Horror Hut

Jaci & Luke decide to roll the dice with a random number generator, this time landing on the unfortunate reboot of Child's Play (2019)! Move in next door and buy a Buddi doll, as everyone's favorite hosts talk about: how to make a super mean horror movie, contrasting a Chucky, the Supernatural crossover that never was, disrespectful reboots, and why you shouldn't program your AI to be evil.

Jaci & Luke are digging into one of their all-time favorites with the spectacularly Halloween-focused Trick 'r Treat (2007). Carve a pumpkin and put on your fanciest costume, we're hitting the town for some serious candy snatchin'! Topics include: The intersection of fun and horror, cool ways to chop up a plot, anthology movies, and the most adorable way to create a slasher villain.

Head into the woods of New Jersey this week with Jaci & Luke as they dissect the 1980 classic Friday the 13th. Prepare to cavort with some camp counselors and avoid the lake at all costs. Topics this week include: the knockoff ripple effect, what happens to a flick without a plot, Kevin Bacon, copious comparisons, and one particularly bad Airbnb.

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Throw on a Captain Kirk mask and drive on down to Illinois, this week the Horror Hut (a podcast within a podcast) is covering Halloween! Yes, that's right folks. Michael Myers is taking center stage, with topics including: teenage baby sitting hijinks, a very special theme party for adults, buttered up clothing, hangin' with Jamie Lee Curtis, and the supernatural origins of evil.

Jaci & Luke are finally digging into the werewolf sub-genre, this week taking a look at 1981's The Howling. Awoooo!! Head on over to The Colony and bring a shotgun full of silver bullets, because this time they're talking: Contrasted werewolf themes, the Pale Man for dogs, streaming service woes, legally distinct Blockbuster quotes, and how to write a spookier flick.

Jaci & Luke shoot for the stars and get to terraforming with this week's episode on 1986's Aliens, directed by the ever-present James Cameron. Jump in a cryosleep pod and hit an alien queen with a forklift, because this week we're talking: Military horror, a particular fear of Bigfoot, Stranger Things, movies that give you anxiety and the Alien franchise at large.

Jaci & Luke are taking a trip to a rustic farm down Texas way, this week taking a look at 2022's slasher flick, X. Grab a camera and do some drugs, because this time they're talking: slasher sub genres, Randy's handy-dandy rules for surviving a film (but subverted), the evolution of horror through the years, Scream 6 references, and nudity on the silver screen.

As promised, here's the Ghostface Glossary!

Jaci & Luke had a hankering for vintage horror, so this week they're taking a look at 1973's The Exorcist. It's an absolute classic with discussions including: practical effects, not jumping to psychiatry, possession horror as a sub-genre, movie pacing now-versus-then, television as compared to the big screen and why The Exorcist stands up after all these years.

Jaci & Luke return, this time taking a look at the horror-comedy classic that is Shaun of the Dead (2004). Grab a cricket bat and go save your mum, because this week we're talking: Edgar Wright films, Longlegs, The Walking Dead's influence, coming of age in your 30's, American survivalist fantasies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the cross-section of horror and comedy.

Welcome to Horror Hut, a podcast where two writers watch every horror movie referenced in the entire Scream franchise! Jaci & Luke are starting off strong by looking at 2000's classic Final Destination, as referenced in Scream 4. Prepare to cheat death, watch out for buses, and dodge logging trucks, because this extra special pilot is deadly serious.