Slashers come in many forms. Guys in masks, guys with knife fingers, and, no.. those are pretty much the two main ones. However, one franchise found a way to make death itself the slasher: Final Destination. Juan Cadavid joins host, Dany Roth, to talk about how scary getting killed on the toilet is and, more importantly, how they would tell a Final Destination story in their home town of New York City.

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Gaslighting as found footage horror. That may not sound like a slam dunk, but the Creep movies are proof that you can, well, creep people out very well even if all you’ve got is a camera, a weird werewolf mask, and an awkward, naked man in a tub. Erin LoCascio and Joe Bandelli join host, Dany Roth, to argue over which creep creeps best, what makes gaslighting such a good topic for horror, and whether or not it’s better to just let a killer finish you off than prolong the annoying inevitable any more than you have to.

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If there is one horror movie which defined the ‘90s, it is Scream. Wes Craven’s frightening adventure into the metatext of slasher movies is so iconic that it spawned three sequels and multiple attempts at a TV series. Erin LoCascio and Joe Bandelli join host, Dany Roth, to talk about what holds up, what does not hold up, and where the Scream franchise could go next.

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Werewolves are one of the most beloved monsters in horror but also one of, if not the, hardest to bring to reality. But it's generally agreed that John Landis and Rick Baker did it best with An American Werewolf in London. Comic writers, Vita Ayala and Danny Lore, join host, Dany Roth, to talk about the invisible otherness of being a werewolf and how they would adapt the werewolf classic to today.

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Nicole Kidman became an absolute legend at the start of the 21st century with her starring role in Moulin Rouge. She would win an Oscar the following year for her role in The Hours. But in between those two films, she featured as a terrifyingly sad mother trapped in a dark house with her two sick children in the reverse ghost story, The Others. Dan Olson and Crystal Donovan join host, Dany Roth, to talk about why this is the movie to pair with The Sixth Sense and what makes the history of the Channel Islands so important to The Others.

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Richard Matheson is one of the best writers during the Golden Age of genre fiction. He wrote I am Legend, A Stir of Echoes, and, of course, Hell House-- which was eventually adapted by Matheson into the film, The Legend of Hell House. Co-owner and creative director for Scarehouse, a Halloween attraction in Pittsburgh, Scott Simmons, joins host, Dany Roth, to talk about physical mediums, spiritual mediums, Roddy McDowell, and, of course, evil villains with teeny tiny legs.

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In 1982, Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg perfected the scary-yet-family-friendly haunted house story. Mostly. That movie is Poltergeist and it didn't find a true 21st century equivalent until James Wan directed another movie featuring a haunted child: Insidious. Hosts of the Question Box podcast, Brent Black and Kate Sloan join host, Dany Roth, to ask all the questions you didn't know a red-faced demon and a creepy old lady ghost needed to answer.

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If 28 Days Later gave the zombie genre new life, then Shaun of the Dead did the same for our ability to both respect and laugh at the zombie apocalypse. Allison Pregler, Phelan Porteous, Mathew Buck join host, Dany Roth, to talk about the invention of the romantic zombie comedy (or rom zom com for short).

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