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Grave Discussions
by Barnabas & Samael
Grave Discussions is a podcast that has everything to sate your nightmarish desires: reviews, general topics, deep analyses, and so much more about the latest and greatest in horror cinema—all from beyond the grave!
Episodes
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Episode 113 - Nostalgia Hits Home
The terrifying trio at Grave Discussions rises from the dead after a lengthy hiatus to discuss one of 2026's most anticipated horror releases, Scream 7! Helmed by legendary franchise writer Kevin Williams and featuring a new cast alongside series mainstays Sidney and others, Scream 7 promises a...
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Episode 112 - Top 10 Terrors of 2024
Warning: Some movie spoilers ahead. Better late than never, right? After a hectic 2024 and early 2025, the Grave Discussions trio-officially joined by none other than The Caretaker-finally returns from their putrid crypts to discuss their Top 10 Horror Films of 2024! Notoriously challenging to...
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Episode 111 - Spookier Things to Come
Things are about to get spooky–again! The cult monster mash Spookies has thrilled and confused audiences for decades, and the recent announcement of a long-awaited sequel has stirred renewed interest in the property. In light of the news, the Grave Discussions crew sits down with Spookies 2…
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Episode 110 - Let Me In Now
Barnabas and Samael return from Hell to cover one of 2024's most divisive and popular horror films, Longlegs! Following one of the most successful marketing campaigns in recent genre history, Osgood Perkins's investigative supernatural thriller quickly became Neon's most successful theatrical...
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Episode 109 - It Can't Rain All the TIme
Your favorite undead talk show hosts are back from the afterlife; the crow carried their spirits back due to misconduct... Oof. Few vigilantes are as cool, calm, and collected as Eric Draven, resurrected by a mystical entity in Alex Proyas's 1994 cult classic, The Crow, to enact revenge on the...
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Episode 108 - Terrorizing Top 5 of 2023
The year is nearly over, and the horror genre is as strong as ever, suggesting another stellar "Best Films" list from the graveyard ghouls, Barnabas and Samael! With 2023 nearly over, the hellions of horror return to the podcasting sphere with the annual lists of their favorite genre films of the...
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Episode 107 - The Return of the Living Bushwackers (The Barn Part II Review)
Hosts Barnabas and Samael emerge from the depths of with a new episode of Grave Discussions! This time, the terrifying twosome review The Barn Part II, an indie horror sequel to the 2016 retro slasher, The Barn. Part II promises to be even bigger and better than its predecessor, but does it live…
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Episode 106 - The Mother of All Evil
Gravers! Summon Barnabas and Samael from the Naturom Demonto to hear their long-awaited review of Evil Dead Rise. These devilish Deadites hit the airwaves to discuss the newest entry into the beloved Evil Dead franchise, including their thoughts on Alyssa Sutherland's performance as the "Maggot...
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Episode 105 - Ghostface Takes Manhattan
The biggest horror release of the year - so far - slashes its way through the Big Apple! Barnabas and Samael cross beyond the mortal veil into the streets of New York to review Scream VI, the latest slasher sequel in the ultra-popular horror franchise from Radio Silence. Joining the immutable...
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Episode 104 - Skinamarinky-Doo
Welcome to 2023 and, with it, the most polarizing horror movie in quite some time. Barnabas and Samael enter the new year of fear with a deliciously eerie discussion about the debut arthouse flick that has everybody talking: Skinamarink. Listen closely as the terrifying twosome navigate the…
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Episode 103 - 2022: A Fangtastic Year for Fear
Barnabas and Samael rise from their dingy crypts to deliver their Top 10 Horror Films of 2022! The annual tradition looks back on an incredible year for the horror genre, from blockbusters like Nope, Scream 5, and The Black Phone to unexpected hits like Terrifier 2, X/Pearl, Bodies Bodies Bodies,...
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Episode 102 - Tapes and Shapes
Happy Halloween, gravers! Barnabas and Samael return from beyond the grave to present you with Episode 102, Tapes and Shapes. In this episode, the gruesome twosome host a Double Feature discussion, sharing their tormented thoughts about two October releases that have the horror community talking:...
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Episode 101 - Carving Up a New Legacy
Grave Discussions has risen from the grave once again! In this episode, Barnabas and Samael make a fitting return to discuss the concept of the horror legacy sequel, specifically within the frame of Scream 5 and the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Joining them is the macabre special guest host The...
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Episode 100 - Top 10 Terrors of 2021
If 2020 felt like a blur, 2021 just barely slowed down and still managed to t-bone your car. Despite everything going on in the world, the horror genre–once again–persisted, providing some incredible entertainment. As is the annual tradition, Barnabas and Samael claw their way out from their…
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Episode 99 - Out With the Old, Sin With the New
Don't adjust your screens, fiends. There's no need to wallow any longer because Grave Discussions has returned! After a lengthy hiatus, your favorite horror podcasting hosts have a lot of catching up to do, and the scariest stories making waves in genre news involve supplementary projects for...
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Episode 98 - 2020: The Best of a Bad Year
What a year... but it's finally over! 2020 played host to real scenarios much more frightening to regular people than any ghouls or goblins in horror cinema, but the genre persisted and delivered plenty of quality films to enjoy in the comfort of our homes. Despite the blockbuster delays, the...
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Episode 97 - A Haunted Hullabaloo
They're baaaaack! Even a pandemic won't stop horror hosts Barnabas and Samael from celebrating the greatest holiday of the year with this special Halloween episode. Despite 2020 being a rollercoaster of a year - a rollercoaster that has gone off the rails and exploded in mid-air, for that matter…
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Episode 96 - In Control
There has been no shortage of original and adapted works in the horror genre capitalizing on the #MeToo movement, but Leigh Whannell's interpretation of "The Invisible Man" may end up being one of the defining entries. Altering the formula of the original film, this Universal Monster takes the…
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Episode 95 - Your Deepest Desires
What would you sacrifice to have your greatest wish fulfilled? Money? How about your own life? In the late 70s, "Fantasy Island" premiered on television and featured dozens of unique tales across seven years on the air, led by the enigmatic Mr. Roarke and his sidekick, Tattoo. Now, Blumhouse has...
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Episode 94 - Too Much of a Good Thing
Stories tend to live on. Since the advent of cinema, novels and shorter-form stories have been adapted to the silver screen and altered in various ways. Famous tales like "Hansel and Gretel" and "The Turn of the Screw" have seen more cinematic adaptations than a person could count on one hand…
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Episode 93 - Such Easy Prey
Turn on the resonator, tune your pineal gland, and get the dungeon ready... Barnabas and Samael go where no mortal dares to discuss Stuart Gordon's "From Beyond"! Following the success of "Color Out of Space," a modern Lovecraft adaptation with a similar pinkish palette, your ghoulish (g)hosts…
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Episode 92 - It Was Just a Color
After more than 20 years, Richard Stanley returns to the horror director's seat with "Color Out of Space," the phantasmagoric adaptation of a classic H.P. Lovecraft story! Led by a gonzo Nicolas Cage, Stanley's comeback feature challenges our perception of reality, time, and... alpacas? You read...
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Episode 91 - Save Yourselves from Hell
Ahead of Richard Stanley's comeback with "Color Out of Space", the new Lovecraft-inspired sci-fi/horror film set at a farmhouse on Earth, Barnabas and Samael instead travel out to the great void - and another dimension - to examine "Event Horizon"! Paul W.S. Anderson's trippy and hellish foray…
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Episode 90 - Hold Your Breath
Pack away the glitter and put on your flippers, Kristen Stewart returns to the horror spotlight in the new aquatic creature feature "Underwater"! After their subterranean laboratory suffers tectonic damage, a group of researchers discovers more than they bargained for on the ocean floor. With…
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Episode 89 - It’ll Never Let You Go
Another decade of horror has passed and a delectable new year promises a whole new slew of fear... enter the Terrifying 20s! With their annual ritual complete - thanks to you gore-geous gravers - Barnabas and Samael arise to cover the year in earnest, beginning with a review of a familiar old…
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Episode 88 - 2019: The Year’s Best Fears
What a year it's been! The world of horror has seen an uptick in critic and fan approval with some fantastic and disturbing fare, from Jordan Peele's socially conscious "Us" to Ari Aster's mind-bending "Midsommar", but what terror-filled tale stands above the rest? In such an approachable and...
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Episode 87 - Ho Ho Ho, She Didn’t Know
Now a holiday classic, the 1974 cult stalker-slasher "Black Christmas" gave the horror world Billy, a sorority sister killer whose frantic voice disturbed audiences. Sophia Takal's innovative PG-13 re-imagining bears the same name but subverts the typically vague, moody atmosphere of the original...
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Episode 86 - A Present from Billy
Jingle , jingle , jingle all the slay!! 2006 saw the return of Billy in Glen Morgan's "Black Christmas" remake, a considerably more brutal take on Bob Clark's original holiday slasher. With another adaptation hitting theaters this holiday season, Barnabas and Samael look back on the controversial...
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Episode 85 - Be of Good Fear
The horrordays are upon us and Barnabas and Samael are filled with glee! They've put up their ornaments and placed a black star on top of their tree. Now sit back, grab a Christmas cookie, and listen to this all-new episode for free! The grievously grinchy group open their hearts this merry…
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Episode 84 - Get Stuffed!
Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends to get together and appreciate the good that warms their lives, so per usual in the horror genre, somebody has to mess it all up! In this episode, Barnabas and Samael invite Turkie to their deliciously dreadful dinner table and examine perhaps the…
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Episode 83 - The True Knot
The sins of the past haunt Danny Torrance in "Doctor Sleep", Stephen King's epic sequel to "The Shining", and who better than modern-day horror maestro Mike Flanagan to direct the feature adaptation? The "Haunting of Hill House" director helms an ambitious foray into the dark fantasy world of…
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Episode 82 - All Work and No Play
The [Stephen] King of Horror has historically opposed Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of his now-famous haunted hotel novel, "The Shining", but that hasn't stopped it from becoming one of the most acclaimed films of all time. Now, 40 years later, the sequel "Doctor Sleep" hits theaters worldwide…
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Episode 81 - Spill Yer Beans
Robert Eggers captivated some and lost others with his debut film "The VVitch," igniting conversations about the state of ambiguous, fever pitch-style horror. His sophomore project, "The Lighthouse," puts many of the same elements on the pedestal and challenges convention with a black-and-white...
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Episode 80 - The Shape of Halloween
Much like Michael Myers's murderous intent, this special episode has been a long time coming: an in-death dissection of the original "Halloween"! John Carpenter's 1978 masterpiece ingrained realistic horror into the suburbs of contemporary America and changed the landscape of the genre and…
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Episode 79 - Grave Choices
Halloween quickly approaches, and there's no better time to turn on some classic terrifying tales. In this episode, Barnabas and Samael highlight several horrific horror films from their 31 Graves of Halloween lists that any fan should have on their October watchlist! Whether you're looking for…
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Episode 78 - A Scary Good Time
To kick off the month of October, this special episode features guest interviewee Luke Castle. As president of the Royal Starr Arts Institute, his organization hosts monthly filmmaker mixers in Royal Oak, Michigan that will be debuting in a new location this month, and with an exciting theme: a...
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Episode 77 - Tigers Never Forget
Being hailed as a modern fairy tale masterpiece and reminiscent of Guillermo Del Toro's earlier works concerning the Spanish Civil War, Issa López's "Tigers Are Not Afraid" thrusts children into the unsettlingly realistic streets of cartel-controlled Mexico. When their parents are killed by these...
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Episode 76 - It’s Back
Andy Muschietti's "It" remains the highest-grossing horror film of all time* and affirmed Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise as a genre icon, so returning to Derry in "It Chapter 2" was inevitable. The Loser's Club returns to fight the evil clown and now they're all grown up, portrayed by an all-star…
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Episode 75 - You Played a Good Game Boy
Booooyyy! Don Coscarelli's "Phantasm" franchise has simultaneously been one of the lowest-performing and most beloved horror franchises since its inception in 1979. As a whole, it's flown under the radar of Grave Discussions hosts Barnabas and Samael until recently, when the haunting hosts saw…
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Episode 74 - It’s All in the Family
Hide and Seek has never been so life-threatening - or exhilarating! On this episode of Grave Discussions, Barnabas and Samael debut a shorter and more focused show format and review Fox Searchlight's "Ready or Not," which places Samara Weaving in an extremely dangerous version of the classic...
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Episode 73 - The Book Reads You
The "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" books captivated and terrified children in the 80s and 90s by introducing shocking imagery and impactful writing - it also helped shape a new generation of horror fans! Now the 2019 film will try to do the same. In this episode, Barnabas and Samael offer...
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Episode 72 - Devil in the Details
A villain as old as time and perhaps the greatest perceived evil in all of cinema, the devil has likely been portrayed more than any other figure. In horror, those portrayals have been simultaneously criticized and praised by watchful eyes, and while many feel similar, some introduce Satan in...
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Episode 71 - So Funny You’ll Die!
Peanut butter and jelly... drugs, , and rock and roll; some things just go together, but horror and comedy? In this episode, Barnabas and Samael examine the gut-busting wit and humor that have turned some terrifying cinematic situations into rollicking adventures, paying special attention to...
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Episode 70 - The Summer of 19
Looking forward, 2019 felt like a promising, if not questionable, year for the horror genre. A smorgasbord of remakes, spinoffs, and adaptations was slated and irate fans echoed the frustrations of prior years; arthouse horror, on the other hand, only further affirmed that it was here to stay....
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Episode 69 - Midsummer Madness
Ari Aster continues to have one of the most explosive and controversial debuts in horror with the feverish, broad-day depiction of folk horror that is "Midsommar." A journey in and of itself, the sophomore project is examined in spoiler-free detail by Barnabas and Samael in this exclusive review...
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Episode 68 - The Possessed Come Home
Modern horror's favorite haunted doll, Annabelle, conjures up a plethora of entities and scares in the newest franchise installment "Annabelle Comes Home." In this episode, Barnabas and Samael heed the call and offer their thoughts in an exclusive review. Also, teens get possessed in the...
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Episode 67 - You Are My Buddi
It's finally time to play, buddies! With a fresh new look, personality, and voice, Chucky has returned to the silver screen in Lars Klevberg's "Child's Play" for one more scare... and Barnabas and Samael emerge from their crypts to give you an exclusive review! As long-time fans of the...
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Episode 66 - Playing with Dolls
One of the most divisive horror films of the year, Lars Klevberg's "Child's Play", aims to turn the killer doll subgenre of horror on its head. But before that, Barnabas and Samael return to offer their list of the must-see movies featuring the porcelain puppets and mannequins that have…
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Episode 65 - Attention, Creeps!
In 1982, two horror icons joined forces for an unprecedented genre experience. "Creepshow" became the fevered brainchild of George A. Romero and Stephen King and the epitome of a practical horror anthology; now, Greg Nicotero and Shudder join forces to revive the classic film as a streaming…
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Episode 64 - King (and Queen) of Monsters
Monsters come in all shapes and sizes; some can be very human and terrifying in ways that we can understand, and some can be living incarnations of prehistoric titans, primal beings with only one goal: domination. Either way, there would be no horror without these wicked forces! In the first ever...
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