Saturday Night Freak Show

Michaela steps into the ring with the "the Ben-Hur of karate movies," The Quest (1996), writer-director-star Jean-Claude Van Damme's ambitiously expensive passion project, that finds him on a globetrotting odyssey from the streets of 1925 New York to the hidden temples of Tibet to compete in a legendary, secret tournament. Listen as we pack our bags, log frequent flyer miles via pirate ship, elephant, and horse, wrap our knuckles and experience every fighting style known to man on this week's exciting episode!

Holly’s boarding a Red Eye (2005) with a charming stranger… and it quickly turns into a nightmare at 30,000 feet. Rachel McAdams stars as a young woman who meets the smooth-talking Cillian Murphy at the airport — only to discover he’s a cold-blooded assassin who needs her help pulling off a high-profile hit. Listen as the crew discusses where Red Eye fits in Wes Craven’s legendary filmography, shares their own terrifying airline horror stories, and geeks out over the film’s tight twists and white-knuckle tension on this week's episode!

Sean discovers a beer-swillin', apple chompin' vampire has moved in next door in Fright Night (2011), a remake of the beloved 80s horror classic which casts the late Anton Yelchin as the hapless teen whose mom and girlfriend fall under the spell of Colin Farrell's bloodsucker, with former Doctor Who David Tennant as a Chris Angel-style Vegas occult expert brought in to assist with all the vampire-killin' that needs done. Listen as we talk alpha dude-bro Vegas vampires, CGI splatter, 3D gloom, and more on this week's exciting episode!

Colin explores the sleazeorama of NYC's grindhouses while hunting down The New York Ripper (1982), from the Italian Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci, an experience in gorenography and bad taste. A psycho who talks like Donald Duck is murdering prostitutes in the Big Apple while the cops close in. Listen as we watch in revulsion as things done with broken bottles, big toes, and delicate eyeballs on this week's exciting episode!

Michaela checks all the closets, cupboards, and attics for the Hider in the House (1989) after watching crazy Gary Busey living secretly within the walls of Mimi Rogers' new family home! Lifetime thriller fans take note. Listen as we talk cigarette burn trauma, 1,000 yard death stares, marital drama, skinny dip-spying neighbors and more on this week's exciting episode!

Holly tags along with an alien seductress wearing the face of Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin (2013), a movie that plays like an arthouse version of Species. The sexy predator seduces randos throughout Scotland and pickles them in a black ink pool before developing empathy for the human condition and going off-mission. Listen as we dive deep into symbolism, atmosphere, dream logic, and horrifying acts of alien indifference on this week's exciting episode!

Sean gets gnarly by sewing reanimated body parts together like a mad scientist in Bride of Re-Animator (1990)! Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain are once again building living corpses from discarded bodies but, following in the footsteps of the Universal Monsters that preceded them, dare to create a woman! Listen as we get batty with severed heads, beating hearts, and a parade of freak show grotesqueries courtesy of director Brian Yuzna on this week's exciting episode!

Colin buys a ringside seat to the title fight matchup of Freddy vs Jason (2003), bringing together the titans of 80s slasher cinema for one last dance. The kids of Springwood have forgotten about Freddy Krueger, so he resurrects Jason Voorhees to generate some carnage, and gets irritated when ole hockey mask steals all the kills. Listen as we talk about the reality of Midwest corn raves, the films' development hell, and witness the battle royale between unkillable killers on this week's exciting episode!

Michaela insists: don't monkey around with a Primate (2026) as a household pet 'cause they're certain rip your face off! This one, named Ben, gets a case of the Cujos after he's bitten by a rabid mongoose, stalking young revelers through a production designer's Hawaiian dream home. Listen as we get trapped in a pool with hydrophobia, and bear witness to face rippin', leg chompin', head bashin' mayhem on this week's exciting episode!