Willy Greer, Film Cult Podcaster, and the other half of the most knowledgeable horror trivia team on the planet, throws a curveball at you with a boffo #1 selection in his top 25 Horror Films, and nods to some of the classics of the genre.
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By day, Eric is a mild-mannered Architect, bringing great buildings to the good boys and girls of his hometown of Portland, Oregon. By night, he is a disreputable podcaster looking to promote the best and worst of horror movies!
Jeff Dean’s Top 25 Horror Movie
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the internet, one half of the most knowledgeable horror trivia team on the planet, Jeff Dean, reveals his Top 25 Horror movies for you.
Elizabeth Williams’ Top 25 Horror Movies
Friend of the Podcast, Elizabeth Williams brings the most visceral top 25 so far! Sometimes, the most twisted tastes come from the sweetest people.
Sara Sometti Michaels’ Top 25 Horror Movies
The Writer for the wicked 2018 Nunsploitation horror shocker St Agatha gives us her top 25 horror favorites!
Robert Zilbauer’s Top 25 Horror Movies
The Scariest Thing’s ZED features plenty of creatures in his top 25 list of scary movies.
Joseph Perry’s Top 25 Horror Movies
Horror journalist Joseph Perry mixes in some Thrills (He is certainly a big David Lynch fan) with his Scares in his top 25 list. And yes, he’s ready for “That’s Not a Horror Movie!” Hot take!
Ingo Tants’ Top 25 Horror Movies
The Scariest Things found a Matinee era horror connoisseur! Ingo Tants brings his love of silver age horror to the Top 100 List!
Gretchen Brooks’ Top 25 Horror Movies
The Kaijucaster has dropped her scariest wisdom with us. (Editor’s note: Hey! Where’s Mothra?)
Marc Martínez Jordán’s Top 25 Horror Movies
The Director of the hot new horror film Framed gives us his favorite 25 Horror Movies.
Tom Carter’s Top 25 Horror Movies
Resident Scariest Things Superfan Weighs in with his top 25! (And he’s got a short film to show!)
Coming Soon: The Scariest Things Top 100 Horror Films of ALL TIME!
It’s finally happening. We’re getting our master recommendation list together for YOU, the horror movie-loving audience.
Sharon L Yablon’s Top 25 Horror Films
Shit, this was difficult, but fun! I wish we could have a film festival and all meet 🙂
Eric’s Review: Spider Baby (1967)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
This proto-hillbilly inbred cannibal family horror comedy is a forgotten gem!
Bollywood and Middle Eastern Horror?
Welcome aboard all our new visitors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar! (Wow… Myanmar?) The Scariest Things would like to know if there’s anything good and scary from your region.
The Scariest Things Podcast: Episode XXXI: The Matinee Era Part 2
The height of the atomic age! Monsters get bigger and stompier! Xenophobia and flying saucer sightings rule the day. And a dramatic change is on the horizon.
San Diego Comicon 2018: Jaime Lee Curtis Consoles a fan who was saved by the movie Halloween
Horror movies save lives! If you don’t believe it, listen to Jeffery Scott, a quick-thinking fan of Halloween who came to see his hero, Jamie Lee Curtis at San Diego Comicon.
Horror Movie News: Comicon 2018 – Godzilla, King of the Monsters Trailer
A movie universe that just might be working! The Trailer for Godzilla, King of the Monsters dropped at San Diego Comicon this morning. WOW.
Eric’s Review: Open Water (2004)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
A survival tale that feels so honest and voyeuristic that it becomes hard to watch. A low-budget hall of fame film.
Horror Movie News: Popcorn Frights Film Festival August 10-16
The next big horror film festival is coming to Fort Lauderdale next month!
Eric’s Review: Frozen (2010)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
No not THAT Frozen! A surprisingly solid under-the-radar survival horror piece, that has plausibility plastered all over it.
Eric’s Review: I Kill Giants (2018)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Don Quixote meets Jack and the Beanstalk meets Calvin and Hobbes in this poignant gateway dark fantasy film.
The Top 10 Horror Moments for the first half of 2018
SPOILER ALERT! The following post will disclose a number of critical MOMENTS of the first six months of this epic year so far in the genre.
Eric’s Review: Altitude (2010)
★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
It’s everything I hate about dead pretty teenager movies… and yet… there’s still a kernel of something watchable about this annoying but twisty film.
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode XXIX: The Matinee Era Part I
Get your Geiger counter out, and ready that rad suit, as The Scariest Things talks about the Matinee era of Horror, the second great era for genre films!
Eric’s Review: From Hell it Came (1957)
★ out of ★★★★★ (but still kind of awesome)
A foam latex tiki tree monstrosity does its best Gumby impression in this awesomely bad classic from the Matinee Era of Horror.
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode XXVIII: Good and Bad Horror Dads
It’s a few weeks late, but the Scariest Things crew were inspired by Father’s Day to examine the best dads in horror. As a bonus, you get to hear Eric do some terrible impressions!
Eric’s Review: The Ranger (2018)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A sly 80’s slasher homage, where tropes collide: Punks on the Run + The Cabin in the Woods.
Horror Shorts: Heavy Flow (2018)
It gives a whole new meaning to bloodsucker! Laugh out loud funny, and in really questionable taste…
Horror Movie News: Castle Freak is being re-made by Cinestate!
The low-budget video nasty is getting an upgrade! Barbara Crampton announced, and Cinestate has confirmed, that they are in production […]
The Scariest Things Podcast: An Exclusive Interview with Cinestate!
Producer Amanda Presmyk of Cinestate called in to chat with The Scariest Things about their movie Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, and to discuss the studio and its new brand FANGORIA!