How I Met Your Monster

Zach Wincik, Danny Salemme, Casey Brewer
  • 5.0 (34)
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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. 4d ago

    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

  2. Jun 1 ·  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

  3. May 25

    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

  4. May 11

    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

    1h 45m

  5. Apr 27

    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

  6. Apr 13

    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

    1h 40m

  7. Mar 30

    Andrew Laeddis in Martin Scorsese's SHUTTER ISLAND

    Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island is one of the most rewatchable psychological thrillers of the 2000s, and on this episode of How I Met Your Monster, we break down exactly why. Set in 1954 at Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Shutter Island follows U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) as he investigates the disappearance of a patient from a remote island asylum and slowly loses his grip on what's real. It's a film built on clues hidden in plain sight, unreliable narration, and one of the most satisfying twist endings in modern horror and thriller cinema. We cover the film's five monster reveals, the symbolism of fire and water throughout the story, Scorsese's visual references to Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss," and the real history of trans-orbital lobotomies that gives the film's ending its gut-punch weight. We also dig into the film's place in the Scorsese/DiCaprio collaboration, how it compares to Inception (also released in 2010), and why Shutter Island deserves more awards recognition than it ever received. Other topics include the psychology of trauma and repressed memory, the history of mental health treatment in mid-century America, the true crime case of Andrea Yates, the literary legacy of Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone), and how Scorsese uses classic filmmaking techniques — from Hitchcock-inspired direction to old-school rear projection — to build dread. 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

    1h 49m

  8. Mar 16

    Evil Monks in Jean-Jacques Annaud's THE NAME OF THE ROSE

    The DEVILS & DICKS triple feature wraps up with Jean-Jacques Annaud’s medieval monk murder mystery. The friars are repressed, but their hairdos are blessed, and God help us, James Bond is giving Sherlock Holmes as we sin our way through a secret library labyrinth to meet a joy-hating holy man in THE NAME OF THE ROSE. 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

    1h 9m
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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
    125
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2021 How I Met Your Monster
  • Show Website
    How I Met Your Monster

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