Massacre...
15:30  Aunt Martha...
19:05  Creeper Chef...
23:30  Scalding of the Century...
27:40  Cracking Angela's Shell...
28:45  Canoe Death...
36:50  The Bees!!
41:00  Deadly Shower...
43:00  Curler in the Box...
46:00  Archery...
48:30  The Worst Mustache...
50:50  The Great Reveal...
59:20  Scoring the Film...
70:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

We saw this Friday the 13th in October coming a mile a way and ever since January my crew knew exactly what we were going to cover for this month.   Every horror fan has their favourite Friday the 13th film and God knows there's a lot to choose from.  With masterful photography, great direction, an interesting, well written cast.  The best stuntman playing Jason this side of Kane Hodder and graphic Tom Savini gore we're going to argue that Part 4 should be at the top of everyone's list.  We hope you enjoy this Halloween Horror 101 treatment of Joseph Zito's Friday the 13th The Final Chapter.  

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
04:45  All Slashers Want to be This Film...
11:40  The Masterful Opening...
14:00  The Morgue...
17:15  The Jarvises
20:55  The Unlucky Hitchhiker...
23:10  Dancing Glover...
24:30  The Brutal Swim...
27:55  Take an Umbrella...
29:25  Where's the Corkscrew???
33:50  Hunting Jason...
40:00  He's Killing Me!!!
42"30  Jarvis Assault...
48:30  Jason Ex Mortis...
54:00  Tommy Deranged...
59:30  Scoring the Film...
67:00  Final Thoughts...
69:00  Conclusion!  Happy Halloween!!

This has been a guilty pleasure for decades.  Most reviewers either love it or hate it.  As we setup for the end of summer around here we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to William Wesley's Scarecrows.  

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
03:45  The Gifts of Stewart...
06:15  Remembering Scarecrows...
13:00  A Double cross...
19:40  Betrayal Unravels...
25:15  Burt's at the House....
32:40  Knife in the Face...
37:15  Midnight Getaway...
41:00  Jack's Back...
45:30  Scoring the Film...
52:40  Final Thoughts!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our 137th show!  In the late 90s a young Paul W.S. Anderson directed a fantastic cast in a Horror/Sci Fi that's main goal was to give you a haunted house in space film.  Test Audiences hated it.  Half an hour was cut from it.  The negative has been neglected and destroyed and although it was a commercial failure this film has since gathered a huge following in the horror community.  Its been a long time since our crew had extremely varied opinions on a title.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Event Horizon!

We put Nood through the creepy crawler ringer once again!  This show we're going back to 1990 and revisiting the thrillomity of that summer.  Its been confirmed, we lost Julian Sands on Mount Baldy this year.  He was part of this Spielberg produced killer spider film which cuts an even slice of dread and comedy to appeal to all audiences.  Fond memories of this title.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Frank Marshall's Arachnophobia!  Be sure to shake your shows and check your popcorn!

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:30  RIP Julian Sands...
12:35  On location in South America...
17:50  Spider hitches a ride...
19:10  The Jennings move to the country...
22:45  Lampshade Spider...
25:25  Goodman's Comic Relief...
27:35  Death on the Playfield...
29:30  Metcalf's Bite...
33:00  Shower of Terror...
36:20  Examining the Specimen...
42:35  Spiders en Masse...
44:50  The Nest..
49:50  Final Thoughts and Production Facts...
53:20  Scoring the Film...
58:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

We hope you're feeling Nasty today cause thats exactly what we're covering.  A slasher gore piece from 1981 that was on the UK's Video Nasty list.  Of all the films is the 80s that tried to copy the Friday the 13th formula with a brutal killer in the woods this movie is one of the noteworthy ones.  It has an impressive synth score from Richard Wakeman of Yes.  Tom Savini does the horror effects and this was Bob and Harvey Weinstein's first film for their label Miramax.  The now disgraced movie producers who were just a few years ago titans of the industry began their journey here.  Enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Tony Maylam’s The Burning.

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
07:00 Introducing The Burning...
13:45  The Prank Gone Wrong...
18:30  Rick Wakeman Score...
21:00  Unfortunate Hooker...
23:00 Five Years Later...
27:15  Campfire Tales...
30:00  Skinny Dip Death...
35:45  Raft Massacre...
38:00  Two Pump Dump...
41:20  The Abandoned Mine...
48:00  Scoring the Film...
56:00  Conclusion and Thanks for Listening!

Two days before we convened to run the microphone for this episode Evil Dead Rise was released for stream.  Hot off the press.  We had to strike while the iron was hot.  None of us were fans of the 2013 remake and expectations were low for this entry.  All of us had avoided spoilers and were going in to this cold.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Lee Cronin's addition to the Evil Dead Universe.

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror
04:45  Remembering our first Evil Dead experience...
11:50  The cabin opening...
14:14  High Rise Family...
18:30  Unearthed Vault...
20:00  Naturum Demento...
23:50  Recitation Passages...
27:30  Stairs are Gone...
29:45  I'm Burning Alive...
32:10  Violence Begins...
36:00  "You Don't Look so Good, Mom...."
37:40  Munching on Glass...
40:00  Air Vent Entry...
43:15  Dead by Dawn...
45:00  Parking Garage Massacre...
50:15  Scoring the Film...
57:40  Conclusion.  Thanks for Listening!

If you were a subscriber of The Gorezone or Fangoria magazines back in the day, you would have heard all about it.  Outside of that, there is a very good chance you missed this sleeper genre movie.  Two horror icons give us their modernized take on a pair of Edgar Allan Poe stories.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Romero/Argento's Two Evil Eyes.  

Show Hightlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
04:30  Introducing the film...
11:35  Liquidating Assets...
13:55  Power Through Hypnosis...
19:20  Valedemar Dies...
26:00  Dead Again...
30:00  They're With You Now...
32:15  The Pit and Pendulum Crime Scene...
35:00  Who's Cat is This?
38:20  Animal Cruelty...
43:50  The Cat Came Back...
46:30  Death of Annabelle...
50:20  You Walled Them Up!
58:35  Scoring The Film...
75:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our 132nd Episode!  This was recorded on St. Patty's Day.  No, we're not covering Leprechaun.  We did entertain the idea of covering an Irish themed horror but ultimately went with a film from 2016.  Its quick, its tight.  Its a decent shocker.  Its a solid supernatural story that seems familiar but repacked well.  Its claustrophobic and has an excellent cast and for these reasons we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to André Øvredal's The Autopsy of Jane Doe.

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror....
03:50  St. Patty's Day recording...
13:00  Finding Jane Doe...
15:45  The Bell Gag...
19:20  Beginning the Autopsy...
25:00  You're Not Going Anywhere...
27:00  Set Her on Fire...
28:45  Unreliable Narrator...
31:10  You Want to go Back in There?
33:50  Leviticus 27...
37:30  Sacrifices...
44:50  Scoring the Film...
55:10  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our 131st show.  With the recent news of Julian Sands lost on 
California's Mount Baldy we decided to focus on another Anthony Hickox film which features one of the best contributions by Mr. Sands to the horror genre.  We give the Horror 101 treatment to Warlock Armageddon in the hopes that Julian Sands might still be alive out there.  

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:45  The legacy of Julian Sands...
14:22  Medieval Massacre...
17:00  Birth of the Warlock...
23:30  Killing Kenny...
28:05  Fashion Show Stone...
35:30  Freakmaster Stone...
39:10  The Leaf Stabbing...
42:15  The Collector's Greed...
44:50  Sam's Resurrection...
51:50  High Noon Showdown...
56:45  Armageddon Averted...
60:00  Warlock Death...
62:35  Scoring the Film...
69:45  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome back to the Horror 101 Podcast!  On our 130th episode we go back to the early 70s and feature a Spanish film which brings Hammer favourites Lee and Cushing together as allies against an ancient evil loose on the famous Trans-Siberian train in the early 20th century..  Horror Express is very much a reverse murder mystery combined with elements of The Thing.  It is now within the public domain and can be enjoyed by everyone at anytime.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of this classic!

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
05:00  Setting up the NEXT Friday the 13th...
06:30  Introducing Horror Express...
12:30  Finding the Fossil...
16:06  Groan from the Crate...
21:30  Its Time We Open This Box...
25:00 Transference...
28:00  The Eye Fluid...
31:10  Telly Savalas Enters...
33:00  Massacre in the Dark...
39:30  Destroy the Train...
41:35  Calling Horky at the Shire...
48:16  Scoring the Film and Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our last show of 2022!  This film is very much a Merry Christmas Creepshow.   We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of A Christmas Horror Story.  Happy New Year!

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror..
04:10  Gift Exchange...
07:30  Introducing the film...
11:10  Dangerous Dan on the airwaves...
13:35  St. Joseph's Academy...
23:50  Krampus Nacht...
36:00  Oh, Christmas Tree Troll...
47:50  When Elves Go Bad...
57:30  Scoring the Film...
64:45  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening and Happy New Years!

After another disappointing Halloween we decided to go back to the 80s and cover something we KNEW we would have fun dissecting.  It features one of our favourite genre actors, Tom Atkins and has a script that is much smarter than it deserves to be.  A wonderful blend of 50s schlock and 80s gore.  A true love letter to the horror genre.  For our 128th podcast we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Fred Dekker's Night of the Creeps.

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror
05:00  Introducing the film...
10:20  The Alien beginning (50s nostalgia)...
14:00  80s Cringe...
19:25  Thrill Me...
22:55  The Horror Names...
26:20  Murder Story...
30:10  It Got In My Mouth...
33:55  Bus Massacre...
36:55  I've Got Good News and Bad News...
39:30  The Two Different Endings...
42:28  Why Did This Flop?
45:45  Scoring the Film...
54:15  Conclusion and Thanks for Listening!

I'm sure you all knew that we would be putting the spotlight on the newest Halloween film.  The final movie in David Gordon Green's extension of the original 1978 film.  We avoided any spoilers to make sure we go in fresh.  How will this end?  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Halloween Ends..

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
04:30  Introducing Halloween Ends...
11:20  Babysitting Mishap...
17:00 Laurie Healing...
22:00  This is an Illusion...
25:05  Myers' Supernatural Choke...
29:00  Doctor and Nurse Dies...
33:00  You've Got Something I Need...
39:55  Stand off...
43:10  H20 Did it Better...
46:30  Scoring the Film...
54:45  Final Thoughts...
56:40  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening!  Happy Halloween!

What do you get when a telekinetic vampire lays siege to a mausoleum from within his coffin during a cruel high school hazing stunt?  You get this movie, starring Meg Tilly and Adam West.  This is director Tom Mcloughlin's first film.  We hope you like our Horror 101 Treatment of One Dark Night from 1982.  

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:30  Introducing the film...
13:20  Raymar's Apartment...
14:50  Sister's Initiation...
18:20  Your father was no fake...
22:30  Arriving at the Mausoleum...
26:15  Terrorizing their Pledge...
32:50  Raymar Awakes...
37:30  Corpse Attack...
40:40  Redirecting Energy...
45:00  Scoring the Film...
54:15  Conclusion!  Thanks for listening!

For our 125th episode we are revisiting The Subspecies Franchise.  With work going ahead on the upcoming Subspecies V we thought it best to focus another show on this 90s Full moon Vampire Chronicle.  Shot back to back with Part 2, Bloodlust is a well crafted counterpart to its predecessor.  With authentic sets and an entertaining balance of humour and malice Bloodlust is certain to sate all vampire fans.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Ted Nicolaou's Full Moon gem.

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
05:20  Returning to Subspecies...
12:00  Beginning where Part 2 ends...
16:00  Flying to the Castle...
22:30  No Entry...
26:12  Tenderness on the Battlements...
29:55  CIA Bob...
34:25  Vicious Matricide...
40:50  Radu's Destiny...
44:50  Scoring the Film...
51:30  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening

This movie is the next chapter in horror collaboration by director Scott Derrickson and Ethan Hawk who worked together in Sinister.  It is our privilege to present you our Horror 101 treatment of The Black Phone.  Not since our Maniac show many years ago did a brand new movie push our scores so high.  

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
04:50  Savini Mask Design...
06:50  Remembering Sinister...
12:33  Spoiler Warning!!!
15:30  I Dreamed of Balloons...
18:15  Would You Like To See A Magic Trick?
20:00  Ethan Hawk as The Grabber...
21:45  First Caller...
23:40  Don't Go Upstairs...
29:00  Escape Attempt...
33:45  This is the Last Call...
40:15  A Solid Payoff...
46:25  Scoring The Film...
61:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!