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Rotten Horror Picture Show
by The Pensky File
Amanda and Clay dive deep into Rotten Tomatoes' list of the "200 Best Horror Movies of All Time". There will be classics, cult classics, hidden gems, stuff that's just OK, and a few that are so bad it's SCARY! Come along for the ride... IF YOU DARE!
Episodes
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152. The Curse of Frankenstein
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda are going back to the beginning of one of horror cinema’s most legendary eras with The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)! Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing as the brilliant but morally bankrupt Victor Frankenstein...
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Friday the 13th Part III (Patreon)
The countdown to Crystal Lake continues on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast! As Clay and Amanda prepare to cover the new series, they’re bringing another installment of their Friday the 13th Patreon series to the main feed. This week, it’s Friday the 13th Part 3 from 1982, the glorious…
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151. Demons
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda are letting the winner of their recent horror movie trivia game choose the next film for them to cover! The winning selection? Lamberto Bava’s 1985 Italian horror classic Demons, a blood-soaked nightmare about moviegoers trapped...
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Friday the 13th: Part 2 (Patreon)
The countdown to Crystal Lake is officially underway on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast! With the upcoming series set to return audiences to the world of Camp Crystal Lake, Clay and Amanda are preparing by digging back into the franchise’s history. And what better way to get ready for...
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150. The Wailing
Welcome back to The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, where this week Clay and Amanda take on The Wailing, the acclaimed 2016 Korean horror mystery that has earned a spot at #3 on Rotten Tomatoes’ Best Horror Movies of All Time list. Directed by Na Hong-jin, this sprawling, unsettling nightmare...
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Friday the 13th (Patreon)
Welcome back to The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, where Clay and Amanda are getting ready for their upcoming coverage of Crystal Lake by bringing some classic slasher mayhem back to the main feed! Before they dive into the new series, they’re opening up the vault and releasing their...
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149. Dracula (1931)
Welcome back to The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, where this week Clay and Amanda sink their teeth into the stone-cold horror classic Dracula from 1931! Starring Bela Lugosi as the legendary Count Dracula, this foundational Universal monster movie helped establish the look, mood, and...
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Paranormal Activity (Stage Play)
Welcome to a special edition of The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, where Clay and Amanda have done something truly shocking: they have left the comfort of their homes and ventured into the legitimate theater to see the new Paranormal Activity stage play. That’s right—actual actors, a real...
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148. Let the Right One In
Welcome back to The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, where this week Clay and Amanda sink their teeth into one of the greatest vampire films of the 21st century: Let the Right One In. The acclaimed 2008 Swedish horror drama blends coming-of-age heartbreak with icy Scandinavian atmosphere,...
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147. The Omen
Welcome back to The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, where this week Clay and Amanda sink their teeth into one of the defining horror films of the 1970s: The Omen. Richard Donner's chilling classic follows diplomat Robert Thorn as he slowly realizes that his adopted son Damien may not just be…
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Trivia!
Welcome back to The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast! Things are a little different this week, as Amanda is out of town, leaving Clay to hold down the fort all by himself. But don't worry—he's not completely alone. Joining him are two longtime friends of the show, Grim Santo, proprietor of the...
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146. Island of Lost Souls
Welcome back to The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, where this week Clay and Amanda set sail for one of the strangest, most influential horror films of the 1930s: Island of Lost Souls, the classic adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau. Starring Charles Laughton as the...
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146. Gremlins 2 (Patreon)
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda are giving listeners a special sample of their Patreon sequel coverage with a deep dive into the gloriously chaotic Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Directed by Joe Dante, this sequel takes everything from the original Gremlins and...
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145. Death Becomes Her
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda take on Death Becomes Her (1992)—the glossy, macabre comedy from Robert Zemeckis that turns vanity, immortality, and Hollywood rivalry into a deliciously twisted spectacle. Starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis…
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144. Final Destination
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda revisit the sleek, anxiety-inducing franchise starter Final Destination (2000), the film that taught an entire generation that death doesn’t need a face—just a plan. Centered on a premonition of a catastrophic plane crash and…
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143. The Loved Ones
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda dive into the twisted, candy-colored nightmare that is The Loved Ones (2009), the Australian horror gem that takes the idea of prom night and turns it into something deeply, deeply wrong. Directed by Sean Byrne, the film follows…
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142. Eyes Without a Face
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda turn their attention to one of the most haunting and elegant horror films ever made: Eyes Without a Face (1960). The French classic from Georges Franju is a chilling blend of poetic beauty and surgical nightmare, telling the…
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141. The Devil's Backbone
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda travel into the haunting, melancholic world of Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone. Set during the final days of the Spanish Civil War, the film blends ghost story, historical tragedy, and gothic atmosphere into one of del...
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140. Duel
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda hit the gas with a discussion of Duel (1971), the lean, mean thriller that marked the feature debut of a young Steven Spielberg. Originally produced as a television movie, Duel was so effective, so tightly constructed, that it…
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139. Sinners
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda sink their teeth into one of the most intriguing and offbeat horror releases of the year: Sinners (2025), the blues-soaked vampire film that blends supernatural horror with Southern gothic vibes and music steeped in sweat…
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138. Paranormal Activity
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda are creeping back to one of the most influential horror hits of the 21st century: Paranormal Activity (2009). The low-budget found-footage phenomenon changed the genre overnight, proving you didn’t need monsters, gore, or even...
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137. Phenomena
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda are taking a trip into the strange, dreamlike world of Dario Argento’s 1985 cult oddity Phenomena. It’s one of Argento’s most notorious films from his wildly experimental ’80s era — full of surreal imagery, pulsing Goblin music,...
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136. Black Christmas (2019)
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda tackle one of the more controversial entries in modern holiday horror: the 2019 remake of Black Christmas. It’s a film that takes the bones of the 1974 slasher classic and retools them for a new generation, leaning hard into...
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135. The Phantom of the Opera
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda are celebrating a major milestone in horror history: the 100th anniversary of the 1925 silent film classic The Phantom of the Opera. Starring the legendary Lon Chaney in one of the most iconic monster performances ever put on...
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134. Late Night with the Devil
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show, Clay and Amanda turn their attention to one of the freshest cult sensations of the decade: Late Night With the Devil — the stylish, sinister, ‘70s-soaked horror throwback that asks, “What if Johnny Carson accidentally unleashed a demon on live...
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133. A Tale of Two Sisters
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda are diving deep into one of the most haunting, beautifully crafted horror films of the 2000s: A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), the South Korean psychological masterpiece from director Kim Jee-woon. It’s a chilling, twisty story…
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132. The Blob
Gee whiz, folks, it’s time for a brand-new episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, and this week Clay and Amanda are talking about one of the all-time greats of old-school creature features — The Blob from 1958! You know the one — that big ol’ red goo from outer space that slurps its…
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131. Grindhouse
his week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda dive into one of the wildest, weirdest experiments in modern cinema: 2007’s Grindhouse, the double-feature mashup from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. On one side you’ve got Rodriguez’s gooey, gonzo Planet Terror, a...
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131. Doctor Sleep
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, Clay and Amanda are tackling a film that might just be the most confusing sequel in horror history: Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep (2019). Now, don’t get me wrong — it’s a solid, spooky ride with Ewan McGregor as an older Danny Torrance, still...
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Special Edition - Clay's Quick Hits, Q&A, etc
This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, things are going to sound a little different. Amanda’s not here, which means Clay is flying solo — and that alone has me feeling… well, a little nervous. Don’t get me wrong, Clay knows his horror inside and out. He’s got the knowledge, the wit,...
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130. Candyman (2021)
Clay and Amanda are back with a brand-new episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast, and this time they’re diving into Candyman (2021), the haunting remake-slash-sequel directed by Nia DaCosta. This isn’t just a rehash of the original 1992 horror classic — it’s a smart, visually stunning...
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129. Men
Oh sure, “Men,” they said. “It’s called Men,” they said. So naturally, I thought, great! A big ol’ movie full of guys! Dudes being dudes, maybe grilling something, maybe building a shed, emotionally repressing themselves — you know, men things. But no. Turns out “Men,” the 2022 psychological folk...
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127. Annihilation
This week on *The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast*, Clay and Amanda venture into the shimmer—no, not a drag revue (though that would also be excellent)—but the terrifying alien zone at the center of Alex Garland’s 2018 sci-fi horror epic, *Annihilation*. They unpack the film’s eerie,...
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127. Dog Soldiers
This week on *The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast*, Clay and Amanda sink their teeth into Neil Marshall’s cult classic *Dog Soldiers*—a gnarly, fast-paced werewolf flick that delivers equal parts horror, action, and black comedy. They’re talking about everything from the practical effects that...
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125. Tremors
You ever just miss video stores? Like really miss them? The smell of plastic cases, the hum of fluorescent lights, that little “thunk” sound when you dropped your tape in the return slot. I used to go every Friday night, no matter what. And there was this one movie I used to rent all the time —…
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124. The Wicker Man (1973)
Right, so I sat down all cozy, cup of tea in hand, ready for the new episode of *The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast*, where Clay and Amanda are diving into the *original* 1973 classic of British folk horror, *The Wicker Man* — and I’m thinking, “Alright, here we go. The bees. Where are the...
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123. Nosferatu (2024)
Okay so *wait a second*—*Nosferatu* is *back* again? This time in 2024? Look, I’ve been trying to follow this for like fifteen years now, and I’m still not sure how we got here. First there was *Dracula*, right? Bram Stoker writes that, full of bats and aristocratic bloodsucking and all that.…
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122. JAWS - LIVE!
Wait… wait a minute. *They’re real?* Like, actual people? With arms and legs and vocal cords and the whole thing?? I thought Clay and Amanda were just really well-programmed horror podcasting AIs, beamed directly into my headphones by some cursed Spotify algorithm designed to recommend creepy...
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121. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
This week on *The Rotten Horror Picture Show*, Clay and Amanda are doing nothing to help my steadily worsening vampire confusion by taking a big ol’ bite out of Werner Herzog’s 1979 classic Nosferatu the Vampyre, starring Klaus Kinski as maybe the creepiest Dracula/Nosferatu/Count Orlok hybrid…
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120. Dawn of the Dead
When there’s no more room in Hell…THE DEAD WILL PODCAST! This week on *The Rotten Horror Picture Show*, Clay and Amanda are taking a trip to the Monroeville Mall to talk about George A. Romero’s 1978 horror classic *Dawn of the Dead*, a movie that changed Clay himself, and zombie cinema, forever....
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119. Nosferatu (1922)
Alright, listen up—This week on *The Rotten Horror Picture Show*, Clay and Amanda are diving into F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent horror classic *Nosferatu*, the original unauthorized adaptation of *Dracula* that introduced the world to Max Schreck’s eerie, claw-fingered, sunken-eyed Count Orlok.…
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118. The Others
Alright, I gotta be honest—I showed up for this episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show thinking we were gonna be talking about The Mothers. You know, Frank Zappa’s band? The weird, experimental, genre-bending legends? I figured Clay and Amanda were finally gonna dig into some real avant-garde...
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117. Blood and Black Lace
Okay, seriously—what is going on with *The Rotten Horror Picture Show* lately? First, Clay and Amanda talk about *House of Wax*. Then they dive into *Tourist Trap*, which is basically *House of Wax* but somehow weirder. THEN they spend their Patreon episode talking about the remake of House of…
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116. Tourist Trap (Wild Card)
Well, folks, it’s time for another episode of *The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast*! This time, Clay and Amanda have used their wildcard spot to talk about the delightfully weird 1979 cult horror classic, *Tourist Trap*. If you’ve never seen it, you’re in for a treat—creepy mannequins,...
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115. House of Wax (#110)
Alright, folks, listen up—because I need some help here. Clay and Amanda are back from their holiday break (finally!), and they’re kicking off 2025 on *The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast* with a deep dive into the Vincent Price classic *House of Wax*. A real gem of old-school horror, you…
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114. Advent Calendar
Ho ho—hey, wait a minute. Where’s my sandwich? It was right here, next to my thermos of eggnog, and now it’s gone. *Gone!* I’ll bet anything one of those mischievous reindeer nabbed it again. They’ve got no boundaries! Dasher’s always sneaking into my lunchbox, and don’t even get me started on...
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113. Freaks
Ladies and gentlemen… step right up—if you *dare*—to the newest episode of *The Rotten Horror Picture Show*! But, uh… if it’s all the same to you, I’ll be keeping a *safe distance* because Clay and Amanda are diving into Tod Browning’s 1932 cult classic *Freaks*, and just hearing the word…
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Halloween 2018 - Revisited!
Welcome, horror fans, to another spooky installment of *The Rotten Horror Picture Show*! Now, before we dive into the blood-soaked, mask-wearing madness, I have to admit—I'm a little… well, *disoriented* by the *Halloween* franchise at this point. So much so, I’m starting to wonder if *Michael...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Welcome, dear listeners, to a new—wait, no, not new—episode of *The Rotten Horror Picture Show*. But… haven’t we done this before? I’m getting this overwhelming sense that we’ve all been here, in this exact moment, with Clay and Amanda, talking about *Bram Stoker’s Dracula*. The Halloween vibes,...
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Barbarian (#101)
Alright, everyone, welcome to a brand-new episode of *The Rotten Horror Picture Show*! But before we get into it, I just gotta ask—what’s the deal with this movie *Barbarian*? I mean, you hear that title, and your mind immediately goes to one of three things: historical barbarians with giant…
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Amanda and Clay dive deep into Rotten Tomatoes' list of the "200 Best Horror Movies of All Time". There will be classics, cult classics, hidden gems, stuff that's just OK, and a few that are so bad it's SCARY! Come along for the ride... IF YOU DARE!
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