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This month, we’re joined by Joseph Hernandez, actor and festival programmer at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and South By Southwest, to discuss the blurry lines between familial obligation and unhealthy codependent relationships.

Do you like vampires? We do. But this isn’t your old school Hollywood Dracula, as Thomas’ nosferatitus is treated as a serious illness and strain on his siblings who now must murder on his behalf, in Jonat...

Not for the ”feeble-minded!” This month, David and Devin are joined by writer/film critic Tori Potenza to talk about basically everything that’s horrible in America: systemic racism and white privilege.

“Should we eugenics?” is a question posed when analyzing ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932), adapted from an H.G. Wells classic and notoriously banned when the Hays Code took effect. We hope for a more cheery analysis with the 2019 film US...

It’s a New Year, and filmmaker Chelsea Lupkin joins David and Devin, utilizing 90s pop psychology to answer the ultimate question: Is humanity evil?

If underwater frights and omnipotent esoteric aliens are your cup of tea, you’ll be pleased to hear our first film is Barry Levinson’s sci-fi thriller SPHERE (1998), adapted from a book by Michael Crichton. Then we plunge into the deep workings of the mind of a schizophrenic serial kil...

Making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who’s just plain naughty… holiday horror time is here! David and Devin are back for another X-mas special - joined by Brucker Nourse of the Autopsy of a Horror Movie podcast. The trio cover hidden Canadian gem DEAD END (2003) and Michael Dougherty’s KRAMPUS (2015). These films hit just about every fear you have about getting together with your family this holiday season - but with a ...

Happy Halloween!!

Spooky Season 2023 has ended… which means Spooky Season 2024 is officially underway, and David and Devin are celebrating with two classic ghost stories: THE INNOCENTS (1961), directed by Jack Clayton, and THE HAUNTING (1963), directed by Robert Wise. Adapting two famous works of literature (Henry James’ The Turning of the Screw and Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, respectively), the black-and-white fi...

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In this special crossover episode, David and Devin are joined by Allison Broder of Who’s There? Pod to discuss all the movies we saw at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival! Including new movies from Larry Fessenden, The Adams Family, and more. Get your watchlists ready!

These movies aren’t available yet, but keep an eye out for: Kill Your Lover, Crumb Catcher, Booger, Blackout, Wilder Than Her, Satan Wants You, A Page of Ma...

We’re baaaaaaack!!

The Cadaver Dogs return, joined by Allison Broder of the Who’s There? Podcast, with a brand new episode on the horrors of aging and dementia. We’ll first dive into the popular found footage film THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN (2014), directed by Adam Robitel. College student Mia is making a documentary on Alzheimer’s, and Deborah Logan and her daughter invite Mia to feature them as her main subjects. But what happen...

What is a horror film anyway? A difficult question to answer… The Dogs are joined by horror podcaster and filmmaker Austin Torres of the Would You Die Podcast to argue why some of their favorite films are in fact horror even though many people will say they are not for some reason?! These are the hills we die on!

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11:10 - Number 3s

23:00 - Number 2s

32:00 - Number 1s

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In this re-release, David and Devin cover all things racial appropriation -- figuratively and literally! We first venture to New Orleans with the hoodoo horror THE SKELETON KEY (2005), starring Kate Hudson and directed by Iain Softley. Following it up, join us for a discussion on the Oscar winning smash hit GET OUT (2017), starring Daniel Kaluuya and written & directed by Jordan Peele.

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David and Devin are joined by horror writer Chloé Harper Gold to review A24’s latest hit! First half spoiler-free.

The new teen fad engrosses Mia: underground parties use an embalmed hand to commune with and become temporarily possessed by ghastly spirits. They say you’ll be fine, so long as you don’t remain in contact beyond ninety seconds. But Mia has a few ghosts of her own, and her grief leads her down a spiral that may place h...

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How many times has this happened to you: You pull up to a motel, or visit your mother after publishing your latest best-seller, then some raving lunatic comes along and tries to convince you that everything you’ve experienced is a fabrication. Do you live in your comfortable fiction or do you march forward and brave the truth?

David and Devin dissect James Mangold’s IDENTITY (2003) and Pascal Laugier’s INCIDENT I...

David and Devin review the latest installment of the Insidious franchise! First half spoiler-free.

Ten years after the events of the first two Insidious films, we revisit the Lambert family. In an attempt to preserve their mental well-being, Dalton and his father have been made to forget the trauma they experienced. But is that really for the best, or does it simply leave them helpless when the door to the Further is opened once ag...

Hot takes incoming! David and Devin begin this month’s discussion with John Carpenter’s Stephen King adaptation CHRISTINE (1983). Classic nerd Arnie Cunningham has a killer new car - emphasis on “killer.” But when the self-driving self-healing automobile goes on a murderous rampage, and Arnie changes into a real jerk, are we sure it’s all Christine’s responsibility? Or has our geeky hero been hiding a darkness, a darkness which he ...

Announcing next month's films: 

CHRISTINE (1983, dir. John Carpenter) - available to rent on Amazon.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (2011, dir. Lynne Ramsay) - available to stream on Tubi, Peacock, Redbox, or Pluto TV.

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Are killers made or are killers born? What do we do when we learn our children have a darkness inside of them? We'll be looking at two films in which teenagers go on... some sort of rampage, examining their culpabil...

Sup Vagasil? School’s out for the millennium, and everyone is possessed. Demons and aliens run amok in the Dogs’ After School Special where the possession metaphor is used to describe the hell that is being a teen. In this episode, we take a look at JENNIFER’S BODY and THE FACULTY. We’ll discuss how the media either idolized or failed American teenagers in the late 90s / early 00s, obsess over our love for Kevin Williamson - the te...

Announcing next month's films: 

JENNIFER'S BODY (2009, dir. Karyn Kusama) - available on HBOMax.

THE FACULTY (1998, dir. Robert Rodriguez) - available on HBOMax.

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Presenting this after school special! I was a teenage demon - or maybe was I an alien? Huh. Maybe both are accurate metaphors to describe the horrors of being a teenager. Through these films, we'll discuss how the media either idolized or failed American teens at the t...

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Minisode: Top Horror Mothers w/ Rakefet Abergel

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Tell your mom you love her, because she's been through HELL! The Dogs are joined by award-winning genre filmmaker Rakefet Abergel to rank our favorite mothers in horror. And bring out your notebooks for this one, because we have a lot to learn about female anatomy. Say hi to your mother for me.

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09:43 - Number 3s

21:33 - Number 2s

37:57 - Number 1s

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