Horror 101 Podcast

For all those who've messaged us over the years about covering a Rob Zombie film.  HERE YOU GO!!  Its finally happening.  For our 151st show and this year's Halloween Special we're giving the Horror 101 treatment to Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.  His inaugural film.  A true love letter to nasty 70s horror.  Happy Halloween to all our listeners!Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror04:40  Eugene joins us again...07:30  People have been asking for YEARS!09:00 This was ALMOST Halloween IV...12:00  Perhaps you had better start from the beginning...13:00 Robbing Spaulding...16:30  Murder Ride...19:30  Hitchhiker...21:50  Invitation to dinner...26:10  Showtime!!!28:20  Almost Escape...29:50  Helping Private Ryan...32:36  Murder/Torture...35:00  Futile Investigation...36:30  Its all true...The Boogeyman is real!41:00  Decent into Madness...45:00  The End?46:15  Reflections...48:45  Scoring the film...58:15  Conclusion!  Happy Halloween!

We recorded our milestone 150th episode on Friday, September 13th and decided to mark the occasion by covering the 2nd film in the Friday franchise.  With our special guest Eugene we're going back to 1981 to revisit the original Baghead Jason.  This film made absolutely no sense considering the info from the first movie.  Audiences didn't care.  More deaths, more destruction.  Come, revisit the Friday before the hockey mask.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Steve Miner's Friday the 13th Part II.Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...04:00  Special Guest, Eugene!07:40  The phases of Jason Voorhees...12:00 The LONG recap (Adrienne King returns)...14:00  Exploding words! (Jason makes a phone call?)15:10  You're all Doomed!!16:30  Councillors in training (Ginny is late!)...19:10  Telling of the Tale...21:05  Crazy Ralph gets his...22:33  Trespassing...28:00  "What if there is a Jason?"30:30  Wheelchair Machete...32:15  Running through the pair...33:00  Baghead Revealed...36:35  "There's Somebody in This Room..."38:40  Pitchfork the car...39:52  Saved by cheap furniture...41:20  The Shrine of Mother...46:30  Yanked through the Window...49:00  Scoring the Film...58:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for listening!

On our 149th show we're going to back to 1980 to focus on a satirical horror starring Rory Calhoun and Nancy Parsons.    This film made the cover of Fangoria #9.  Ebert liked it much more than my crew did.  What's all that strange noise coming from inside Vincent's secret garden? Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Kevin Connor's Motel Hell.Show Hightlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:20  Our recent mistake (with C-Bass)...08:45  Introducing Motel Hell...12:50  The first trap...16:40  Spot Check...18:18  Gurgling Garden...23:00  Stupid Cows...25:25  The Kinks...30:10  Tubing...33:30  Stockholm Syndrome...36:25  Harvesting...50:35  Chainsaw Duel...48:40  Scoring the Film...57:50  Final Thoughts and Conclusion.

We decided to stick with the Gothic Poe era for one more show.  On this 148th episode we're going back to revisit this 1960 film and re-covering the first Corman/Price feature.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to House of Usher!Show hightlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...04:00  Celebrating 13 years of podcasting...08:20  Comparing Usher to Masque...09:00  Approaching in Desolation...11:00  How dare you admit anyone into this house?13;45  We are Dying...16:50  The Fissure...23:00  The Sleepwalker...25:15  The Waiting Crypt...27:00  The House of Evil...30:00  Catalepsy...34:00  Buried Alive...36:30  Be Done!!39:00  The Fall of the House of Usher...40:40  Scoring the Film...49:00  Conclusion.  Thanks for Listening!

On our 147th show we are once again paying homage to a recently lost treasure.  We lost Roger Corman at the age of 98.  The amount of talent that was realised through his projects is innumerable .  The man was a Hollywood Kingmaker.  Nobody could make a film as quick and as cheap as Roger Corman yet he still produced solid, entertaining films.  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Corman's classic The Masque of the Red Death from 1964, starring Vincent Price.  Show Highlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror06:40  Corman the Kingmaker...10:40  Choosing Masque to feature...15:40  The Day of Their Deliverance...21:10  Esmeralda and Hop Toad...24:50  Manipulation and Debauchery...28:30  Midnight Terrors...30:45  Scarlatti and his Wife...34:00  Hop Toad and Alfredo...36:45  Failed Escape...39:40  Five Daggers...41:40  The Final Ritual...46:00  Destruction of the Villagers...49:30  The Burning Gorilla...51:25  Someone Wearing Red...53:30  The Dance of Death...57:40  The Convening Deaths...59:00  Scoring the Film...69:15  Farewell Mr. Corman...72:30  Conclusion.  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome Horror 101 Listeners!  We have another podcast for you.  This time we're going back to 1980 and reaching into the Nasty Bag for another Italian Splatterfest.  Two episodes back we had such a good time covering Zombie from 1979, we decided to focus on another Fulci classic.  This would be the first of his Gates of Hell Trilogy.  Starring Catriona MacColl and Christopher George, this movie breaks all the rules and gives you a demented acid trip of demonic mayhem with supernatural violence that was completely over the top.  Love it or hate it, you will never forget seeing this picture!  Join us as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead.  Show highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:45  Nood's Podcast Charcuterie...06:20  Going back to Fulci...11:30  Fatal Séance...15:45  Premature Burial...18:40  The Gates of Hell have been opened...26:30  A face full of worms and shit...28:00  Epic Regurgitation...32:12  The Dingy Funeral Home...34:00  Mrs. Holden Visits...38:40  Drilling of Bob...42:30  Blizzard of Maggots...48:20  The Destruction of Father Thomas...56:13  Scoring the Film...66:15  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Greetings Horror Fans!  For our 145th episode we're spotlighting a new Australian film from the Cairnes Bros.  This is an excellent example of independent horror being done correct.  This movie has masterful performances and an authentic retro 70s style that delivers a tense and fascinating faux reality experience.  We cannot remember another film that made us want to press play on it again right away.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 Treatment of Late Night with the Devil, starring David Dastmalchian.Show Hightlights:01:00  Prelude to Terror...06:35  Setting up for Late Night...13:40  Michael Ironside narrating!16:40  The 70s emulation is superb...19:40  Christou...26:25  Carmichael Haig...28:35  Unmarried Man with a Wedding Ring...31:35  The Cult of Abraxas...34:10  Lilly and Dr. June...40:05  Mr. Wriggles...44:25  Mass Hypnosis...47:50  Reviewing the Tape...50:30  Armageddon...53:30  So It Is Done...58:30  Scoring the Film...71:30  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Happy Easter!  And welcome Horror 101 fans to our 144th show.   A year after Romero's epic Dawn of the Dead took the Horror world by storm Italy answered with their own take on the undead subgenre, made for the International market.  This would be Lucio Fulci's first entry in an array of graphic Euro-Splatter features made for English audiences which would crown him the Godfather of Italian Splatter.  With unforgettable sequences and gore which is as graphic as it is ridiculous we are pleased, for the second time to remind our listeners that Fulci Lives!  Please enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to ZOMBIE!  (They Are Going To Eat You!!)Show Highlights:01:00 Prelude to Terror...05:15  Introducing Fulci's Zombie13:30  "The Boat Can Leave Now....Tell The Crew!"16:00  Tor Johnson Zombie...18:30  Where's your father now?21:05  Peter West....Reporter.23:40  Chartering a Boat to Death...29:25  Zombie Vs. Shark!32:25  Eye Trauma!36:00  Reaching Matool and The Dr....41:15  Zombie Banquet...44:00  The Conquistador Cemetery...47:45  The Last Holdout...54:25  New York Apocalypse...57:50  Scoring the Film...66:45  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

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-Entry52:40  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 Jarvises20:55  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 Terror04:45  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!