Episodes
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The Cycle Review: Turning the Monster Movie Inside Out | Full Episode
This week we dig into the mystery behind Shudder's new monster movie, "The Cycle", starring Deborah Ann Woll and Jeffrey Donovan. We're talking about the film's impressive practical effects, nostalgia for bleak 2000s procedurals, fantastic lead performances, the monster twist and more. Then, our...
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Jordan Downey Interview: Why The Cycle Director fought to hide the monster
The Cycle, Shudder's newest release, is a werewolf movie wrapped in a dark police procedural. The film's director, Jordan Downey, sat down with BGH recently to discuss his horror hit, including building the story around a twist, hiding his monster from the trailers, what draws him to a horror…
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Clayface, body horror hit or comic book misfire? (Plus, BGH is 19!)
BGH turns 19-YEARS-OLD this week, and to celebrate we're reviewing the latest from DC Studios, "Clayface". We dig into this body horror tinged take on a villain origin story and ask the question, is it actually a horror film? We also discuss the melty, gooey special effects, Mike Flanagan's...
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Breeder Director: True story behind his sperm donor horror movie | Alex Goyette Interview
Breeder is the new psychological horror film from director Alex Goyette, in theaters now. In this exclusive interview, he discusses the crazy real world origin of the idea for this movie, how he approached the balance between scares and humor, and why he knew from the start who should play the...
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Deborah Ann Woll and Jeffrey Donovan Interview: The Cycle's shocking monster transformation and more surprises
We interview Jeffrey Donovan and Debra Ann Woll about their new horror movie The Cycle, out now exclusively on Shudder. We talk about the film's shocking monster effects and their deep connection to their characters. The film, directed by Jordan Downey, is about a forensic anthropologist whose...
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Insidious: Out of the further. Dentists, grapefruits, and bad decisions
This week we venture into Insidious: Out of the Further, and beg the question, how has a series built on the fear of the unknown become so hellbent on explaining everything that happens in such excruciating detail? Plus, the cringiest character of the year, Lin Shaye takes her place as the Dr....
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Hallowarrior Interview | Milly Shapiro (Hereditary) and Ben Sottak on cozy horror, found family, and masks in the post apocalypse
What makes a horror movie a Halloween classic? Director Ben Sottak and Hereditary star Milly Shapiro join Bloody Good Horror to discuss Hallowarrior, Shudder's new post-apocalyptic horror film that combines gruesome violence, Halloween nostalgia, and an unexpectedly hopeful coming-of-age story....
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Other Mommy Review: A Flawed Horror Movie Worth Defending?
The internet has made up its mind about Other Mommy, but the BGH crew has a more complicated take. We debate Rob Savage’s ambitious, occasionally overstuffed horror film, from Jessica Chastain’s uncanny dual performance and the increasingly surreal set pieces to the emotional story underneath it...
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VHS Mixtape Interview: How Lovecraft, Killer Henson Puppets and Experimental Sound Became Horror
Rachel sits down with three of the filmmakers behind V/H/S/Mixtape (2026) to discuss the latest entry in the found-footage horror anthology and the creative ideas behind their segments. David Moreau (Ils (Them), The Eye), Renée Zhan (She (Snake)), and Ernest Dickerson (Juice, Tales from the…
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Carrie at 50: The Movie That Never Stopped Being Relevant
Carrie turns 50, and Bloody Good Horror is going back to Brian De Palma's 1976 classic to figure out why it still hits so hard. Based on Stephen King's first published novel, Carrie became a landmark horror film thanks to Sissy Spacek's unforgettable performance, Piper Laurie's terrifying turn as...
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Other Mommy Director Rob Savage Interview: Jessica Chastain is "mind-blowingly terrifying"
Director Rob Savage joins Bloody Good Horror to discuss Other Mommy, his terrifying adaptation of Josh Malerman’s novel hitting theaters October 9th. Savage talks about translating the book’s cosmic horror to the screen, creating scares in broad daylight, and finding new ways to keep audiences…
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Shudder's Infirmary Was Shot in a Real Abandoned Hospital | Nicholas Pineda Interview
Director Nicolas Pineda joins Bloody Good Horror to talk about Infirmary, the new found-footage horror film out NOW on Shudder. Pineda takes us inside the making of the film, from the real abandoned hospital that became its setting to the bizarre stories that emerged during production. He talks...
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Scream Turns 30: How It Conquered Pop Culture by Breaking the rules
Scream turns 30, and Bloody Good Horror takes a deep dive into the movie that reshaped not only the horror genre, but wider pop culture. We look at the lightning in a bottle created by the joining of fright master Wes Craven with the voice of 90s youth, Kevin Williamson, how it brilliantly…
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Mike P. Nelson on Beware Boiúna, Filming in the Amazon, and Finding His Voice as a Filmmaker | Interview
Director Mike P. Nelson joins us to talk about Beware Boiúna, his new theatrical horror film set deep in the Amazon rainforest. Mike discusses the real-world environmental conflict that inspired the film, the folklore behind Boiúna, and the decision to create a fictional indigenous tribe. He also...
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Resident Evil 2026 Review: Did Zach Cregger bring RE back from the dead?
This week on Bloody Good Horror we debate Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil (2026)... what works, what doesn’t, and whether the movie really understands what makes the games special. We discuss Austin Abram's leading man performance, the incredible creature design, survival horror tropes, abundant...
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TERRORVISION Turns 40: Ted Nicolaou on making the cult classic, Subspecies series and more
TerrorVision is turning 40, and we’re celebrating with director Ted Nicolaou, the filmmaker behind one of the strangest and most memorable cult horror movies of the 1980s. In this wide-ranging interview, Nicolaou looks back at the making of TerrorVision, from the film’s bizarre concept and…
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Night of the Creeps Turns 40: A Glorious 80s Horror Romp
Night of the Creeps (1986) turns 40 this year and we're throwing a birthday party for Fred Dekker's horror comedy romp. How it turned from being a box office flop to a VHS legend, surviving its first disastrous screening, and why it's the quintessential Tom Atkins performance. Plus, Jon and Eric...
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Buddy (2026) — The Creepy Horror of Happy Children’s TV
What if your favorite childhood TV show was actually a nightmare? This week, Bloody Good Horror reviews "Buddy", the bizarre new horror movie from "Too Many Cooks" creator Casper Kelly. What begins as a seemingly innocent children’s program quickly becomes a surreal nightmare involving an orange...
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: A Horror Movie About Liberation
We are wildly In love with Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma... and completely divided. Director Jane Schoenbrun's follow-up to "I Saw the TV Glow" is a dense, sexy, gorgeous, titillating quantum leap of a film that asks the question; where is the line between being scared and being turned on?...
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"The Boy" Turns 10 | William Brent Bell on the Twist That Almost Didn't Happen
"The Boy" (2016) and it's titular doll "Brahms" are both turning 10 this year. We sat down with director William Brent Bell to discuss the twist ending that made his horror movie an instant cult classic, his sleeper hit "Orphan: First Kill", and his cult videogame movie "Stay Alive" (2006), also...
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Buffet Infinity Is The Weirdest Cosmic Horror Movie We've Ever Seen
Join the Bloody Good Horror crew and guest Joe Ferry (Films at First Sight) for a deep dive into Buffet Infinity... a cosmic horror, found footage, comedy, satire, critique on capitalism and all around one of the weirdest movies we've ever covered. Plus, we hear directly from Buffet Infinity's...
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The End of Oak Street | It Follows Director's New Dinosaur Movie Is Pure Monster Madness
This week we're reviewing The End of Oak Street, a dinosaur horror movie disguised as a throwback 80s adventure. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star in David Robert Mitchell's (It Follows) new film where a suburban street is transported back 80 million years in the past. We break down why it's a...
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Tom McLoughlin Interview | Why Jason Lives Still Works 40 Years Later
Jason Lives turns 40 this year, and we recently caught up with director Tom McLoughlin to learn more about the fan-favorite Friday the 13th sequel. McLoughlin discusses the creative process behind bringing Jason back from the dead, adding humor and self-awareness to the franchise, battling the…
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Jason Lives turns 40: The Friday the 13th sequel that changed everything
Jason Lives turns 40 this month, and we're revisiting the film that changed the Friday the 13th franchise forever. Plus, our old friend Joe returns to the show for the first time in 5 years. We discuss how the film brought much-needed humor and self-awareness to the series, why it remains a fan...
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How Benjamin Byron Davis built Ice Cream Man's most mysterious character
Benjamin Byron Davis joins Bloody Good Horror to discuss his role as the mysterious priest in Eli Roth's Ice Cream Man 🍦 We talk about drawing inspiration from horror icons like Dr. Loomis, working with Eli Roth, building the mythology behind the film, and why the best horror stories are built…
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The Fly turns 40: Why it's still horror's greatest tragedy
David Cronenberg's The Fly turns 40 this August, and we're revisiting one of the greatest, and most disturbing, body horror films ever made. This week, the Bloody Good Horror crew discusses Jeff Goldblum's unforgettable performance, the film's practical effects, its themes of aging and mortality,...
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Eli Roth on How Horror Took Over the 2000s | Ice Cream Man
One of horror's most influential filmmakers joins Bloody Good Horror. Eli Roth sits down with us to discuss his upcoming film, Ice Cream Man, while looking back on the era that transformed modern horror. From Cabin Fever and Hostel to the rise of the Splat Pack, Eli reflects on how horror broke...
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The Omen at 50: The horror movie that captured America's fears... and still does
This week, Bloody Good Horror celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Omen. Rather than simply revisiting a horror classic, we explore the cultural moment that gave birth to one of the most influential supernatural films ever made. We discuss Richard Donner's classic Hollywood direction, Jerry...
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Evil Dead Burn review | What is a modern Evil Dead movie?
The Evil Dead franchise returns with Evil Dead Burn, and we have plenty to say. We review the newest chapter in the series, compare it to Evil Dead (2013) and Evil Dead Rise, debate whether the franchise has lost some of the personality that made the originals so memorable, the film's intense...
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Why The Evil Dead (1981) is still the blueprint for indie horror
Nearly 45 years after its release, Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead remains one of horror's most influential films. We revisit the original with fresh eyes, exploring why it still feels punk and transgressive, why it remains one of the greatest examples of low-budget horror filmmaking ever put on…
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How one cold email led to directing a feature for The Asylum | Anthony Frith Interview
Most filmmakers spend years trying to land their first feature. Anthony Frith did it with a single email. In this conversation, he shares how one cold email led to directing The Land That Time Forgot for The Asylum, what he learned making his first feature, and why he documented the entire...
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John Harrison on George Romero, Creepshow & the golden age of independent horror
John Harrison has worn many hats throughout his career—director, composer, writer, and one of George A. Romero's closest creative collaborators during one of the most influential periods in horror history. In this conversation, we look back on Harrison's years working alongside Romero, the making...
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Leviticus Review | Does the horror work as well as the message?
The Bloody Good Horror crew reviews “Leviticus”, one of the year's most talked-about indie horror films—sparking one of our deepest (and most divided) discussions in recent memory. While the panel agrees that “Leviticus” has powerful things to say about identity, faith, and the queer experience,...
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Disclosure Day is out of touch. Plus, would the modern world even blink at aliens?
This week the BGH crew emerges from the theater to review Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day”, and along the way asks the question; What happens when an 80 year old tries to say something profound and completely misses the mark? We also talk about tall greys, our own feelings on aliens and…
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Do the Wayans brothers actually LIKE horror? Scary Movie (2026) and what makes a GOOD horror parody
This week we’re reviewing the return of the Scary Movie franchise. We discuss the endless list of dated references, significant time spent on non-horror movies, the Wayans penchant for punching down, and whether or not Gen X are the new Boomers. Plus, what makes a truly great horror parody, and...
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Backrooms terrifies while destroying at the box office, plus Ice Cream man disgusts | Bloody Good Horror Review
BGH enters the liminal this week as we review 20-year-old Kane Parson’s “Backrooms”, the film that’s been slaughtering the competition at the box office this summer. We discuss the liminal horror movement and its ties to Gen Z anxieties, the movie versus the web series, found footage, cameos,...
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Passenger falls short, while Obsession breaks records | Bloody Good Horror Review
This week the BGH crew hits the open road with the aggressively mediocre horror film “Passenger”. We discuss the hobo code, jump scares, the logic leaps, the "van life" cliches, and the very Buhguul-like demon. Plus, Obsession has a record breaking week two at the box office, and we dip our toes...
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Obsession, scariest film of the year? | BGH Review
Is Obsession the scariest horror film of the year? We dive into the new release from Youtuber turned horror dynamo Curry Barker, including his exploration of Gen Z social and dating struggles, the film’s ties to “Incel Horror”, and why Obsession’s original ending was MUCH darker. One programming...
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Mortal Kombat II is a 90s fever dream | BGH Review
It's time for BGH to enter the ring with "Mortal Kombat II", and it goes exactly how you would expect. Eric is geeking out, Jon is exasperated, and the crew tries their best to make sense of this loud, campy, fever dream of a sequel. Also, Eric shares his retro MK collection, our live viewers…
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Frogman Returns director Anthony Cousins | Interview
Anthony Cousins won over found footage horror fans big time in 2023 with his ode to Ohio's famous cryptid, the aptly titled "Frogman". Since then, Anthony and his indie film have amassed a cult following, that has even lead to the establishment of a Frogman convention in Loveland Ohio, the real...
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Horror masterpiece | BGH Reviews “Hokum”
This week the original BGH witch returns, when our very own CC joins the cast to discuss “Hokum”, starring Adam Scott. Along the way we discuss the film’s butt puckering jump scares, spooky symbols, and ties to a larger universe of the director’s work. Plus, find out what CC’s been up to for the...
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A horror film powered by millennial angst, "Buffet Infinity" | Simon Glassman Interview
Rachel sits down with Canadian Director Simon Glassman to discuss his surrealistic, cosmic horror comedy Buffet Infinity. A profoundly original film that weaves millennial nostalgia for local cable commercials into a terrifying and hilarious battle over business and the fate of reality itself.…
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More than a remake - “Faces of Death” (2026) horror review
This week, the BGH gang dives into the meta slasher “Faces of Death” (2026)—a surprisingly entertaining meditation on online violence and its consumption. Inspired by one of the most notorious shockumentaries ever made, this modern horror film explores the blurred line between reality and...
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Skip the deviled eggs - Lee Cronin’s “The Mummy” review
This week Jason from Dads from the Crypt joins us to discuss the latest theatrical horror film, “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy”. A fascinating and messy mix of influences, vibes and emotions. Along the way we theorize on how this movie came to be, discuss Casey’s ill timed bathroom break, and eventually...
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"Entertaining mess" - The Bride, horror review
This week the BGH crew walks down the aisle with "The Bride", a bizarre, audacious, modern retelling of Bride of Frankenstein, from Director Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Anette Benning, Penelope Cruz and Jake Gyllenhaal. In the 1930s Chicago, groundbreaking...
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"Insane, weird things." - Deathstalker director Steven Kostanski Interview
This week the wildly imaginative director of cult hits like "Deathstalker", "Frankie Freako" and "Psycho Goreman" chats with BGH on why he prefers monsters over sex in his movies, the struggles of being an independent filmmaker, and the threat AI poses to creators of all kinds. His latest film,...
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Fungus amongus - "Cold Storage" horror review
This week the BGH crew reviews the 2026 horror comedy "Cold Storage" starring Liam Neeson and Joe Keery.
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Old Money - "They Will Kill You"
This week we take on the action/horror film "They Will Kill You".
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Here I Come: "Ready or Not 2" horror review
This week we discuss "Ready or not 2: Here I Come" starring Samara Waving and Kathryn Newton.
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Audible horror - "Undertone" horror movie review
This week we review the indie horror hit "Undertone", the latest release from A24.