Halloweenies: A Horror Franchise Podcast

Tired of rewatching the same ol' Christmas horror films? The Halloweenies have a handful of new ones to check out this season. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Halloweenies celebrate the 45th anniversary of an all-timer: Don Coscarelli's Phantasm. Join the gang and special guest Adam Carston of Windy City Ballyhoo/Make My Day: A Clint Eastwood Podcast as they revisit the 1979 DIY masterpiece, digging deep into its roots, particularly the first two films that Coscarelli helmed (Jim the World's Greatest and Kenny & Co.) Both films are available to stream on YouTube, and we highly advise you watch them. Note: This episode was recorded in February 2024 and is being unlocked for the holidays as a gift. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Saw is family, sure, but also the go-to weapon for many movie maniacs. The Halloweenies pull the chain and let 'er rip as they take inventory on the best chainsaws in horror movie history. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast which you are about to hear is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of four co-hosts, in particular Daniel Caffrey, Rachel Reeves, Justin Gerber, and the obnoxious Michael Roffman. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But, had, they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to see as much mad and macabre as they were to record that day. For them an idyllic autumn afternoon conversation became a nightmare. The events of that day were to lead to the discovery of one of the most bizarre crimes in the annal of American history: The Halloweenies covering Tobe Hooper's 1974 horror masterpiece The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At last month's Creep I.E. Aftermath in Ontario, California, Halloweenies executive producer Michael Roffman and Scare You to Sleep creator Shelby Scott presided over an E.T. reunion panel featuring stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, C. Thomas Howell, and Matthew De Meritt. Given that this is a Halloween movie, we thought this would be a fun treat for your day. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a preview of our all-new Patreon exclusive episode that finds the Halloweenies revisiting 1993's Hocus Pocus. Want to hear the full thing? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Skeleton Patron for more exclusive bonus content! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a special Halloween treat: We Hate Movies co-hosts Andrew Jupin and Eric Szyszka join fellow Halloweenies Dan Caffrey and Michael Roffman in Haddonfield to talk all things Michael Myers ... and Horror ... and Dr. Loomis impersonations. Want more from our friends? The We Hate Movies podcast will be covering horror films for the rest of this month, new episodes released on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Halloweenies continue a new October tradition! Last year, Michael Roffman and Dan Caffrey ventured to the Haddonfield Public Library to read Curtis Richards' excellent 1979 screen-to-page adaptation of the John Carpenter original Halloween. Fortunately for them, for us, for you, there are several more novelizations, and they're going through 'em all. This year sees the two dust off Dennis Etchison/Jack Martin's 1981 novelization for Halloween II. Together, they discuss Etchison's writing style, the additional scenes, the dreams of Laurie Strode, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Halloweenies take inventory of all the masks work by Michael Myers. All of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a roundtable review on something new and something old in horror. This month, they discuss 'Salem's Lot, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Alien on Stage, Hell High, Curfew, and The Forever Purge. Special guest includes Sammie Kuykendall of The Lady Killers: A Feminine Rage Podcast. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At last month's Creep I.E. Aftermath in Ontario, California, executive producer Michael Roffman had a chance to sit down with Hollywood legends Nick Castle and Tom Atkins for a career-spanning interview that went in all sorts of unpredictable places. Naturally, all three head to Haddonfield together to talk shop about the Halloween franchise. Consider it a kickoff to October! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Halloweenies (Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Rachel Reeves, Michael Roffman, and Justin Gerber) deliver their final transmission on the Alien franchise. No, really. This is the season finale that sees the gang rank the entire series -- from Ridley Scott's Alien to Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus. They also announce next season! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Friday is the 13th, and you know what that means. So does the Halloweenies, which is why the gang has re-assembled at Camp Crystal Lake to take another look at the Friday the 13th franchise. If you recall, the series covered the iconic series way, way back in 2020. Today, however, they're sharpening their machetes by looking at the best kills. All 13 of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listeners, we've got a special treat for you today. Our pals over at What Are We Talking About? managed to conjure up a Hollywood historical moment: getting Keith David and David Keith in the same room. Well, the same Zoom room, at least. The two veteran icons sat down for their first joint interview on the season premiere the podcast series. Hosted by entertainment industry veterans (and longtime pals) Paul Davidson, Benjamin Raab, and Mitch Graham, What Are We Talking About? finds the three pulling one of their own mystery topics from a popcorn bowl and shoot the shit about it. The topic for this episode? John Carpenter. Here's a teaser of the episode. Find the full episode here: wawtacast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beetlejuice returns this week! To celebrate, the Halloweenies are unlocking their commentary on Tim Burton's 1988 original that they recorded for its 35th anniversary in 2023. So, take a last-minute summer trip out to Winter River, Connecticut, where the gang debates whether or not this is Burton's best movie, revisit first crushes, gush over Danny Elfman's iconic score, argue whether this is Michael Keaton's performance, and, of course, chew on the sequel that may or may not be a bad idea. If you want more of this kind of content, be sure to join our Patreon by heading over to patreon.com/halloweeniespod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a preview of our all-new Patreon exclusive episode that finds the Halloweenies revisiting 1999's Deep Blue Sea for its 25th anniversary. Want to hear the full thing? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Skeleton Patron for more exclusive bonus content! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strange Darling hits theaters this weekend -- and it's a good one. The latest export from writer-filmmaker J.T. Mollner shuffles an athletic cat-and-mouse story between stars Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner that feels both in and out of time. It's gritty, it's unpredictable, and it's paralyzing, doling out the narrative like a descendent of Tarantino's style. But this isn't an homage; it's an extension on familiar forms. Today, Halloweenies co-host and executive producer Michael Roffman speaks with the maestro behind the madness to discuss his own filmmaking DNA and how he's been carving his own signature. They also shoot the shit on favorite Westerns and why that genre may be a prism for filmmaking. Rest assured, there are no spoilers ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Halloweenies land on Jackson's Star, where they join a new, much-younger crew as they attempt to hijack some cryostasis chambers from a derelict space station. Yes, it's the review we've been building towards all year: Alien: Romulus. Also: Beware of spoilers! We go deep into this one, so if you haven't seen it yet and you get upset about being spoiled... you have our sympathies. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a roundtable review on something new and something old in horror. This month, they discuss Trap, Oddity, The Devil's Bath, Scooby Doo: Zombie Island, We're All Going to the World's Fair, and Unlawful Entry. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Halloweenies make their way to Origae-6 as they look forward to a new life in a new frontier. Along the way, they receive a strange distress signal from the year 2017. Ah, the Ridley Scott sequel Alien: Covenant. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices