How I Met Your Monster

Zach Wincik, Danny Salemme, Casey Brewer
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How I Met Your Monster is the horror-comedy podcast that explores the introductions of your favorite movie monsters! Join Zach, Danny, and Casey as they break down how iconic monsters — from Freddy and Jason to Leatherface and Chucky — made their terrifying first impressions on screen. In each episode, we dive into the art of the perfect horror debut that turned these horror movie monsters into cinematic legends. Whether you’re a hardcore horror buff or just here for the fun, How I Met Your Monster delivers a perfect mix of spooky nostalgia and comedic commentary on the monsters you know and love. Subscribe now and never miss an episode. Now, let’s go meet some monsters!

  1. 23 hr ago

    Count Orlok in Robert Eggers' NOSFERATU (w/ Chris Cooney)

    We continue our "Too Hot to Rot" triple feature with Robert Eggers' 2024 Nosferatu, joined by returning guest Chris Cooney of Dead Noise Media. We dig into Bill Skarsgård's Count Orlok (the voice training, the prosthetics, the hat debate) and compare this version to the 1922 original and Bram Stoker's Dracula.  In this episode: Why this Nosferatu shares so much DNA with Bram Stoker's Dracula, the 1922 original, and Shadow of the Vampire Robert Eggers' practical-effects obsession: 2,000 real trained rats, real wolves, and potato-flakes for snow Bill Skarsgård's transformation into Count Orlok: an opera coach, a lowered vocal register, and 4-6 hours in prosthetics designed by David White The mustache and hat debate: why Orlok looks so different from past versions The Lost Boys on Broadway Make sure to follow Dead Noise Media on Instagram and YouTube Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube For bonus content and commentaries, check out our Patreon Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Want to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout! Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more! Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com

    1hr 29min

  2. 22 Jun

    Zombie Julie in Brian Yuzna's RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 (w/ The Nightmare Trials)

    Episode 158: Return of the Living Dead 3 — We're kicking off our "Too Hot to Rot" triple feature with Brian Yuzna's gory, surprisingly romantic zombie classic. Joined by special guest Steven from The Nightmare Trials podcast, we dig into the practical effects work of Steve Johnson, the franchise's tonal shift from satire to tragic love story, and why these unkillable, conscious zombies are some of the most genuinely unsettling in the genre. Find The Nightmare Trials on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Support The Nightmare Trials on Patreon, and follow on Instagram and TikTok! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube For bonus content and commentaries, check out our Patreon Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Want to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout! Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more! Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com

    1hr 58min

  3. 8 Jun

    Captain Peytraud in Wes Craven's THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW

    We wrap up our IT'S VOODOO, BABY triple feature with Wes Craven’s voodoo-doomed descent into near-death delirium. Zombies are real, the dead still feel, and we're traveling to Haiti at the height of the regime-ending anti-Duvalier protests to meet the soul-snatching bokor Captain Peytraud in THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube For bonus content and commentaries, check out our Patreon Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Want to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout! Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more! Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com

    2h 8m

  4. 1 Jun ·  Bonus

    TV TERRORS - Boy Meets World "AND THEN THERE WAS SHAWN" (Patreon Preview)

    In this Patreon-exclusive episode of How I Met Your Monster, where we’re switching things up by turning our attention from movie monsters, to TV terrors.  In today’s episode, we’ll be meeting the monster in the Boy Meets World season 5 episode, “And Then There Was Shawn,” a love letter to the genre, with a self-referential emphasis on teen slashers. The killer's a meanie, the first suspect is Feeny, and we're getting ourselves stuck in detention with Cory, Shawn, and Topanga to meet the John Adams High slasher in…  A SCARY SPECIAL EPISODE presents: “And Then There Was Shawn” Enjoy the preview of this Patreon-exclusive episode! Want to hear the whole thing? Check out our Patreon page (https://patreon.com/howimetyourmonster) and become a member for only $3/month! You'll get access to our first 50 episodes, as well as monthly bonus episodes including feature-length commentaries, new monsters, and TV episodes like this one! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube For bonus content and commentaries, check out our Patreon Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Want to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout! Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more! Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com

    9 min

  5. 25 May

    Chucky in Tom Holland's CHILD'S PLAY (w/ Don Campbell)

    Returning guest Don Campbell joins us as we meet Charles Lee Ray in episode 156, tackling Tom Holland's 1988 classic Child's Play as the second entry in the "It's Voodoo Baby" triple feature. We break down all eight of Chucky's major reveals, from the voodoo soul transfer that opens the film to the battery scene confrontation between Karen Barclay and the Good Guy doll, to the fiery finale in the apartment. Along the way we explore Don Mancini's original "Blood Buddy" script, the Cabbage Patch doll craze that inspired the film, the raised soundstage set and practical puppet work that brought Chucky to life, and why Catherine Hicks' performance makes Child's Play as much a story about a struggling single mother as it is a slasher. The episode closes with our favorite reveals ranking, real monsters, and a round of "would you survive Chucky?"  Next up: Wes Craven's The Serpent and the Rainbow closes out the triple feature. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube For bonus content and commentaries, check out our Patreon Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Want to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout! Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more! Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com

    2h 5m

  6. 11 May

    Mama Cecile and Papa Justify in Iain Softley's THE SKELETON KEY

    IT'S VOODOO, BABY kicks off with Kate Hudson and Gena Rowlands as we dig into Ian Softley's The Skeleton Key (2005), one of the most slept-on horror films of the 2000s. We break down all five monster reveals, the Hoodoo vs. Voodoo distinction, and why Kate Hudson's Caroline belongs in the conversation for smartest horror protagonist ever. Plus: the film's touchy racial subtext, it's comparison to Get Out, and the ending that had us shook.  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube For bonus content and commentaries, check out our Patreon Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Want to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout! Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more! Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com

    1hr 45min

  7. 27 Apr

    The Hollywood Machine in David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE

    We wrap up our MINDF*CKS triple feature with David Lynch's surrealist sensory experience through celebrity success and self-destruction. Everybody wants to be somebody, every somebody is someone else, and the Hollywood elite are anything but sweet, as we follow our dreams to the outer limits of La-La land, to meet the mysterious Mr. Roque and his army of dreamers, schemers and doppelgangers in Mulholland Drive. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube For bonus content and commentaries, check out our Patreon Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Want to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout! Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more! Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com

    2h 8m

  8. 13 Apr

    The Baby in David Lynch's ERASERHEAD

    We dive into the industrial hellscape of David Lynch's debut feature, Eraserhead (1977), for the second film in our MINDF*CKS triple feature. In this episode: How Lynch's black-and-white nightmare was made over six years on a shoestring budget at the American Film Institute Why the film hits different with three distinct life perspectives: a father, someone who wants kids, and someone who doesn't The film's core anxieties: unwanted parenthood, the suffocating weight of domestic life, and the fear of losing yourself to a role you didn't choose Lynch's well-documented philosophy of letting audiences bring their own feelings to his films rather than seeking logical interpretation How his practice of transcendental meditation fed the film's dreamlike, subconscious imagery Monster reveals covered include:  The Man in the Planet The little chickens at the dinner table The iconic mutant baby Henry's mailbox sperm-worm The Lady in the Radiator Henry's head-in-the-pencil-factory The giant alien baby Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube For bonus content and commentaries, check out our Patreon Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Want to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout! Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more! Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com

    1hr 40min
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How I Met Your Monster is the horror-comedy podcast that explores the introductions of your favorite movie monsters! Join Zach, Danny, and Casey as they break down how iconic monsters — from Freddy and Jason to Leatherface and Chucky — made their terrifying first impressions on screen. In each episode, we dive into the art of the perfect horror debut that turned these horror movie monsters into cinematic legends. Whether you’re a hardcore horror buff or just here for the fun, How I Met Your Monster delivers a perfect mix of spooky nostalgia and comedic commentary on the monsters you know and love. Subscribe now and never miss an episode. Now, let’s go meet some monsters!

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  • Creator
    Zach Wincik, Danny Salemme, Casey Brewer
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    127
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2021 How I Met Your Monster
  • Show Website
    How I Met Your Monster

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