Half Price Horror

A much-beloved 80s cult classic turns out to have a little too much of the decade’s downsides as we take a deep dive into Universal Horror homage ‘The Monster Squad’!

We take a look at the first appearance of Jason as series antagonist, and delve into his rich inner life as a building contractor, private investigator, and professional candle thief!

It’s Spooky Season, to take a look at an unconventional anthology that goes just a little too hard on the “Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year” message and a little too light on everything else.

We take a look at Classical Greek tragedy (not really) Friday the 13th, an Agatha Christie-style mystery (kinda, actually) that helped to kick off the slasher boom of the 80s!

Join us for a deep dive into the second It movie, in which we discuss ways to trim down the three-hour long epic to a reasonable running time and all the ways that if you’re going to claim you write better than Stephen King, you best bring your A-game to the writing table.

We take a closer look at this 1988 cult classic, examining the uneasy boundaries between humor and horror and once again using the word “liminal” to describe something in the movie. With special guest commentator Jiminy Cricket!

For our first episode, we do a deep dive into David Cronenberg’s body horror film ‘The Brood’ and look at misogyny, monstrosity, and how the police can miss a killer who’s just hiding under the bed.

We take a closer look at the first half of the recent adaptation of Stephen King’s sprawling horror epic and discuss the ways that splitting the movie up changed the emotional core of the film.

We jump back into the 70s for a look at the infamous house on Ocean Street, and discuss screenwriting strategy in a closer look at the structure of this haunted house tale.

A look at the debut feature of director Ari Aster and his insights into family dysfunction and the long legacy abuse can leave behind.