The Night Shift

Ominous Media
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From the folks at Ominous Media, The Night Shift is a celebration and critique of all things horror, both old and new, for die-hard fans and newcomers alike. Hosted by horror cheerleader Kyle Stück, the show features spoiler-free and humorous reviews of horror movies, shows, books, and games, along with a variety of guests, including gore hounds, snobs, and yes…even the scaredy cats. Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters, friend. Welcome…to The Night Shift.

  1. Aug 19

    113 - Book Review: BLOOD MERIDIAN w/ Noah Baslé (YH)

    Howdy there, partner! Welcome back to the Year of the Horse (YH)! That's right, folks, for the Night Shift's fifth horror western shift in our yearlong special, Kyle (Stück Cassidy) & Noah Baslé (The Magnificent Crepe) read the epic historical novel BLOOD MERIDIAN (1985) by Cormac McCarthy. The Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennessean, must confront the extraordinary brutality of the Glanton gang, a murderous cadre on an official mission to scalp Indians. Seeming to preside over this nightmarish world is the diabolical Judge Holden, one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction. So, is this book any good? Well, give this review a listen and find out...if you DAAAaaaare! Already read it? Let us know your thoughts! OMINOUS MEDIA LINKS: WebsiteHumming Fools - PodcastEvil Cast - ComicHallowed - ComicThe Night Shift - Reviews Database The Night Shift - Review Request Form KYLE LINKS: WebsiteSubstackPatreonInstagramLetterboxd NOAH LINKS: WebsiteInstagramMUSIC: Short Intro - Just Me And My Horse by kaazoomMain Intro - Spaghetti Western by Positive_SoundSpoiler Transition - Cowboy Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro - Folk harmonica bluesy touch by Moonpub

    113 - Book Review: BLOOD MERIDIAN w/ Noah Baslé (YH)

  2. Jul 22

    112 - Book Review: LONE WOMEN w/ Tony Farina (YH)

    Howdy there, partner! Welcome back to the Year of the Horse (YH)! That's right, folks, for the Night Shift's fourth horror western shift in our yearlong special, Kyle (Stück Cassidy) & Tony (The Florida Ranger) read the fantasy horror western book LONE WOMEN (2023) by Victor LaValle. Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear. So, is this book any good? Well, give this review a listen and find out...if you DAAAaaaare! Already read it? Let us know your thoughts! OMINOUS MEDIA LINKS: WebsiteHumming Fools - PodcastEvil Cast - ComicHallowed - ComicThe Night Shit - Reviews Database The Night Shift - Review Request Form BTS VIDEO: Victor LaValle on the making of LONE WOMENKYLE LINKS: WebsiteSubstackPatreonInstagramLetterboxd TONY LINKS: WebsiteBuy Tony's Book!Buy Tony's 2nd Book!Buy Tony's 3rd Book!MUSIC: Short Intro - Just Me And My Horse by kaazoomMain Intro - Spaghetti Western by Positive_SoundSpoiler Transition - Cowboy Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro - Folk harmonica bluesy touch by Moonpub

    112 - Book Review: LONE WOMEN w/ Tony Farina (YH)

  3. Jun 24

    111 - Bag of Horses: 7 MOVIE REVIEWS w/ Abby Smith (YH)

    Howdy there, partner! Welcome back to the Year of the Horse (YH)! That's right, folks, for tonight's third horror western shift in our yearlong special, Kyle (Stück Cassidy) & Abby (Two Tart Jane) screened CURSE OF THE UNDEAD (1959), BILLY THE KID VERSUS DRACULA (1966), RAVENOUS (1999), THE MISSING (2003), THE BURROWERS (2008), THE WIND (2018), and THE PALE DOOR (2020). So, are any of these films any good? Well, give this review a listen and find out...if you DAAAaaaare! Already seen them? Let us know your thoughts! REVIEW TIMECODES: Curse of the Undead — 8:50 Billy the Kid Versus Dracula — 19:50 Ravenous — 29:30 The Missing — 41:30 The Burrowers — 50:10 | Spoilers @ 1:01:05 The Wind — 1:08:29 The Pale Door — 1:16:00 OMINOUS MEDIA LINKS: WebsiteHumming Fools - PodcastEvil Cast - ComicHallowed - ComicThe Night Shit - Reviews Database The Night Shift - Review Request Form KYLE LINKS: WebsiteSubstackPatreonInstagramLetterboxd ABBY LINKS: InstagramLetterboxdMUSIC: Short Intro - Just Me And My Horse by kaazoomMain Intro - Spaghetti Western by Positive_SoundSpoiler Transition - Cowboy Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro - Folk harmonica bluesy touch by Moonpub

    111 - Bag of Horses: 7 MOVIE REVIEWS w/ Abby Smith (YH)

  4. May 19

    110 - Game Review: WEIRD WEST w/ Calvin Huff (YH)

    Howdy there, partner! Welcome back to the Year of the Horse (YH)! That's right, folks, for the Night Shift's second horror western shift in our yearlong special, Kyle (Stück Cassidy) & Calvin (The Lone Papi) played the action role-playing video game WEIRD WEST (2022). Discover a dark fantasy reimagining of the Wild West where lawmen and gunslingers share the frontier with fantastical creatures. Journey through the origin stories of a group of atypical heroes, written into legend by the decisions you make in an unforgiving land. So, is this game any good? Well, give this review a listen and find out...if you DAAAaaaare! Already played it? Let us know your thoughts! OMINOUS MEDIA LINKS: WebsiteHumming Fools - PodcastEvil Cast - ComicHallowed - ComicThe Night Shit - Reviews Database The Night Shift - Review Request Form WEIRD WEST Developer DiaryKYLE LINKS: WebsiteSubstackPatreonInstagramLetterboxd MUSIC: Short Intro - Just Me And My Horse by kaazoomMain Intro - Spaghetti Western by Positive_SoundSpoiler Transition - Cowboy Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro - Folk harmonica bluesy touch by Moonpub

    110 - Game Review: WEIRD WEST w/ Calvin Huff (YH)

  5. Apr 29

    109 - Movie Review: BONE TOMAHAWK w/ Abby Smith (YH)

    Well howdy there, partner! Welcome...to the Year of the Horse (YH)! That's right, folks, for the Night Shift's first horror western shift in our yearlong special, Kyle (Stück Cassidy) & Abby (Two Tart Jane) screened the American Western horror film BONE TOMAHAWK (2015). In the Old West, a small-town sheriff and his rag-tag posse set out to rescue several townspeople from a brutal cave-dwelling, cannibalistic tribe. So, is this film any good? Well, give this review a listen and find out...if you DAAAaaaare! Already seen it? Let us know your thoughts! OMINOUS MEDIA LINKS: WebsiteHumming Fools - PodcastEvil Cast - ComicHallowed - ComicThe Night Shit - Reviews Database The Night Shift - Review Request Form KYLE LINKS: WebsiteSubstackPatreonInstagramLetterboxd ABBY LINKS: InstagramLetterboxdMUSIC: Short Intro - Just Me And My Horse by kaazoomMain Intro - Spaghetti Western by Positive_SoundSpoiler Transition - Cowboy Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro - Folk harmonica bluesy touch by Moonpub

    109 - Movie Review: BONE TOMAHAWK w/ Abby Smith (YH)

  6. Mar 18

    108 - Horror Year In Review 2025

    On tonight's special award shift, Kyle & Abby are listing their favorite spooky films and all the wonders horror had to offer in 2025. What were your favorite films / moments from the past year? Let us know...if you DAAAaaaare! OMINOUS MEDIA LINKS: WebsiteHumming Fools - PodcastEvil Cast - ComicHallowed - ComicThe Night Shit - Reviews Database The Night Shift - Review Request Form KYLE LINKS: WebsiteSubstackPatreonInstagramLetterboxd ABBY LINKS: InstagramLetterboxdMUSIC: Intro - Cory NelsonOutro - Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    108 - Horror Year In Review 2025

  7. Mar 3

    107 - Game/Book/Movie Review: RESIDENT EVIL w/ Abby Smith

    The Night Shift is BACK celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Resident Evil franchise! That's right, folks, for tonight's shift, Kyle & Abby not only reviewed Capcom's classical survival horror video game RESIDENT EVIL (1996)—but they also read the 1998 novelization by S.D. Perry and screened the 2002 film starring Milla Jovovich. Raccoon City: a remote mountain community suddenly besieged by a rash of grisly murders encroaching upon it from the surrounding forest. Bizarre reports start to spread, describing attacks from vicious creatures, some human...some not. After investigating, Raccoon City Police Department elite team Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield are forced to flee into a mysterious mansion where they encounter zombies and mutated monsters. If any survive of them survive...they may come to envy those who didn't. So, is this game, it's novelization, or its film adaptation any good? Well, give this review a listen and find out...if you DAAAaaaare! Already played/read/seen it? Let us know your thoughts! REVIEW TIMECODES: RE Video Game — 15:13 RE Video Game Spoilers — 53:30 RE Book — 1:07:19 RE Movie — 1:34:49 OMINOUS MEDIA LINKS: WebsiteHumming Fools - PodcastEvil Cast - ComicHallowed - ComicThe Night Shit - Reviews Database The Night Shift - Review Request Form KYLE LINKS: WebsiteSubstackPatreonInstagramLetterboxd ABBY LINKS: InstagramLetterboxdMUSIC: Intro - Cory NelsonOutro - Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    107 - Game/Book/Movie Review: RESIDENT EVIL w/ Abby Smith

  8. 10/29/2025

    106 - Bag of Horror: 5 MOVIE REVIEWS w/ Abby Smith

    Can you see it, listener? The veil between worlds is thinning and Halloween is nearly upon us! On tonight's episode-variant of The Night Shift (Bag of Horror), Kyle and Abby share a special announcement and review DANGEROUS ANIMALS (2025), THE RULE OF JENNY PEN (2025), THE MONKEY (2025), THE UGLY STEPSISTER (2025), and PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS (2006). Are any of them any good? Well, give this review a listen and find out...if you DAAAaaaare! Already seen them? Let us know your thoughts! REVIEW TIMECODES: Dangerous Animals — 10:38 The Rule of Jenny Pen — 19:40 The Monkey — 32:46 The Ugly Stepsister — 47:15 Predator: Killer of Killers — 1:02:00 KICKSTARTER: Hallowed - Chapter 2OMINOUS MEDIA LINKS: WebsiteHumming Fools - PodcastEvil Cast - ComicHallowed - ComicThe Night Shit - Reviews Database The Night Shift - Review Request Form KYLE LINKS: WebsiteSubstackPatreonInstagramLetterboxd ABBY LINKS: InstagramLetterboxdMUSIC: Intro - Cory NelsonOutro - Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    106 - Bag of Horror: 5 MOVIE REVIEWS w/ Abby Smith
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From the folks at Ominous Media, The Night Shift is a celebration and critique of all things horror, both old and new, for die-hard fans and newcomers alike. Hosted by horror cheerleader Kyle Stück, the show features spoiler-free and humorous reviews of horror movies, shows, books, and games, along with a variety of guests, including gore hounds, snobs, and yes…even the scaredy cats. Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters, friend. Welcome…to The Night Shift.

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  • Creator
    Ominous Media
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    114
  • Rating
    Explicit
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