Killer Horror Critic

We wrap up our month on the ghosts of J-horror with what is considered to be one of the best J-horror films of all time, Hideo Nakata's RINGU, discussing Nakata's interest in broken families, how children become lost amidst divorce, and more!

We plunge into the original J-horror flick DARK WATER, discussing the struggles of single parents, the way in which fear drowns us, and more!

We pick up the phone on one of our favorite J-horror films, ONE MISSED CALL, ranting about the effect of cellphones on society, how the world ignores trauma, and more!

We discuss the love for TOMIE, talking about the way the film presents relationships, male obsession over women, whether Tomie is truly evil or not, and more!

We kick off our J-horror month by raging with JU-ON: THE GRUDGE, discussing the metaphor of the curse, differences between Japanese and American haunted house stories, and more, all while we each try and fail at mimicking Kayako's sounds!

We wrap up our Bad and Beautiful: Deadly Women in Horror month with one of our favorite deadly women films, Jennifer's Body! We talk the various layers of the title, Jennifer and Needy's relationship, eating boys, and more!

We give a like to the social media driven slasher, TRAGEDY GIRLS, discussing how women have a harder time becoming horror icons, old slashers vs the new, and more!

We continue our Bad and Beautiful: Deadly Women in Horror theme with a discussion on Lucky McKee's MAY, talking about the ways in which people treat each other, relationships and obsession, and more!

We kick off our month-long theme of Bad and Beautiful: Deadly Women in Horror with one of the most badass queens in the genre, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, discussing the way society treats sexually confident women, why Mary Lou never got her own franchise, and more!

We wrap up our "Magic in Horror' theme this month with Steve Miner's WARLOCK, discussing the different ways in which the film treats the Warlock vs other witches, aging spells and how the film has aged itself, and more!

We dive into the strange, fantastical noir world of Clive Barker's LORD OF ILLUSIONS, discussing concepts of cults and religion, what's really going on with some of the relationships in the film, and more!

We embrace our inner weirdo and discuss the teen-witch classic, THE CRAFT, talking about why this film cast a spell on audiences, its depiction of witchcraft, and what its true message is.

We kick off our February theme of "I Put a Spell on You: Magic in Horror" with SPELLCASTER, the first film shot in Charles Band's castle! We discuss greed, the MTV age, and why we love magic in horror! Give us a listen and let us cast a spell on you!

We wrap up January's theme of "the end of the world as we know it" with one of John Carpenter's most under-appreciated and chilling films, In the Mouth of Madness! Listen as we melt your brain with discussions on fanaticism and what reality even is. By the way, do you read Sutter Cane?

We head down into the cellar with 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, discussing what it's like to watch this film during a pandemic, the ways we box ourselves in, and more! Put on your tinfoil hat and listen to us dissect this conspiracy theory laden thriller!

We continue our "end of the world as we know it" theme with HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN, discussing the fallacies of government, who the real enemy of the film is, Roddy Piper's charm, and more! Give us a listen, flat lips!

We kick off our first episode of 2021 and our theme of "the end of the world as we know it" with the neon and bubblegum cult classic, NIGHT OF THE COMET, discussing how the film flips tropes, themes of generational conflicts, and more!

We wrap up our snowbound terror month with the deranged madman made of snow himself, JACK FROST (1997)! We talk Christmas horror, government incompetence and more! Chill with us and give a listen.

We continue our month long discussion on snowbound horror with zombie horror Dead Snow, talking about how it flips tropes, zombie exhaustion and why we love Nazi zombies!

No one trusts anyone, and we're all very tired...but not too tired to talk about John Carpenter's masterpiece, THE THING! We get into what makes this film so effective, how it plays today, and how humans would be completely doomed if a Thing ever did arrive on Earth.