You thought you were free of us! We boys of the SHUD-cast have spent the beginnings of our 2022 racking up a bevy of delicious horror-based cinema discussion for your listening displeasure. Hear us as we reconvene for the first time since November and talk about the myriad of movies Curtis watched at the end of 2021, our personal SCREAM franchise rankings, how Cody is coping with finally quitting smoking, and finally, our thoughts and feelings on one of the newest films from our Patron Saint of Cinema, Nicolas Cage, in PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND (disclaimer at the top about how Sion Sono is a piece of human excrement).

Folks, friends, brethren and sistren(?) we’ve come to the end of another year of living, loving, and more importantly, SHUDcasting. It’s been quite the haunted journey and you’ve stuck with us through thin and thinner and for that we appreciate each and every one of you. Take a listen to our final episode of the year where we reflect on the people we’ve become, the times we’ve enjoyed (and hated) at the theater again, Cody’s astonishing knowledge of Jonathan Larson, and watch our enjoyment and excitement as we share each of our top 5 horror movies in 2021. Show us your list too! Do you love MALIGNANT? Did Titane make your orifices pucker? Let us know and catch us at the top of 2022!

Like Arnold Schwarzenegger at a Black Friday sale at a toy store, we are back JUST in time for the holidays! Join us in our penultimate episode of the year as we discuss what our Patreon tiers should be, Austin getting married, how discussions with Uber drivers have changed, Cody taking a “break from horror” while we all explain his broodiness to him, Lucas getting in a fight on a “Hype Beast” post (The three of us are as confused as you might be), how Curtis shouldn’t push buttons on the podcast machine, and this week’s Shudder film, SPIRAL. Tune in in two weeks as we close out the year with our top five horrors of 2021 lists. Share yours in the meantime!

Cody and Lucas learn what a flea circus is.

00:00 - 11:00ish Cody’s flea circus

11:00ish - 26:00ish Our excursion to Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood

26:00ish -  What we watched this week: ALL: MALIGNANT. Austin: The Hunt, Satanic Panic, Candyman (‘21), Predators, Evil Dead, and Ash vs. Evil Dead. Curtis: Lifeforce, Jungle Cruise, The Raid 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (‘03), King Arthur and the Legend of the Sword, and From Dusk til Dawn. Lucas: Midnight Mass, and Squid Game. Cody: An American Werewolf in London, Bride of Chucky, Who Can Kill a Child, Corpse Bride, 6 of the Frankenstein movies, Poltergeist, Blood Red Sky, and May the Devil Take You.

1:06:00ish -  Carrie. SHUDdown and discussion.

What animal would Cody not want in the room with him.Curtis lists off his top ten MCU movies. Cody and Curtis lose themselves gushing over the Scream movies. Austin makes his feelings known about Dune. We invite over Die Antwoord. Cody delivers his second straight manifesto with Frank Henenlotter’s FRANKENHOOKER. Also fuck the MPA

It’s time to grab a handful of your favorite poisonous fungus and take a trip back to 17th century England as the SHUD-crew attempts to navigate Ben Wheatley’s hallucinogenic tale of friendship and venereal disease, A FIELD IN ENGLAND. We let Cody go full Cody as he attempts to guide us, not unlike a metaphysical shaman, through the quagmire with his manifesto of madness. Austin takes revelry (as do we all) in seeing how many bits Cody can misunderstand. Lucas surprises the group with some nature facts. And Curtis yells about Halloween: H20. So, things are normal...

The S.H.U.D.cast survived Austin’s bachelor party! And so did some incriminating surveillance video! We come to you after taking one week off (but let’s face it, it felt like a lifetime) to bring you the husks of our former selves talking about all of the recent horrors we watched, including throwing a good heaping of love on The Suicide Squad, our enjoyment of the fact that Cody doesn’t understand how to do a bit, Curtis fully expresses his love for Twilight, which all leads into our discussion of the neo-western, guttersludge masterpiece of vampire grime, NEAR DARK. Follow us OFFICIALLY as @SHUDcast on all social medias!

Comin at ya live, in the past! We tried our hand at livestreaming our horror shenanigans for the first time so if you tuned in there, tune in again for the stripped down, slick and shiny audio of our Maniac Cop-athon! Amongst our discussions: Cody tries to make “sBaced” a thing, Austin gets heated about athletes being actors (and most other things, frankly), Curtis admits his love for an oft-derided series of movies, and Lucas JAMS us full with his anger toward one particular new release. All of that leads up to the maniac discussion to end all maniacal discussions: Maniac Cop, Maniac Cop 2, and Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence.

You’ve done it. You’ve caught up to us. Or maybe we just didn’t do it. Either way, welcome to our SHUDlives in almost real time as this episode has about a week from recording to release. We catch up on how our lives are changing going back out into the world, what bouncer life is like in the fight pits, Cody’s hot and bothered foot husk, Austin’s bachelor party updates, how the power of A-List is going to Cody’s head, about three weeks worth of horror titles we ran through, and finally… this week’s SHUDDER title: BLACK SUNDAY. Thank you, SHUDDER, for being you and giving us reason to be here (please pay attention to us).

We’re getting weird(er) this time, friends. Real juicy topics include: how we decide what gets bleeped, Brendan Fraser’s free fall, the state of our nutrition and how Lucas is hawt AF, Zelda feet, the state of the youth, and the introduction of our brand new band: Full Volume Meat Helmet. It gets psychotc, sort of like…PSYCHO GOREMAN (yeah we get there too)