You have our apologies in advance. Mike challenged us to record a podcast where we discuss movies with "Haunting" or "Haunted" in the title.  If you search "Haunting" in IMdB, there are well over 4000 films with that word in the title.  Sadly, only a few of them are any good.  Or, at least from what we've been able to determine so far.  There are only so many "Haunting of" movies that a critic can stomach in a month.

“The Haunting Of”: The Scariest Things Podcast Episode 180

True Detective Season 4: Night Country has just completed its run on MAX, and it is totally worth stealing your neighbor's MAX... I mean, BUYING a month of MAX... to binge the series.  As satisfying as it can be to binge a series, having this as a weekly water cooler show was a great way to build anticipation and chatter. Chatter like our Spooky Time 26!

True Detective Season 4: Night Country: Spooky Time 26

The Scariest Things eagerly awaits the slate of films for 2024. We are thrilled to cast our eyes forward to the scary films to come.  Sadly, if years prior are any indicator, our ability to spot the best of what is to come is unfortunately spotty. That isn't to say that we won't make the attempt to predict horror movies that we think we will enjoy!

Horror Movies We Are Looking Forward To in 2024: Episode 179

The Worst Horror Movies of 2023. It's an unfortunate but needed exposure of what was awful in 2023. What is more unfortunate is that we had to watch these movies last year. You may consider this a warning. A red flag. But admit it, many of you like to kick a bad movie when it's down. Our advice? Kick away! You love this. We know you do.

The Worst Horror Movies of 2023: Episode 178

The Scariest Things writing team didn't have a consensus #1 film, but all four of the films that reached the top spot are likely to become instant classics, remembered for decades to come. If you want a sampler platter of tasty tasty horror, then listen to the FIVE top ten lists in our roundtable discussion in Podcast Episode 177: The Best Horror Movies of 2023.

The Best Horror Movies of 2023: The Scariest Things Podcast 177

Just How did a bunch of reprobates like the hosts of The Scariest Things become horror junkies? For Episode 176, we gathered to discuss our experiences watching movies to determine why we got into scary films. Gateway horror movies a plenty!

The Horror Movies That Made Us: Podcast Episode 176

Hey Y'all! Fire up the barbeque and grab some sweet tea. It's time to take a trip down to SEC country to partake in some Southern Fried Horror!

Podcast Episode 175: Southern Fried Horror

The wheel gives, and sometimes it gives you something kinda lame! Our joint session with Jacki and Marissa, The Jersey Ghouls, back on Spooky Time Episode 18, continues with the second half of our epic discussion.

Podcast Episode 174: The Wheel of Misfortune Part 2

There is still some life in found footage horror.  Anthony Cousins has delivered one of the best shaky cam offerings in many years. It helps to have an underappreciated new cryptid, the Frogman of Loveland Ohio. It's a genuinely frightening film, in glorious low-res high-8 film. Anthony spent some time sharing his process with The Scariest Things.

An Interview with Frogman (2023) Director Anthony Cousins

It's our Wheel of Misfortune Franchise Extravaganza (part 1)!

The Scariest Things Podcast Episode 173: The Wheel of Misfortune Has Been Spun- Part 1!

Just in time for Halloween, Liz sat down and chatted with film and television editor, Jeremy Cohen to talk about his most recent project Totally Killer!

The Scariest Things Podcast: An Interview with “Totally Killer” editor Jeremy Cohen

Dr. Rebekah McKendry is a Renaissance Woman in Horror Cinema.  She carries the unique position of not only being a director, but also is a professor of film at USC (Just the best film school in the world, right?)  Dr. McKendry was the keynote speaker at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival, and we got an opportunity to talk with her backstage to talk all things Cosmic, including her terrific film Glorious.

The Scariest Things Podcast: An Interview with Glorious Director and USC Film Professor Rebekah McKendry

Cosmic Horror screenwriting legend Dennis Paoli joined Eric Li to discuss his collaborations with Stuart Gordon, Barbara Crampton, and the new film Suitable Flesh. The master storyteller is not surprisingly a real fun interview. Enjoy this special Podcast Extra!

The Scariest Things Podcast: An interview with legendary screenwriter Dennis Paoli

We've got a full house, and are fully loaded with reviews, previews, and news of festivals, books, and upcoming genre films!  Check out Episode 25!

Spooky Time Episode 25

Cosmic fishiness, served up multiple ways, and one of the freakiest museum anywhere await in the latest Spooky Time.  Liz and Eric literally travel the Earth (and the internet) to share the best in spooky in Spooky Time 24.

Spooky Time Episode 24

Do you have the self control and common sense to survive a horror movie event?  Georgina Black is here to present a tactical means to beat all those horror tropes that will allow you to be a Final Girl (Guy).  Trust me, there are some tips and tricks that would have saved many a horror movie character if they had her knowledge. Find out in this TST Podcast Extra, live from the Cabin in the Woods Film Festival!

The Scariest Things Podcast Extra: How to Survive a Horror Film with Georgina Black

It's Horror, eh?  Get ready to experience a dose of Great White North horror in The Scariest Things Epsisode 172: Canadian Horror: AKA The David Cronenberg Invitational.  Actually, Canadian Horror is much deeper than that auteur king of body horror, but you know we have to start there.  The Scariest Things have picked out some deep cut choices from our Canuck neighbors!

The Scariest Things Podcast Episode 172: Canadian Horror Movies

As we enter into fall, Spooky Time takes some time to preview some upcoming big titles, as well as a promising franchise fan film, and we also look back at the best horror short films from the first half of 2023.

Spooky Time Episode 23

It's an exercise we all learned from the moment we started reading.  Learn your ABCs by associating words with letters.  Imagine if you learned how to read and write by associating the alphabet with horror movies.  That's the theme of The Scariest Things Podcast episode 171.   Write your own list, before you listen to our selections, and play along!

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