Steven Gregor chats with Ewan Cant, a lifelong slasher fan, about his passion for restoring and preserving obscure regional American slasher movies. Ewan's career began at Arrow Video, where he worked on re-releases of horror classics like THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986) and HELLRAISER (1987). He now works at Vinegar Syndrome as an acquisitions specialist, focusing on deep cuts like BLOOD TRACKS (1985), ICED (1989), and TERROR AT TENKILLER (1987).

During the chat, Ewan shares his early introduction to horror through TV shows like DOCTOR WHO and movies like A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) and CHILD’S PLAY (1988). In his work at Vinegar Syndrome, where he also produces extra features, Ewan emphasises the importance of preserving these movies and the stories behind them.

Ewan also co-hosts the slasher movie podcast THE ONE BY ONE SLASH-CAST with film historian and fellow slasher guru Amanda Reyes. It’s a must-listen for slasher movie fans. You can find it on Spotify. Check it out.

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Friday the 13th Part 2 isn’t just a top-tier slasher—it might also sneak in some surprising literary chops. I know, right? Who’d have guessed! This episode of What Monster takes a deep dive into the film and its 1988 novelisation, drawing unexpected lines between Jason Voorhees and H. P. Lovecraft’s The Outsider. I also explore how the movie borrows from—and helped shape—other horror classics like Bay of Blood (1971), Halloween (1978), and The Prowler (1981).

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Justin Kerswell is one of the world’s foremost slasher movie experts. He’s been collecting VHS tapes, chasing down video nasties, and celebrating masked maniacs since long before it was fashionable—or even legal. He’s the creator of the long-running slasher movie review site Hysteria Lives!, the author of Teenage Wasteland: The Slasher Movie Uncut, and one quarter of the cult podcast The Hysteria Continues. If it stalks or screams (or wears a parka, URBAN LEGEND I’m looking at you), Justin’s probably seen it, traded it on VHS, and made his younger siblings watch the gory bits. In this inaugural edition of Horrorigins, Justin opens up about his first frights, favourite films, and why the hunt was half the fun.

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Nerdsplaining INTRUDER (1989)

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Nerdsplaining THE FUNHOUSE (1981)

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Nerdsplaining THE FINAL TERROR (1983)

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Nerdsplaining THE INITIATION (1984)

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Nerdsplaining THE PROWLER (1981)

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Nerdsplaining MADMAN (1981)

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Nerdsplaining THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW (1982)

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