Horror 101 Podcast

. On this episode we are going to tip our hats to our homeland. In 2008 director Bruce McDonald gave us a low budget and very different take on the mass infection outbreak horror subgenre. As you may or may not know this show comes to you from Ontario Canada. And this little gem is set in a small Ontario town just a few hours drive from here. Now, a lot of movies are shot in Canada but not a whole lot are SET in Canada and with this being so close to home and the fact that we've received more than a few hints from our listers to cover it, we've decided to give the Horror 101 treatment to Pontypool.

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:10 Introducing Pontypool...
10:40 Lady in the storm...
14:07 The Wheels Start To Fall Off...
19:00 The Last Dying Gasp...
25:00 Dr. Mendez...
30:00 Killing the Word...
31:45 One Last Show...
36:00 Scoring the Film...
44:40 Conclusion...Thanks for listening!

We're going to start the year by focusing on a Scott Spiegel film from 1989. This is a cheese filled slasher that came WAY late in the game. It is, essentially most of the crew that gave us Evil Dead 2 returning to give us an ultra low budget last hurrah of 80s gory goodness. We hope you enjoy our Horror 101 treatment of Intruder.

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror
05:00 Not so impromptu Discord Podcast...
07:00 Introducing Intruder...
14:00 Hold Hands Lovebirds!
18:45 Nose Bleeds...
22:20 Evil Dead Homage...
26:05 Head Smush...
27:50 Bandsaw Greatness...
32:20 Killer Reveal (Poster Spoiler)
36:20 Head Beating...
39:00 The End...
43:00 Scoring The Film...
50"30 Conclusion..Thanks for Listening!

Our final Horror 101 episode of this foul year 2020 and our last show for our Haunted Place Theme. In 1980 Veteran Director Kubrick made a cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King story involving a small family isolated in an evil resort for the winter. Join us as we give a critical look at what many regard as one of the most terrifying ghost stories ever put to celluloid. The Shining.

Show Hightlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
05:00 A Critique of Kubrick...
12:55 Helicopter Opening...
14:45 The Interview...
19:00 Elevator of Blood...
22:07 The Shining...
26:44 A Downward Spiral...
37:00 You've Always Been The Caretaker...
40:10 All Work And No Play...
46:10 Redrum...
50:25 Winter Maze...
53:15 The Ending...
54:50 Scoring the Film...
61:50 Conclusion...Happy New Year!!

You know we're fans of the one set, one night survival horror films and we wanted to focus on a fairly recent chiller that might have flown under your radar. Imagine a supernatural retelling of Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 with nods to several other great horror films and thats what you're in for this show. Join us as we give the Horror 101 Treatment to Anthony DiBlasi's Last Shift.

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:00 Introducing Last Shift...
11:00 Reporting for Duty...
15:20 The Vagrant...
17:30 Locked in Holding...
19:45 the King of Hell...
24:00 Officer Price...
27:00 the Macabre Marionette...
32:55 The Last Sacrifice...
35:00 Baseball Bat Princess...
40:15 Scoring the Film...
48:48 Conclusion!

Happy Halloween, my friends! Continuing our haunted theme, we're focusing on a late 90s supernatural thriller which is based off the works of Richard Matheson. After Tom (Kevin Bacon) is hypnotized at a party his world is turned upside down as a restless spirit begins terrorizing him, using his newly opened mind to help solve a murder mystery. Join us this October 31st as we give the Horror 101 treatment to David Koepp's Stir of Echoes.

Show highlights:

01:00 Prelude to terror...
04:00 No Cult Sensation this time...
06:00 Kevin Bacon returns to horror...
11:15 The Son that Shines...
13:00 Hypnotized...
16:30 The Couch Scare...
18:30 The Babysitter...
23:46 Neil, the Psychic...
26:00 Similar to Changeling and 6th Sense...
28:20 "I'm supposed to dig."
33:20 Unearthing the Tomb...
36:25 Scoring the film...
42:09 Conclusion! Happy Halloween!

Welcome to our 102nd podcast. We have another haunted film for you. This time we're going 80s cheese and digging up an obscure nasty. Its quite possible you've never heard of this film. Filled with ridiculous characters, gore and supernatural mayhem, this is a film that has no rules and despises every character in it. Join us as we give a comical Horror treatment to James Roberson's Superstition.

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
05:00 Podcast computer scare...
07:20 Introducing Superstition...
12:00 Microwave/Window Death Opener...
16:50 The House on Mill Road...
21:00 Sawblade Priest...
26:25 Child Endangerment...
29:45 Witch Trial...
34:34 Reverend Leahy...
38:00 The Most Awesome Cross...
41:15 This is 80s Cheese...
43:55 Scoring the Film...
52:40 Conclusion...Thanks for Watching!

For this 101st show we're going back to dust off a classic haunted house film, directed by the legendary Robert Wise. Based off the novel by Shirley Jackson, this movie has been the template for successful ghost story films for decades. Grim atmosphere and top notch performances make this one of the best haunted house films ever created. Nearly 60 years later its influence on modern cinema can still be seen. Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to The Haunting (1963).

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:30 Introducing The Haunting...
11:40 Renting Hill House...
19:14 Methodical Banging...
23:00 The Writing on the Wall...
28:05 There's the Nursery...
30:00 The Bending Door...
34:00 Goodbye Eleanor...
38:30 Oscar Performance...
40:55 Scoring the Film...
47:35 Conclusion! Thanks for Listening!

For this special 100th podcast the Horror 101 crew will square off in a Horror Trivia Smackdown. Its a fun 80 minute show where you can play along and test your own knowledge of the genre. Find out which of us will be victorious and who among us will crash and burn. Join us as we celebrate 100 shows!

Welcome back to the Horror 101 Podcast. In 1985, Friday the 13th alumni Sean S. Cunningham and Steve Miner teamed up to make a horror/comedy haunted house film called House. Starring William Katt, Richard Moll and George Wendt. My crew completely tore this movie a new asshole. If you're a fan of House, I apologise in advance. This is gonna be painful. We hope you join us as we absolutely demolish this HOUSE.

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:30 Reuniting...
06:55 Greatest American Hero...
10:00 Introducing House...
12:30 Everyone Hated It...
14:10 Losing Jimmy...
17:49 Flapping Fish/Garden Tools
19:45 The Blue Witch...
23:20 The Closet Demon...
29:25 Big Ben was an Idiot...
34:00 Finding Jimmy...
35:40 Battle of Big Ben...
41:50 Scoring the film...
50:00 Conclusion..Thanks for Listening!

Welcome back to the Horror 101 Podcast. We're continuing with our Haunted Theme and focusing on one of the highest grossing horror films of all time. This is a patient, atmospheric chiller with excellent performances. A mother and her two photosensitive children are isolated in a large house on a British island. When three servants show up out of the fog a series of ghostly phenomenon curse the grounds. What starts out as a typical ghost story quickly flips everything upside down and nothing is exactly as it seems. On this 98th episode We're giving The Horror 101 Treatment to Alejandro Amenábar's The Others.

Show Highlights:

01:00 Prelude to Terror...
04:20 Discord meeting...
11:30 Waking up, screaming...
14:40 Xeroderma Pigmentosum...
17:17 Victor and the Curtains...
19:40 Daughter Defiance...
22:17 Footsteps Upstairs...
28:01 The Piano Room...
30:52 Secrets...
34:15 Uncovered Graves...
36:25 Saence....
38:43 A New Beginning...
41:00 Scoring the Film...
47:50 Conclusion...Thanks for Listening!

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