Throughout the month of October, we're talking about each episode of The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror! Episode 1 features BAD DREAM HOUSE, HUNGRY ARE THE DAMNED, and THE RAVEN!

James Sabata, Don Guillory, and Thomas Brungardt discuss the reasons they decided to 31 days of #TheSimpsons Treehouse of #horror throughout #October, what they learned, and how they fell in love with an old friend.

Trick 'r Treat establishes a quartet of holiday rules, and illustrates the danger of breaking them. Always check your candy. Always wear a costume. Never blow out of a jack o' lantern. Always give out treats. Each of the film's interlocking, interweaving tales shows us those who break these rules, and the terrible prices they must pay. Gory Cory joins us for a second time as we talk one of our favorite Halloween films - Trick R Treat.

Author Jeff Strand stops by to talk about one of the most influential zombie movies of all time, the difference between be YA and Coming-of-Age tales, looking at sequels through different eyes, and how age can change our feelings on a film. And we break down the writing and social commentary in Return of the Living Dead.

We've got your friends! Author John FD Taff and RPG Game Maker/Author Matthew D. Corley stop by to discuss stereotypes, trope inversion, the beauty of novellas, and miscommunication. We're talking Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil.

Author Alvaro Zinos-Amaro and Josh Viola of Hex Publishing join us to talk PUMPKINHEAD. We explore the price of retribution, vengeance vs justice, trauma, the consequences of bad decision making, and, of course, Star Trek.

We're talking Slashers, Stalking, People who Overplan, Mockumentaries, Our love of old video stores, and Paul's new book STANDALONE.

Shelly Grant joins us to talk about the 60th anniversary of PSYCHO, a film that literally changed the movie industry. We're talking duality, criminality, family, madness, and sex.

SA Bradley stops by to talk MISERY. We talk addiction, obsession, toxic fandoms, authors and audiences, horror and remakes and more.

We're looking at 2016's DON'T BREATHE - PTSD, The lengths we'll go to in order to escape a bad situation, Personal definitions of Justice, and representation of disabilities in film.