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Jen and Tim rewrite Glenn Danzig’s stupefying horror anthology, Verotika! Only Glenn could give us dialogue like “Your titties are looking at me!”
Verotika may be viewed on the Shudder streaming service.
For more head-scratching horror, listen to our episode about Canadian micro-budgeter Things!
Jen and Tim bring you another extra-stuft episode! This one’s about a haunting psychological thriller that 100% blames the US government: Jacob’s Ladder!
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To see Joel Peter Witkin’s remarkable photographic work, view this gallery at Artnet.
For more cult horror, listen to our episode about John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness!
Jen and Tim discuss a program aired and then disappeared by the BBC for being too spooky. Ghostwatch is one of the most controversial television programs that ever appeared on British television, and it still has the power to creep audiences out.
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The good people at the Internet archive have preserved Ghostwatch, but if you prefer physical media and have a region-free player there’s also a DVD available from 101 Films.
If you want to hear about a British production that’s even scarier, why not sample our episode about the terrifying vision of nuclear apocalypse, Threads?
Tim and Jen want to know: do you read Sutter Cane? We talk about John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness!
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For more Sam Neill, listen to our episode on cult horror flick Event Horizon!
Tim and Jen revisit an early Paul W.S. Anderson film called Event Horizon and discover that he hasn’t always sucked. Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
For more Sam Neill-starring horror, try our episode on John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness!
Tim and Jen tell you all about an unironically delightful slasher film made by a literal child! From 1986 and director Tim Ritter, it’s Truth or Dare: A Critical Madness! Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
Yeah I know I said on Twitter (@HYSTpod if you’re not already following us) that this would drop Sunday, but hey, I got it done a day early. Enjoy!
For more homebrew chills and slashers, try our episode on shot-on-video horror from the 80s!
Jen and Tim dig through yesterday’s trash for a sampling of horror movies shot (badly) on video.
For more shot-on-video shenanigans, listen to our episode on Woodchipper Massacre!
Jen and Tim are joined by author and podcaster R.S. Benedict to discuss one of the few movies ever shot entirely in Esperanto: Incubus. It is also the only movie ever shot entirely in Esperanto and starring William Shatner.
R.S. Benedict is a writer of speculative fiction. She also hosts a writing podcast called Rite Gud, which Tim and Jen have both appeared on. Find it on Patreon!
For more weird independent film, try our episode on The Evil Within!
Matt Jay guests and brings us the amusing TerrorVision! We also go hard as fuck on Leonard Maltin and his stupid movie guide.
Want more 80s cult mania? Listen to our episode on a movie about an alien who eats Italian people, Eat and Run!
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