HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE! We've got a a nice, long relaxed-fit special for you, chock full of horror you may know and love or may be learning about for the first time! Jack offers his (potentially offensive) rankings of the Halloween franchise, and then we break down the best and worst films by the following directors:

Jordan Peele

Takashi Miike

Karyn Kusama

Mary Harron

Clive Barker

Ana Lily Amirpour

Leigh Janiak

Wes Craven

We're also lucky enough to have some input to share from some friends and fellow podcasters: Tabbi Gray from the Happy Hour Podcast and Cam Sully from the Jacked Up Review Show!* We also got a fun, if off-prompt, bit of input from friend-of-the-show Matt Stoyanoff. Let us know your thoughts on these films/directors by emailing us at [email protected]! Kick back and relax with your favorite candy and pumpkin-flavored beverage and enjoy/rage over our takes!

CW: Sexism, violence against women, sexual assault, blood, gore, dismemberment, racism

Podcasts plugged in this episode: Happy Hour Podcast (@HappyHourShow3 on Twitter); The Jacked Up Review Show (@JackedUpReview on Twitter); Doom Generation (@DoomGenPod on Twitter)

*EDITOR'S NOTE: There were supposed to be more audio messages from friends included, but the only one that would actually upload properly was Matt Stoyanoff's. We didn't discover this until it was too late to do anything about. Our apologies.