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ghostbeast
by Todd and Becca
Todd and Becca met and fell in love over their shared love of horror (among other things, I guess), so it only makes sense to channel that passion into a podcast that seeks to review every horror movie ever made. So join two married, antisocial weirdos on this silly journey to share their love of horror, and each other, with strangers on the internet. Each episode starts with a spoiler free review and content warning, so don’t be scared. Look for new episodes every Thursday!
Episodes
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Critters 4 (1992) | In space, no one can hear movie franchises fading into obscurity
After being cryogenically frozen and waking up on a space station in the near future, the Critters aim to have the unwitting crew for lunch. I'd probably feel differently if this wasn't the final OG Critters movie content warning at 11:41 spoilers begin at 13:55 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube…
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Critters 3 (1991) | The Crites take Manhattan
The tiny fur ball aliens that will eat anything or anyone set their sights on a Los Angeles apartment tower. TIL this takes place in Los Angeles!? content warning at 9:45 spoilers begin at 11:04 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video content music provided by The F-use support us…
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Critters 2 (1988) | The ball is back
Eggs of the small but voracious alien creatures called Crites are left behind on earth and, after hatching, set their appetites on the small farm town of Grover's Bend. PG-13 in the 80's was punching way above its weight content warning at 9:49 spoilers begin at 12:54 ghostbeast.com check our...
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Critters (1986) | Another one for the cool guy (and girl) horror fans
A group of small but vicious alien creatures called Crites escape from an alien prison transport vessel and land near a small farm town on earth, pursued by two shape-shifting bounty hunters. Let's kick off Horrorlovefest 2026 with one of the coolest little f'er monster designs out there content...
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Resident Evil (2026) | Setting the standard for videogame adaptations
A hapless courier is tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital. He soon finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must fight through hordes of mutated creatures to survive. Spicy episodes are the most fun episodes content warning at 17:37 spoilers begin at 19:19...
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We guess horror movie titles based on Letterboxd reviews: 2020's edition | Reviews: Buffet Infinity, Touch Me
October is almost here, but we've got time for one more Spoiler Free Speedrun before the Halloween season starts! For September we're revisiting Shitterboxd, because who am I to deny Becca what she wants? And since we couldn't come up with a theme, and we just so happen to also be covering a…
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Alien Resurrection (1997) | Can we please let Sigourney Weaver make love to an alien
Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth. Alien movies need to be confined and scary or super weird, no in-between content warning at 14:10 spoilers begin at 15:47 ghostbeast.com…
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Buddy (2026) | Mascot horror: so hot right now
A brave girl and her friends must escape a kids television show. At least this one's rated R content warning at 7:02 spoilers begin at 11:37 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video content music provided by The F-use support us at ghostbeast.bigcartel.com and…
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) | A slasher for the horny gay millenials
A director making a slasher sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film's 'final girl,' leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos. Let me she/them titties content warning at 17:11 spoilers begin at 21:10 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video content music...
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We debate our top horror movies of all time | Reviews: Faces of Death, Exit 8
It's the last week of August, and that can only mean one thing - it's time to (playfully) argue with each other and review some horror movies! This month, we're forgoing a game and instead revisiting THE LIST. Each episode, we add the title we're reviewing to our massive Letterboxd list and rank…
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It Ends (2025) | Life is a highway full of existential dread
Friends on a late-night food run become trapped on an infinite highway with otherworldly terrors lurking beyond. Confined in their Jeep Cherokee, they must decide whether to accept their fate or attempt escape. Comin in hot with another mystery movie monday content warning at 10:32 spoilers begin...
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Army of Darkness (1992) | Time to get spicy with the movie that turned this series into a franchise
When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home. I always saw this as the black sheep, and my least favorite in the series. Have opinions changed over a decade later? Is Becca's first watch…
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Redux Redux (2026) | Interdimensional sci-fi revenge story with an iconic heroine
Irene Kelly travels through parallel universes, repeatedly killing her daughter's murderer. As she becomes consumed by vengeance, her humanity hangs in the balance. Not fucking with someone who will travel between dimensions just to keep killing me content warning at 7:06 spoilers begin at 10:34...
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We guess each other's top horror movies by year: Becca's Bday edition | Reviews: Night Tide, The Lure
What better way to end Becca's Birthday month than with a new episode of Spoiler Free Speedrun, complete with a brand new game! We're back to competing over how well we know each other's horror movie tastes, this time by pulling a year out of a skull bucket and guessing our top 3 favorite horror...
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Evil Dead Burn (2026) | We stray further from camp into extremity
After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life - survive even in death. #notmyevildead, but still fun content warning at 8:38 spoilers begin at 16:37 ghostbeast.com check our...
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Forbidden Fruits (2026) | Mean Girls, witchcraft, and stretching the definition of a fruit
At a mall store, Apple leads a secret witch cult with coworkers Cherry and Fig. New hire Pumpkin questions their sisterhood, forcing them to confront inner darkness or meet violent ends. TIL a pumpkin is a fruit, and a fig is a flower content warning at 10:46 spoilers begin at 13:08…
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Black Magic (1975) | Breastmilk, animal abuse, and the birth of a subgenre
A rich, young woman desires the affection of an already engaged employee by any means necessary. She learns of a black magician who can grant her what she wants after falling victim to one of his spells. One thing I love about RSS vs YouTube: I can make the titles whatever the fuck I want content...
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Leviticus (2026) | Heated Biblery
Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most - each other. I don't know why I don't just get Becca to come up with all the titles content warning at 11:37 spoilers begin at 13:13 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video content…
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We guess horror movie titles based on Letterboxd reviews: Pride Edition | Reviews: Nightbreed, Jawbreaker
Welcome back to Spoiler Free Speedrun for our Pride month extravaganza! We return to guessing horror movie titles by reading off our favorite Letterboxd reviews to each other, this time focusing on queer horror. Join us as we navigate our terrible ability to recall horror movie titles during a...
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Ginger Snaps (2000) | Teaching a generation of girls about puberty and menstruation with werewolves
Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf. Another Becca banger in the books content warning at 7:03 spoilers begin at 10:23 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video...
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The Hunger (1983) | The beauty of being a bisexual vampire, and the ugliness of addiction
A love triangle develops between a vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist. Pride month means Becca takes over hosting, Todd takes the backseat, and everyone gets a lovely, thoughtful episode content warning at 10:41 spoilers begin at 13:16 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok...
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Backrooms (2026) | Gen Z horror with a Millennial aesthetic
After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him. The suffocating claustrophobia of a massive liminal space content warning at 11:04 spoilers begin at 13:43 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video content music...
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We rank the scariest horror movies part 2 | Reviews: Influencer, Influencers, Strange Harvest
Our favorite show is back! This week we decided to follow up on our unfinished scariest movies tiermaker list, since next month will be a Pride spectacular with a new Letterboxd game. We also dive into some internet themed horror movies completely by accident. So tune in for part 2 of ?? as we...
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Obsession (2026) | Nice guy horror
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price. Somehow simultaneously really funny but also the scariest thing you've ever seen…
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Undertone (2026) | Horror for podcasters
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way. I feel seen content warning at 6:19 spoilers begin at 9:43 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video content music provided by The F-use support us at ghostbeast.bigcartel.com...
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) | The evil children are our future
As Spike is inducted into Jimmy Crystal's gang on the mainland, Dr. Kelson makes a discovery that could alter the world. Roaming around with a sadistic religious grifter vs getting high in the bone temple. I know who I'm choosing content warning at 9:31 spoilers begin at 11:14 ghostbeast.com…
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We rank the scariest horror movies | Reviews: Ready or Not 2, Primate, Frankie Freako
It's that time of the month! Join us as we bust out tiermaker like a couple of normies on the internet, and race through some spoiler free horror reviews after realizing maybe we bit off more than we can chew. This week, we decided to rank horror movies based entirely off of how scary they are,...
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Hokum (2026) | Damian McCarthy has a formula, and it's still scary as hell
A horror writer visits an Irish inn to scatter his parents' ashes, unaware the property is said to be haunted by a witch. Combine trauma, witchcraft, and creepy bunnies for a Damian McCarthy soup content warning at 12:47 spoilers begin at 14:32 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for…
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The Long Walk (2025) | Hunger Games for the boys
A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest known as "The Long Walk," in which they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot. "For the boys" means it's a classic episode where I yap too much Note: This episode was recorded a while ago, before we recorded our 2025 top 10. Check…
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Messiah of Evil (1974) | Did zombies just bring cannibal movies to the mainstream?
A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult. Maybe we need to go back to basics and reinvent the zombie content warning at 07:41 spoilers begin at 10:07 ghostbeast.com check our…
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Lady Frankenstein (1971) | An Italian horror movie, which means it's horny and has a cop plot
Baron Frankenstein's daughter and his assistant/her lover continue his experiments in an attempt to rebuild his legacy after he is killed by his psychotic, murderous first monster. Feminism means she has agency when it comes to fucking the monster content warning at 05:20 spoilers begin at 06:55...
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Welcome to Goosebeast! | Goosebumps recap S01E01
Carly Beth falls for every prank played on her. So on Halloween, she buys the scariest mask possible at an off limits room at an old store. However, little does she know that the mask has a mind of its own. After two years of talking about horror movies every week, we've decided it's time to…
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We guess horror movie titles from terrible Letterboxd reviews | Reviews: Black Phone 2, Lord of Misrule, Hush
Spoiler Free Speedrun IS BACK. Join us again for our favorite feature to record, as we play another game together and then quickly run through spoiler free reviews for horror movies we've been watching. This week, we each picked out hater-ass low reviews on Letterboxd for some of our favorite...
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Frewaka (2025) | Generational trauma and oppression told through the lens of Irish folk horror
Follow a student of nursing palliative care, who is plagued by a trauma from her past that has a disorienting effect on her present, her relationship, her career and her ability to function. Can't be uplifting without understanding the lessons first content warning at 07:53 spoilers begin at…
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The Boxer's Omen (1983) | We delve into the Chinese black magic horror genre, and there's no coming back
While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic. I'd play Pokemon if the battles were like this content warning at 05:51 spoilers begin at 13:12 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and…
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Honey Bunch (2026) | Sometimes we gaslight our partner out of love
When Diana wakes from a coma with memory loss, she and her husband seek experimental treatments at a remote facility. As the procedures intensify, their marriage is put to the test and Diana begins to question her husband's true motives. We have so many relationship horror subgenres now content...
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We guess each other's top 10 horror movies from 2025 | Reviews: Send Help, Bone Lake, Megan 2.0
Since we're falling behind on covering every horror movie ever made, this week we're introducing a new show that we're calling Spoiler Free Speedrun. Once a month, we'll open the show with some kind of game that we will likely struggle to play, followed by quick, casual, spoiler free reviews for...
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ghostbeast's Top 10 horror movies of 2025 ranked LIVE
Now that we've caught up on 2025 releases, we come together once again to rank the top 10 horror movies from last year. This time, we're ranking the list during the podcast, so expect plenty of intense conflict and bargaining as we try really hard not to agree on everything. We also pull back the...
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The Love Witch (2016) | Technicolor sex magic
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences. Becca didn't even need a piss jar to make me fall in love with her content warning at 05:23 spoilers begin at 07:53 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video content music provided…
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Ganja and Hess (1973) | The 70's arthouse vampire movie audiences weren't ready for
After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor's assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood. And unfortunately modern audiences aren't ready for it either, for different reasons content warning at 05:57 spoilers begin at 09:06 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube...
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Bugonia (2025) | Yes, it's a horror movie
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Bald Emma Stone already looks like she belongs in Alien Nation content warning at 05:16 spoilers begin at 07:33 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and...
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Queens of the Dead (2025) | Carrying the Romero torch with a killer drag horror movie
Drag queens and club kids battle zombies craving brains during a zombie outbreak at their drag show in Brooklyn, putting personal conflicts aside to utilize their distinct abilities against the undead threat. Tina Romero proves she can follow her own path while paying respect to the legacy, and…
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Host (2020) | A zoom seance with friends during a global pandemic
Six friends hire a medium to hold a seance via Zoom during lockdown, but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. Ghost with sheet on head becomes the scariest movie monster content warning at 04:54 spoilers begin at 07:19 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok…
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SWAPBEAST featuring the Susto podcast: The Darién Gap
This week, we're featuring a friend of the show and his episode on The Darién Gap, which you may recognize from episode 7 of Pluribus if you're a person of culture (so it's horror adjacent, leave me alone). During December, Susto hosted our episode on Black Christmas, so we're returning the favor...
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Good Boy (2025) | Analog horror vibes for animal lovers
A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most. The year is 2028. Toni Collette is finally being recognized for an…
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Black Christmas (2006) | Updating a classic for the Saw era
On Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one. If there's one thing I'm not nostalgic for, it's the extreme horror trend of the 2000's spoilers begin at 13:51 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube...
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There's Something in the Barn (2023) | A Christmas horror movie for the whole family
An American family fulfills their dream of moving back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway, but there's a surprise waiting for them. Aside from all the blood and gore I guess spoilers begin at 10:02 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video…
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Keeper (2025) | The horror of dating in your 30's
A romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin turns sinister when a dark presence reveals itself, forcing a couple to confront the property's haunting past. Ozheads rise up spoilers begin at 10:06 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video content support us at…
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Frankenstein (2025) | Making the internet horny for another classic monster
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. Guillermo del Toro can't keep getting away with this spoilers begin at 13:54 ghostbeast.com check…
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Red Rooms (2023) | A psychological thriller with a fascinating character study at its center
A model becomes obsessed with a high-profile murder trial. Love a good, dark movie that doesn't have to rely on shock value spoilers begin at 14:00 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube for video content support us at ghostbeast.bigcartel.com and merchyeah.com/ghostbeast contact us at...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Todd and Becca met and fell in love over their shared love of horror (among other things, I guess), so it only makes sense to channel that passion into a podcast that seeks to review every horror movie ever made.
So join two married, antisocial weirdos on this silly journey to share their love of horror, and each other, with strangers on the internet.
Each episode starts with a spoiler free review and content warning, so don’t be scared. Look for new episodes every Thursday!
HOSTED BY
Todd and Becca
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Todd and Becca met and fell in love over their shared love of horror (among other things, I guess), so it only makes sense to channel that passion into a podcast that seeks to review every horror movie ever made. So join two married, antisocial weirdos on this silly journey to share their love of...
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