INTERVIEW: The Spooky ShXt Show with Derek Wayne Trautwein

Grab a fruity drink and head to the beach with us horror heroes, because we're going on summer vacation! Well, Sommers Vacation! Stephen Sommers, that is!This episode our horror heroes discuss the Victorian era Wolverine with flowing locks, a very confusing hat, and enough gadgets to make Desmond Llewelyn jealous: Van Helsing (2004)Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod"Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Johnathon has been posting Scooby Snack videos and just did a Jurassic park unboxing!Have a question? Email us at [email protected] and we will read your email out on the next episode!Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice!STAY GROOVY!

Hey Horror Heroes, it's your favorite horror host Johnathon here with a special treat!I got the pleasure to sit and have a chat with Derek Wayne Trautwein. Trautwein is a Kansas City local and is the artistic director and creator of The Spooky ShXt Show, a show that smashes horror and comedy together, throws it in a wood chipper and spits it out on stage as a terrifying and fun live theatrical production.Follow The Spooky ShXt Show at @_thespookyshitshow_ (IG), @thespookyshitshow (FB) and @thespookyshtshow (Youtube) for more details, Spooky surprises, upcoming shows, & more!

It's Summerween! You know what that means! It's time for a good old fashion summer double feature!Killer robots vs rage fueled zombies! (Yes we know they aren't technically zombies, you nerds!) Upgraded M3gan vs upgraded Alpha! We're talking 28 Years Later and M3gan 2.0We also tackle a few minor news topics, brag about our horror hordes we uncovered this week (vhs, steelbooks, and vinyl), and talk a little cosplay and Crypticon.Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod"Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Johnathon has been posting Scooby Snack videos and just did a Jurassic park unboxing!Have a question? Email us at [email protected] and we will read your email out on the next episode!Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice!STAY GROOVY!

Time for a swim down under, horror heroes!Join Johnathon and Bethany as they dive into Sean Byrne's 2025 Shudder original feature Dangerous Animals.This episode we also gush over Dark Universe, get the cold chills as we hear rumors of an Eggers directed A Christmas Story, discuss star cars as an original screen used Dorothy II is reunited (and it feels so good) with a newly restored storm chaser truck from the original Twister, talk Tomatoes and Toxie and Things much Stranger (see what I did there?)Hey, stop trying to make Jason Universe happen!Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod"Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok!Have a question? Email us at [email protected] and we will read your email out on the next episode!Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice!STAY GROOVY!

What is scarier than Friday the 13th? Thursday the 12th! In honor of the first Friday the 13th of the podcast we thought we'd do a little bonus episode and talk the original Friday the 13th!Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod"Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Show yours off and tag us!Have a question? Email us at [email protected] and we will read your email put on the next episode!Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice!STAY GROOVY!

Resurrection can be tricky, especially without the book of the dead or a glowing green serum! Listen as our horror heroes discuss Danny and Michael Phillippou's 2025 film Bring Her Back.This episode we also discuss what actually happened to the invisible werewolf in David Sandberg's Until Dawn, news about the upcoming Friday the 13th prequel series and the subsequently fawn over Linda Cardellini, debate the iconography of certain film composers as Danny Elfman is announced to be taking care of the score for Sam Raimi's Send Help, round up some Toxie news and discuss Bethany submitting her script as well as what we have been up to and collecting with our horror hauls.Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod"Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Show yours off and tag us!Have a question? Email us at [email protected] and we will read your email out on the next episode!Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice!STAY GROOVY!

Death is a devious bastard! What happens when our horror heroes come face to face with death itself? Can they Indiana Jones their way through all the murder traps surrounding them?On this episode we discuss Netflix erasing media (a reminder that streaming sucks), Jane Shoenbrun's next film, new details on Evil Dead Burn and the next Legendary Godzilla movie (yep, they're going to space), and The Toxic Avenger might have a thing for golden showers??? We also review the sixth entry in the Final Destination franchise: Final Destination Bloodlines.Special shout out to Brandon and Otis of the Super Roper Bros on YouTube and Brandon Russ over at The Movie Galaxy podcast!Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod"Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Show yours off and tag us!Have a question? Email us at [email protected] and we will read your email out on the next episode!Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice!STAY GROOVY!

Can our horror heroes, Bethany and Johnathon, battle through 13 nights of repetitious, yet fun kills? Can they survive.... UNTIL DAWN???This week we discuss some rad Universal Monsters comics, Godzilla, Jaws and Rocky Horror's 50th Birthday Bash, new details on Sam Raimi's return to horror with Send Help, Wednesday's season 2 return, more news straight from Toxie's mop bucket, video games we enjoy, and review David F. Sandberg's Until Dawn.Shout out to Brandon and Otis of the Super Roper Bros on YouTube.Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod"Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok!Have a question? Email us at [email protected] and we will read your email out on the next episode!Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice!STAY GROOVY!

It's a Green Day to Die Hard as our horror heroes, Bethany and Johnathon, take on Nazis, misogynistic rap legends, hitmen, snarky video store clerks, and 1987 Oakland in the latest episode where they review the stellar 2025 film: Freaky Tales.Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod"Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok!Have a question? Email us at [email protected] leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice!STAY GROOVY!

Bust out the chainsaws and boomsticks and join us as Bethany and Johnathon go mythical creature hunting on the latest episode of the Horror Hero Podcast.On this episode, our heroes talk cryptids, collecting and cinema as they hit us with the horror news, show off their horror hauls, briefly discuss Panic Film Fest, and deep dive on A24's Death of a Unicorn (2024).Why is Paul Rudd such a D-bag?What is the best way to serve up unicorn? Steak? Fillet? Cocktails?Is there a secret order of bald unicorn protectors lead by NoHo Hank from HBO's Barry?Tune in as our heroes break it all down!Please follow us on Twitter, Blusky, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, and Tik Tok at "horrorheropod".Have a question for our heroes? Email us at [email protected] a review on your Podcast app of choice and have it read on the show!