Open Mic Night of the Living Dead

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A horror movie podcast where every episode ends in a song! Actually, two songs. Hosts Rachel and John review cult classics, creature features, and creepy gems, write original music inspired by each film, and perform it for each other live and uncut. Expect weird trivia, nerdy banter, and bizarre deep dives. Full episodes feature movie analysis and live songs, followed by shorter bonus encore episodes with demo versions and extra commentary. New episodes drop weekly. Come for the gore, stay for the encore.

  1. 6d ago

    61: Summer 2026 Watch-It-Or-Not

    Taking a brief break this week to talk about some of the movies we've watched recently, and whether you should watch it or not. Plus a shiny new version of one of our earliest demos.

  2. Sep 2

    60: Back to School Special

    It's that time of year! The mornings are getting crisp, the leaves are starting to turn, and the kids are back in school. Speaking of school, we do a lot of that in this week's episode. We're counting down our top school-related horror as we celebrate back-to-school season. What's your favorite scary school movie?

  3. Aug 26

    59: Groovy Sequels ~ Evil Dead II Encore

    Open Mic Night of the Living Dead

  4. Aug 19

    58: Evil Dead II (1987)

    We tackle another sequel this week with Sam Raimi's second entry in the Evil Dead franchise. Sometimes we surprise ourselves and this week was no exception, in some unexpected ways.

  5. Aug 12

    57: Summer Spectacular

    With just a few weeks left in summer, we spend some time in this special episode discussing our favorite summer horror movies. Plus a remixed and remastered version of our very first demo, The Ballad of Jack Deth inspired by Trancers!

  6. Aug 5

    56: SHARK!!!

    We spent three weeks on Jaws, so of course we followed it with a whole episode on the shark movies that came after it. The sequels, a SeaWorld disaster, Dangerous Animals (still one of our favorite watches from last year), and the ones most shark movie lists forget. Stick around after the discussion for a studio demo of an original song from our Jaws trilogy. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:42 Shark Movie Roundup: Welcome 00:03:18 Jaws Sequels: Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D & Jaws the Revenge 00:10:10 Dangerous Animals (2025) 00:11:55 The Meg (2018) 00:13:39 Open Water (2003) 00:15:44 Deep Blue Sea (1999) 00:19:37 The Shallows (2016) 00:22:04 Piranha & More 00:31:45 Song Demo 00:35:57 Losing Light

  7. Jul 29

    55: Jaws (1975) - Part Three

    Quint slides beneath the water, and Brody is alone on a sinking boat with nothing left but a rifle. We close out our three part dive into Jaws with the ending, the aftermath, our favorite lines, and two brand new songs written from opposite ends of that opening beach scene.   Citations Baisas, Laura. “Why the creators of ‘Jaws’ regretted making sharks the monsters.” Popular Science. 22 July 2023. https://www.popsci.com/environment/jaws-sharks-attack/. Escamilla, Christina. “Examining the Cinematography of Jaws for the 50th Anniversary.” Stinaesc. 10 September 2025. https://www.stinaesc.com/film/examining-the-cinematography-of-jaws-for-the-50th-anniversary. Farr, John. “’Jaws’ - How Our Greatest Summer Movie Got Made.” Best Movies by Farr. https://bestmoviesbyfarr.com/seasonal/jaws-how-our-greatest-summer-movie-got-made/. Germain, Jacquelyne. “Steven Spielberg Regrets How ‘Jaws’ Impacted Real-World Sharks.” Smithsonian Magazine. 20 December 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/steven-spielberg-regrets-how-jaws-impacted-real-world-sharks-180981335/. Jackson, Matthew. “How They Made the Shark in Jaws (and Why We Don't See It Very Much).” NBC. 20 June 2025. https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/how-they-made-the-shark-in-jaws-explained. McLachlan, Ryan. “The True Story Behind the USS Indianapolis Monologue in ‘Jaws’.” War History Online. 31 August 2023. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/jaws-monologue.html. Sackton, Laura. “’Jaws’: Book vs. movie.” Audible Blog. 17 September 2024. https://www.audible.com/blog/article-jaws-book-vs-movie.   Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:04 Story Time: Murder & Mayhem (continued) 00:22:46 Story Time: Themes 00:37:22 Story Time: Favorites & Quotes 00:41:45 Open Mic 00:52:19 Losing Light

  8. Jul 22

    54: Jaws (1975) - Part Two

    We keep finding new corners of Jaws to get stuck in. This week we wrap up the production stories, spend a long while in the cinematography (the poster, the water box, that dolly zoom), sit with John Williams' two notes, and finally get to talk characters: Brody, Hooper, Quint, all of them. Part two of three - the boat's not big enough yet. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:59 Let's Make a Movie: Production 00:17:16 Vibe Check 00:21:15 Vibe Check: Cinematography 00:36:51 Vibe Check: SFX 00:46:27 Vibe Check: Music & Sound Design 00:58:40 Story Time: Characters 01:18:01 Story Time: Murder, Mayhem & Myths 01:28:55 Losing Light Citations Blair, Caroline. “Where is the cast of ‘Jaws’ Now?” AOL. 20 June 2025. https://www.aol.com/where-cast-jaws-now-look-220000959.html. Danko, Meredith. “8 Actors Who Could Have Starred in ‘Jaws’.” Mental Floss. 28 May 2025. https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/movies/actors-who-could-have-starred-in-jaws. Escamilla, Christina. “Examining the Cinematography of Jaws for the 50th Anniversary.” Stinaesc. 10 September 2025. https://www.stinaesc.com/film/examining-the-cinematography-of-jaws-for-the-50th-anniversary. Novak, Laureen. “Who’s Still Alive from ‘Jaws’?” Remind Magazine. 16 June 2025. https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/31158/jaws-whos-still-alive/. Parker, Ryan. “’Jaws’ and the Internal Debate Over Who Wrote the Iconic USS Indianapolis Speech.” The Hollywood Reporter. 20 June 2022. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jaws-debate-over-who-wrote-uss-indianapolis-speech-1235168476/. Rennie, Daniel. “Revisiting Bruce, the Malfunctioning Animatronic Shark that Made ‘Jaws’ a Horror Classic.” Bold Entrance. 15 July 2020. https://boldentrance.com/remembering-bruce-the-malfunctioning-animatronic-shark-that-made-jaws-a-horror-classic/. Slor, Zhanna. “Remembering ‘Jaws’ Actress Susan Backlinie.” Remind Magazine. 13 May 2024. https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/6178/susan-backlinie-talks-opening-jaws-scene/. Watkin, Hannah. “What happened to the cast of Jaws?” Smooth Radio. 17 June 2025. https://www.smoothradio.com/news/entertainment/jaws-cast-then-now/.

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A horror movie podcast where every episode ends in a song! Actually, two songs. Hosts Rachel and John review cult classics, creature features, and creepy gems, write original music inspired by each film, and perform it for each other live and uncut. Expect weird trivia, nerdy banter, and bizarre deep dives. Full episodes feature movie analysis and live songs, followed by shorter bonus encore episodes with demo versions and extra commentary. New episodes drop weekly. Come for the gore, stay for the encore.

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