A Darkish Cinema Podcast
by Ash and Dreams, LLC
Join James and Sunni as they discuss, dissect, and deconstruct Horror and Horror “Adjacent” films from the points of view of a Film Studies student (James) and a casual moviegoer (Sunni).In addition to conventional horror, we will also be examining:-Dark and sometimes High-Concept Comedies-Dark and Surrealist Fantasies-Thrillers, Suspense, Drama and Adventures that include supernatural and/or psychological elements-Murder Mysteries-Crime and Film Noir, especially those surrounding murder and/or murder plots-Folk and Fairy Tales-Serial Killers-Descents Into Madness and Insanity-Etc.
Episodes
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20261101
Season 5 Episode 49 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In these episodes cover breaking news, read your comments, answer your questions, talk about our other favorite podcasts, and go over the most recent offerings from horror / late night movie hosts, classic film re-releases,...
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JSM 07 (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL) - The Pumpkin Karver (2006), The Clown Murders (1976), Candy Corn (2019), Hollow Gate (1988), Jack-O (1995)
Halloween Special Season 5 Episode 48 - MY WIFE HATES STUPID MOVIES AND SHE WON'T WATCH THEM WITH ME. Here are 5 of those films that I watched recently. ENJOY! The Pumpkin Karver (2006), The Clown Murders (1976), Candy Corn (2019), Hollow Gate (1988), Jack-O (1995)...
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SP 5.20 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation A.K.A. The Return Of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995) HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR HALLOWEEN Season 5 Episode 47 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995), also known as The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, strands four teenagers, includinga terrified yet badass Renée Zellweger with a family of murderous lunatics, including...
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SP 5.19 - Leatherface The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR HALLOWEEN Season 5 Episode 46 - Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) sends a young couple straight into the path of Leatherface and his deeply dysfunctional cannibal family, who apparently consider roadside hospitality a felony involving power tools.…
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SP 5.18 - Night Of The Living Dead (1990) HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR HALLOWEEN Season 5 Episode 45 - Night of the Living Dead (1990) traps a group of strangers in a farmhouse while the dead rise from their graves and turn rural Pennsylvania into an all-you-can-eat human buffet. Between Barbara discovering her inner badass, a family falling...
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SP 5.17 - Scream (1996) HALLOWEEN & 30TH ANNIVERSARY SEPCIAL
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: HALLOWEEN & 30TH ANNIVERSARY SEPCIAL Season 5 Episode 44 - Scream (1996) follows a small-town teenager and her friends as a masked killer turns their lives into a slasher movie, complete with phone calls, gruesome murders, and an unhealthy obsession with horror trivia....
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20261025
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 43 - It is time for our Weekly Update &…
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SP 5.16 - Coraline (2009) LILLY'S BIRTHDAY PICK
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: LILLY'S BIRTHDAY Season 5 Episode 42 - Coraline (2009) follows a neglected young girl who discovers an alternate world where her parents are loving and everyone has buttons for eyes, which should probably be the first clue that something is horrifically fucked up. Turns out...
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SPECIAL - Red Fern Reaper Film Festival Recap
Season 5 Episode 41 - SPECIAL - Red Fern Reaper Film Festival Recap SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DARRELL AT STRICKNYNE FILMS FOR A GREAT WEEKEND!!! Can't wait to do it again!!! Click Here for information on The Red Fern Reaper Fest - Stricknyne Films on...
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JSM 06 (Red Fern Reaper Film Festival Special) - CarousHELL 3 (2023), Ssssstoner Snake (2025), Bathtub Shark Attack (2023), Bigfoot Exorcist (2024), The Exotic Zoo Of Terror (2026)
Red Fern Reaper Film Festival Special Season 5 Episode 40 - MY WIFE HATES STUPID MOVIES AND SHE WON'T WATCH THEM WITH ME. Here are 5 of those films that I watched recently. ENJOY! JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES'...
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SP 5.15 - Halloween With The New Addams Family (1977) RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF CAROLYN JONES
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF CAROLYN JONES Season 5 Episode 39 - Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) reunites America’s favorite nightmare neighbors for a Halloween special where the family’s idea of wholesome entertainment involves creepy...
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SP 5.14 - Army Of Frankensteins (2013) RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF JOHN FERGUSON A.K.A. COUNT GREGORE
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF JOHN FERGUSON A.K.A. COUNT GREGORE Season 5 Episode 38 - Army of Frankensteins (2014) takes one lovesick guy, a mad scientist, a child genius named Igor, and a lightning-powered dimensional accident, then dumps the entire…
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SP 5.13 - Bonehill Road (2017) RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF TODD SHEETS AND LINNEA QUIGLEY
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF TODD SHEETS AND LINNEA QUIGLEY Season 5 Episode 37 - Bonehill Road (2017) is what happens when a mother and daughter flee an abusive situation and discover that the world has apparently decided to make their lives even worse...
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SP 5.12 - Twisted Issues (1988) RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF CHARLES PINION
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF CHARLES PINION Season 5 Episode 36 - Twisted Issues (1988) is what happens when a Gainesville punk documentary gets possessed by a zombie, shoved into a blender with a skateboard, and drenched in homemade gore. After a group…
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SP 5.11 - Glen Or Glenda (1953) RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF EDWARD D. WOOD JR.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF EDWARD D. WOOD JR. Season 5 Episode 35 - Glen or Glenda (1953) is an astonishingly sincere attempt to portray the struggles of gender identity that is repeatedly ambushed by some of the most baffling filmmaking decisions ever...
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20261011
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 34 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast...
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SPECIAL - Red Fern Reaper Film Festival Preview
Season 5 Episode 33 - SPECIAL - Red Fern Reaper Film Festival Preview MERCH STORE IS LIVE!!! https://adarkishcinemapodcast.dashery.com PROMOS AND PARTNERSHIPS: Oklahoma Legend COUNT GREGORE on Facebook. Contact for biography, documentary, and/or…
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JSM 05 - Curse Of The Swamp Creature (1968), Dinogeist (2026), The Amazing Bulk (2012), CarousHELL (2016), CarousHELL The 2nd (2021)
SUPER SPECIAL NOTE: The last two films of this episode begin our preview of The Red Fern Reaper Film Festival!!! Join us Oct 16 & 17 in Tahlequah, OK. Season 5 Episode 32 - MY WIFE HATES STUPID MOVIES AND SHE WON'T WATCH THEM WITH ME. Here are 5 of those films that I watched recently. ENJOY!...
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OSS 5.02 - King Kong (1976), The Backrooms (2026), The Cocaine Fiends A.K.A. The Pace That Kills (1935) Marama (2025), Sissy (2022)
Season 5 Episode 31 - Here are 5 films that we watched outside of our regular podcast schedule. ENJOY! King Kong (1976) An oil company expedition discovers a mysterious island where a giant ape named Kong becomes obsessed with the rescued castaway Dwan. The Petrox Corporation captures him for a…
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JSM 04 - Amityville Rex (2026), Ouija Room A.K.A. Haunting Inside (2019), Big Bad CGI Monsters (2024), Reptilians (2024), Kong Vs. Megacock (2026)
Season 5 Episode 30 - MY WIFE HATES STUPID MOVIES AND SHE WON'T WATCH THEM WITH ME. Here are 5 of those films that I watched recently. ENJOY! JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES)…
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20261004
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 29 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast…
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SP 5.10 - The Backrooms (2026)
SPECIAL PRESENTATION Season 5 Episode 28 - Backrooms (2026) is what happens when a perfectly normal furniture showroom basement contains a doorway that absolutely should not exist, and someone decides to open it anyway. A therapist follows a missing patient into an endless maze of yellow rooms,...
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SP 5.09 - King Kong (1976) PETER CULLEN MEMORIAL EPISODE
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: PETER CULLEN MEMORIAL EPISODE Season 5 Episode 27 - King Kong (1976) takes the basic idea of “giant ape meets beautiful woman” and decides that what the story really needs is a gigantic set, a helicopter assault, and a whole lot more explosions. Jessica Lange gets dropped…
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JSM 03 - ZillaFoot (2019), Sting Of Death (1966), Amityville Exorcism (2017), Noah's Shark (2021), House On Haunted Hill (2024)
Season 5 Episode 26 - MY WIFE HATES STUPID MOVIES AND SHE WON'T WATCH THEM WITH ME. Here are 5 of those films that I watched recently. ENJOY! JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) ZillaFoot...
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OSS 5.01 - King Kong (1933), The Terminator (1984), Freaked (1993), Phantasm (1979), The Rocky Horror Picture show (1975)
Season 5 Episode 25 - Here are 5 films that we watched outside of our regular podcast schedule. ENJOY! King Kong (1933) A filmmaker’s expedition to a mysterious island uncovers a colossal ape who becomes the unwilling star of a very different kind of show business. Equal parts adventure, romance,...
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SP 5.08 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) TIM CURRY MEMORIAL EPISODE
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: TIM CURRY MEMORIAL EPISODE Season 5 Episode 24 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) is what happens when a perfectly ordinary couple takes a wrong turn and accidentally discovers that their evening plans have been hijacked by corsets, aliens, rock ’n’ roll, and the world’s...
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20260927
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 23 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In...
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JSM 02 - Amityville Bigfoot (2024), Amityville In Space (2022), Christmas Twister (2012), Krampus In Space (2026), The Cocaine Fiends A.K.A. The Pace That Kills (1935)
Season 5 Episode 22 - MY WIFE HATES STUPID MOVIES AND SHE WON'T WATCH THEM WITH ME. Here are 5 of those films that I watched recently. ENJOY! JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Amityville...
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(276-300) OSS 4.05 - Anthropophagus (1980), Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986), Hokum (2026), The Skeleton Key (2005), The Hunt (2020)
RANKINGS UPDATED!!! MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 21 - Here are 5 films that we watched...
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20260920
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 20 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In these...
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JSM 01 - Bigfoot Goes To Hell (2023), Trump Vs. The Illuminati (2020), Venus DIE-Trap (2025), Puppet Shark (2023), Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967)
Season 5 Episode 19 - MY WIFE HATES STUPID MOVIES AND SHE WON'T WATCH THEM WITH ME. Here are 5 of those films that I watched recently. ENJOY! JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Bigfoot Goes to...
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20260913
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 18 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In these...
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SP 5.07 - Phantasm (1979) REGGIE BANNISTER MEMORIAL EPISODE
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: REGGIE BANNISTER MEMORIAL EPISODE Season 5 Episode 17 - Phantasm (1979) is what happens when a funeral home becomes the headquarters of an interdimensional nightmare and nobody bothers to call the authorities. A teenage boy investigates a suspicious mortician, discovers...
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SP 5.06 - Freaked (1993) SCREAMING MAD GEORGE MEMORIAL EPISODE
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: SCREAMING MAD GEORGE MEMORIAL EPISODE Season 5 Episode 16 - Freaked (1993) is what happens when a movie star, a freak show, and a suspiciously enthusiastic chemical company walk into the same movie, and somehow things get even weirder from there. Randy Quaid runs a freak…
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20260906
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 15 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In these episodes...
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OSS 4.04 - Obsession (2025), The Last House (2026), Villains (2019), Ravenous (1999), Sea Fever (2019)
Season 5 Episode 14 - Here are 5 films that we watched outside of our regular podcast schedule. ENJOY! Obsession (2025) A hopeless romantic uses a mysterious wish-granting object to make his longtime crush fall in love with him, only to discover that getting exactly what you want can be...
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SP 5.05 - The Terminator (1984) JUDGEMENT DAY SPECIAL
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: JUDGEMENT DAY SPECIAL Season 5 Episode 13 - The Terminator (1984) is what happens when the future sends its most terrifying killing machine back in time and says, "Go murder this waitress before she gives birth to the guy who ruins everything." Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives…
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20260830
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 12 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In these episodes cover...
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SP 5.04 - King Kong (1933) JAMES' BIRTHDAY PICK
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: JAMES' BIRTHDAY Season 5 Episode 11 - King Kong (1933) is what happens when Hollywood looks at a giant ape, a remote island, dinosaurs, and an entire skyscraper and says, "Yes. Put all of that in one movie." Between stop-motion dinosaurs, miniature sets, jungle monsters, and...
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20260823
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 7 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In these episodes cover...
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SP 5.03 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) HAPPY TEXAS CHAIN SAW DAY!!!
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: TEXAS CHAIN SAW DAY Season 5 Episode 9 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) takes everything that made the first film terrifying, throws it into a blender, and then apparently lets the blender run for two hours. This time around, Leatherface and the Sawyer family have...
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SP 5.02 - Anthropophagus A.K.A. The Grim Reaper A.K.A. The Savage Island (1980) GEORGE EASTMAN MEMORIAL EPISODE
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: GEORGE EASTMAN MEMORIAL EPISODE Season 5 Episode 8 - Anthropophagus (1980), or The Grim Reaper, or The Savage Island, or whatever you want to call it is what happens when a group of tourists visits a creepy island and discovers that the local hospitality package includes...
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20260816
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 7 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In these episodes cover breaking...
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OSS 4.03 - Ice Cream Man (1995), Exit 8 (2025), Gatlopp: Hell Of A Game (2022), Blood Red River Bed (2024), Humane (2024)
Season 5 Episode 6 - Here are 5 films that we watched outside of our regular podcast schedule. ENJOY! Ice Cream Man (1995) A neighborhood ice cream man turns out to be a deranged killer who has been using his frozen treats for some decidedly non-confectionery purposes. It’s gleefully trashy ‘90s...
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SP 5.01 - The Last House (2026)
SPECIAL PRESENTATION Season 5 Episode 5 - The Last House (2026) is what happens when the apocalypse arrives and your family discovers that leaving the house is no longer an option. For five increasingly bizarre years, they deal with constant rain, mysterious creatures outside, indoor farming,...
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20260809
MOST CURRENT RANKINGS COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 4 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In these episodes cover breaking news,...
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TV 5.1.01 From Season 2 Episode 1: Strangers in a Strange Land
Season 5 Episode 3 From – Season 2, Episode 1: “Strangers in a Strange Land” The arrival of a bus full of newcomers throws the town into chaos, forcing its residents to explain the rules of survival to people who understandably think they've all lost their minds. While Donna races to get the...
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SPECIAL - Season 5 Premiere
WELCOME TO THE SEASON PREMIERE!!! BEGINNING OF THE SEASON RANKINGS UPDATE COMPLETE SEASON 5 RANKINGS JAMES' SUPER COMPLETE TOTAL RANKINGS (INCLUDING CROSSOVER FILMS WITH WTF ARE YOU WATCHING AND THE JAMES' STUPID MOVIES SERIES) Season 5 Episode 2 - Against all odds (and advice), A Darkish...
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Weekly Update And Podcast Roundup 20260802
Season 5 Episode 1 - It is time for our Weekly Update & Podcast Roundup. In these episodes cover breaking news, read your comments, answer your questions, talk about our other favorite podcasts, and go over the most recent offerings from horror / late night movie hosts, classic film re-releases,...
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SPECIAL - Season 4 Finale
WELCOME TO THE SEASON 4 FINALE!!! END OF SEASON RANKINGS Season 4 Episode 158 - Against all odds (and advice), A Darkish Cinema Podcast has somehow survived yet another season. We've witnessed exploding heads, haunted dolls, evil mushrooms, musical cannibals, killer sharks, psychic nightmares…
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About this show
Join James and Sunni as they discuss, dissect, and deconstruct Horror and Horror “Adjacent” films from the points of view of a Film Studies student (James) and a casual moviegoer (Sunni).In addition to conventional horror, we will also be examining:-Dark and sometimes High-Concept Comedies-Dark and Surrealist Fantasies-Thrillers, Suspense, Drama and Adventures that include supernatural and/or psychological elements-Murder Mysteries-Crime and Film Noir, especially those surrounding murder and/or murder plots-Folk and Fairy Tales-Serial Killers-Descents Into Madness and Insanity-Etc.
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Ash and Dreams, LLC