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Professional Horror Podcast
by Christopher Donovan
A podcast for those people who watched horror movies earlier than they probably should have. Follow me on Twitter: @prohorrorcast. Image by Becca Syracuse. Follow her at: @NeatGoodJob.
Episodes
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Top Ten Horror Movies of 2025
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Not Christmas, actually it's the time when your old pal Chris Donovan emerges from his winter horror movie binging cave ready to scream from the mountain tops which ones were his favorites. From prom nights and trips to the pumpkin patch, to love stories...
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PHP Quiz Show 2025
The most fun horror movie trivia game. *BUZZ* What is the Professional Horror Podcast Quiz Show? That's correct! It's that time of year again where your lovely host Chris Donovan has assembled his friends Carrie Drake-Coyle, Nichole Cava, and the reigning champion Sean Hogan to test their wit,...
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Pumpkinhead (with Sean)
Today we're on a quest for vengeance! Ya boy Chris Donovan is back at it again with his buddy Sean and we've got vengeance on our minds. Specifically the demon of vengeance, the only and only Pumpkinhead, an awesome monster movie directed by special effects wizard Stan Winston. So crank that fog...
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Top Ten Horror Movies of 2024
New year, new list. It's that time of year again where your ole pal Chris Donovan emerges from toiling in the horror movie mines with his top ten favorite movies of the year. From road tripping families and glowing TVs, to multiple immaculate conceptions, to the world tour of Skye Riley, Chris...
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PHP Horror Quiz Show 2024
The best horror quiz show around. What is the Professional Horror Podcast Quiz Show? That's correct. This episode, your lovely host Chris Donovan has assembled his friends, Sean Hogan, Nichole Cava, reigning champ Megan Pendagast, and fresh blood Julia Pendagast to test their horror braaains.…
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Top Ten Horror Movies of 2023
It's that time of the year. That time where I'm a few days behind everyone else at making my top ten horror movies of the year list. But hey, I'm getting better at it. The year of 2023 brought a very strange slate of horror movies and your ole pale Chris Donovan is ready, willing, and able to run...
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PHP Horror Quiz Show 2023
A quiz show to test your horror knowledge. What is this year's Professional Horror Podcast Quiz Show? That's correct. This episode Chris Donovan has brought his friends Megan Pendagast, Carolyn Drake-Coyle, Nichole Cava, and Sean Hogan back to see if they can handle this year's installment of the...
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Halloween H20 (with Megan & Julia)
Happy Halloween! Sorry for the late episode, we showed up in Haddonfield for another Michael Myers romp and turns out he's all the way out in California! So your host Chris Donovan and his guests Megan and Julia Pendagast must go on a road trip to California, avoiding all rest stop bathrooms, to...
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Halloween 2 (with Megan & Julia)
Happy Halloween! It's that time of year we we dress in costumes, pass out candy, and take to the streets to find our local masked serial killer. At least that's how Haddonfield does it. So that's how your host, Chris Donovan and his guests Megan and Julia plan to celebrate as well. On this…
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Top Ten Horror Movies of 2022
It's the new year, so you know what that means? It means your ole pal Chris Donovan is a few days late on making his top ten horror movies of the past year. Don't blame me though: blame 2022, because it brought a whole lot of awesome films to the table to dig through. Between studio horror good...
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PHP Horror Quiz Show
A super fun horror quiz show. What is this episode of the Professional Horror Podcast? That's correct! This episode, Chris Donovan has invited four of his friends: Megan Pendagast, Carolyn Drake-Coyle, Sean Hogan, and Nichole Cava to test their horror braaaains to see who will win the first ever...
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Halloween Ends (with Megan & Julia Pendagast)
Happy Halloween! What? It's almost Thanksgiving? That doesn't matter because despite the title of the movie, Halloween never ends! Join host Chris Donovan and his fellow band geeks Megan and Julia as they head down into the sewers to find out what our friends Michael and Laurie have been up to in...
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Halloween Kills (with Megan & Julia)
Happy Halloween! Time for candy and trick-or-treating and...masked serial killers? Huh, guess different towns have different Halloween traditions. At least that's what your host Chris Donovan, and his guests Megan & Julia find out when we visit Haddonfield for a review of the 2021 film Halloween...
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Monster Mash-Up (with Nichole Cava)
It's a graveyard smash! Your old pal, Chris Donovan is facing off with his good friend Nichole, one of the hosts of the Kinky Ladies Book Club, in a horror game for the ages: Monster Mash-Up! A game where we each select two poorly received horror movies and combine them into a Frankenstein's...
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Top Ten Horror Movies of 2021
2021 had it's ups and downs. On the downside, we all got a lot more aquatinted with the Greek alphabet, but on the plus side, we got a lot of good horror movies. And your lovely friend, Chris Donovan, is here to count down his ten favorites. We got fake documentaries, frat houses, femme fatales,...
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Bonus Chats (with Megan & Julia Pendagast)
A little while back when Megan and Julia Pendagast joined me, Chris Donovan, to talk about Ginger Snaps, we also spent a lot of time chatting about anything but. So I've decided to cobble together our sidetracks about all things horror, from Hereditary to Goosebumps, Scream to Deep Blue Sea and...
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Trick 'r Treat (with Nichole and Amanda)
Trick or Treat! I really hope you didn't let that jack o'lantern light go out just yet. Because tonight is when the veil between fellow podcasts is thin. In the spirit of the season, Nichole and Amanda, two of the hosts of the Kinky Ladies Book Club, have crossed through the ether to join me in a...
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Ginger Snaps (with Megan & Julia Pendagast)
You guys heard of the Beast of Bailey Downs? Well my friends Megan and Julia Pendagast are joining me on a journey to track down and slay the beast. Or rather, they're joining me to talk about Ginger Snaps, the werewolf movie about curses both supernatural and totally natural. Grab your monkshood...
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Top Ten Horror Movies of 2020
The accursed year of 2020 is over! And while the year itself was not...like good by any standard, it did provide us with a ton of amazing horror movies. So obviously, your boy Chris Donovan has to count down his favorites. Just like it's obvious he would release his list weeks after the year…
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Midsommar (with Carolyn Drake-Coyle)
Merry...Midsommar? It may no longer be summertime, but here in 2020, time is meaningless so Carrie and I decided to take a trip to Sweden to discover what she loves (and I don't love) about this strange cult-y movie. We're going head-to-head in an old-fashioned Ari Aster-off! We debate the finer...
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Top Ten Horror Movies of 2019
After 10,000 years, I'm back! Sorry, it's only felt like 10,000 years but I, Chris Donovan, have returned from my prolonged absence and am back in the podcasting game. I am here to answer your most pressing questions. This of course is only if your most pressing question is what I thought the top...
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My Top Ten Horror Movies of 2018
Happy New Year! Before we break forward into the new year of 2019 with our hopes and dreams in full bloom, come with me, Chris Donovan, as I look back on the past year in horror and tell you which films warmed my heart the most. Because even though the year might've been rough, we at least had…
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Halloween 2018 (with JB and Spooner)
Happy Halloween!! What? You're saying that it's actually November 13th? Well it's still Halloween in my heart. But for real, your lovely, apologetic, and constantly procrastinating host, Chris Donovan is finally here to discuss the new Halloween film that came out a month ago. He's joined by his...
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Hell Fest
Welcome to Hell! Chris Donovan is back with another quick hit review this time talking about the brand new horror film, Hell Fest. Chris is a sucker for slashers but how does Hell Fest stack up. Well if you think Chris fell for this film's slick design, lovely camera work, and fun cast of...
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Assassination Nation
Hey guys, Chris Donovan coming at you with a quick hit review. I saw Assassination Nation on Thursday and I had to talk about it so I went solo and recorded a really quick, spoiler-free review for the new film. I hope you like the episode and I hope you like this quick review format. I hope to…
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Cabin in the Woods (with Alex Reale)
Happy Birthday!! It's a special day here at PHP because it is the birthday of not just your lovely and handsome host, Chris Donovan, but it's also the birthday of our guest this week, Alex Reale!! So it only makes sense that on such a wonderful day, the two of us open up this absolute gift to the...
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The Descent (with Carolyn Drake-Coyle)
Spelunking anyone? Carrie is back to join ya boy, Chris Donovan as we descend into a conversation about the classic 2005 Neil Marshall film, The Descent. Along the way we will talk about director tropes, Hudsons, and sex shop glowsticks as we try to distill what about The Descent is so...
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Top 10 Horror Book to Movie Adaptations (with Carolyn Drake-Coyle)
SHH! Some of us are trying to read. Not every horror movie adapted from a book leaves the good stuff on the page. Sometimes, they capture the words and project it on screen bigger and better than we could've even imagined. Carolyn is back with your ole pal, Chris Donovan and we're gonna have...
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Pet Sematary (with Carolyn Drake-Coyle)
What's down that path over there? Well Chris Donovan and his guest Carolyn Drake-Coyle will show you. It goes all the way down to the Pet Sematary, a place where the dead speak! And also a fun but not great film that boasts a ton of quotable lines and questionable decisions. Join us as we discuss...
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The Shining (with Megan Pendagast)
Great party, isn't it! Sorry it's been a while since our last episode. I got this job taking care of this giant hotel over the winter called The Overlook and it's been consuming all of my time. I've been running through this place so much, I thought I was going to go crazy. Luckily my friend…
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Hocus Pocus (with Sarah David)
It's just a bunch of hocus pocus! It's Halloween tonight in Salem so why don't you join Chris Donovan and his guest Sarah David as they visit the old Sanderson house? We'll be here until sunrise talking about the 1993 Disney classic Hocus Pocus. So come on: leave your weird colonial Halloween...
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It: Chapter One (with My Loser's Club)
Welcome to the Loser's Club!! We've been looking for new members since our last few have mysteriously disappeared. The only members left are our fearless leader Chris Donovan and his buddies Justin Beaucage and Ryan Spooner. Join us as we take a trip to Derry, Maine and check out every sewer,...
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Top Ten Best Worst Movies (with Sean Hogan)
We're bad to the bone! Sean Hogan is back on the show with host Chris Donovan for an odyssey of awful. In this episode we talk about our favorite affronts to the basic tenents of storytelling. Movies that failed on many levels but succeeded in winning our hearts. We'll see magic shows and…
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Rock 'N Roll Nightmare (with Sean Hogan)
It's good to be bad! We all enjoy watching good horror movies but there's something about getting together with some friends and watching an awful horror movie that can't be beat. To celebrate that feeling, I joined with one of my best friends to talk about a movie that will add some energy to...
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Monster Mash-Up: Willow Street (with Justin Beaucage)
Let's get this party started! Justin Beaucage is back on the show with host Chris Donovan to throw a party at our house on Willow Street. Join us as we play the Monster Mash-Up, a game where each of us pick a horror movie to mix with From a House on Willow Street and then pitch our respective...
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From a House on Willow Street (with Justin Beaucage)
Welcome to our house on Willow Street. Justin Beaucage and I are delighted you could join us. Don't be shy, let yourself in, help youself to an apple, and leave your claw ring by the door. Just don't go upstairs, something smells up there. Join us as we discuss the new film 'From a House on…
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Top Ten Fake-out Horror Endings (with Ryan Spooner)
Be careful, this is where Chris Donovan and his guest Ryan Spooner come back for one last scare. Join us as we bring you through the moments we thought we had certain horror movies figured out only for them to turn the table on us in those cruical last frames. We venture inside Dr. Caligari's...
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April Fool's Day (with Ryan Spooner)
APRIL FOOL'S!!! That's what this group of college kids keeps saying during their lovely island vacation. It's April 1st and tis the season for whoopie cushions, collapsable chairs and dribble glasses. But not everyone on the island is in a joking mood. Someone is up to something on this island…
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Halloween (with guest Dan Lawton)
Everyone is entitled to one good scare! Join Chris Donovan and his first guest, Dan Lawton as they journey to Haddonfield to discuss what happened the night HE came home. Also stick around for some professional-grade suggestions for what movies you should watch on All Hallows Eve. So grab…
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What is Professional Horror Podcast about?
A podcast for those people who watched horror movies earlier than they probably should have. Follow me on Twitter: @prohorrorcast. Image by Becca Syracuse. Follow her at: @NeatGoodJob.
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Professional Horror Podcast is created and hosted by Christopher Donovan.
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