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Superhero Horror Month rolls on with Wes Craven's 1982 cult classic, Swamp Thing!Joining us for this one is filmmaker Rishi Gandhi, creator of the short film The Beasts We Carry!Check out Rishi @senor_rishrishigandhi.com/  Rishi’s Link treeFollow us @Reviewedtodeath Music:“Wonder” and “ Chasing Neon” by creatormix.comAll additional music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Create your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit

Reviewed to Death is officially kicking off Superhero Horror Month! To start we are traveling to the underworld with Francis Lawrence's 2005 cult classic, Constantine. Follow us @Reviewedtodeath Music:“Wonder” by creatormix.comAll additional music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Sound effects by pixabay.comFollow Z.C. Krol and The Creepy Kroly Podcast @zc_krolBuy his book Disseverment - https://a.co/d/0hGxttA1 Listen to The Creepy Kroly Podcast on SpotifyCreate your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit

Our Spooky Sequels series goes out with a bang! To wrap up the month we are welcoming back special guests to  tackle William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist III (1990).Joining us for this massive series finale are Kevin and author R. Jacob Honeybrook from The Midnight Terrors Podcast, alongside horror author Z.C. Krol! Together, we look into Detective Kinderman’s (George C. Scott) investigation of the Gemini Killer, Brad Dourif’s electrifying performance as the Patient in X-Eleven, and what is agreed to be one of the greatest jump scares in cinematic history.Follow The Creepy Kroly Podcast @zc_krolBuy his book Disseverment - https://a.co/d/0hGxttA1 Listen to The Creepy Kroly Podcast on SpotifyFollow R. Jacob Honeybrook @author_honeybrookBuy Books for the Broken -⁠ ⁠https://a.co/d/04pARBgF⁠⁠Listen to Kevin and RJH on The Midnight Terrors Podcast - @mtpcharlestonFollow us @Reviewedtodeath Music:“Alone Together” by creatormix.comAll additional music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Sound effects by zapsplat.com  and pixabay.com/sound-effects/ Create your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit

Our Spooky Sequels series continues as Reviewed to Death opens the puzzle box wide open and ventures straight into the labyrinth of the damned with Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)!Picking up mere moments after Clive Barker’s original masterpiece, Hellraiser II takes Kristy Cotton out of the frying pan and into the psych ward—where the sinister Dr. Channard is obsessed with unlocking the secrets of the Lament Configuration.

Our Spooky Sequels series keeps the undead momentum going, but this week we're bending the rules with a sequel... that’s sort of not a sequel! We're checking out Johannes Roberts' 2021 reboot, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.Stepping away from the Paul W.S. Anderson / Milla Jovovich action era, this film attempts to mash up the storylines of the first two classic games into a single, gloomy 1998 night.Follow us @Reviewedtodeath Music:“New Arcade” by Creatormix.com“Game Show Music” by Jays Green Screen and Sound EffectsAll additional music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Follow Z.C Krol @zc_krolBuy his book Disseverment - https://www.amazon.ca/Disseverment-Horror-Story-Z-C-Krol-ebook/dp/B09JMNHNS5Listen to The Creepy Kroly Podcast on SpotifyCreate your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit

Our spooky sequels series rolls on as we leave Haddonfield and head into the 90s trash-goth romance with Brian Yuzna’s cult classic Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)! Follow us @Reviewedtodeath Music:“Alone Together” by Creatormix.comAll additional music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Create your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit

Spooky season is officially here, and Reviewed to Death is kicking off our Halloween series! This year, we're diving into iconic classic horror sequels while keeping one foot in current theater releases—starting with a double-feature comparing two very different visits to the hospital.First, we return to Haddonfield for Halloween II (1981) to pick up right where John Carpenter's original left off. We talk Laurie Strode's nightmarish hospital stay, Michael Myers' escalating body count, the iconic synthesizer score, and how it set the tone for slasher sequels to come.Then, we check out the brand-new, fresh-in-theaters Resident Evil (2026) directed by Zach Cregger. Don't worry—this entire section is 100% SPOILER-FREE. We give our spoiler-free first impressions on how this new adaptation handles survival horror, its biological nightmare vibes, and whether it delivers the goods for game fans and moviegoers alike.Follow us @Reviewedtodeath Music:“Alone Together” by Creatormix.comAll additional music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Create your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit

Welcome back to the Reviewed to Death: Spotlight Series, where we sit down with independent filmmakers, writers, and artists to get a behind-the-scenes look at what they are working on. In this episode, we sit down with multi-talented filmmaker and festival director Paul Rothman. We are talking about his feature film, Small Business and his upcoming film festival Hidefest.Follow Paul @_elevator_pictures_Check out Hidefest @thehidefest , www.hidefest.orgFollow us @Reviewedtodeath All music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Create your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit

We are wrapping up our whirlwind International Horror series with a trip to Germany for Andy Fetscher’s 2022 Netflix entry, Old People.What starts as a peaceful family trip to a remote German village for a countryside wedding quickly turns into an absolute nightmare. When a severe thunderstorm knocks out power, the neglected residents of a local retirement home go on a murderous, rage-filled rampage against the younger generation.Follow us @Reviewedtodeath Music:“Shine On”,  “Get Right” and “Wonder”  by creatormix.comAll additional music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Follow R.Jacob Honeybrook @author_honeybrookBuy Books for the Broken - https://a.co/d/04pARBgFCreate your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit

We're keeping our passport stamped as our International Horror series touches down in South Africa for 2021's ecological nightmare, Gaia.When a forestry worker named Gabi (Monique Rockman) gets separated from her drone deep in the Tsitsikamma forest, she stumbles upon two off-grid survivalists—a fanatic father and his wild son—who worship a ancient, primordial fungal entity living within the trees.Follow us @Reviewedtodeath Music:“Shine On” and “Get Right” by creatormix.comAll additional music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Follow R.Jacob Honeybrook @author_honeybrookBuy Books for the Broken - https://a.co/d/04pARBgFCreate your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit