234 episodes
Halloweenies: A Horror Franchise Podcast Bloody FM
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4.5 • 905 Ratings
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Halloweenies® is a weekly horror franchise podcast. Each season, co-hosts Justin Gerber, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Rachel Reeves, and Michael Roffman slice and dice through one iconic series one movie at a time. In the past, they've covered Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? The Alien franchise. As always, there will be tricks, there will be treats, and, yes, there will be blood. Produced by Michael Roffman. Edited by Mae Shults. Music by The Most/Charlie Laurence and Billy Yost/The Kickback.
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Now Showing: I Saw the TV Glow, Tarot, Infested
With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a roundtable review on something new and something old in horror. This month, they discuss I Saw the TV Glow, Infested, Tarot, Hardcore, The Visit, and Bad Moon.
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The House of the Devil (Patreon Clip)
Here's a preview of our all-new Patreon exclusive episode that finds the Halloweenies revisiting Ti West's The House of the Devil. Want to hear the full thing? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Skeleton Patron for more exclusive bonus content!
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Gremlins Commentary Track
Gizmo is officially 40 years old! To celebrate, the Halloweenies are unlocking their feature-length commentary track for Joe Dante's 1984 classic Gremlins, which was released this weekend four decades ago. Grab some egg nog in June, a smokeless ash tray, and head on down to Kingston Falls with Michael Roffman and McKenzie Gerber as they discuss the film's ties to Back to the Future, why Phoebe Cates reminds them of their neighbors, the Breaking Bad connection, and the psychological makeup of the gremlins. If you want more of this kind of content, be sure to join our Patreon by heading over to patreon.com/halloweeniespod!
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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
The fight isn't through yet. After trudging through the ice and mediocrity of 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the Halloweenies are now stumbling around the darkness within 2007's Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. Certainly a high point for either franchise!
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Nick Stahl on What You Wish For and Growing Up in the '90s
The great Nick Stahl joins Halloweenies co-host and executive producer Michael Roffman to discuss his forthcoming thriller What You Wish For, due out May 31st via Magnet. Together, they chew on his latest role as a troubled chef with a gambling history (no spoilers), the tough hurdles of growing up in the '90s, his appreciation for Horror, and more.
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Fortune and Glory: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Pt. 2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is 35 years old today. To celebrate, the Halloweenies are unlocking the two-part coverage of last year's summer sidecast, Fortune and Glory. If you didn't see Pt. 1, scroll back and hit play there. Want more of the franchise? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content!
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Customer Reviews
No else gives these kinds of movies this level of analysis and laughs, at the same time
Long-time listener, and I just finished listening to the both episodes of their Alien Resurrection coverage, which ranks up there as maybe my first- or second-favorite coverage of any movie they’ve have done (their coverage of the first Evil Dead is the one to beat for me. Their love for that movie really shines through, and I think can turn anyone who’s not a fan into an appreciator, at the very least). This is simply because of how willing they are to give this oft-maligned movie the same level of attention as the prior, more beloved films.
And that’s what makes this podcast, just like its sister podcasts The Loser’s Club and The Ladykillers, so freaking great: they’re not the type of movie/horror fans who are content to just regurgitate the exact same banal trivia points you could get from a movie’s wikipedia or IMDB trivia pages; like an Inception meme, “they have to go deeper.”
I mean, there’s a lot of movies they cover that I’m a huge fan and think that I know a lot about, and they still have tendency to find something in their research that I didn’t know!
And on top of all of that, their chemistry with each other is off the charts. You can tell they’re all old friends by the way they know how to jump on each other’s intentional (and impromptu) joke setups. It’s a total comfort listen for that reason.
They know a lot about movie history but…
It’s clear the hosts know a lot about movie history, which is something I find lacking in a lot of other horror movie podcasts. However, they also come across as joyless contrarians who can’t just enjoy a film. By all means, please dig into the behind-the-scenes history, but it’s not fun if they act like grouchy college professors who are bitter their book hasn’t made the best seller list and spend the majority of class ranting about someone more successful. Their dreary discussion of Halloween (2018) in particular just smacks of someone who wanted to work on the film and is full of sour grapes. Not to mention their views on the quality of a film is so narrow that I’m honestly surprised they like movies at all. Find a podcast with a little more joy because life is too short for this.
Ran away, I love it.
Love your podcast. If people don’t want to hear the rant, they can go somewhere else. The best part of your pod is you guys saying whatever you want. It feels genuine.
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