Episode 132: Rise From the Ashes- Izzy Lee and Her 'House of Ashes'
Izzy Lee is a take-no-prisoners indie filmmaker whose 20-plus genre short films garnered praise from Fangoria, Dread Central, the A.V. Club,...
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This is S.A. Bradley, and I’m a life-long horror lover. This podcast combines horror history, personal observations, common themes, and cultural trends to tell a story with each episode. Her...
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Episode 131: Twenty-Five from 2024- The Year in Horror
Although 2024 has passed, so many horror films were released that I am still playing catch-up to see them all! You might have loved some and...
Episode 130: All the Haunted Seasons Be Ours: Folk Horror and Ghost Stories with Kier-La Janisse and Sean Hogan
It's time for more Horror for the Holidays, and this year, we have double the chills and thrills to celebrate! First, the tradition of telli...
Episode 129: Hellbent for Hong Kong: CAT III films with Ryan Smith- PART TWO
Welcome to PART TWO of our dive into Hong Kong CAT III films, the classification of the most outrageous, transgressive, explicit, and violen...
Episode 128: Hellbent for Hong Kong: CAT III films with Ryan Smith- PART ONE
The UK created the Video Nasties list. The MPAA created NC-17. And Hong Kong had CATEGORY III films. It is probably the least widely known c...
Episode 127: The Three Doors of Death (How to Surprise Horror Fans Who've Seen It All)
Happy Halloween! Hellbent for Horror returns from the dead (and grateful to be here) to start more conversations. I've missed you all! The b...
Episode 126: A Brief History of Failure
Like it or not, failure is a part of creation, invention, and art. Sometimes, failure forces improvisation that creates something amazing; o...
Episode 125: Embracing the Darkness: Del Howison and Dark Delicacies
Join me as I talk with Del Howison, the co-owner of Dark Delicacies, the world-renowned book and collectibles store in Burbank dedicated to...
Episode 124-We're All Wasted: The Ongoing Saga of Cinema Wasteland
For the last 25 years, Cinema Wasteland has been a Mecca for horror movie maniacs. The legendary convention draws cineastes in and turns the...
Episode 123: The Killer Elite- Part Two
The 96th Academy Awards Ceremony is upon us, but we fans know that the only award that matters is if you recommend a horror movie to your fr...
Episode 122: The Killer Elite- Part One
The 96th Academy Awards Ceremony is in a few weeks, but the annual outrage over the lack of horror movie nominations is in full swing. We fa...
Episode 121: A Christmas Ghost Story- A View From a Hill
It's Time for our annual Christmas Ghost Story! We return to the Grandfather of the modern ghost story, M.R. James. Join me as I read his cl...
Episode 120: Lost Films and Crazy Movies You Never Saw with Roxanne Guarino
Horror movie collectors live to find those rare movies that eluded us. These are the movies that are so obscure and bizarre that it becomes...
Episode 119-Death or Glory: SOV Horror (Tape Two)
Welcome to "Tape Two" of S.O.V. (shot on video) movies that prove that Horror is the Punk Rock of Cinema! For decades, fans made movies with...
Episode 118-Death or Glory: S.O.V. Horror (Tape One)
Horror is the Punk Rock of Cinema, and S.O.V. (shot on video) movies prove it! For decades, fans made movies without Hollywood, money, or di...
Episode 117- Casting the Runes: Halloween 2023
Happy Halloween! Join me as I talk about all of the little annual "rituals" I do around Halloween, including books, movies, decorations, old...
Episode 116- Empathy for the Devil: William Friedkin
Legendary Filmmaker William Friedkin died on August 7th, 2023, a few months before the 50th Anniversary of THE EXORCIST. As his legend would...
Episode 115- Seasons in the Abyss- Part One
Three years of the pandemic is enough. We stared into the abyss, and it changed us. And horror movies got us through. Horror movies also tol...
Episode 114- The Grinch Who Ate Christmas
Here's my Postmortem on the 2022 Christmas Holiday Season, where I discuss Killer Santas, Trolls, Yule Logs, and the death of "The War on Ch...
Episode 113: A Christmas Ghost Story- Casting the Runes
Happiest of Holidays to you! Just in time for Christmas Eve is the Hellbent for Horror Annual Christmas Ghost Story! Keeping the old British...