Anticipation for the upcoming, stacked and packed Fan Expo: Philadelphia 2024 event is out of this world. Come join the geeky, creepy fun! No time to read? Click the button below to listen to this post. Listen There is just a week left until the FAN EXPO Philadelphia begins, which will take place from May 3rd to 5th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, a conveniently located pop culture center in the heart of a growing city. Attendees will be a short walk away from enticing local cuisine, including the popular Reading Terminal Market, and exciting attractions such as those found in Old Cit ..read more

We discuss Family, Fear, and Filmmaking as we go inside the world of an indie filmmaking family with Toby Poser and John Adams. SHOW NOTES FROM THE GODDAMN GUYS: Step into the captivating realm of independent cinema with Toby Poser and John Adams. Delve into their unique approach to storytelling, the challenges and triumphs of working as a family unit in the industry, and the creative freedom of being a completely independent movie operation.  … Wonder Wheel Productions is the artistic collaboration between Toby Poser, John Adams, and daughters Lulu and Zelda Adams. Wonder Wheel epitomiz ..read more

Fans of Italian horror and gorehounds will delight in the beautifully shot but grotesque “The Well” that’s both haunting and nightmarish. No time to read? Click the button below to listen to this post. Listen “When novice art restorer LISA GRAY (Lauren LaVera) goes to a small Italian village to bring a medieval painting back to its former glory after fire damage, little does she know she is placing her life in danger from an evil curse and a monster born of myth and brutal pain.” The Well is an Italian-made horror film by musician turned genre filmmaker Federico Zampaglione, a man dubbed the ..read more

Depending on your perspective and tolerance for experimental horror, “Skinamarink” is either painfully boring or unshakably horrifying. This week, it’s Will’s choice, and he went with one of the more polarizing movies of 2023, “Skinamarink”! FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Skinamarink is a 2022 Canadian experimental supernatural horror film written and directed by Kyle Edward Ball in his feature-length directorial debut. The film follows a young brother and sister who wake up during the night to discover that they cannot find their father and that the windows, doors ..read more

We dig into a savory double feature with “The Menu” and “Fresh” and discuss stranger danger with “The Strangers” and “The Collector”. SHOW NOTES FROM HOST ROBERT: Ashley Thomas returns to the show for “What’s Your Favorite Double Feature?” with the delicious duo of The Menu and Fresh. … The Menu is a 2022 film directed by Mark Mylod and written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy that blends social commentary and black comedy. It follows a foodie (Nicholas Hoult, Renfield) and his date (Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch) traveling to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph F ..read more

“Baby Reindeer” is not what you expect; it’s much darker, unsettling, and emotionally resonant — an important and extraordinary journey. No time to read? Click the button below to listen to this post. Listen A writer and comedian may have created Baby Reindeer — and the trailer may make it look like a cheeky dark comedy and a fun, twisty thriller — but I assure you, it’s horror. It would be deeply disturbing and unnerving enough if it were a work of brilliantly conceived fiction. Knowing it’s a true story, however, makes it especially horrifying. In this seven-part Netflix miniseries, S ..read more

Even if you can only watch it once, “The Coffee Table” is a devastating masterpiece that will leave a lasting impression. No time to read? Click the button below to listen to this post. Listen The same dark, unforgiving force that inspired writers Borobia and Casas to create The Coffee Table (La Mesita Del Comedor), a story of an accident and its aftermath, will leave you picking glass shards from your psyche days after watching.  Now, I haven’t been writing with Morbidly Beautiful for long. Yet, I often wondered, “When will I come across a film that will make me feel confident iss ..read more

“Trypophobic Posession” holds you in its sickly grasp until the very end, burrowing into your psyche like a bloody mealworm. No time to read? Click the button below to listen to this post. Listen Cory DeAn Cowley is a special FX/ Gore FX Queen.  I first discovered her provoking and breathtaking work during the first Lockdown when I happened upon one of her posts via her official Facebook page: CDC Works Official (seriously, how genius is that name?!)  I felt an instant shock of recognition; Cory’s original characters, whom she embodies fully on an almost spiritual level, bore the a ..read more

The epic conclusion of the “Kill Bill” saga is a slow character reveal that still ignites with passionate revenge twenty years later. No time to read? Click the button below to listen to this post. Listen WARNING: SIGNIFICANT PLOT SPOILERS AHEAD Quentin Tarantino’s emotional saga in Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) continues to tell an extraordinary story of Beatrix Kiddo’s (Uma Thurman) resilience and redemption while invoking all the love notes of the 1970s genres. Returning to the ugliest crime, The Bride lies hyperventilating while shot in the head.  Then, our favorite protagonist is driv ..read more

Richard Farren Barber crafts a suspenseful and multi-dimensional story that’s engaging and emotional with his novel “One of the Dead”. No time to read? Click the button below to listen to this post. Listen Nick Teel lives a mundane life with an office job, where he’s trapped in a cubicle all day. However, Nick feels restless. He knows something the rest of us don’t; he sees what no one else sees. The dead walk, but only he can see or sense their presence. However, these zombies don’t attack violently but feed with a touch. Nick does nothing about them until they infect his girlfriend, Abby ..read more