This May Hurt a Bit

We take on our first video game franchise! Does the creeping dread of the game translate to the film? Can you jam lots of exposition into a story that already has a story? And who is... Pyramid Head and why is he here?

While there are only two films in this franchise out now, a 3rd arrives in theaters on January 23rd of 2026!

We chat about the franchise as a whole! Best vampire(s), best Evil Ed, and where we might take the series next. 

Stay tuned to hear what series we tackle next....

We finish the franchise by talking about this very much related, very much a sequel... er, remake of the first one? Shot in Romania and taking place in Romania (!), this new version follows Charlie and Evil Ed taking on Elizabeth Bathory. 

On it's own this could be a fine vampire movie- but as a Fright Night remake a few of the changes left us cold as a tomb. Evil Ed and Peter Vincent both deserved better but Colin Farrell and Toni Collette did what they could with this script!

Our 4th year on, we invite Michael Holloway back to discuss what these three Fright Boys watched through the Halloween season! Like everyone, we tend to watch even more horror during October, so much so, that a spreadsheet needs to be employed. If you need to give a franchise a break, check out any of these.

Society

Child’s Play (1988)

Red Rooms

Censor

28 Years Later

The Quatermass Experiment

The Stone Tape

Sinners

Heart Eyes

Mae

Ash

Sunshine

Toxic Avenger (both)

Ataraxia

Boarding House

Harvest Brood

Dangerous Animals 

We Have Always Lived in a Castle

The Void

Beyond the Seventh Door

Clown in a Cornfield

A Different Man

Bug

Boxer’s Omen

City of the Living Dead

Deathstalker

What's better than suspecting one neighbor is a vampire? Suspecting FOUR neighbors are vampires! We chat about this underseen sequel and how they managed to up the ante with four of the most fun vampire villains of the 80s. 

We chat about this classic, 1985 horror comedy- that does both well! Charlie thinks that a vampire has moved in next door and no one will believe him- not even a public access actor who plays a vampire hunter on TV! Can he and his friend, Evil Ed and girlfriend Amy defend the neighborhood from this dandy new arrival? 

And most importantly, would you fall for a vampire named Jerry? 

We talk through the series as a whole! Best kills, best Warlock, where to go with the franchise next! And of course, which series we will watch after....

"Hellraiser's" Kirsty- Ashley Laurence herself- stars in this third and final installment of the "Warlock" series. This extremely 90s straight to video sequel also boasts a new title character since Julien Sands decided to pass. Not awful, but after the last two, its a bit of a drop- and why is that Warlock still here????

Steven Kostanski, director of "Psycho Goreman", "Frankie Freako", "The Void" and the upcoming remake of "Deathstalker" joins us to discuss the even more crazy, "Warlock 2". What are the rules of being a Warlock? How did half of those effects come to fruition? How does Julien Sands make it all look so effortless? 

We also talk extensively about his own films, his work on "In a Violent Nature", balancing being a writer/director with being an effects artist- and how the latter guy has to put up with the former guy when it comes time to execute an idea. 

If you'd like to hear more from Steven, check out Kostanski's Krypt.