Horror Hero

Johnathon McAninch
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Grab your headphones and boomstick and get ready for a good time with two horror nuts!

  1. 07/25/2025

    Episode 11: Sommers Vacation - Van Helsing (2004)

    Grab a fruity drink and head to the beach with us horror heroes, because we're going on summer vacation! Well, Sommers Vacation! Stephen Sommers, that is! This episode our horror heroes discuss the Victorian era Wolverine with flowing locks, a very confusing hat, and enough gadgets to make Desmond Llewelyn jealous: Van Helsing (2004) Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod" Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Johnathon has been posting Scooby Snack videos and just did a Jurassic park unboxing! Have a question? Email us at horrorheropod@gmail.com and we will read your email out on the next episode! Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice! STAY GROOVY!

    Episode 11: Sommers Vacation - Van Helsing (2004)

  2. 07/12/2025 ·  Bonus

    INTERVIEW: The Spooky ShXt Show with Derek Wayne Trautwein

    Hey Horror Heroes, it's your favorite horror host Johnathon here with a special treat! I got the pleasure to sit and have a chat with Derek Wayne Trautwein. Trautwein is a Kansas City local and is the artistic director and creator of The Spooky ShXt Show, a show that smashes horror and comedy together, throws it in a wood chipper and spits it out on stage as a terrifying and fun live theatrical production. Follow The Spooky ShXt Show at @_thespookyshitshow_ (IG), @thespookyshitshow (FB) and @thespookyshtshow (Youtube) for more details, Spooky surprises, upcoming shows, & more!

    INTERVIEW: The Spooky ShXt Show with Derek Wayne Trautwein

  3. 07/04/2025

    Episode 10: M3gan (2025) vs 28 Years Later (2025) Summer Double Feature

    It's Summerween! You know what that means! It's time for a good old fashion summer double feature! Killer robots vs rage fueled zombies! (Yes we know they aren't technically zombies, you nerds!) Upgraded M3gan vs upgraded Alpha! We're talking 28 Years Later and M3gan 2.0 We also tackle a few minor news topics, brag about our horror hordes we uncovered this week (vhs, steelbooks, and vinyl), and talk a little cosplay and Crypticon. Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod" Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Johnathon has been posting Scooby Snack videos and just did a Jurassic park unboxing! Have a question? Email us at horrorheropod@gmail.com and we will read your email out on the next episode! Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice! STAY GROOVY!

    Episode 10: M3gan (2025) vs 28 Years Later (2025) Summer Double Feature

  4. 06/19/2025

    Episode 9: Off the Hook - Dangerous Animals (2025)

    Time for a swim down under, horror heroes! Join Johnathon and Bethany as they dive into Sean Byrne's 2025 Shudder original feature Dangerous Animals. This episode we also gush over Dark Universe, get the cold chills as we hear rumors of an Eggers directed A Christmas Story, discuss star cars as an original screen used Dorothy II is reunited (and it feels so good) with a newly restored storm chaser truck from the original Twister, talk Tomatoes and Toxie and Things much Stranger (see what I did there?) Hey, stop trying to make Jason Universe happen! Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod" Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Have a question? Email us at horrorheropod@gmail.com and we will read your email out on the next episode! Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice! STAY GROOVY!

    Episode 9: Off the Hook - Dangerous Animals (2025)

  5. 06/12/2025 ·  Bonus

    BONUS: Thursday the 12th Special! - Friday the 13th (1980)

    What is scarier than Friday the 13th? Thursday the 12th! In honor of the first Friday the 13th of the podcast we thought we'd do a little bonus episode and talk the original Friday the 13th! Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod" Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Show yours off and tag us! Have a question? Email us at horrorheropod@gmail.com and we will read your email put on the next episode! Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice! STAY GROOVY!

    BONUS: Thursday the 12th Special! - Friday the 13th (1980)

  6. 06/05/2025

    Episode 8: Aussies with Hats - Bring Her Back (2025)

    Resurrection can be tricky, especially without the book of the dead or a glowing green serum! Listen as our horror heroes discuss Danny and Michael Phillippou's 2025 film Bring Her Back. This episode we also discuss what actually happened to the invisible werewolf in David Sandberg's Until Dawn, news about the upcoming Friday the 13th prequel series and the subsequently fawn over Linda Cardellini, debate the iconography of certain film composers as Danny Elfman is announced to be taking care of the score for Sam Raimi's Send Help, round up some Toxie news and discuss Bethany submitting her script as well as what we have been up to and collecting with our horror hauls. Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod" Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Show yours off and tag us! Have a question? Email us at horrorheropod@gmail.com and we will read your email out on the next episode! Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice! STAY GROOVY!

    Episode 8: Aussies with Hats - Bring Her Back (2025)

  7. 05/22/2025

    Episode 7: Death Runs in the Family - Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)

    Death is a devious bastard! What happens when our horror heroes come face to face with death itself? Can they Indiana Jones their way through all the murder traps surrounding them? On this episode we discuss Netflix erasing media (a reminder that streaming sucks), Jane Shoenbrun's next film, new details on Evil Dead Burn and the next Legendary Godzilla movie (yep, they're going to space), and The Toxic Avenger might have a thing for golden showers??? We also review the sixth entry in the Final Destination franchise: Final Destination Bloodlines. Special shout out to Brandon and Otis of the Super Roper Bros on YouTube and Brandon Russ over at The Movie Galaxy podcast! Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod" Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Show yours off and tag us! Have a question? Email us at horrorheropod@gmail.com and we will read your email out on the next episode! Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice! STAY GROOVY!

    Episode 7: Death Runs in the Family - Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)

  8. 05/08/2025

    Episode 6: Schrodinger's Werewolf! - A Review of David F. Sandberg's Until Dawn (2025)

    Can our horror heroes, Bethany and Johnathon, battle through 13 nights of repetitious, yet fun kills? Can they survive.... UNTIL DAWN??? This week we discuss some rad Universal Monsters comics, Godzilla, Jaws and Rocky Horror's 50th Birthday Bash, new details on Sam Raimi's return to horror with Send Help, Wednesday's season 2 return, more news straight from Toxie's mop bucket, video games we enjoy, and review David F. Sandberg's Until Dawn. Shout out to Brandon and Otis of the Super Roper Bros on YouTube. Interact with us on on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at "horrorheropod" Follow our journey and check out our Horror Hauls over on TikTok! Have a question? Email us at horrorheropod@gmail.com and we will read your email out on the next episode! Please leave us a review or comment on your podcast app of choice! STAY GROOVY!

    Episode 6: Schrodinger's Werewolf! - A Review of David F. Sandberg's Until Dawn (2025)
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Grab your headphones and boomstick and get ready for a good time with two horror nuts!

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  • Creator
    Johnathon McAninch
  • Years Active
    2025
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Horror Hero