She's a Killer Queen, She's Horror Barbie, but you will come to know her simply as Sheryl. Tonight we've got another incredible Horrorhound Film Fest interview with Justin Best and Anthea Neri Best, director and star of the full-length feature Sheryl, a fun ride with a bad ass sexy anti-hero that just wants to be seen, whether it's her face or someone else's. We had an absolute blast with this interview & we can't wait for our listeners to become fans of these awesome people & their...

We've got Horrorhound interview #2 for you guys, this time with the director of the short "Dead Men Ride Again," Caden Butera. This zombie western short was a fun ride, no pun intended. We discuss this and other projects Caden has worked on as well as our time at Horrorhound and nerding out about movies and film facts. Big thanks again to Caden and please check out his YouTube channel to see the other things he's worked on as well as the trailer for "Dead Men Ride Again" which is tagged...

Tonight is one of our first of many Horrorhound Filmfest interviews and starting things off is Rob Tiemstra, creator of the short film "No Slasher Here." We discussed with them what piqued their interest in filmmaking, other shorts they've worked on, what horror films they enjoy or inspire them as well as the importance of queer themes in cinema. This was a great, fun interview that we hope everyone enjoys & please check out "No Slasher Here," if you can, at a film festival near...

This is the interview of all interviews. Tonight is a holy grail episode, the one, the only, Eduardo Sanchez, director of the acclaimed found footage film "The Blair Witch Project." Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the film, Eduardo was a guest at Horrorhound that we met and so graciously agreed to talk with us. Besides Blair Witch, we discussed his other film, 2014 "Exists," and talk at length about our shared love of all things Bigfoot. We also discussed his most recent collaboration...

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a...FROGMAN?! We talked about the movie last week, this week we're talking about the legendary cryptid that inspired it: The Loveland Frogman of Ohio. With the first sighting in 1955 and the last sighting in 2016, for over 60 years the legend and lore surrounding Frogman (or FrogMEN?) has been shrouded in mystery. Is it real, is it a hoax, is it a Pokemon? Find out for yourself at 3AM down by the Little Miami River.   'Salem's Secret' by Peter...

*PREVIOUSLY RECORDED EPISODE* We're bringing you guys another great interview tonight with the director of "Frogman," Anthony Cousins. A found footage gem inspired by "Willow Creek" & "Digging Up The Marrow," it is based on the local Ohio legend of the Loveland Frogman. We discuss the inspiration for, concept for and inception of the film as well as all of our first time at the Loveland Frogman Festival! "Frogman" can be streamed on Vudu, YouTube and AppleTV.   'Salem's Secret' by Peter...

Well guys this is year 2 of our press coverage for Horrorhound Film Festival and 2024 did not disappointment. We reconnected with fellow podcasters and got to see another crop of great indie horror films. The two main standouts that we talked about tonight was "Sheryl" and "Compression", both great films as well as having a great team of filmmakers behind them. We also saw trailers for other great films, networked with other amazing filmmakers and the major highlight, aside from the Film...

Back again 3 years later we sit down with Ricky Umberger of the Fear Footage trilogy to talk about his most recent film Project Eerie. Another found footage anthology gem set on Halloween of 2020, we discuss the process of making his 4th film, where the concept came from and how the whole thing came together. We even talk about our favorite found footage films that we have haven't seen. Check out all of Ricky's films on Amazon Prime and for Blu-ray purchase on thefearfootage.com.   'Salem's...

The Goatman legend spans 3 states: Maryland, Kentucky and Texas. In Maryland, he stalks the woods of Prince George's County, possibly the result of a science experiment gone wrong. In Kentucky, he hides under a train trestle near Pope Lick Creek using hypnosis to lure trespassers to their deaths. In Texas, there are 2 reported legends, one in Fort Worth near a nature center and the other on Old Alton Bridge in Denton with the latter having very tragic, racist ties. Tonight we talk about all...

Tonight's episode is an interview with the co-writer and actor from the film "Evil Lurks," Chris Shern. Chris plays Harold in the film who through hypnosis is trying to help Kimberly (played by Amanda Winston) overcome her grief but assaults her while under possession & 15 years later Kimberly has to finally stop the Evil that still Lurks before all hell literally breaks loose. Chris shares with us what the process was like shooting the film, where the concept originated & what other...

A modern re-telling of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Bomani Story's directorial debut, "The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster" tells the tragic story of Vicaria and her view of death as a disease as she is overcome with the grief of losing her brother due to gang/drug violence. When she tries to "cure" him of his "disease," all hell breaks loose and Vicaria is tasked with the decision of dealing with the "Monster" her and society ultimately created. Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD! We talk about the...

Madame Delphine LaLaurie had a sorted past from birth. But in 1834 when her massive mansion in New Orleans caught fire, the truth of her misdeeds finally came to light. Known around by some to be cruel to her slaves, if hearsay is true, that became an understatement when found beneath the smoke and ashes were slaves that had been tortured, abused, if still alive, or left to rot still chained even after death. Madame LaLaurie was never apprehended for her crimes, but her infamy lives on within...

In 2015 a small town in Missouri was rocked by an unspeakable crime: a loving mother found brutally murdered and her disabled teen daughter missing. After an arrest in Wisconsin, the truth of the story came to light. The disabled teen daughter was not a teenager nor disabled and the mother was not loving at all. She had been systematically torturing her daughter with unnecessary surgeries & medications all her life making her believe she had seizures, cancer and other ailments as well as...

Another real life true story meets Hollywood, tonight we discuss "The Haunting of Connecticut." The 2009 film fictionalizes the real life 1986 story of the Snedeker Family. After moving into a former funeral home in Connecticut to be closer to the hospital for their older son's cancer treatments, the Snedekers immediately started having horrifying paranormal experiences. They finally got Ed & Lorraine Warren involved and after an exorcism, the experiences stopped. The movie version takes...

In the middle of North Carolina on the aptly named "Devil's Tramping Ground Rd" sits a barren spot of land in the woods where supposedly no vegetation grows and no animals cross or stand. Over many decades the site has been rumored to be where the Devil himself angrily walks every night, where an Indigenous battle raged between two warring tribes or where a UFO landed and left in its wake a spot where so much radiation soaked into the soil, it forever remains tainted. Is it evil, alien energy...

Even though we're into January, this episode is a fan suggestion that we couldn't pass up. Tonight we review "It's A Wonderful Knife," a horror spin on the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life." Starring Justin Long, Jane Widdop, Joel McHale and Katherine Isabelle, the movie centers around Winnie who within a year has lost her best friend on Christmas Eve to a psychotic killer that she later murders. When she wishes she never existed, she is transported to a parallel universe where the maniac...

Tonight we sit down with the lovely Victoria Vertuga again to talk about the release of her most recent film Cold Blows The Wind! You can now watch the movie, buy it, and even get movie merch! Check it all out here at https://coldblowsthewindfilm.com/ We also discussed the Actors/Writers Strike that happened last year, her work with pitbull rescue and our love for films and filmmaking. This was such a blast and we hope you guys enjoy!   'Salem's Secret' by Peter...

A 142 year old unsolved triple homicide in a small Kentucky town the day before Christmas. Listen in tonight for the true story that took place December 24, 1881 in Ashland, KY where siblings Fannie and Robert Gibbons along with family friend Emma Carico were bludgeoned to death and set ablaze after in a house fire. 3 men were hung for the crime after the many confessions, and retractions, of one of them. Were these 3 random men, with no real connections to the family, to blame or was this a...

Noted as the first slasher movie in the horror genre, 1974 "Black Christmas" (and its 2006 counterpart) was actually based on a true life real crime story about a 14 year old boy who bludgeoned his mother to death one month before Christmas. Its also a mix between the Babysitter/Killer in the House urban legend. Both are still a fan favorite this time of year and we hope you guys enjoy learning these facts about the films. Unrelated, we list some of our all time favorite Christmas songs....

There will be NO Leftovers, but there WILL be Spoilers! Tonight we discuss the new Eli Roth holiday dark comedy slasher, "Thanksgiving." Inspired by the mock-trailer from the 2007 Grindhouse double feature: Planet Terror & Death Proof. This movie centers around the events of Thanksgiving night 2022 in Plymouth, Massachusetts where mayhem ensues as a riot breaks out during pre-Black Friday and several townspeople are killed. The following year, as video of the melee has resurfaced online,...

A putrid smell coming from a funeral home in Colorado revealed a literal house of horrors. Return to Nature funeral home, formerly run by Jon and Carie Hallford was exposed this past October of improperly storing close to 200 remains allegedly since 2019. The Hallfords were arrested the following month after fleeing the state to Oklahoma and charged with 190 counts of abuse of a corpse as well as money laundering and a whole host of other felonies. Tonight we discuss the most recent...

The tenth installment in the "SAW" film franchise, "SAW X" takes place after "SAW" & prior to "SAW II." John Kramer aka Jigsaw is dying from an inoperable brain tumor. After a chance meeting at a cancer support group, he finds a possible cure but he has to travel to Mexico City. John unfortunately does not get the cure he was promised and after that, all hell breaks loose on those that wronged him. This movie was truly made for the original "SAW" fans. Warning (as always) THERE ARE...

Tonight is a special episode where we sit back and talk about our top 5 movies that REALLY scared us, with a few honorable mentions. Some either really freaked us out, made us very uneasy or just left us with a real sense of dread. But all of them are the few out of the many horror films we've seen that genuinely terrified us. Did any of the ones we mention scare you? Drop us a line and let us know your scariest movie and why.   'Salem's Secret' by Peter...

In March of 2020 a college student from Akron, OH, so desperate to hide that she had been kicked out of college, brutally stabbed her mother to hide the truth. Was this crime of passion a schizophrenic episode triggered by years of anxiety or a temporary lapse of insanity? Tonight's true crime episode is about Sydney Powell who was just sentenced to 15 years to life for murder. Does the punishment fit the crime? Let your opinion be the judge.   'Salem's Secret' by Peter...

Father Gabriele Amorth (1925-2016) was the most famously well-known Catholic exorcist of his time. According to him, he had performed over 60,000 exorcisms, but only over 100 were true demonic possessions. The 2023 Netflix film, " The Pope's Exorcist" starring Russell Crowe is loosely based on Father Amorth's 1990 book " An Exorcist Tells His Story.": Tonight we discuss the movie, spoilers included, as well as real life info about Father Amorth & the process of exorcism.