We're going to the 80s for our 162nd show. You know we're all about Hidden Gems and there was some talk about doing Wishamster 2 for this podcast, since we had such a great time covering the original last show.  But instead we decided to honour the director of Wishmaster 2 by covering another of his films.  One of several he made for New Line Cinema back in the 80s.  This guy is not very well known and neither is this film, which makes it perfect for the podcast.  So we hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 treatment to Jack Sholder's The Hidden from 1987. 

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror
04:45  Choosing The Hidden...
10:40  Bank Robbery and Chase...
16:50  Transference...
19:20  Miller's Massacre...
25:05  The Stripper...
34:55  The Dog...
40:10  Police Station Assault...
46:30  Assassination...
48:45  Final Transfer...
53:00  Siskel and Ebert Weigh in...
55:00 Scoring the Film...
61:20  Final Thoughts and Conclusion

Thanks for Listening!

We've received a LOT of requests to cover this one over the years.  Directed by F/X mogul Robert Kurtzman and produced by Wes Craven, this late 90s gem features a TON of 80s Horror Icons.  Anyone who wanted an 'Expendables" version of Horror actors need look no further.  This is what you want.  Very few movies from this era had so many great practical effects.  The Gore is superb.  The Djinn was a fantastic new villain for the time, played by a deliciously charismatic Andrew Divoff.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 Treatment of Wishmaster.  

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
05:30  Remembering Wishmaster from the 90s...
11:20  "Show me Wonders!"
15:00  Shipyard Disaster...
16:50  The Fire Opal...
21:00  Djinn on the Loose...
22:45  Buck Flower and Reggie...
27:12  Visiting Beaumont...
30:40  Taking a Face...
34:00  "Everybody's a Witness..."
35:20  Going 'Through' Kane Hodder
38:45  Djinn Revealed...
44:00  Two Wishes Down...
45:10  Johnny Valentine...
48:00  "I'd Love to Host a Party Like That..."
52:15  The Final Wish...
57:10  Scoring the Film...
62:30  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening!!

Another 80s classic is being remade and should be released in August so before that comes out, for better or worse we want to spotlight the original from 1986.  Its our pleasure to give the Horror 101 treatment to Kevin Tenney's first feature film.  A solid entry in light 80s spiritual horror.

Show highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
04:00  Introducing Witchboard and the pending remake...
11:30  Ouija Party...
17:25  Construction Accident...
20:15  Magician Cop...
21:50  Using the Board Alone...
25:00  Progressive Entrapment...
27:45  Zarabeth The Medium...
37:00 Dewhurst in Hospital...
38:40  Hunting David...
41:10  Brandon's Final Contact...
45:45  Possession...
48:10  Closing the Portal...
52:38  Scoring the Film...
58:15  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our 159th show.  For the first time in 13 years we cover a Mario Bava horror film from 1971.  We recorded this on Friday the 13th to pay homage to a film that inspired the Friday franchise.  With 13 deaths in an 84 minute movie, Bava certainly had no issue with letting the blood flow!  We hope you enjoy as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Bava's classic Italian slasher, A Bay of Blood from 1971.

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror
05:15  Introducing Bava's works...
13:20  The Countess' Demise
16:30  Going to The Bay...
17:42  Insects and Fisherman...
18:50  Four in a Happy Buggy...
23:40  The German's Death...
24:28  Hooked Blade in the Face...
25:25  Double Skewer...
28:25  Visiting Paulo and Anna...
31:00  The Squid and the Corpse...
33:05  Axe Vs Scissors...
34:40  Strangled by Phone...
40:15  Simon's Vengeance...
45:22  "Alls Well That Ends Well..."
49:00 Final Thoughts...
51:30  Scoring the Film...
60:40  Conclusion...Thanks for Listening!

We're going back to the 80s to spotlight a low budget horror from The Empire days of legendary producer Charles Band.  We hope you enjoy as we give the horror 101 treatment to Luca Bercovici's Ghoulies.  

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
05:15  Before Full Moon....
07:55  You have a Big Hit on your hands...
09:35  PG-13!?
14:00  Ritual Infanticide...
17:05  Inheritance...
19:10  First Party...
23:20  Becoming an Adept...
26:00  Weird Sexy Time...
27:55  Summoned Dwarves...
31:55  Resurrection Ritual...
34:23  Malcolm's Ghoulie Massacre...
43:50  Black Magic Showdown...
47:45  The Ending...
51:00  Scoring the film...
59:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for lIstening!

Horror 101 Episode 6... That was the last time we touched anything directed by Michele Soavi.  For this show we decided to speculate on his film from 1994 which many believe to be his best piece of work.  It did NOT go as planned.  I broke my crew with this viewing.  You're about to have a box seat to that mayhem.  We hope you enjoy our hilarious Horror 101 treatment of Saovi's Cemerty Man AKA Delamorte Dellamore.

Show highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:20  Top 100 on Feedspot!
06:45  Michele Saovi info...
12:45  First Impressions...
13:45  Franceso Dellamorte...
16:30  The First 'She'...
19:45  She Returns...
21:00 Vomiting on Valentina...
22:25  Bus Massacre...
23:30  Boy Scouts Return...
26:28  Valentina Returns...
27:27  She Returns...
29:00  Stop Killing The Dead....
34:00  The Next She...
35:00  The Needle...
38:15  Hospital Massacre...
41:30  Escaping Nothing...
45:20  Scoring the Film...
56:30  Conclusion....Thanks for Listening!

The Horror 101 crew finally spotlights a Hammer film.  A Terence Fisher film by a Richard Matheson script from a Dennis Wheatley novel.  This is a rare time Christopher Lee is the hero in a Hammer Horror.,  We hope you enjoy our coverage of The Devil Rides Out.  

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
05:00 The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee...
06:00 Our First Rated G film...
07:30 Favourite Lee films...
13:30  Where's Simon?
17:00  A Most Dangerous Game...
21:15  Don't Look at the Eyes...
24:24  Pursuing Tanith...
29:00  The Goat of Mended...
38:10  Mocata's Visit...
45:00  The Circle of Protection...
52:00  Scarcely in the Name of God...
54:15  Zero Consequences...
58:30  Scoring the film...
70:00  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to Episode 155!  For the first time we're covering a 70s sleeper which Cash has never seen before.  Now he is the student on his own show.  The crew takes a leap of faith on a film which has been hailed as "criminally underseen".  If David Lynch had made a Zombie film, this would be it.  We hope you enjoy the Horror 101 treatment of Messiah of Evil from 1974!

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
06:38  Picking tonight's film...
11:00  They say that Nightmares are Dreams Perverted...
13:30  Arletty Getting Gas...
16:45  Arriving at The Beach House...
18:30  Blind/Mute Art Dealer...
20:00  The Seven Seas...
22:40  You Have to Burn Him...
23:55  I Let Them Stay...
26:40  Laura's Escape...
31:00  That Wasn't My Father...
32:50  Creepy Movie Theatre...
35:55 Deteriorating...
36:40  Father Descends...
42:00  Beach House Massacre...
44:35  No one Will Hear You Scream!
47:08  Scoring the Film...
58:00 Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to our first podcast of 2025.  We're making a conscious effort to go back to the heart of the Horror 101 project and cover some of the more obscure films of the Horror Genre.  We're going to start with an early 80s slasher that features some memorable Tom Savini gore effects.  We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 Treatment of Joe Zito's The Prowler.

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror...
05:50  A Reset...
08:20  Choosing The Prowler...
14:14  A Dear John Letter...
16:30  Double Homicide in '45
17:55  Reminds us of Bloody Valentine...
18:45  Budget Amy Steel
23:00  Longest Shower Ever...
29:15  Searching Chatham's
33:30  Pool Massacre...
37:40  The Cemetery...
40:40  Putting the Audience of Hold...
43:50  Back to Chatham's
50:00  The Final Scare...
52:45  Scoring the Film...
59:45  Conclusion!  Thanks for Listening!

This is it!  Our final podcast of 2024.  We have a full house this episode with our friend and special guest, Elvis joining us.  We recorded this show on Friday, December 13th and decided to break out the hockey mask once again.  Part 7 is celebrated for Kane Hodder's inaugural performance as the unstoppable killer.  Although the MPAA cut the violence to ribbons its the stunts and Jason work that really sells this pinnacle entry in the Friday series.  Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to John Carl Buechler's Friday the 13th Part 7:  The New Blood.

Show Highlights:

01:00  Prelude to Terror
04:00 Friday the 13th talk...
12:45  Opening Monologue...
13:30  Inadvertent Manslaughter...
15:40  Returning to the Lake...
17:30  Matchbook Exercise...
20:10  Resurrection...
23:40  First Victims...
27:45  I Saw Him Again...
30:30  Sleeping Back Death...
35:50  You Never Intended to Help...
38:00  Maddy's Death...
41:10  Human Shield...
43:20  We were ROBBED!
45:30  Battling The New Blood...
50:15  The Stairs Stunt...
56:00  The Longest Burn...
57:25  The Last Scare...
59:45  Scoring the Film...
69:50  Conclusion...Happy New Years!