We are so back!! HHN 33 is around the corner, and we are excited to kick off our new 2024 season of Bela Lugosi's Undead! Here's our hype meter for 2024 Halloween Horror Nights. It's been a minute since we've been on the feed, but we still love HHN and we cannot help ourselves. Keep close to this feed, we're coming back with our favorite horror fil…

It's been a crazy month since the end of our 2nd season, and we're back to kick off Season 3! A couple moves and a bout with Covid left us eager to return to our favorite topic. Halloween Horror Nights kicked off a couple weeks ago, but we've done a good job of avoiding it for the most part (Well, AJ went for a low-key night opening weekend, but on…

The boys are back with Gremlins - the iconic Christmas movie, creature feature, and Amblin classic. Joe Dante would later direct Small Soldiers, but his experience with Piranah and Twilight Zone: The Movie caught the attention of a young producer named Steven Spielberg. With future Harry Potter director Chris Columbus providing the screenplay, Dant…

It's been a while since we've dropped a New Blood, and Talk to Me has taken the horror world by storm. Not only have we already heard about a filmed prequel, but a sequel was announced as well. With Talk to Me quickly becoming one of the few franchises to watch in horror, we hopped on the mics and addressed the good, the bad, and the very gross abo…

Hello HHN Heads & Horror fans alike! Welcome to our latest episode, breaking down the Halloween Horror Nights announcement that surprised the Haunt World last week. We recorded in the hours immediately after the announcement, so many of the details revealed by the team at Universal were not yet available. That said, we break down what we knew, when…

We're drafting again! With the excellent Talk to Me in theaters today, we decided to do a 5-round draft for the best horror films from A24. We discuss how the indie distributor has taken over the cinephile world and discuss some of the trademarks (and setbacks) of the films they promote. Check out AJ's Talk to Me review from SXSW 2023. Timestamps: …

We continue our horrifying X-Mas in July series with the granddaddy of all cold-weather horror -- Black Christmas. The 1974 Slashic features Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, and one of the scariest killers of all time. Famed for its depiction of toxic men, scary tracking shots, and inspiring John Carpenter, Black Christmas remains an all-time great sl…

It's time for a new mini-series of the month of July! We want to celebrate the season, but with it so far away, what else could we do? It's time for an X-Mas in July celebration, with more fun on the way. We're kicking things off, with Michael Dougherty's "Krampus" from 2015. In the weeks ahead, rewatch "Black Christmas" (1974) and Gremlins (1984) …

This week, we look back at 2022 (now that we have some space) to discuss our favorite horror films of the year. We finished last week's Barbarian podcast and realized we had left a lot of great 2022 titles on the cutting room floor. Rather than wait for each to get their own episode, we instead counted down our Top 10 horror films of the year, as w…

This week we tackle one of the surprise hits of 2022. When it was released in September of 2022, Barbarian did not seem poised to light up the box office. In fact, festival performance seemed to buoy its chances to go big. The little horror movie that was destined for streaming suddenly landed in theaters, crashing the party as one of the best horr…

We return to the world of Evil Dead, a dark and upsetting series about demons torturing people beyond their mental limits. A nice, light movie to leave you deeply unsettled. Lee Cronin steps into the directing chair for the famed franchise. Taking over for Sam Raimi is a tall task, but Cronin delivers one of the most intense horror films of the las…

Get your puke bags and your indie film credentials out. Terrifier 2 shocked audiences with its over-the-top blood and gore. At the same time, it shattered expectations for what a slasher looks like in 2022. The cult of Terrifier and Art the Clown has taken off, helping Terrifier 2 secure four wins at the Chainsaw Awards in May. AJ/Alan and Ryan jum…

Season 2 continues with a breakdown of late 2022 and early 2023 found footage hits! Skinamarink woke up the horror community, creating bipolar reactions from audiences (even on this podcast). Meanwhile, Deadstream was released to acclaim from horror fans but could not break through in the mainstream. Between the two films, we take a look at the pla…

We are back for Season 2 of Bela Lugosi's Undead! After a bit of a hiatus, the Bela Boys are back at it with an old episode that never got a chance to release in Season 1. Scream (2022) not only surprised us both with its ingenuity, but it made for an exciting new chapter in the Woodsboro/Ghostface story. The audio was broken and seemed lost, but s…

We're back with another entry in Halloween mini-series. Hot off our scorching takes on Halloween Ends, AJ and Spooky Ryan showdown in our first ever franchise draft! Take a listen and vote on our Twitter poll for the winner of the Halloween Franchise Movie Draft! Next week, we're back with another New Blood -- Barbarian!!! Keep it spooky!…

We are back after a short break! We get into the controversial Halloween Ends from David Gordon Green. Do you think Corey works? What do you think of Jamie Lee Curtis' farewell to the iconic Laurie Strode? Spooky Ryan and AJ break it down (and are mostly unhappy with the results). We also drop some recommendations for some of 2022's best horror fil…

We're back with Mr. Jake Gyllenhaal, Ms. Maggie Gyleenhaal, and a wonderful supporting cast! The teen melodrama turned horror sci-fi has become an internet favorite, especially of teen boys. Now its time to dive into the very dense, sometime nonsensical world of Donnie Darko. 00-5:00 - Intro/Spoiler Plot Synopsis 5:00- 51:00 - Discussion of the Fil…

We are back! Sorry for the delay (Hurricane Ian knocked out AJ's internet for 5 days), but we hope you feel good for the start of October! Here's our breakdown of Halloween Horror Nights 31 at Universal Orlando!Von Sunshine State Cineplex

Welcome back to Bela Lugosi's Undead! AJ/Alan's been busy with the Toronto International Film Festival, but we're back! A couple of programming notes.1) We are moving the show to Friday afternoons. Let's get your freaky Fridays off to a great start! 2) We are covering two film festivals in the next month - Fantastic Festival from September 22nd to …

We're back with 2002's May, a horror film from Lucky McKee. A dark, Frankenstein-adjacent slasher with a Vet Tech surprised us with its surprising themes and ideas. Come for dark horror, and stay for discussions about Rian Johnson's first job, a very excited Roger Ebert, and the weirdest caterer stories you've ever heard. 00:00 - 05:40 - Intro, Tra…

Nobody trusts anybody now… and we’re all very tired. Welcome to the seminal horror film, The Thing (1982), directed by John Carpenter. The iconic film began as a box office and critical bomb. Today, 40 years later, it is considered one of the greatest films ever made. For the first time, Ryan and I also jump into some independent releases that are …

Universal Orlando got the jump on us before we released our episode previewing Halloween Horror Nights 31. However, we jumped back on to run through the recent house announcements, scarezones, and shows. Then, we cover Joko Anwar's highly influential film, Satan's Slave, a pseudo-prequel-remake of the film from the 1980s. 00 - 15:15 - New Original …

Welcome back to Bela Lugosi’s Undead! We kick off our first A24 horror run with Ari Asters Hereditary. It’s Spooky Ryan’s favorite film of all time, and one of the most memorable theatrical films of recent memory. After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, the film quickly took the world by storm. It became the highest-grossing movie for A24 u…

Welcome to Bela Lugosi's Undead! In our second episode, we cover the straight-to DVD Trick 'r Treat from 2009. Originally released at a festival in 2007, the film took 2 years to find its way to home video. Since then, it's found its audience in the horror community, thanks to its inclusion at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando. Let's Hal…

Welcome to the series premiere of Bela Lugosi's Undead! In our first episode, we cover Drew Goddard's horror parody, Cabin in the Woods. The film recently celebrated its tenth anniversary and remains as poignant as ever. Plus, it's crazy fun. General Discussion/Intro to the Podcast: 0- 9:00 The Cabin in the Woods Spoiler Recap: 9:00 - 11:45 The Cab…

Welcome to Bela Lugosi's Undead! See the list of our first five films below, including our first episode dropping on 7/27/22! 0 - Intro 0:18 - Cabin in the Woods (2012) - 7.27 2:05 - Trick 'r Treat (2009) - 8.3 4:45 - Scream (2022) - 8.10 7:05 - May (2002) 8.17 8:50 - Hereditary (2018) 8.24 This podcast is a production of SunshineStateCineplex.com…