Although 2024 has passed, so many horror films were released that I am still playing catch-up to see them all!

You might have loved some and hated others, but there's no denying that the horror genre flourished in 2024 and continues to be one of our most diverse storytelling styles.

From traditional Gothic stories to deconstructed slashers to experimental monster movies to international versions of demons, there was something for every type of horror fan!

Join me as I examine twenty-five horror films to give my view of the "state of the horror union" for 2024. I'll discuss some of my favorites and the trends I noticed, and I'll also cover the movies that, for better or worse, influenced the constant evolution of the world's greatest genre!

I hope you enjoy the show!

Movies discussed:

Late Night With the Devil

Immaculate

The First Omen

Heretic

Strange Darling

Cuckoo

The Shout (1978)

A Quiet Place Day One

Nosferatu

Maxxine

Vice Squad (1982)

Angel (1983)

Terrifier 3

Oddity

Daddy’s Head

Starve Acre

The Haunting of Julia (1977)

Exhuma

Stopmotion

MadS

I Saw the TV Glow

The Coffee Table

In a Violent Nature

Caddo Lake

Things Will Be Different

Sleep

Longlegs

Azrael

The Substance

It's time for more Horror for the Holidays, and this year, we have double the chills and thrills to celebrate!

First, the tradition of telling ghost stories for Christmas gets a new annual series from Severin Films called The Haunted Season, and the first episode streams on Shudder through December, with a new film every Christmas season!

My guests are acclaimed author, producer, and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse (Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, House of Psychotic Women), the show's creator and executive producer, and director Sean Hogan (The Devil’s Business, England's Screaming), who wrote and directed this year's offering, To Fire You Come at Last.

And if that isn't enough, Kier-La and Severin recently released the much-anticipated box set, ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS: A COMPENDIUM OF FOLK HORROR VOLUME TWO, containing 24 films representing 18 countries!

Join Kier-La, Sean, and me as we talk about the intersection of folk horror, folklore, ghost stories, diverse traditions and myths worldwide, the movies they inspire, and at least a dozen horror obsessions!

I hope you enjoy the show!

Movies/shows/books discussed:

KING KONG (1933)

HORROR EXPRESS (1972)

…AND THEN IT HAPPENED (1972)

APACHES (1977)

ABC MOVIES OF THE WEEK (1969-1975)

BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW (1971)

BOWERY BOYS, DEAD-END KIDS (1946-1958)

DEAD OF NIGHT: THE EXORCISM (1972)

EDGE OF THE KNIFE (2019)

A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS (BBC) INITIAL RUN: 1971-1978

HARDY BOYS, NANCY DREW MYSTERIES (1977-1979)

TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST (2023)

WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR (2021)

PAPER MAN (1971)

PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987)

QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (1967)

RITES OF MAY (1976)

LEGEND OF HILLBILLY JOHN (1972)

STALLS OF BARCHESTER (1971)

WHISTLE AND I’LL COME TO YOU (1968)

THE SIGNALMAN (1976)

STIGMA (1977)

THE TRACTATE MIDDOTH (2013)

THE BODY SNATCHER (1945)

THE HALLOW (2015)

SCOOBY DOO

WORKS OF STEPHEN KING

WORKS OF V.C. ANDREWS

FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND

FANGORIA

FANTASTIC FEST-ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE

NIGEL KNEALE

Welcome to PART TWO of our dive into Hong Kong CAT III films, the classification of the most outrageous, transgressive, explicit, and violent films. These films, made by a group of wild and unpredictable filmmakers, thrived from 1988 until the British Handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997.

Hong Kong audiences loved these extremely unhinged movies, and their reputation spread across the globe!

Join my guest Ryan Smith of legendary Dreamhaven Books in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of the premiere experts on CAT III films, for this look at some of the heavy hitters of CAT III!

I hope you enjoy the show!

Movies Discussed:

BROTHER OF DARKNESS (1994)

UNDERGROUND BANKER (1994)

NAKED KILLER (1992)

SEX AND ZEN (1991)

THE ETERNAL EVIL OF ASIA (1995)