SlashBack Cinema
70s + 80s Horror Podcast. VHS Vibes. Each week we rewind to the greatest decades of horror! If you love cult classics, Gen X nostalgia, and horror with a side of humor, pop in a tape and let’s slash back!
Episodes
SlashBack is taking summer break and going bi-weekly for July!
We’re off to the beach… probably to get stalked by something with a machete.
No new episode this week, but don’t worry—
We’ll be back next week with more cult classics, blood-soaked nostalgia, and VHS-fueled chaos.
In the meantime:
Catch up on past episodes
Rewatch Sleepaway Camp or Friday the 13th
Don’t go skinny dipping after dark
Pack your bags and prep your pranks—we’re heading to Sleepaway Camp, where the kills are creative, the counselors are clueless, and the ending still shocks decades later.
Also, be sure to check out the killer podcast Weirder After Dark:
Evil dwarves, deadly spheres, and one creepy mortician — we're exploring Phantasm (1979)! Is it a dream? A nightmare? Or something worse?
Tune in for our take on the Tall Man and why this bizarre cult classic still haunts us.
A piano eats a girl. A head bites a butt. A cat shoots lasers from its eyes.
Welcome to the bonkers, beautiful chaos that is HOUSE (1977), the Japanese horror masterpiece that defies logic and embraces madness.
You may never be the same after seeing this movie.
This Tuesday, an epic demonic battle not to be missed - it's 1988's Night of the Demons vs. 2009's Night of the Demons. Only one film leaves alive. Join Shanny & Ryan for this demon double header.
Jacob’s Ladder (1990) – A descent into madness, memory, and the meaning of life.
This one shook us then—and it still hits hard. We may need a chiropractic adjustment with Louis after watching this one.
BONUS - SPECIAL TRIVIA GUEST THIS WEEK! Our good friend Kevin joins us for an epic head-to-head trivia battle. Grab the popcorn!
This week on SlashBack Cinema: The Lost Boys (1987)
Leather jackets. Sax solos. Vampire mullets. We're heading to Santa Carla for one of the coolest, bloodsucking cult classics of the ‘80s.
Witches, whispers, stained glass, and a Goblin score that refuses to chill— Dario Argento’s surreal masterpiece Suspiria is a sensory overload of color, chaos, and cult horror history.
This week on SlashBack Cinema, we head to small-town Maine for Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1985)—a coming-of-age werewolf story packed with fireworks, fog, and a fully unleashed Gary Busey. Just in time for a full moon!
This week on SlashBack Cinema, we’re wading deep into the bayou for a Swamp Thing double feature — reviewing Wes Craven’s 1982 classic and its gloriously campy sequel Return of the Swamp Thing (1989)
Check out these amazingly cheesy clips!
The Incredible Hulk Meets Thor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYb0XZbHzVY&ab_channel=JoBloMovieClips
The Captain America Pilot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmZFhPcepnA&ab_channel=JoBloSu...
Attention Shoppers: This week, SlashBack Cinema takes you on a one-way trip to the Chopping Mall (1986)—the only 80s horror movie where killer security robots in a shopping mall make perfect sense!
See you in the food court!
This week on SlashBack Cinema, we head to Perfection, Nevada for 1990’s Tremors— a creature feature throwback packed with desert chaos, underground monsters, and side of Kevin Bacon. Grab your elephant gun - it's Graboid hunting time!
A new edit of our December conversation about Anna and the Apocalypse from 2017. Spoilers aplenty!
Plus: a brand new quiz about 80s music! Let us know if you get them all!
This week on SlashBack Cinema, we’re breaking format to sink our teeth into The Parenting (2025)—HBO's brand-new horror comedy that nods to the horror and horror comedies of the 1980s.
With a killer cast, demonic family drama, and just the right amount of camp, The Parenting channels the chaotic charm of retro horror while delivering something fresh and funny.
This week we’re rolling into Critters (1986)!
On this episode of SlashBack Cinema, Shanny and Ryan revisit the chaotic creature feature from 1986 that gave us furry alien murderballs, intergalactic bounty hunters, and one very resourceful pipe bomb-making kid.
A special shout out to Jason R. for recommending we watch this one!
Step right up, Slashback fans—because the circus is in town!
This week on SlashBack Cinema, we’re diving into Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988), the cotton candy-coated cult classic where alien clowns invade a small town, turning people into carnival snacks.
With popcorn guns, shadow puppet dinosaurs, and balloon animal bloodhounds, this movie fully embraces its campy, absurd horror-comedy energy. But does it still hold up, or i...
"Do you wanna party?! It's party time!"
This week on SlashBack Cinema, we’re digging up Return of the Living Dead (1985)—the punk rock zombie classic.
With a killer 80s punk soundtrack AND graveyard punks, this movie redefined zombie horror with pure, unhinged energy.
Tune in now—send more paramedics!
This week on SlashBack Cinema, we’re diving into Bad Taste (1987)—Peter Jackson’s ultra-low-budget, high-gore, totally insane debut!
Is this cult classic a glorious splatterpiece or just plain bad taste? Tune in and find out!
This week on SlashBack Cinema, we’re diving into Lamberto Bava’s Demons from 1985!
A cursed movie screening turns an audience into flesh hungry demons, and from there, it’s pure, unhinged mayhem— Glowing eyes, heavy metal, and a katana-wielding motorcycle hero—because, of course.
This week on Slashback we’re diving into Videodrome (1983), David Cronenberg’s mind-melting masterpiece of body horror, media paranoia, and VHS-fueled nightmares and Debbie Harry is there for the ride.
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