Exhausted by too many Zombie flicks? Let us tell you about four you HAVE to see: 2009’s La Horde, 2018’s The Night Eats the World, and 2019’s What We Become. Plus, 2017’s The Returned!
Shawn Guests on This Movie Saved My Life Podcast!!!
Frequent Elements of Horror contributor Professor John Trafton and Photographer Extraordinaire Miles Fortune have a podcast everyone should check out called This Movie Saved My Life. This week, John and Miles welcome The Horror Vision’s own Shawn C. Baker on as a guest to discuss all things Horror, with a particular focus on 1998’s Fallen with Denzel Washington and John Goodman!
A Most Horrible Library
Elements of Horror: Brotherhood of the Wolf
A Most Horrible Library
Projexploitation Podcast Xover: The Lure!!!
Dan and Nick from the wonderful Projexploitation Podcast join us to talk about Agnieszka Smoczynska’s 2015 Musical Body Horror Masterpiece The Lure!!!
Stewart Thorndike’s Bad Things
We start this episode with a spoiler-free review of Stewart Thorndike’s new film Bad Things! This episode’s Classic Corner is Daniel Haller’s 1970 adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror. Also, Kevin Smith’s Tusk, Jennifer Lynch’s Chained, Ulli Lommel’s The Boogey Man. Plus – A lot more!!!
A Most Horrible Library
Elements of Horror: Body Double
A Most Horrible Library Returns!
The new episode of A Most Horrible Library is up! That’s right, Chris & Shawn are back to talk all things Horror literature/comics. This week, we talk about Stephen King’s Fairy Tale , Jeff Lemire & Gabriel H. Walta’s Phantom Road, and James Tynion IV’s Bluebook. Also, a re-read of Cullen Bunn & Vanesa R. Del Rey’s The Empty Man and a lot more!
The Last Voyage of the Demeter/Meg 2 Spoiler-Free Reviews!
Talk To Me!
Cobweb/Cabin Girl Spoiler-Free Reviews
Elements of Horror: Dressed to Kill
Elements of Horror: Benson & Moorhead’s Spring!!!
Howling II: Irreverent Deep-Dive
God is a Bullet
Interview w/ Popscars Creator Pat O’Malley
Elements of Horror: Cruising
Elements of Horror: Horns
The Boogeyman Spoiler-Free Review
Spoiler-free reviews for Rob Savage’s The Boogeyman, as well as The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, Unwelcome, The Black Demon, Consecration & Huesersa: The Bone Woman. Ray continues his deep-dive into previously unseen Horror, and Shawn relates his first finished play-through on the new Switch version of No One Lives Under the Lighthouse, as well as why he loved Ivy Tholen’s Slasher novel Tastes Like Candy.
Yellowjackets Ssn 2 Ep 9
Elements of Horror: Beau is Afraid
We welcome back Professor John Trafton to discuss Ari Aster’s long-awaited “Nightmare Comedy!” Full Spoilers!
Yellowjackets Ssn 2 Ep 8
Yellowjackets Ssn 2 ep 7
Sharing in Session: Yellowjackets Ssn2 Ep 6
Elements of Horror: Benson & Moorhead
THV Presents: Sharing in Session – A Weekly Yellowjackets Discussion/Ssn2 Ep4
THV Presents: Sharing in Session – A Weekly Yellowjackets Discussion/Ssn 2 Ep 3
Sharing in Session: Yellowjackets Ssn2 Ep 5
Malum/Enys Men
Sharing in Session: A Weekly Yellowjackets Discussion
Elements of Horror: Red Dawn
Are Something is Killing the Children & Dept. Of Truth Connected?
Anthony and Shawn do a FULL SPOILER Deep Dive on James Tynion IV’s two most iconic books. Are they connected?
Elements of Horror: The Vanishing (1988) w/ Prof. John Trafton!!!
Skinamarink
Elements of Horror: The Dark Backward
Infinity Pool: Full-Spoiler Discussion w. Prof. John Trafton!
Elements of Horror: Boys in Trees
Ray’s Love Letter to 2022 Horror
Ray did something different for his “Best of 2022” list this year, so we gave him his own episode!
M3GAN!
The Last of Us Episode 1 Spoiler-Free Review
Elements of Horror: Lost River
Our Favorite Horror Films of 2022!!!
Elements of Horror: The Leech
Just in time for Christmas, here’s a special Holiday bonus episode of our new spin-off Elements of Horror. In it, Missi, Ray and Shawn talk about Eric Pennycoff’s new Holiday film The Leech, available from Arrow Video!
The Horror Vision Presents: Elements of Horror – Only Lovers Left Alive
The beginning of a new spin-off series here at The Horror Vision: Elements of Horror will be a place for us to talk about films that contain Horrorific or genre elements but don’t necessarily qualify as out-and-out entries into the Horror genre. With this series, we also now welcome long-time friend of the show Missi as a regular contributor!!!
Joe Begos’s Christmas Bloody Christmas
‘Nuf Said!
Bones and All
Professor John Trafton joins Shawn and Missi to talk about Luca Guadalgnino’s new film Bones and All!
Moorhead & Benson’s Something in the Dirt
Terrifier 2
As a recent convert to the Terrifier camp, Shawn sells Antony, Ray and Tori hard in Terrifier 2 with a spoiler-free reaction. Also, our spoiler-free reviews of V/H/S/99, Deadstream, Smile, Day Shift and a whole lot MORE!!!
Halloween ENDS!
WARNING!!! The first 10 minutes or so of this episode is our Spoiler-Free review/reaction to David Gordon Green’s Halloween Ends. HOWEVER, after that – and we give you ample warning – for those of you who have seen the film, we go into a full-spoiler discussion on the film.
Kevin Williamson’s SICK
Fresh from our review/discussion of David Bruckner’s Hellraiser, special guests Madison and Kenta return to help Shawn give a SPOILER-FREE review/reaction to Scream-screenwriter Kevin Williamson’s awesome new Slasher flick SICK!
David Bruckner’s Hellraiser
We start with a spoiler-free reaction to David Bruckner’s long-awaited Hellraiser, then give ample warning when we deep-dive into this one. Polarizing for sure, so is it worth watching? We’ll tell you!
Dario Argento’s Dark Glasses
Beyondfest 2022 and Cinematic Void hosted the West Coast Premiere of Iconic Horror Auteur Dario Argento’s new film Dark Glasses at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica last night and Shawn gives his spoiler-free review/reaction.
Ti West’s Pearl
We start the episode with our spoiler-free reaction to Pearl – Ti West’s follow-up to X, then give you clear warnings before launching into our full-spoiler discussion. Ti West is back and he’s making some pretty amazing films! Let’s talk about it!
Barbarian!!!
We start the episode with our spoiler-free reaction to Zach Cregger’s amazing new film Barbarian, then give you ample warning when we do our full-spoiler discussion. We loved this one SO very much. If you need convincing, listen to the first half and then turn this episode off, come back when you’ve basked in the glory that is BARBARIAN!!!
Glorious Gloryhole Movie Death Match
Just consider this episode the Consumer Reports of Gloryhole Horror! We watched both 2020’s The Special and 2022’s Glorious and only one movie gets out alive with our recommendation – which one? Ya gotta listen!
Also, to celebrate the winner, we give you our “worst bathroom ever” stories, plus pocket reviews of The Cursed and Titane.
Tori’s Back!!! We talk Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, more Predator, Popcorn, Silver Coin #13, Rocktober Blood, the f*&ked up films of Andrey Iskanov, plus a lot more!
Prey!!!
We give you our spoiler-free review/reaction to Dan Trachtenberg’s PREY, the newest film in the Predator franchise that rocked HULU like no other release before. Is it worth the hype? It is, and we also give fair warning when we deepen our discussion with full spoilers. From there, we thought it’d be nice to review the new Marvel Comics’ Predator #1 that dropped recently, kicking off the Comics Giant’s first foray into the Predator-verse.
The Silver Coin Deep-Dive (Full Spoilers)
Now that the first two volumes of Michael Walsh and friends’ Amazing Horror Anthology Comic The Silver Coin are on Comic Shop Shelves, Anthony and Shawn do a full re-read on the series and go in-depth on the Silver Coin mythos. Full Spoilers! We talk about every issue, how they tie together, what characters overlap, and all our theories about the bigger picture of this wonderful Horror Opus!!!
David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future & Alex Garland’s Men (Full-Spoiler Discussion)
SPOILERS: Seattle University Professor of Film Studies John Trafton returns to go all-in with Ray and Shawn as they attempt to unpack two of the most conversation-worthy films of the year so far: Alex Garland’s Men and David Cronenberg’s return to Body Horror Crimes of the Future.
Hatching: Spoiler-Free & Full-Spoiler Discussion
Anthony, Ray and Shawn just watched Hanna Bergholm & Ilja Rautsi’s new film Hatching in an AMC theatre at the local mall. THAT’S F’ING CRAZY!!! Let us tell you why. We start with a spoiler-free reaction/review, and clearly delineate when we’re going to go full-spoiler, so join us up top to see if this new Body Horror film is for you, then after you see it, come back for our thoughts. There’s a lot to ‘chew’ on here.
The Northman Full-Spoiler Critical Discussion
Seattle Film Professor John Trafton returns to go in-depth on Robert Egger’s The Northman. Please DO NOT listen to this until you have seen the film.
The Cellar!
I do quick, spoiler-free reviews for The Cellar, You Won’t Be Alone, and the new Brubaker/Phillips’ Reckless graphic novel, The Ghost in You.
Spoiler-Free Review: Ti West’s X
Fresh from a Saturday afternoon theatrical viewing of Ti West’s first film in 5 years, Ray and Shawn give you a quick, spoiler-free review/reaction to X. It’s awesome and we’ll tell you why you want to see it on the big screen if you can!
Mickey Keating’s Offseason
“Isolation Breeds Horror.” Indeed it does, and a recent example of this in cinema is Mickey Keating’s new film, Offseason. Starring Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Jeremy Gardner, Richard Brake and Melora Walters, the film is an exploration of tropical southern gothic isolation Horror. Offseason hit VOD last Friday – a $6.99 rental on Prime and is playing in arthouse theatres around the country. Here’s what we thought.
Also this episode, Anthony watches monster movies with his son and finishes the Horror Space Opera game Valfaris on his Switch, and Shawn and Ray talk suggest where newcomers to New Wave French Horror begin with Shudder’s recent addition of a large part of the movements most notable films.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022!!!
We discuss the ups and downs of Fede Alvarez and David Blue Garcia’s new Texas Chainsaw Massacre from Netflix. Also, Classic Corner returns as a regular feature and we kick it off with 1960’s Eyes Without a Face. From there, it’s Image Comics’ Infidel, Vinegar Syndrome’s release of Beyond Dream’s Door, and Adam Ellis’ Dear David.
The Horror Vision Presents… Sticks & Stones
Ray and Shawn continue this new regular adjunct series – Sticks & Stones, with a look at 1984’s Children of the Corn and 2013’s Jug Face, two movies that have more in common than you’d probably realize at first glance.
The Horror Vision Presents… Sticks & Stones: A Folk Horror Discussion
Ray and Shawn begin a new, regular adjunct series – Sticks & Stones will look at the wealth of film and literature that fall into the realm of Folk Horror, starting this week with a discussion that begins with Kier-La Janisse’s new documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (Severin Films), and continuing onto Avery Crounse’s 1983 forgotten epic Eyes of Fire and Robert Eggers’ 2016 masterpiece The Witch.
Yellowjackets Theories For the Season One Finale!- FULL SPOILERS
WARNING: DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED YELLOWJACKETS EPISODES 1-9
That’s right, we gather the week before the season one finale of Showtimes’ Yellowjackets to talk about everything we’ve seen on the show so far, our theories, observations, what we like, what we LOVE, what we wish was better. EVERYTHING.
Our Favorite Horror of 2021
We bring you our favorite Horror of the past year. Movies, TV, Novels, Comics and more – this is the best of the best.
Ghostbusters Afterlife! Last Night in SoHo! Halloween Kills! Threshold! Yellowjackets and MORE!
Spoiler-free reviews of all the big Autumn Horror flicks, as well as the awesome new Yellowjackets series on Showtime!
Lamb & Titane Deep-Dive w/ Professor John Trafton
SPOILER WARNING! Ray and Shawn welcome back Seattle University Film Studies Professor John Trafton to the show to do deep-dives on Valdimar Jóhannsson’s new film Lamb and Julia Ducournau’s Titane! If you have not watched these films yet do not listen to this episode. Instead, run – don’t walk – to your local cinema, view, and return to us as we pick apart two of our favorite films of 2021!
Antlers Spoiler-Free Review
Closing night at Beyondfest 2021, Shawn gives his quick, spoiler-free review of the long-awaited Antlers!
The Black Phone
Fresh from Beyondfest 2021, Ray and Shawn bring you their spoiler-free review of Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill’s new film The Black Phone!
Ray Reviews Titane & Prisoners of the Ghostland
Ray ventures out on his own and give us two SPOILER-FREE reviews for Julia Ducournau’s Titane and Sion Sono’s new Nic Cage vehicle Prisoners of the Ghostland!
James Wan’s Malignant
We do both an initial, spoiler-free review, and then a spoiler-laden deep-dive. If you haven’t watched Malignant yet, we’ll cue you in on when you should stop listening. If you have, let’s have some fun!
New Stuff!
We talk Brand New Cherry Flavor, The Night House, Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? Also, Never Hike in the Snow, Jakob’s Wife, American Horror Story: Red Tide, Sator and a lot more!
Cineray Goes Metal!
Feeling inspired horror fiends? Anyone who has tried to create something from nothing knows your talent isn’t always enough. Sometimes, inspiration is a real bitch to come by. Whether it’s not knowing where to start, where to keep going, or even what to create. This block can happen in writing, painting, sculpting, drawing or pretty much any creative endeavor. And, if like in today’s movies, your talent as an artist also happens to be your primary source of income, then lack of inspiration is not just annoying but dangerous. In cases like this, how do you afford to eat, feed your family, or pay rent?
But what if all these pressures could be relieved by heavy metal music and the dark and mysterious forces it purports to conjure? Well, let’s find out in today’s films, The Devil’s Candy and Bliss.
Continue reading “Cineray Goes Metal!”James Gunn’s Horror DNA
With the advent of the delightful The Suicide Squad, we decided to host a discussion about James Gunn’s Horror DNA. From writing the remake of Dawn of the Dead and The Belko Experiment to the super gory crowd-pleaser Slither – we even touch on Gunn’s industry beginnings with Lloyd Kaufman’s Troma! PLUS – we talk about Shawn’s new obsession with Nick Antosca’s Brand New Cherry Flavor, Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft’s Severed, Werewolves Within, The Silver Coin, and Ken Russell’s Lair of the White Worm. Plus, a lot more!
Cineray Psychosis!
Hey horror fiends! Today’s double feature is a jump into the fractured dark psyches of seemingly normal people. As we have all seen on the news, it’s always the quiet ones. Ordinary people can sometimes harbor dark and horrible secrets not visible on the surface. From feelings of weakness to an inability to heal the damage of tragic events, some people are incredibly tortured. Eventually, the damn of sanity cracks and madness seeps through, ushering in pain and violence once thought unbelievable. With this in mind, I give you today’s Cineray double feature: Prano Bailey-Bond’s new film Censor and David Lynch’s classic Lost Highway.
Continue reading “Cineray Psychosis!”Messiah of Evil Deep-Dive w/ Prof. John Trafton
Seattle University Professor of Film Studies John Trafton joins us as we deep dive into 1973’s overlooked and underrated classic Messiah of Evil!
Etheria Film Fest & Shawn’s Best of 2021 So Far…
Ray and Shawn go over their recent viewings, and there are A LOT of recommendations therein. From Netflix’s new Fear Street: 1994 to Ray’s impressions on this year’s Etheria Film Festival, to a succession of films Shawn is already betting will end up in his top of the year six months from now, we have a lot for you this week. Oh yeah, and there’s a totally impromptu discussion about Terminator to begin the episode. Just ‘cuz.
Conjuring Three: The Devil Made Me Do it
We talk about the third installment in James Wan’s Conjuring series! We stay spoiler-free while we discuss what we liked, didn’t like, and how this new entry in the “Conjuring Universe” stacks up compared to the others. Also discussed: Fried Barry, Black Roses, Army of the Dead, Eve’s Bayou and The Untamed. TV-wise, we cover Little Marvin’s Them, and in comics we talk about Boom! Studio’s cinematic adaptation of Cullen Bunn’s The Empty Man, Horror Anthology The Silver Coin, and Ed Piskor’s Red Room!
Cineray Hits the Strip Club
Get ready for beauty with bite fiends! Strip clubs are very lascivious places where men throw their money down for sexy ladies to dance and reveal more of their bodies while alcohol is usually drunk. But what if the ladies who dance in these clubs were after more than the patrons’ wallets? What if they wanted a little more? Like, say the blood pumping through their veins, for instance. Today’s double feature is two tales of strip clubs filled with the most deadly dancers, vampires and riff-raff. The double-feature recommendation is Vamp and From Dusk Till Dawn.
Continue reading “Cineray Hits the Strip Club”Saint Maud!
Now that Rose Glass’s debut feature Saint Maud is readily available to watch on VOD we’ve got a review! Did A24 hit it big again with another indie debut? Is Saint Maud worth your time? Did we like it? The short answer to all those questions is yes, but tune in to hear all the whys and wherefores. Also, we do a flashback watch and review of Joel Anderson’s Lake Mungo. Plus, The Special, Ken Russel’s The Devils and Anthony and Shawn say you must watch Adam Stovall and MacLeod Andrews’s A Ghost Waits! All that, and a whole lot more!
Mortal Kombat, Jakob’s Wife and a Lot More
We give you our reviews of the new Mortal Kombat flick, Jakob’s Wife, as well as discussing Steve Niles’ Winnebago Graveyard, Amazon’s Them, the Hail Satan documentary, Dark Horse’s reimagining of Dan O’Bannon’s original Alien Script and a lot more!!!
Kong Vs Godzilla
This episode, Anthony gives his review of Adam Wingard’s King Kong vs. Godzilla, and as a diehard fan of the giant lizard, we trust his opinion. Also, Shawn gives Wrong Turn 2021 its second chance on the show, Tori talks South-Western Giallo White of the Eye a holler before joining Shawn in salivating over Waxwork Records‘ new Lords of Salem vinyl release. Plus, Larry Fessenden’s graphic novel and LOTS more!
Come True, Wrong Turn & Stay Out of the F*&king Attic!
We review a bunch of new stuff, including Anthony Scott Burns’ new film, Come True, the Wrong Turn re-boot, and Jerren Lauder’s Stay Out of the F*&king Attic. Plus, Lucky, The Craft: Legacy, Anything for Jackson, and tips on how to overcome streaming’s Paradox of Choice!
A Most Horrible Library talks new Horror Comics Starting in March!
In the newest episode of A Most Horrible Library, Chris and Shawn talk about a bunch of new Horror series’ with number ones currently on the stand, as well as the revitalization of two classic DC Horror titles!
A Most Horrible Library – Archie Horror Comics Deep Dive!
Chris helps Shawn get the various editions of Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein straight, then takes him through the Archie Comics’ Horror line – Jughead the, Hunger, Blossom 666, Vamperonica, Sabrina and the one that started it all, Afterlife with Archie! Also discussed, digitally remastering the original Vertigo Comics line, colonizing B&W Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s From Hell, and we dip a little into the idea that John Logan’s Penny Dreadful feels an awful lot like another seminal Alan More title – not in a bad way!
What We’re Watching
Ray discusses Tobe Hooper’s 80s Space-Vampire movie Lifeforce as a homage to Hammer Horror by way of Twins of Evil. Tori has an awesome theory that Pyscho Goreman exists in the same world as another film we love, and Shawn sings the praises of Alex de la Iglesia’s recently finished HBO opus 30 Coins! Plus, The Love Witch, the new Mortal Combat trailer, and all the stuff in 2021 we’re waiting for!
Spell, Kill List, 2010’s Blood Junkie & 1988’s Dream Demon!
We talk about the lost gem of 2020 – Mark Tonderai’s Spell! This one’s gnarly folks, and we’ll tell you why it would have been on our best of 2020 list had we actually seen it in 2020 (shout out to Alex and Christina from the Beyond the Void podcast for putting this on our radar).
Also, Tori talks Drew Rosas’ Blood Junkie, Ray digs into Harley Cokliss’s goopy Dream Demon (recently released through Arrow), and Anthony and Shawn sing the praises of Ben Wheatley’s Kill List! Plus – a lot more HORROR!!!
A Most Horrible Library – Jeremy Haun Interview!!!
Chris and Shawn sit down on Zoom for a nice, lengthy discussion with comics writer/artist Jeremy Haun, creator of The Red Mother, 40 Seconds, The Beauty, and The Realm!
A Most Horrible Library – Hill House Deep Dive!
Chris takes Shawn through a deep-dive on all five of the Hill House imprint books from DC Comics, and Shawn talks Vault’s Dorian Gray sequel The Picture of Everything Else, Aftershock’s Knock Em Dead, and IDW’s Sea of Sorrow!
Psycho Goreman Spoiler-Free Review
Steven Kostanski’s new film Psycho Goreman hit VOD on Friday and Anthony and Shawn have seen it and wish to sing its praises! Here’s their quick, spoiler-free review, which also walks viewers through a bit of Kostanski’s history as a part of the Astron-6, his other films, and where you can watch this gore-tastic new flick!
First Episode of 2021!
We talk Part for of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Love & Monsters, HBO’s Heaven’s Gate documentary, Fingers, Alex de la Iglesia’s 30 Coins, our favorite characters from John McTernan’s Predator, what we love and hate about Fede Alvarez’s 2013 Evil Dead, and what movies will be a better dose of Ninja action than 1983s Samurai Christmas Horror film Blood Beat (here’s a hint – the titles all contain the word “Ninja.” Oh, and a lot more!
A Most Horrible Library
A horrifically new literary podcast from the creators of The Horror Vision!
Join Chris and Shawn as they discuss all things Horror Literature/Comics. This first episode we divulge a bit of what led us to Horror Comics, then dive into a bunch of titles we wholeheartedly recommend.
Here’s what we discuss:
Miskatonic (Aftershock)
Red Mother (Boom! Studios)
Gates of Hell (Eibon Press)
Homesick Pilots (Image Comics)
Something is Killing the Children (Boom!)
Our Favorite Horror Films From 2020
It’s the end of the year (finally), and thus, time for the time-honored tradition of ranking our favorite Horror films from the last 12 months!
Castle Freak, Freaky, Max Brook’s Devolution, and the joys of Audio Books!
Chris, Ray, and Shawn meet up to talk about all things Horror! First, hear Chris talk about the joys of not only Max Brooks’s new novel Devolution, but the full-cast Audio Book performance of both that and Brooks’s seminal zombie novel, World War Z! Next, Shawn has seen the new, Barbara Crampton-Produced Castle Freak remake and he LOVES it! Hear why. And Ray continues to methodically educate himself on Shudder’s entire catalog; this week he talks about Fulci’s New York Ripper, Bava’s The Body and the Whip, and the not-for-the-weak-of-heart Angst! Plus… Christopher Landon’s Freaky, and a lot more!