It’s finally holiday horror season… so we did the only sensible thing: watched all seven Silent Night, Deadly Night films and ranked them from worst to best, including the bonkers detours (psychic coma connections, witchy cult chaos, killer toys) and the entries that actually work as slashers.

We also hit the theater for the new 2025 Silent Night, Deadly Night, and—spoiler alert—it’s way better than we expected. We talk about what makes it click, why it feels like a “breath of fresh air,” and which franchise DNA it smartly remixes. The 2025 film is written/directed by Mike P. Nelson, premiered at Fantastic Fest, and was released theatrically Dec 12, 2025.

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In this episode of Grave Tone, your hosts break down the sequel’s bigger budget, sleeker Jim Henson Creature Shop animatronics, and why the old, more deteriorated suits are still the truly scary ones. They talk about the PG-13 kills, the tame gore, and how the loudest cheers weren’t for creative deaths but for character reveals, Easter eggs, and fan-service moments pulled straight from the games and creators like MatPat.

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2026 is stacked with horror: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Evil Dead Burn, Soulm8te, Night Patrol, Send Help, new Exorcist and Resident Evil movies, The Bride!, a Robert Eggers werewolf film, and more.

In this Grave Tone episode, we break down the best upcoming 2026 horror movies, from monster reboots and AI horror to sequels, reboots, and gothic nightmares you need on your watchlist.

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Welcome back to Gravestone, the horror podcast where childhood trauma becomes content. In this episode of our Childhood Trauma series, we dive into LINK (1986), the not-quite-chimp killer ape movie set in a remote English mansion with Elizabeth Shue, Terrence Stamp, and a very badly supervised group of apes.

We start by reading the official IMDb synopsis… and then rewrite it with the honesty it deserves: idiot student, creepy professor, wildly inappropriate assistant job, and a locked room full of experimental apes on the edge of a cliff. From there, we break down the movie’s clunky writing, cursed job offer, and tone problems. Does LINK even know if it wants to be horror, thriller, or slapstick?

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On this episode of Gravestone, Meaghan and Arthur talk all things Keeper (2025), Osgood Perkins’ latest folk horror about a couple’s anniversary trip that devolves into a surreal nightmare of toxic romance, creepy cabins, and generational sacrifices.

Fresh out of a Sunday screening (plus a long drive and some seriously annoying talkers in the theater), they break down their spoiler-filled reaction to Keeper (2025): what works, what absolutely doesn’t, and why both of them walked away hovering around 3 digs out of 10.

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Predator: Badlands might be the freshest take on the franchise yet. We break down why making Dex—the Yautja—our actual protagonist changes everything, how full-CG facial capture makes this the most emotive Predator we’ve seen, and why a story with no humans on screen somehow feels… more human.

We also get into the Weyland-Yutani connective tissue to Alien, the surprisingly funny script beats, and a finale that teases big things to come. Our Grave Tone “digs” rating: Meaghan lands at 8 digs, Arthur at 7.5 digs. Little shovel noises included.

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We caught up with James Kondelik (writer/director) and Wai Sun Cheng (producer) right after the world premiere of PITFALL at ScreamFest LA 2025. They walk us through how a simple premise—a hiker trapped in a spike-lined pit in the woods—became a raw, character-driven survival slasher.

We cover how the movie was made, the team’s emphasis on painful, tactile, practical effects, the cast (including Richard Harmon, Alexandra Essoe, Randy Couture, Marshall Williams, Jordan Claire Robbins), the story DNA behind the killer, and what it took to keep the tension human. Then we end with a quick-fire round of horror-genre questions.

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It’s a cozy-spooky Halloween at Gravestone: Megan & Arthur hit record on Halloween night and switch things up with a storytelling game, each brings three short scary tales: two based in fact, one pure fiction. The other has to spot the fake…to win the pot of candy. Play along!

Highlights we talk through:

• Chelsea’s 1981 Halloween murders and those strange Son of Sam prison whispers about a planned double murder. What was real, what was rumor?
• The bloodied nightgown visitor sitting on a porch swing with a knife—was it a prank, a breakdown…or something worse?
• A supposed Niagara-side disappearance with puzzling clues and conflicting theories. Coincidence—or cover?
• The tragic Halloween-night case of Martha Moxley—and why it still lingers.

Tell us which story you think was fake and drop your own creepy mini-tales. We’re @GravestonePod everywhere. Also, expect more than movies here, books, games, and horror in every format are coming. Stay scared and stay tuned.

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The most-funded horror on Kickstarter is finally in theaters—here’s what Shelby Oaks gets right after Neon’s reshoots, and why that mockumentary-to-feature opening still rules. We break down the found-footage DNA, Camille Sullivan’s performance, the demon’s slow reveal, and the spoiler-heavy ending.

We also revisit the film’s road from Fantasia to wide release, Mike Flanagan’s light-touch EP role, and how the new edit tightens pacing without overusing sound cues. Stay for our favorite scene-stealers (hey, Norma) and a candid talk about the baby plotline and Mia’s POV.

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In this episode of Grave Tone, Meaghan and Arthur dig into Pitfall (2025)—a backwoods survival slasher that premiered at Screamfest LA—without spoilers. Think 127 Hours, but make it horror… and give the villain a Rambo-style edge.

We break down why the characters feel capable (not cannon fodder), how the practical work sells the pain, and why the cast chemistry keeps the tension human. We also drop a few interview soundbites from our conversation with writer-director James Kondelik and producer Wai Sun Cheng (full interview coming soon). If you’re in New Orleans, keep an eye out—Screamfest NOLA is on the horizon.

Stay tuned for our full interview with the director, James Kondelik, and producer Wai Sun Cheng!

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