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The ghosts of your horror movie club explore a different sub-genre each month! Featuring creators from the spooky community, stoner filmmaker DeVaughn Taylor & film journalist Garrett McDowell discuss the recurring motifs of various sub-genres and what makes the best genre films work. New episodes every Tuesday!

NOTE: We recommend starting at Season 2 (Ep60) as that's when Garrett joined and began our current format. Season 1 was the experimental phase haha
NOTE: The first 99 episodes, we were under "Bloody Blunts" however the show didn't change, so Season 3 is where we continued as "Specter Cinema"
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The boys dive into yet another Stephen King adaption talking Cat's Eye with Josh Sterling (Haunting Season). We're talking the playful filmmaking, the folklore influence on anthology films, and perhaps the best acting performance by a cat in a film? Put them cigarettes away before you get wacked!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we take a look at Cat's Eye. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Josh on social media:TikTokInstagramYouTubeHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Pour yourself a cup of tea as we discuss the Japanese classic film Kwaidan. Garrett & DeVaughn discuss the length/format of each section, explore the various uses of ghosts, and sing the praises of the luscious visuals. New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we take a look at Cat's Eye. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Garrett & DeVaughn go job hunting at the local funeral parlor to discuss Ryan Spindell's The Mortuary Collection. The boys discuss the meta commentary on storytelling, the macabre sense of humor, and once again...dead children! New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we tell Japanese ghost stories as we cover Kwaidan. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Kicking off a new month on horror anthologies, we're taking a road trip with Southbound. We're switching up the format a bit: no 60 second synopsis, no movie math. Instead we'll be going through each segment individually with their sub-genres and then rank them at the end. We're talking the cohesion of the twisty tales and how each segment takes a different look morality with connecting motifs. Put your seatbelt on, it's about to get bumpy!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we read some stories in a funeral parlor talkin The Mortuary Collection. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
DeVaughn & Garrett close out the month of "Women Behind the Screams" with a depressing trip to Neverland discussingTigers Are Not Afraid directed by Issa López. We discuss the dark fairy tale elements, recurring visual motifs, and one of the realest ones to ever do it. You'll always be famous to us, Shine!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we take a road trip talking Southbound. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
We're staying in vampire western territory as we discuss A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night apart of our Women in Horror celebration. Director Jill Gevargizian (The Stylist, Ghost Game) joins the boys in discussing a fairy tale of morality, the iconography of The Girl, the hyper specific geopolitical themes, and once again preaching that style is substance. Grab your skateboards & CDs, we got some creepin to do!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we keep it international discussing Tigers Are Not Afraid. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Jill on social media:TwitterInstagramMore LinksHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Continuing our celebration of lady directors, the boys take a bite out of Kathryn Bigelow's vampire western Near Dark. We're talking queer metaphors, found family, Tangerine Dream, and Bigelow's unique take on vampire lore. It would suck to be a vampire, literally and figuratively!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we take a look at much different vampire western in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
It's Women's History Month and we're celebrating the talented ladies in the director's chair! Maggie Levin (V/H/S/99, My Valetine) returns to discuss DeVaughn's all-time favorite film American Psycho. We're talking the use of black comedy, how big a loser Patrick Bateman is, Mary Harron's long journey to getting this movie made, and more. This is a REDUX review, you can hear DeVaughn compare American Psycho and Vampire's Kiss all the way back in season 1. Stay til the end to hear DeVaughn's first demo song from 2020 "I Feel Lethal" inspired by the film!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! This week, we're heading to the desert to see about some vampires in Near Dark. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Maggie on social media:TwitterInstagramHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
As we transition from Black History Month into Women In Horror Month, we wanted to do a special bonus episode celebrating black Scream Queens & Final Girls! Returning guests Dani Bathea (Where the Horror Resides) & Bobby Torrez (People Under the Scares) join DeVaughn for a panel discussion talking about some our favorite black women in horror, as well as the importance of their stories!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! This week, we kick off a month celebrating horror films directed by women with American Psycho. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Dani on social media:TwitterMediumHaunt Bobby on social media:LinktreePeople Under the ScaresScream KingzHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
After being horned up all month, our erotic thrillers coverage comes to a close with the wonderfully horny & stupid film The Voyeurs. We're talking about the significance of sex on screen (again lol) and modernizing the erotic thriller genre. The lesson we learned through most the films we covered this month: mind your damn business!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we kick off a month celebrating horror films directed by women with American Psycho. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterDread Central Saltburn EditorialTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Did y'all think we were gonna talk erotic thrillers and not cover a Brian De Palma film!? The boys are joined by Kinell (Kinell's Sinister Cinema Podcast) to discuss the cult classic Body Double. We discuss the many ways this film is a subversion on the erotic thriller sub-genre, as well as De Palma's commentary on his own career. Make sure you have an extension cord handy for your comically giant drill!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we keep the peeping going as we check out The Voyeurs. Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Kinel on Social Media:TwitterYouTubeInstagramHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterDread Central Saltburn EditorialTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Grab your cloaks & mask, it's time to infiltrate a sex cult orgy! Garrett & DeVaughn dive into Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut. We're discussing infidelity of the mind, the film noire style, and the desires people hold from their loved ones. Don't worry, he's a doctor!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, it's time to talk Body Double by an erotic thriller veteran. . Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterDread Central Saltburn EditorialTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
It's February and we're all hot & bothered as we lube up for a month of erotic thrillers! First up, we take a stop in France to dicuss Double Lover with returning guest Joe Lipsett (Horror Queers). We're discussing sexual taboos, blurring of reality, and the difference between French & American erotic thrillers. There's also pegging in this one!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, we dream of infidelity talkin Eyes Wide ShutSpecter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Joe on social media:Links to ThingsScarred For Life PodcastHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
There's only one way to conclude our coverage on 2023 and that's to dance nakedly through the halls of Saltburn. Garrett & DeVaughn look back on the conversations surrounding the divisive film, as well as breakdown its sub-genres including: erotic thriller, social satire, gothic drama, and a haunted house without ghosts. You better not kill the groove! New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, it's getting steamy with subtitles talking Double LoverSpecter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterDread Central Saltburn EditorialTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Here's a short clip of Watching the Watchlist, the Patreon exclusive show where DeVaughn & Garrett recap there months on Letterboxd and recommend each other films to watch for the first time off their respective watchlists. For December, Garrett was assigned Inside (2007) while DeVaughn received Possum (2018). Full episode is available for on $3 in our Creature Feature tier on Patreon. Enter The Phantom Zone now for more bonus content!Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Break out the apple ice cream, we're talking about When Evil Lurks! Mary Beth McAndrews (Scarred For Life Podcast) joins the boys to break down possession via viral disease, F*ck Them Kids cinema, and the joys of when Evil wins. Don't forget the rules...or pompously ignore them like Pedro, your choice!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, it's time to dance nakedly through the halls of SaltburnSpecter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Mary Beth on social media:Links to ThingsScarred For Life PodcastHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Time to hop on a boat and battle a Kaiju monster with the boys discussing Godzilla Minus One. Donato makes the 5 time appearance club as he joins DeVaughn & Garrett breaking down the aquatic horror inspirations, culturally specific trauma, and learning to let those around you into your life. Oh yeah, and the Black Air Force menace that is Godzilla. These aren't tears, its just sea water in our eyes!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, it's time to get rotten with When Evil LurksSpecter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Matt on social media:Links to ThingsCertified Forgotten Haunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Have a bottle of water to swallow a hefty pill of an episode as we kick off our first review of 2024...with a re-record because DeVaughn lost the episode (hence the lateness). Garrett's pick for favorites month is the surrealist horror odyssey Beau Is Afraid. We're breaking down the unique story structure, themes of autonomy & decision-making, and the divisive response to Ari Aster's third film. Hail Satan, Shoot Dope, K*ll Children, F*ck the Pope!New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Next week, time to talk one thicc lizard boy in Godzilla Minus OneSpecter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
Time to kick off the New Year by reflecting on the genre films of 2023! Zoë Rose Smith (Ghouls Magazine, Our Bloody Obsession) joins the boys to discuss our individual Top 4 lists, give out some awards, and talk about what we anticipate for 2024. Take a hit and pass that spooky shit!New episodes drop every Tuesday; subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars and share with a friend while you're at it! Next week, it's time to chat our favorite genre films of 2023!Specter Cinema Club is now on Patreon! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus goodies like our monthly side show "Watching the Watchlist", movie commentaries, and polls to help shape the podcast: https://patreon.com/spectercinemaHaunt Zoë on social media:Social LinksGhouls MagazineHaunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
As a holiday gift, we're giving you guys another full length commentary track before we lock up the bonus content on Patreon. DeVaughn & Garrett decided to cozy up with John Carpenter's chilly classic The Thing (1981). Get your film ready (blu-ray or streaming) at 0:00:00 and hit play when this track hits the 1:00 minute mark! We had a controller snafu at a certain point but get you guys re-alligned shortly after. Still working out some kinks with these! Patreon coming in 2024! New main feed episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Haunt Garrett on social media:TikTokTwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeHaunt DeVaughn on social media:TwitterTikTokInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeSpecter Cinema Club Original Theme by Andrey Kinnard
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