We're back with another chapter in the Tobe Hooper Terror Timeline! This time looking at his underloved follow up to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the sleazy, gritty, mean & nasty Eaten Alive (1976). Plus musical guest "TO DESCEND" appears courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (horrorpaingoredeath.com).
We're back for an all new season and the beloved Terror Timeline format returns as we dissect the career of the late, great Tobe Hooper by examining his best films. We kick it all off with a special expanded edition (including tons of newly recorded content from 2023 on the film from an all new rewatch plus our original 2018 episode on TCM that was part of "Season Zero" - The ABCs Of Horror") of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the film that put Hooper on the map.
Plus not one but two musical guests appear. First with his song "Pray To The Saw", Oklahoma troubadour Christophe Murdoch returns to the show. (christopheonline.com), and with his horror rap TCM tribute "Leatherface", we'll also have Poltergeist OD. @poltergeistOD on Youtube, Spotify & more.
The gang returns for another Patreon sponsored bonus episode thanks to Executive Producer James. This week we're covering The Rev's favorite movie that we've never done on the show, 1981's THE EVIL DEAD! Featuring the debut of Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams.
Seeking Human Victims returns from hiatus with an all new season on May 15th! Join us for Season 17 - The Tobe Hooper terror timeline!!!!
We're back with another bonus episode covering 2014's IT FOLLOWS! Plus musical guest Inferion appears Courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (horrorpaingoredeath.com)
It's time to TCB on SHV as we cover the Don Coscarelli classic starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis, that gives "Hail to The King, Baby" a whole new meaning....Bubba Ho-Tep (2002). Plus musical guest Muskeg Charnel appears courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. (Horrorpaingoredeath.com)
Sitting here after midnight with an all new SHV bonus episode covering one of the great films of the late 70s. We're talking Don Coscarelli's "Phantasm". Brought to you by Executive Producer James, this is the pick of Griz for his "Favorite Horror Film we've never covered on the show!"
Courtesy of Executive Producer Patron James, here is Dreamboat Anni's favorite horror movie that we haven't covered on the show yet, one of the coolest movies of 1987 and a cultural touchstone for many, THE LOST BOYS starring Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Keifer Sutherland, Alex Winter and many more!
It's season finale time! This week we're looking at a modern classic. The film that launched Ti West into the horror world, 2009's "The House Of The Devil". Plus musical guest Saviorskin returns courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (Horrorpaingoredeath.com)
Season 16 is rounding home plate as we look at Angel Heart (1987) starring Robert Dinero & Mickey Rourke. Plus musical guest Bred For Slaughter return courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (horrorpaingoredeath.com).
This week an all star cast of different generations stumbles upon a doorway to hell in an apartment in New York in 1977's THE SENTINEL directed by Michael Winner of Death Wish fame. Plus, musical guest "BRED FOR SLAUGHTER" appear courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. (horrorpaingoredeath.com)
"It's all for you Damian!" This week we look at one of the quintessential satanic horror classics, THE OMEN (1976), Plus musical guest Krullur appears courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
William Shatner has no eyes!!! And he's not playing the face of Michael Myers here. This week we look at one of the weirdest fucking movies of the 70s and a helluva time, 1975's The Devil's Rain. Starring Shat, Ernest Borgnine and even a cameo from Anton Levay. Plus musical guest Horrible Earth appears courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death productions. (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
This week we're on the run from another Satanic cult, this time on dirt bikes! Peter Fonda and Warren Oates rock a salty 70's grindhouse performance and try to avenge a murdered pet in RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975). Plus musical guest HORRIBLE EARTH appears courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (horrorpaingoredeath.com)
This week on Season 16 - "The Devil Made Me Do It", we're talking the 1971 British cult classic THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW. Plus musical guest The Crippler returns courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
We're back with another round of devilish delights as we look at quite possibly the most critically acclaimed horror movie about Satan, (and a whole lot of other stuff related to it), 1968's Rosemary's Baby starring Mia Farrow. Plus musical guest Pagan Rites appears courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
Beware the casting of the runes! This week on SHV, we're looking at the mystery of the satanic curse in 1957's Night Of The Demon (released in US as Curse Of The Demon) starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummings and Niall McGinnis, featuring one of the most impressive early examples of monster effects.
Plus musical guest "The Crippler" appears courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
Season 16 of Seeking Human Victims is here and we're turning up the heat in 2023 with a season about some of the greatest Satanic horror films of all time, entitled "The Devil Made Me Do it"
Episode 1 kicks things off with quite possibly the first talkie to deal with satanic themes, a true super bowl of horror villains starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in one of the non-IP Universal horror films of the pre code era and quite possibly one of the best of the best of the whole catalog, 1934's The Black Cat. .
Plus musical guest Percussor appears courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (horrorpaingoredeath.com)
The annual Seeking Human Victims Christmas special has returned for '22 continuing our Silent Night Deadly Night tradition, finally!!
Tonight we give you the final chapter in the original killer Santa story, Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!, continuing the story started in the first film but now we have psychic powers and Bill Moseley. Directed by Monte Hellman, and also starring Samantha Scully, we dig into this polarizing straight to video classic(?).
Plus musical guest Christophe Murdock & The Love Donations return after a couple of years to perform a holiday classic (available at christophe.bandcamp.com)
Special thanks to Executive Producer Patron Casey Oliver, and a big thanks to all Patrons who've supported us in 2022. Season 16 - "The Devil Made Me Do it" debuts Monday, January 2nd.
Our gift to you: From The Archives - The original Silent Night Deadly Night 2 Episode.
Our gift to you: From The Archives - The original Silent Night Deadly Night Episode.
This week we're flashing back to our 3rd annual Seeking Human Victims Christmas Special. This year we're covering the ultimate Santa Slasher flick, 1984's "Silent Night Deadly Night" and we make the case for why it is our favorite holiday horror film. Joining regular hosts Dan and Anni Wilson on the show for the first time on the guest round-table is legendary pro wrestling manager and fellow Silent Night Deadly Night enthusiast Jeff G Bailey! We talk all about the heart, the sleaze and the controversy of one of the most infamous slasher films of all time.
Here is our latest Seeking Human Victims Bonus Episode covering the most infamous horror film in quite some time. It broke every single box office rule and ended up breaking box office records in the process and went viral for causing fans to pass out & vomit in the theaters as it cemented the legacy of the next great horror icon Art The Clown....we're talking Terrifer 2! Courtesy Executive Producer Casey Oliver.
Plus musical guest Shining Wizard appears courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
Seeking Human Victims - Season 16 - "The Devil Made Me Do It" Coming Early 2023.
The time has come to say goodbye for now, as we celebrate Halloween, Seeking Human Victims style with the season 15 finale, wrapping up our look at Killbilly Cinema with a rare sequel that in they eyes of most surpasses the original. We're chewing the fat about the directorial debut of the great Joe Lynch in Wrong Turn 2! Plus musical guest Shredderford returns with some spooky synth wave to set the mood for your holiday. (Shredderford.com)
This week, courtesy of Executive Producer Casey Oliver, we're extending season 15 by two more episodes. The killbilly killings continue this week as we find out what happens when you take the Hollywood it boys and girls of the day and send them to Australia with a first time director in an on location shoot with crazy practical effects and sets as we present another Dark Castle gem in 2005's House Of Wax. Plus musical guests Blood Of The Wolf appear courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (horrorpaingoredeath.com)
On what was originally planned as the season 15 finale, we dig into one of the most important movies of the season, a major influence on our hosts, and a movie that takes the "cinemtatic killbilly" to entirely new levels. It's been called Rob Zombie's greatest film, Sid Haig's finest moment, and influenced a generation of horror fans, we're talking The Devil's Rejects on this week's giant sized episode of Seeking Human Victims. Plus musical guest Snipers Of Babel appear courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
We're coming all the way back around now to discuss the remake of the first film we talked about this season. The mighty Robert Englund, Lin Shaye, Madman Pondo and more appear in the wildly over the top, offensive and entertaining 2001 Maniacs from 2005. Plus Musical guest VHS returns with their new single "Solange" courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
On this week's episode we jump the extended drought in killbilly movies from the 80s to their return in the early oughts, when nostalgia & gore were all the rage. Eliza Dushku, Emannuelle Chiriqui, Lindy Boothe & more meet some inbred mutant West Virginia killbillies in 2003's WRONG TURN. Plus musical guest Deep Gashes & Long Lashes appear courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (horrorpaingoredeath.com)
This week our journey into the history of killbilly cinema takes us to the Pacific Northwest in 1981's "Just Before Dawn" directed by William Lieberman and starring George Kennedy, Chris Lemmon & more in this film where the killbilly genre becomes one in the same with the Slashers in the year where they had their shining moment. Plus musical guest "Deeds Of Flesh" returns courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
The killbilly tour de force continues, this time back to the south, specifically Louisiana, where a group of national guardsmen run afoul of a cajun community & the lines between good & evil remain sketchy. Keith Carradine & Powers Boothe star in SOUTHERN COMFORT. Plus musical guest Saviorskin returns courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
The crossroad where Killbillies & slashers collide! These genres have almost been exclusively combined in modern times, but aside from the original TCM, 1980's Mother's Day was really where we see this become the norm. It is directed by the brother of Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman, Charles Kaufman in his only directorial effort with cameos from most of the Kaufman family, is a sister picture to a much more famous and influential slasher, and was so offensive and controversial it was banned in the UK for several decades. We'll talk about all that & more.
Plus, musical guest "Deeds Of Flesh" appear courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
This week we prove that a Killbilly doesn't have to just be from the south as we travel to the great white north with Hal Holbrook and company for the 1977 Canadian Tax Shelter killbilly extravaganza RITUALS from 1977 (aka The Creeper).
Whiskey, weed, mayhem & murder are all on tap with one of the best of the Deliverance rip off movies...and The Charlie Daniels Band! Director William Grefe (Mako: Jaws Of Death) is doing things the drive-in way as we cover 1977's Whiskey Mountain on an all new Seeking Human Victims.
Can you hear banjos? At least we have the masculine aid of Burt Reynolds & John Voight! Right? What could go wrong??? Big Daddy Griz takes over hosting duties for one of his all time favorite films on this special episode of the show. Plus musical guest Harvest of Ash appears courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
We're back for a brand new season and this time we're looking at a sub-genre of horror that is near and dear to us, as it's mostly poking fun at people from the south and well, that's us. It's been called hicksploitation, southern gore, and more but for our purpose we're calling it Killbilly Cinema!
Its the most raunchy and wild Frankenstein adaptation of all time from the great Frank Henenlotter and it's sponsored by executive producer Patron Joe Blair. Enjoy Frankenhooker, this week on a special bonus SHV
Brought to you by executive producer Joe Blair, it's a late night cable cheesecake classic.
As requested by Executive Producer Tier Patron, Joe Blair we're going away. But as a podcast we're only 14 seasons old...so we can't go to prison, we're going to REFORM school. Starring Wendy O Williams, Sybil Danning, Linda Carol and Sheri Stoner and directed by Tom DeSimone, it's the 1986 "spoof" of the "women in prison" genre, REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS.
Our 14th Season comes to a close as we wrap up two full Seasons of Stephen King goodness with the sequel (well second half) to the highest grossing horror film of all time as we cover It: Chapter 2. We've ran the gauntlet of the horror master going back to the 1970s over the last 2 seasons and this week we wrap it up with yet another appearance from everyone's favorite child murdering clown. Plus musical guest "Coffins" appear courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
We're almost ready to close the book on Stephen King and Season 14, but we have two more stories to speak of and both are the only sequels we've done in the last two seasons. This week we're revisiting the Overlook hotel and little Danny boy is all grown up as Ewan McGregor stars in Dr Sleep, directed by Mike Flanagan. Plus musical guest Metalucifer returns courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death productions (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
This week we're looking at the biggest horror phenomenon in recent history and if earnings are any indicator, of all time...the 2017 feature film adaptation of It from director Andy Muschietti. Plus musical guest Metalucifer, appearing courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
It's often said Stephen King's endings had to be lightened up by movie studios because they were often too dark. Well, this week's film takes the opposite approach. We're watching THE MIST (2007) on an all new Seeking Human Victims. Please, special musical guest FRIGHT appear courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
Stephen King writes a story about a troubled man trying to survive in a haunted hotel? Though it seems we've been here before, the journey is somehow all new as we look at 1408 from 2007. Plus musical guest Blasphemous Creation returns courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Production (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com).
A gypsy curse meets body image issues in this batshit wacky 90's Stephen King adaptation directed by the legend Tom Holland (Fright NIght). Plus musical guest Blasphemous Creation appear courtesy "Horror Pain Gore Death" productions (horrorpaingoredeath.com)
The Stephen King Terror Timeline Part 2 is back and we watched all 6 hours of The Stand (1994) to talk about one of the masterworks of Director Mick Garris and one of the more popular King TV events ever. Plus musical guest Organ Trail returns courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
Sponsored by Executive Producer Joe Blair, here is a special bonus episode covering the 1991 action trashic starring Brian Bozworth, William Forsythe, and Lance Henrickson... oh yes, it's STONE COLD (1991).
Plus special musical guest Matsunaga Was Right with new songs off their upcoming album Born In Wire courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
Tommyknockers are indeed knocking at the door as an ensemble cast lead by Jimmy Smits discover a mysterious contraption in the woods that leads to bizarre powers and strange happenings in the mini series of the same name. Plus, musical guest Poltergest OD returns with his new song "Killer Klowns From Outer Space"
(As always 1 day early for our beloved Patrons) The devil has come to town to open up a pawn shop, no not Dan.. we mean Max Von Sydow! You can get your heart's desire, it will only cost you your soul. This week we're covering NEEDFUL THINGS (1993) on an all new SHV as the Stephen King Terror Timeline continues. Join us for a discussion about nepotism and turkey shit. Plus special musical guest Organ Trail appears courtesy of HorrorPainGoreDeath.com performing the song "Trachea Stomp".
We're back with Season 14, as we continue our journey through the adaptations of the works of Stephen King. We made our way through the 80s King classics now we look at the 1990s and beyond. Kicking things off is a weird product of it's time, the clearly Twin Peaks inspired movie about vampiric, soul suckin' were-cats... Sleepwalkers (1992), directed by Mick Garris.
Plus musical guest Elbow Deep appear courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, performing the title track off their upcoming album "Home School Shooter" out May 6th on horrorpaingoredeath.com
For our # 1 guy, executive producer Casey Oliver, here is our epic Bonus episode on the summer of 1989 and all the Batmania it entailed.
Here on the season finale of The Stephen King Terror Timeline part 1, we're looking at the oscar winning performance of Kathy Bates as she tortures James Caan in what could now alternately be called "toxic fandom" the movie, the 1990 Rob Reiner directed Misery.
Plus musical guest "FRIGHT" appears courtesy of HorrorPainGoreDeath.com with the track "Child Of A New War"
"It"''s a Seeking Human Victims first as we cover a TV mini series, but it so happens to be the granddaddy of all made for TV mini series' as long time John Carpenter partner in crime Tommy Lee Wallace helms an all star TV cast of the day in the scariest fucking made for TV movie of all time, the Tim Curry lead, 1990, original version of IT.
Plus musical guest "Stricken" appears courtesy HorrorPainGoreDeath.com with the song "Consuming Misery".
This week on an all new Seeking Human Victims, we journey to 1989 to talk about a film that captured the imagination of the country at that time by finding out that dead may in fact be...better. Its the adaptation of the story that Stephen King himself finds his most personal and terrifying...of course we're talking about Pet Sematary.
Plus musical guest COMO MIERDA (featuring pro wrestler Jeff Cannonball!!) appears courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (HorrorPainGoreDeath.com)
Join us for perhaps the most wacky ride of the season with the "zooted and tooted" Stephen King directorial debut (& farewell) about machines coming to life and going on a murderous rampage with 1986's Maximum Overdrive starring Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle & more. We'll talk about how King barely remembers the experience himself and is not a fan, the brutal critical reception, it's rise to cult status on cable & much more.
Plus musical guest "Gorged Afterbirth" appear courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (horrorpaingoredeath.com) with the track "Only Dental Records Remain" off their upcoming March 11th album release "Got Gore?".
This week we tackle our first anthology of Stephen King adaptations with 1985's The Cat's Eye, starring Drew Barrymore and directed by Lewis Teague. We'll talk about how all 3 segments exist on their own and also tie together to make a fun, EC Comics inspired film in the spirit of Creepshow produced of course by Dino De Laurentiis in Wilmington, NC.
All that plus musical guest "Seeds Of Perdition" with the song "God Ends Here" courtesy of HorrorPainGoreDeath.com
We continue our journey into the Stephen King Terror Timeline with a young Drew Barrymore and what else...psychic powers! It's 1984's FIRESTARTER. We'll look at how it started as a John Carpenter project and retained some elements of that, but not many, the box office, critical reaction and more.
Plus musical guest Vulcan Tyrant returns courtesy of HorrorPainGoreDeath.com with their song "Demonize The Spirit", the first offical single off the album "Vulcanocide"
Don't be an Outlander, check out this week's all new episode of Seeking Human Victims as we wade into the fields with 1984's Children Of The Corn! Season 13, The Stephen King Terror Timeline continues as we look at a film in a year full of King adaptations, 1984. Creepy kids? Strange powers? Linda Hamilton? This one's got them all.
This week on Seeking Human Victims, we proudly present a giant sized episode (clocking in at over 2 hours), on one of the most influential works in the history of horror films and a very important piece of the Stephen King Terror Timeline, the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film starring Jack Nicholson & Shelley Duvall, THE SHINING.
The Rev (@revdanwilson), Dreamboat Anni (@DreamboatAnni ) & The Great Muji (@TheGreatMuji) will dig into Stephen King's trip to the famed Stanley Hotel that inspired the original novel, how it was the 3rd of as many works in a row to be adapted to the screen for him, why Stanley Kubrick pursued the source material to make a movie, the controversial treatment of Duvall, what King ultimately thought of the movie and how he disagreed with the casting of Jack Nicholson, the bizarre & insane conspiracy theories that have popped up around the film and so much more.
But that's not all!
- Road Correspondents and friends of the show Righteous Jesse & Brittany But Spooky check in live from the actual Stanley Hotel in Colorado. (@vhspartytonight & @brittanybutspooky on IG)
- Musical guest BELDAM performs "The Foundling" from their album "Live At The Golden Pony" courtesy HorrorPainGoreDeath.com
- Founder of Whose Comics (@whosecomics on Twitter) and former co-host Todd Johnston returns to the SHV roundtable.
The Seeking Human Victims podcast returns with a re-airing of our 2nd Christmas Special.
This one was voted on by YOU the listeners so we hope you didn't make the naughty list this year because KRAMPUS is coming to town!
We discuss how director Mike Dougherty came up with the idea for the film, the casting, the box office, the reception and we theorize where it will stand in the long term Christmas horror rankings. There is an all new "Burial Plot" segment, and each member of the podcast makes an entertaining argument for what Christmas classic this film is actually a horror version of. That and more, check it out!
We're back with another Patron sponsored bonus episode! This week we stay in the realm of Wolf-A-Mania but leave the realm of horror entirely as we cover Michael J Fox in 198's Teen Wolf. Plus musical guest Cemetarian courtesy of HorrorPainGoreDeath.com
Due to unexpected holiday related delays, (we just couldn't get everyone together to record.), The "Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings" Thanksgiving Special is slightly delayed. Please enjoy our original Seeking Human Victims Thanksgiving Special, released from the archives. Get access to over 12 seasons of content plus holiday bonus episodes like this at Patreon.com/OGScare
We're back for more holiday bonus episodes as we attempt to start a new Thanksgiving tradition with the Pumpkinhead franchise. We're starting right at the beginning as we dissect the impressive creature work on display in what was also FX legend Stan Winston's directorial debut. It is also one of the few horror films that provides an accurate representation of Appalachia and we delve into that a bit as well. No commentary tracks here, this is the return to the classic Seeking Human Victims format. So sit down with us and break bread as we enjoy some Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Beer and Pumpkinhead.
Its our newest bonus episode on 2004's Cursed. This could fit in either the Wes Craven "Terror Timeline" Season or the "Wolfamania" Season of the show., We look at Craven and Kevin Williamson's reunion for their ill fated werewolf deconstruction. Get all the dirt on the absolute trainwreck that lead to the final product. Plus musical guest "Dead War" courtesy of HorrorPainGoreDeath.com
Welcome to the season 12 finale as we wrap up "Wolfamania" with a 2014 independently produced werewolf flick from Larry Fessenden and co over at Glass Eye picks that looks at the themes of old age and dying through the lens of the werewolf. It's "Late Phases" starring Nick Damici, Ethan Embry and a host of great cameos, and makeup fx from Bob Kurtzman!
Plus music guests "Imperial Slaughter" from Dallas, TX with the song "Vile Slobs" off their new album of the same name courtesy Horror Pain Gore Death productions.
We're back with an all new entry into Seeking Human Victims Season 12 - Wolfamania, as we look at the 1996 B movie from Morgan Creek called "BAD MOON" starring Mariel Hemmingway & Dennis The Menace! We talk about the pros, cons and everything in between as well tell the story of yet another werewolf movie based off of a book. Listen as we go through this mixed bag of lycanthropic fun.
Plus special musical guest Exsanguination appearing courtesy of Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
We're back with another chapter in the Tobe Hooper Terror Timeline! This time looking at his underloved follow up to Texas Chainsaw Ma...
