Horror
The Horror Virgin Reviews A Tale of Two Sisters
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS The Horror Virgin reviews A Tale of Two Sisters — and it’s John Mayer’s cautionary tale come to life. “Fathers be good to your daughters/ Daughters will straight up haunt you/ Girls hate stepmothers who murder their mothers/ So stepmothers be good to your stepdaughters too…” What’s your favorite scary movie? Are you a fanatic or a fraidy-cat? Love them or loathe them? Either way, The Horror Virgin has you covered. Each week, Horror Virgin Todd will experience the encyclopedia of horror one movie at a time. Subscribe to The Horror Virgin to access the podcast’s full archive! Follow on Facebook | Podchaser |&n...
Tom Holland on the Queer Subtext of 1985’s Fright Night
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Radio Public | Stitcher | RSS Happy Halloween, trick or treaters, dreamers, and campers. Believe it or not, but the Halloweenies have one more spooky surprise for you. A couple of weeks ago, I was able to get on the horn with the one and only Tom Holland. 2020 is the 35th anniversary of Holland’s directorial debut — one of our favorite Halloween rewatches — 1985’s Fright Night. So, in celebration, we spoke with the Master of Horror about his vampiric classic during a pleasant October afternoon. Together, we sank our teeth into the film’s rich pre-production history, the queer subtext that has since led to countless reevaluations (including by our pals the Horror Queers), ...
Jordan Peele to Produce Remake of Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs
It’s barely been a year since Jordan Peele’s last movie, Us, hit theaters and shattered box office expectations. Now, he’s landed on his next project: a remake of Wes Craven’s horror satire The People Under the Stairs. According to Collider, Peele has signed on to produce a new version of the 1991 movie for Universal. Win Rosenfield will join him in the production department via their Monkeypaw Productions house. There’s no word yet if Peele will take the reins as the director for the remake or help write the script, but fingers crossed. The original version of The People Under the Stairs followed a young boy and two adult thieves as they break into a house to steal a rare coin collection, but wind up getting trapped inside. That’s when they have to face the Robesons, the bizarre coup...
Michael Myers Dons the Mask in New Teaser for Halloween Kills: Watch
We’ve reached the time of year when Michael Myers’ face always seems to get cold. The beloved villain puts on his trademark mask in the new teaser trailer for David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills. This is the 12th installment of the Halloween franchise, and serves as a direct sequel to David Gordon Green’s 2018 reboot. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the release date has been kicked around more than a trick-or-treater’s head after it’s separated from their body. It’s now set to land on October 15th, 2021, by which time movie theaters will hopefully be running at full capacity. As Green explained at the time, the decision to push back the film’s release due to an unwillingness to compromise the viewing experience, because the film is pretty much done. That’s one of the r...
Alice Cooper Launches His Own Horror-Themed Party Game
When he’s not satirically running for president, the legendary Alice Cooper usually has his hands in a variety of multimedia projects, from his long-running syndicated radio show to inspirational music videos. The shock rocker’s latest endeavor is just in time for Halloween: a horror-themed party game called HorrorBox. The Cards Against Humanity-style game was written by Cooper and a host of other horror fanatics. It takes the basic CAH concept of pairing setup and answer phrases from different cards to create absurd statements. For example: “‘The tenth circle of hell is for’ … ‘setting up my haunted house as an Airbnb.’” There are also dare cards mixed in with the question cards, prompting players to engage in a spooky action. Cooper’s version of the addictive game is geared specifi...
15 Must-See Horror Movies for Halloween 2020
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Radio Public | Stitcher | RSS With Tricks and Treats, the Halloweenies answer your questions. For the inaugural episode, co-hosts Justin Gerber, McKenzie Gerber, and Michael Roffman discuss a litany of topics — from female slashers to pre-1968 horror films to whether 1986’s The Fly is the greatest horror remake of all time. They also share their five favorite first-watches of the month and entertain a broad discussion on Nick Antosca’s un-produced Friday the 13th screenplay. Not surprisingly, it’s a long one, so you’ll want some treats for yourself. So, what are you waiting for? Join ’em above! If you missed any past episodes of Halloweenies, subscribe to the ar...
The Craft: Legacy Is an Uneven Love Letter to the Weirdos: Review
The Pitch: Writer and and director Zoe Lister-Jones returns with the long-awaited sequel to 1996’s The Craft. Similar to its predecessor, this story follows three teen witches looking for a fourth to complete their circle. Enter new girl in town, Lily (Cailee Spaeny), whose mother (Michelle Monaghan) has just moved in with her new boyfriend (David Duchovny) and his three teenage sons. What begins as a coming-of-age tale eventually transforms into a mystery with ill-defined stakes. When Witches Go Riding: The Craft has a complicated legacy to reckon with seeing how it not only inspired a generation of girls to explore the occult, but also provided important representation in the casting of Rachel True as Rochelle. In more recent years, however, the film has been re-evaluated for its questio...
The Horror Virgin Heads to the ’80s for Paranormal Activity 3
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS On this week’s episode, The Horror Virgin is transported to the past — specifically, 1988 — for Paranormal Activity 3. Together, they must help Tobi convince Kristi to get to grandmas house before they find their parents’ sex tape and are haunted forever. Kyle Meredith With… is an interview series in which WFPK’s Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of musicians. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Meredith digs deep into the artist’s work to find out how the music is made and where their journey is going, from legendary artists like Robert Plant, Paul McCartney, U2 and Bryan Ferry, to the newer class of The National, St. Vincent, Arctic Monkeys, ...
Tim Burton Bringing The Addams Family Back to TV
The Addams Family will soon welcome a very fitting guest: Tim Burton. According to Deadline, the veteran Gothic filmmaker is heading to television for the first time ever for a new live-action adaptation of America’s spookiest family. Sources tell the publication that Burton is negotiating to both executive produce and — get this — possibly direct all episodes of the new reboot. Oh, it gets better: Burton will also be joined by Smallville masterminds Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who will serve as executive producers, head writers, and showrunners of the series. Additional details are scarce if non-existent at the moment, but Deadline states the show would be set in modern times and would instead follow the point of view of young Wednesday Addams. This would certainly give it a YA slant. ...
Alexisonfire’s Wade MacNeil to Release Score to Jay Baruchel’s Horror Film Random Acts of Violence
Alexisonfire guitarist Wade MacNeil teamed up with Andrew Macpherson to create the music for the new Jay Baruchel-directed horror film Random Acts of Violence. Now, the pair are set to release the movie’s score. The album arrives just in time for Halloween on October 30th, and the duo shared the eery “Slasherman Theme Song” to preview the full release. It’s an ominous electronic piece befitting of a slasher movie villain, with some John Carpenter-esque synth spook to boot. “When you’re scoring a film, you are creating a soundtrack for a world that doesn’t exist,” MacNeil said in a press release. “Finding the sounds and melodies for that bleak stretch of rust belt highway in Random Acts was exhilarating. Making music to frighten people is such a unique way to spend your time in a studio. I ...
Greg Nicotero on Growing Up in the Land of the Dead and Animating Creepshow for Halloween
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Radio Public | Stitcher | RSS Legendary SFX creator, television producer, and director Greg Nicotero joins Loser Michael Roffman for a stroll in the Land of the Dead. Together, they discuss his roots in horror, growing up 20 minutes away from George A. Romero’s cinematic nightmares, visiting the set of the original Creepshow, and stumbling into King’s Dominion. He also previews The Creepshow Halloween Special, which premieres on Shudder this Thursday, October 29th. Founded in January 2017, The Losers’ Club is a weekly podcast for Constant Readers, horror hounds, and new fans of Stephen King to dig deep into the author’s oeuvre and the myriad TV, film, print, and stage adapta...
Breaking Down the Science of Stephen King
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Radio Public | Stitcher | RSS Ever put down your Stephen King book and wonder how much of it could actually happen? So did authors Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence. In fact, the two of them went down such a deep rabbit hole that they came out with a new book. It’s called The Science of Stephen King and it’s the essential guide for the most curious Constant Readers. In celebration of its recent publication, Loser Randall Colburn sat down with the two authors to discuss their findings in King’s Dominion and what brought them there in the first place. Together, they break down how they approached the source material, some of their more unique revelations, and how there’s still so much left...
