Bela Lugosi’s Undead

We are so back!! HHN 33 is around the corner, and we are excited to kick off our new 2024 season of Bela Lugosi's Undead!  Here's our hype meter for 2024 Halloween Horror Nights. It's been a minute since we've been on the feed, but we still love HHN and we cannot help ourselves. Keep close to this feed, we're coming back with our favorite horror films of 2024 so far in 2 parts, as well as recording our HHN rankings once Ryan flies into Orlando.  We discuss all 10 houses, all 5 scarezones, and a handful of the extras at the event. We will be back this weekend with our ranking of the houses and scarezones Without further ado, let's get some rankings! 

It's been a crazy month since the end of our 2nd season, and we're back to kick off Season 3! A couple moves and a bout with Covid left us eager to return to our favorite topic. Halloween Horror Nights kicked off a couple weeks ago, but we've done a good job of avoiding it for the most part (Well, AJ went for a low-key night opening weekend, but only went for 2 houses).  Here we are with our Hype Lists mere hours before our first HHN Night. Will we accurately predict where each of our houses will rank? Will the houses make us change our opinion on The Exoricst: Believer or Chucky? Can Dueling Dragons live up to our lofty goals as fans of the ride? Can Oddfellow break through as a new icon?  We discuss all 10 houses, all 5 scarezones, and a handful of the extras at the event. We will be back this weekend with our ranking of the houses and scarezones and be back in the next few weeks with episodes on Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors, Prince of Darkness, and more! 

The boys are back with Gremlins - the iconic Christmas movie, creature feature, and Amblin classic. Joe Dante would later direct Small Soldiers, but his experience with Piranah and Twilight Zone: The Movie caught the attention of a young producer named Steven Spielberg. With future Harry Potter director Chris Columbus providing the screenplay, Dante, Columbus, and Spielberg create one of the biggest hits of the 1980s.  Beyond the fun little guys at the center of the film, Gremlins has an all-time great cast, excellent vocal performances, and some of the best craftsmen in the world.  Time Stamps 00:00 - 7:20 - Intro to the Episode and Recap 7:20 - 16:20 - Joe Dante 16:20 - 41:15 - Discussion of Gremlins 41:15 - End - Awards and Gremlins 2: The New Batch preview for a future episode

It's been a while since we've dropped a New Blood, and Talk to Me has taken the horror world by storm. Not only have we already heard about a filmed prequel, but a sequel was announced as well. With Talk to Me quickly becoming one of the few franchises to watch in horror, we hopped on the mics and addressed the good, the bad, and the very gross about the film.  00:00 - 34:00 - Talk to Me (Spoilers throughout) 34:00 - 40: 00 - What We're Watching - Fantasia Festival, Children of the Corn & The Watcher 40:00 - 49:05 - HHN Updates and More Information 49:05 - End - Talk to Me Awards 

Hello HHN Heads & Horror fans alike! Welcome to our latest episode, breaking down the Halloween Horror Nights announcement that surprised the Haunt World last week. We recorded in the hours immediately after the announcement, so many of the details revealed by the team at Universal were not yet available. That said, we break down what we knew, when we knew it, and will address new items in the weeks to come. Keep an eye out for our series of house breakdowns, which will come with plenty of movie recommendations to get you in the spooky mood. As always rate review and subscribe on your platform of choice!  Timestamps below!  0-5:00 - Intro to the Episode IP Houses 05:00 - 07:30 - Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count - Reannouncement 07:30 - 10:00 - Stranger Things recap 10:00 - 14:00 - The Last of Us recap 14:00 - 20:15 - The Exorcist: Believer 20:15 - 23:00 - Universal Monsters: Unmasked Originals 23:00 - 25:00 - Oddfellow's House (Dr. Oddfellow's Twisted Origins) 25:00 - 28:05 - Dueling Dragons: Choose Thy Fate 28:05 - 29:45 - YETI: Campground Kills 29:45 - 30:50 - The Darkest Deal 30:50 - 33:30 - Blood Moon: Dark Offerings 33:30 - 45:00 - The Scarezones 45:00 - End - Nightmare Fuel Revenge Dream & Potential for M3GAN/Death Eaters

We're drafting again! With the excellent Talk to Me in theaters today, we decided to do a 5-round draft for the best horror films from A24. We discuss how the indie distributor has taken over the cinephile world and discuss some of the trademarks (and setbacks) of the films they promote.  Check out AJ's Talk to Me review from SXSW 2023.  Timestamps: 00-8:30 - Intro 8:30-12:30 - Hereditary 12:30 - 15:00 - Green Room 15:00 - 20:30 - Midsommar 20:30 - 23:55 - The Witch  23:55 -32:25 - Men  32:25 - 35:00 -  X  35:00 - 38:20 - Pearl  38:20 - 40:25 - In Fabric 40:25 - 44:10 - The Lighthouse 44:10 - 48:00 - Saint Maud 48:00 - End - Honorable Mentions & Other A24 Horror

We continue our horrifying X-Mas in July series with the granddaddy of all cold-weather horror -- Black Christmas. The 1974 Slashic features Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, and one of the scariest killers of all time. Famed for its depiction of toxic men, scary tracking shots, and inspiring John Carpenter, Black Christmas remains an all-time great slasher today.  Next week - Get ready for Gremlins on Max. The following week, we're hitting New York City up for the Shudder indie flick Brooklyn 45. Expect a small check-in on Halloween Horror Nights 2023 as well, as a new house seems poised to announce in the next week. This year, Alan will be attending the event on both coasts, but be ready for dispatches during our annual trip in Mid-September.  Below are the time stamps for the episode!  00:00 - 6:00 - Intro 6:00 - 14:30 - Context for the time 14:30 - 20:00 - The Cast 20:00 - 27:00 - The Making of the Movie 27:00 - 31:00 - The Release (1974 in Canada, 1975 in the US) 31:00 - 34:00 - The Ted Bundy of It All 34:00 - 41:00 - Legacy 41:00 - 57:00 - Our Awards 57:00 - End - A Promise to Cover the other films of the franchise

It's time for a new mini-series of the month of July! We want to celebrate the season, but with it so far away, what else could we do? It's time for an X-Mas in July celebration, with more fun on the way. We're kicking things off, with Michael Dougherty's "Krampus" from 2015.   In the weeks ahead, rewatch "Black Christmas" (1974) and Gremlins (1984) to get ahead!  With an all-star cast signed up for scares, the horror comedy excels. Yet we have questions? Could they have gone to David Koecher's family in Florida? Why is the Jack-in-the-box so scary? Does Michael Dougherty hate DHL? We ponder these questions and more in our first X-Mas in July episode. 00  -  7:00  - Intro 7:00 - 11:00 - Michael Dougherty's return to the podcast 11:00 - 12:30 - Is Krampus a perfect horror movie to show to younger audiences?  12:30 - 16:00 - WETA collaboration 16:00 - 23:00 - The All-Star Cast 23:00 - 29:00 - The Naughty Cut & Other Krampus movies 29:00 - 42:00 - Awards 42:00 - End - Alan and Ryan talk about The Quarry

This week, we look back at 2022 (now that we have some space) to discuss our favorite horror films of the year. We finished last week's Barbarian podcast and realized we had left a lot of great 2022 titles on the cutting room floor. Rather than wait for each to get their own episode, we instead counted down our Top 10 horror films of the year, as well as some of our favorite performances.  Quick note, we are sorry Alan/AJ's audio was not of the highest quality. The recording failed, and we had to use our backup. Nice reminder, always backup record!  Check out the full list of movies discussed below, as well as timestamps.  0 - 04 - Intro to the Episode 4:00 - 7:00 - Nope - Alan Pick 7:00 - 12:20 - Glourious - Ryan Pick 12:20 - 15:25 - Bones and All - Alan Pick 15:25 - 17:00 - He's Watching - Ryan Pick 17:00 - 18:30 - Barbarian - Alan Pick 18:30 - 19:30 - Hypochondriac - Ryan Pick 19:30 - 21:20 - Crimes of the Future - Alan Pick 21:20 - 22:15 - Fresh - Ryan Pick 22:15 - 24:40 - Nanny - Alan French 24:40 - 26:25 - A Wounded Fawn - Ryan Pick Horror Performances  26:30 - 28:00 - Mia Goth - X and Pearl 28:00 - 29:25 - Rebecca Hall - Resurrection 29:25 - 31:15 - Ethan Hawke - Black Phone 31:15 - 32:30 - Joseph Winter - Deadstream 32:30 - 33:30 - Justin Long - Barbarian 33:30 - 35:00 - Gwendoline Christie - Flux Gourmet 35:00 - 36:00 - Rohan Campbell - Halloween Ends (Hate the role, not his fault) 36:00 - 36:30 - Sebastian Stan - Fresh 36:30 - 37:10 - Rachel Sennott - Bodies Bodies Bodies 37:10 - 39:00 - Maika Monroe - Watcher 39:00 - 41:00 - Which of these houses would we want to see as a Haunted House? X/Pearl, Smile, & Barbarian as a Haunt discussion.  41:00 - 44:00 -- Most Surprising Movies of the Year - Terrifier 2, Soft & Quiet, Deadstream, The Yule Log Movie 44:00 - End Honorable Mentions: Master, Speak No Evil, Piggy, Sinphony, You Won't Be Alone, The Leech, Mad God, In Search of Darkness Part III, The Found Footage Phenomenon  

This week we tackle one of the surprise hits of 2022. When it was released in September of 2022, Barbarian did not seem poised to light up the box office. In fact, festival performance seemed to buoy its chances to go big. The little horror movie that was destined for streaming suddenly landed in theaters, crashing the party as one of the best horror films of the year.    Now that it's been almost a year since its release, we look at the horror phenomenon that was Barbarian.    Time Stamps:  00-05:00 - Intro and Recap 05:00 - 30:30 - Discusssion on the movie 30:40 - 44:20 - Awards 44:20 - End of Episode -- Cleanup and Socials   Read our review of Barbarian at Sunshine State Cineplex. Apple Podcasts Amazon Music/Audible Podbean Podcast Addict (Android) Spotify Check out our Podcasts here and subscribe at your Podcast Player of choice! What do you think of Barbarian (2022)? Let us know in the comments!