Nightmare Logic

Join us in a rambunctious conversation with Peter's longtime friend and horror trivia team member, Pat Jankiewicz. Pat is a longtime actor, creature actor, writer, and all around wildcard that is working on a book about the legendary series, Kolchak.

This week, join us in the belly of Jabba’s Sarlacc where we interrogate Star Wars expert, Ken Napzok, from the Force Center podcast, about the darkness and horror found throughout the Star Wars universe. For today’s show notes, visit our website at: https://nightmarelogic.net

Descend into the catacombs of horrors where three intrepid Crypt Keepers cackle their way through a discussion about the original comic IP for Tales From The Crypt in honor of it streaming on Shudder. But stick around for Peter's special audio diary of his time in hell... er, um.... Phoenix! Show notes: https://NightmareLogic.net

Today we're having a fun conversation with acclaimed writer, musician, and friend of the pod, Steve Niles. Steve is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery, Simon Dark, Mystery Society, Batman: Gotham County Line, Kick-Ass – The New Girl, and Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl. Niles is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to prominence. But he is also known as a founding member of legendary Washington DC hardcore punk rock band, Gray Matter.

Because people don't plan funerals around our recording schedule, Christopher is in the studio alone for a quick breakdown of this weeks news and coming releases.Show notes and transcript are available at: https://nightmarelogic.netFollow us on Instagram: @nightmarelogicpod

This week we kidnapped our longtime friend and Emmy-nominated sound mixer, Elliot Thompson, and forced him to divulge his secrets of sound design and how to make creepy films creepier through immersive soundscapes.

In honor of April Fools Day, return with us to the Shark Tank where our Sharks debate twist endings and reveals -what's the difference between them, famous examples, and what makes them so dang effective.For show notes: https://NightmareLogic.netFolluw us on Instagram: @nightmarelogicpod

In honor of International Women's History Month the Nightmare Crew gushes over our favorite Scream Queens and hashes out what exactly a Scream Queen is and how they are potentially different from Final Girls. Show notes available on https://NightmareLogic.netFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightmarelogicpod/

We're back with Taffeta for another week where we each share five horrifying music videos that stuck with us over the years. The videos are all linked to in the show notes on our website, https://nightmarelogic.net

This week we kidnapped Taffeta Darling to shoot the shit with us in studio and to educate us about the current state of horror comics. If you are tired of only collecting body parts and want to dip your toes into the thrilling world of creepy comics, this is a great place to start.

In this episode, Peter walks Christopher through all ~35 subgenres of horror, describing the main characteristics of each and providing a few examples of films that fit. See if you can name them all, if you dare.

Come along for a humorous discussion with our friend and legendary horror film historian David Del Valle. We delve into his lifelong love of horror films and the evolution of the genre, of which he had a front row seat.

Pour yourself a glass of warm milk and join us while we rant about AI and it's unstoppable quest to drain all creativity from the world leaving us nothing but AI slop to feed our soulless bodies.

In this episode we begin by listing each of our top 10 films that we're looking forward to in 2026. Then we hash out what makes a good title by challenging ourselves to come up with 10 titles we like and 5 we don't while offering possible alternatives.Full show notes and links to trailers are available on our website, nightmarelogic.net.

Join us for our first episode where we dive into our origin story as a podcast and as filmmakers. We follow this with an in-depth discussion about where we get ideas for horror films and other stories.