Tom Blyth & Daniel Webber (Billy the Kid); Summer H. Howell & Brandon Christensen (Night of the Reaper)

Pop Culture Weekly doubles up with horror thrills and historical legends! First, Kyle McMahon kicks off spooky season with Night of the Reaper - a slick, 80s-vibed Shudder original - chatting with star Summer H. Howell (Chucky, the new Carrie) and writer-director Brandon Christensen about crafting a killer babysitter prologue, Pat Benatar dance breaks, and why scares land harder when the heart shows up first.Then we trade pumpkins for pistols as Tom Blyth and Daniel Webber ride in to unpack the triumphant, emotional final season of Billy the Kid on MGM+: brotherhood, rivalries, and filming like a true Western—horses, mountains, and all. Plus, Kyle celebrates his debut book 31 Days of Horror: Pop Culture Weekly’s Killer Guide to Surviving the 31 Day Horror Movie Challenge (it hit #7 on Amazon’s Horror charts!) and dares you to join the movie-a-night challenge.In this episode:Summer H. Howell on embracing the “scream queen” crown - and that surprise dance sceneBrandon Christensen on building 80s authenticity on an indie budgetThe Halloween-tradition vibe they hope Night of the Reaper earnsTom Blyth & Daniel Webber on closing the book with a big, cinematic Western finaleWhy Billy the Kid’s themes of resistance and humanity hit right nowStream the picks: Night of the Reaper (Shudder) • Billy the Kid S3 (MGM+)If you dig the show, subscribe, rate, and share—and tell your mom; she and Kyle would absolutely get along.📍 Watch now on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast platform🎧 Subscribe for more celeb interviews, streaming picks and pop culture deep dives!🗣️ Want to be featured on the show? 📱 Leave a voicemail here!📧 Join the newsletter to get exclusive content, interviews & more once a week! Subscribe here!--------------------------Kyle McMahon's Death, Grief & Other Sh*t We Don't Discuss is now streaming. Listen here!--------------------------Get all the Pop Culture Weekly podcast info you could want including extra content, uncut interviews, photos, videos & transcripts at Podcast.PopCultureWeekly.comWatch celebrity interviews at Pop Culture Weekly's YouTube!Read the latest at PopCultureWeekly.comGet Social with Kyle on:Kyle McMahon FacebookKyle McMahon InstagramKyle McMahon TikTok Pop Culture Weekly YouTubeKyle McMahon Website