Sheebie Jeebies

Kicking off our #LoveHurts month for February is 2013's The Conjuring! Joining me on this trip down memory lane is my old high school buddy, Mark Adams, who introduced me to the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books. And I'll never forgive him.

Get excited, we're doing one of the classics! Jesus Hernandez, super horror historian, joins us to talk about 1973's "The Exorcist" and also educates me on the story behind the Amityville Horror.

We're baaaaaaack! I've been fighting a cold and finishing moving, so here's something to tide you over until we start recording regularly again. Tall Chris joins me to review last year's The Nun, which isn't as bad as the Annabelle movies but not really great either.    

As December to Dismember rolls on, we'd be remiss if we didn't talk about the hot garbage fire that is "Jack Frost." No, not the schmaltzy family movie where Michael Keaton turns into a snowman. The one where a serial killer melts in a pile of radioactive goo and becomes an evil snowman with bad jokes. Veronica Li from our first episode on "Ginger Snaps" returns, and we pontificate the nature of snowman cum. Don't say I didn't warn you.    

This week, we're kicking off December to Dismember--a month of horror films with a Christmas twist! There's no better way to start than with 2015's "Krampus" starring Toni Collette and Adam Scott. Our co-host this week is Nightmare On Film Street's Matthew Ortiz, who's the first real fan of the podcast to be on (other than my current friends I strong arm into it). Merry Krampusnacht!

It's been a minute, huh? Today, we are BACK with a new episode for "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" from 1974. Our guest this week is George Ortiz, organizer of San Antonio's Horrific Film Festival! Besides Tobe Hooper's excellent use of implied violence, we also cover the use of disabilities in horror and I get to namedrop WWE's number announcer, Funaki!

A movie starring Michael Caine and directed by Oliver Stone about a killer hand? How could it miss? Unfortunately, the metaphors are a bit too nuanced for your average horror audience as itt relies heavily on symbolism (and I say this in all affection as a lover of Carl Jung) until the last ten minutes of the movie. Luckily, we have a very qualified guest to talk about it--local painter John DeLeon who found life really does imitate art sometimes.