Episode XXXI: Clive Barker’s Nightbreed – Mar. 22nd, 2014 “Everything’s true…God’s an astronaut…Oz is over the rainbow…….and Midian’s where the Monsters live!” This show we’re dissecting Clive Barker’s brilliant dark fantasy, Nightbreed. Nightbreed is the ultimate adult fairy tale filled with awesome monsters and vicious killers. It’s an epic tale of good versus evil. Join …

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Episode XXX: It’s Ok To Be Scared… – Feb. 25th, 2014 When were YOU afraid? For our 30th show we’re sharing our favourite scenes from movies that scared the hell out of us growing up. And for the first time we’ve opened the mic and asked some of our listeners and friends to join in …

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Episode XXIX: Amityville II: The Possession – Dec. 3rd, 2013 If these walls could talk…they would shriek! Get ready to have the lines of fact and fiction blurred as we spotlight a frightening 80s horror film that is based on real events. Most people are aware of the sensational Amityville Horror, the story of George …

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Episode XXVIII: Night of the Demons – Oct. 23st, 2013 You’re invited to Angela’s Halloween Party… Just in time for Halloween, the Horror 101 team is giving the royal treatment to Kevin Tenney’s Night of the Demons. Not since Carpenter’s Halloween has a film captured the spirit of the holiday so well in a horror …

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Episode XXVII: Joe Dante’s The Howling – Oct. 1st, 2013 Terror you can sink your teeth into…. One man that showed a lot of class when we met him at Fan Expo was Joe Dante. This was the man that gave us Gremlins when we were kids. He thrilled us with The Burbs and gave …

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Episode XXVI: Stuart Gordon’s The Pit and The Pendulum – September 10th, 2013 The Razor Edge of Death…. Welcome back to another Horror 101 podcast. We’re back from Fan Expo. We’ll cover how it went and who we met. After listening to writer/director David Schmoeller tell us that he’s a big fan of anything Stuart …

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Episode XXV: Tourist Trap (including an interview with David Schmoeller) – August 20th, 2013 Every year young people disappear…   For our 25th show we’re featuring David Schmoeller’s Tourist Trap. A unique, original slasher from the late 70s. After our Maniac show it seemed correct to focus on another horror movie that brings mannequins into …

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Episode XXIV: Maniac and it’s Remake – August 5th, 2013 “I Warned You Not To Go Out Tonight!” On this show we review William Lustig‘s Maniac and it’s remake made last year, starring Elijah Wood. Maniac (1980) was a controversial slasher which had feminists picketing it for it’s misogynist cruelty and gore. Gene Siskel walked …

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Episode XXIII: “Yeah…..I killed my Mama.” July 16th, 2013 “He’s not Freddy. He’s not Jason. He’s real…” In the same vein as our last show, we delve deep into the mind of another twisted real life killer. In 1986, with a meager $100,000 to play with John McNaughton made his first feature film a true …

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Episode XXII – Pretty Sally Mae died a very unnatural death! … But the worst hasn’t happened to her yet! – June 27th, 2013 Most people are familiar with Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and how it was inspired by true events. But what many don’t know is, that during that same year in …

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