A perfect way to celebrate the culmination of the spooky season with some of your personal favorites. There are no wrong answers to this one, as long as it has won your favor it is qualified for today's viewing. RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: The Substance I Saw the TV Glow Under the Skin Thelma Mad God mother! Dani: The Ugly Stepsister Nosferatu 28 Years Later Evil Dead (2013) The Thing Hatching Stephen: Dangerous Animals Blood Diner Primal Rage Popcorn Sinners Dracula 2000

The penultimate theme of the month is "Fear the Unknown." The rules are simple: watch a film you have never seen before.  It might be an oldie you just never got around to seeing or something from a fresh young filmmaker who you haven't given a chance yet.  OUR WATCHLIST Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein  Antibirth Azrael The Vourdalak Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead The Gate I Know What You Did Last Summer (the requel) Black Phone 2 Kill Me Again Vicious Something Wicked This Way Comes The Mannequin MAR.IA

Today's theme is "Damn, Nature, You Scary!" ...in other words, it's nature horror day! Today we celebrate any and all movies set in nature or with antagonists that are nature-based--even those that may be mutated! RECOMMENDATIONS Anaconda Snakes on a Plane Backcountry The Ritual Enys Men Killing Ground Crawl Open Water Dante's Peak Infested Arachnaphobia Squirm Blood Beach Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation The Ruins by Scott Smith

Named, ironically, for Christian hair metal band Stryper's hit song "To Hell With the Devil" (albeit re-interpreted for our purposes--more in the vein of "let's go to Hell with the Devil!") today we celebrate all things satanic and hellacious. Movies about the devil and hell (and demons), it's that simple. But boy oh boy is it gonna be a fun day... RECOMMENDATIONS Prince of Darkness End of Days Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made Hellhole Where the Devil Roams Spawn Drag Me to Hell Martyrs The Pope's Exorcist As Above So Below Hellraiser 2: Hellbound Event Horizon Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

Today is an extra special celebration in honor of all of our favorite foreign language horror films. Horror around the world is booming and I'm sure you'll notice that this is far from the only day where we've programmed foreign language films because there's just so much great stuff out there but today we celebrate foreign horror explicitly. RECOMMENDATIONS Dearest Sister Tigers Are Not Afraid Terrified Skull: The Mask Hatching Red Rooms The Orphanage A Tale of Two Sisters Ichi the Killer I Saw the Devil Veronica House (1977) The Devil's Backbone Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Ringu by Koji Suzuki

In defining today's theme we turn to a description outlined on the  website for  Horror Noire  Executive Producer Tananarive Due and author/screenwriter Steven Barnes's six-part online course , "The Sunken Place: Black Horror" (based on Due's UCLA class "The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and the Black Horror Aesthetic"): “We define 'Black Horror' as Horror by Black creators and/or featuring a Black protagonist(s) in service to a story through a Black lens. Black creators may (though not always) tackle themes of social justice, ritual and magic, ancestors, and Black survival in their work. But all Black Horror combats the erasure of Black voices in Horror.”  RECOMMENDATIONS Nanny His House Tales From the Hood Saloum Perpetrator Get Out Candyman Sinners The Blackening Spell Bones The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster Tales from the Crypt Demon Knight Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but ...

Today is a numbers game--literally! Anything having to do with numbers or any movie with a number in the title--including all sequels with numbers in the title. RECOMMENDATIONS 13 Sins Terrifier 3 28 Days Later Apollo 18 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Thir13en Ghosts Scream 4 Phantasm 2 Saw 3 Smile 2 Evil Dead 2 Se7en 47 Meters Down Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Today we celebrate all the delightful horror musicals and all other manner of musical horror. Anything that's about musicians or where music is a central feature, or even any movie that has really great music can fit in this spot so go nuts! RECOMMENDATIONS Anna and the Apocalypse Sons of Steel Punk Rock Holocaust The Lure Lords of Chaos This is GWAR Phantom of the Paradise Rocky Horror Picture Show  Sweeney Todd Repo! The Genetic Opera Little Shop of Horrors Studio 666 The Phantom of the Opera Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Lords of Chaos by Michael Moynihan

Today we celebrate the rich history and bright future of queer horror. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Nonbinary, Intersex, Asexual and beyond, we love all the beautiful queers in horror! RECOMMENDATIONS Sissy Vegas in Space Cuckoo Knife+Heart Picnic at Hanging Rock Hellraiser (2022) Suspiria (2018) Titane  Sleepaway Camp Jennifer's Body The Perfection Cruising Seed of Chucky Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Today is the day for all things James Wan! The master of horror has directed, written, produced, and even starred in dozens of great films and some of the most iconic horror franchises and it's all fair game today! RECOMMENDATIONS Dead Silence Insidious The Conjuring Saw M3GAN Malignant The Conjuring 2 The Nun Anabelle Comes Home M3GAN 2.0 The Curse of La Llorona The Monkey Saw 2 Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft

Today we're celebrating all the glorious drug-fueled horror you can shake a stick at. From stoner adventures to psychedelic journeys and even the "hard stuff," today we defy our "Drug Abuse Resistance Education" and get smashed! Maybe even literally... RECOMMENDATIONS Altered States MadS Amethyst Pot Zombies 2 Fried Barry Star Leaf Climax The Cabin in the Woods Mandy Hereditary Scary Movie Leprechaun in the Hood Idle Hands Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

Today we celebrate family friendly frights. Horror isn't just for the adults and there are so many delightful childhood picks to choose from. Or...if family friendly isn't really your thing, you can use today to pick horror movies involving children. RECOMMENDATIONS Stitches Kids vs. Aliens Clown Celia Skinamarink Mr. Crockett Frankenweenie Scooby-Doo Zombie Island Ghostbusters The Addams Family Addams Family Values The Witches Monster House Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and here's something fun!

Today we celebrate the found footage phenomenon. Phone camera fu, mockumentaries, any and all things presented as real footage, today is the day! RECOMMENDATIONS The Conspiracy Milk & Serial A Record of Sweet Murder The Medium Horror in the High Desert JeruZalem The Bay (We have a commentary track for that on the feed) As Above So Below Afflicted Be My Cat: A film for Anne Dashcam The Sacrament Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Today we celebrate our favorite member of the squash family, the gourd of gourds: the pumpkin! Any and all movies that feature pumpkins will hit that sweet spot today, especially accompanied by a delicious slice of pumpkin pie! RECOMMENDATIONS Trick 'r Treat Hack-O-Lantern The Nightmare Before Christmas Cobweb Return to Oz Pumpkinhead Hocus Pocus It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Halloween III: Season of the Witch Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! Sleepy Hollow John Carpenter's Halloween The Predator Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Hosts: D-rock, Dani, and Stephen Our VundaHalloweenathon viewings continue with the Cregger cult classic Barbarian. We get deep into the basement horror subgenre this #VundaHalloweenathon. Follow the show on Bluesky  and  Tiktok Please support  D-rock's Patreon  to support their musical endeavors. Also show some love this holiday  to the Ringing Rocks Roller Rink and their fundraiser  to improve a vital part of their community.  More information ar our home base Vundablog.com     Hear this up!!!

Today we're watching movies with iconic basement scenes or basement tropes or even movies involving things you might find in a basement--toys, games, trinkets, etc. RECOMMENDATIONS The People Under the Stairs The Beyond Barbarian Don't Breathe Hell House LLC Martyrs  Get Out A Quiet Place The Amityville Horror Stir of Echoes The Cabin in the Woods The Silence of the Lambs Psycho Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Today we let the blood flow, celebrating movies that unleash buckets of plasma. Today it's the bloodier the better as we bathe in corn syrupy goodness! RECOMMENDATIONS The Sadness Evil Dead  Carrie Visitors Yellow Dragon Village Bloody Muscle Body Builder Tokyo Gore Police Blade Bride of Re-Animator Ready or Not Ichi the Killer From Dusk Till Dawn Scanners Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDs, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation "Audition" by Ryu Murakami

Today we look to the skies and celebrate the horrors of the cosmos. Extraterrestrials, strange and indifferent gods, extradimensional beings and more--the mysteries of the cosmos are infinite and eternal... RECOMMENDATIONS The Visitor Mindflesh Pandorum Beyond the Black Rainbow Melancholia Banshee Chapter Annihilation Glorious From Beyond Kids vs. Aliens Forbidden Planet Dreamcatcher PG: Psycho Goreman Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation "The Ritual" by Adam Nevill

Today we take a trip down south for a little southern gothic horror. Ideally today is for true southern gothic movies but any horror set in the south will do--even the global south! RECOMMENDATIONS The Night of the Hunter Night of the Hunted Hatchet II What Josiah Saw Third Saturday in October Frailty Sinners Angel Heart The Skeleton Key Interview with a Vampire The Town that Dreaded Sundown Cape Fear Sister Sister Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

The 13th theme of the month is "Coolest Chills." This is essentially a day for movies that take place in the cold or have elements of cold, winter, etc. Of course, we once again leave what that means up to your interpretation. RECOMMENDATIONS The Lodge I Am Not a Serial Killer The Blackcoat's Daughter The Shining Longlegs Jack Frost (1997) Frozen (2010) The Thing Misery 30 Days of Night Terrifier 3 Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Silent Night (2012) Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell (inspiration for The Thing)

This is our Body Horror theme so any movie that derives horror from things having to do with one's own body. You can interpret that how you like. Today let your skin creep and body morph into a happy horror fan with today's picks. RECOMMENDATIONS Body Parts eXistenZ Infinity Pool Crimes of the Future Titane Tetsuo: The Iron Man The Substance The Fly Tusk Hellraiser Malignant Invasion of the Body Snatchers The Taking of Deborah Logan Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation "The Island of Doctor Moreau" by H.G. Wells

Today we're rocking any and all movies that involve graveyards, mausoleums, burial sites, funeral homes, undertakers, embalmers, etc. RECOMMENDATIONS VIY The Vanishing Poultrygeist The Demon's Rook The House by the Cemetery The Autopsy of Jane Doe The Mortuary Collection The Autopsy of Jane Doe Cemetery Man Phantasm II The Return of the Living Dead Corpse Bride Hocus Pocus Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation "Pet Sematary" by Stephen King

It's romantic horror day at Vundacast as we celebrate all our favorite love stories in horror! From the epic and sweeping to the dysfunctional and macabre, all spooky love stories are for today! RECOMMENDATIONS After Midnight Bulbbul Spring The Devils Death Game May Warm Bodies Let the Right One In Underworld Once Bitten Heart Eyes Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out Lisa Frankenstein Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation "Picnic at Hanging Rock" by Joan Lindsey

Today we take a break from all the chills and thrills for some laughs--or maybe all at once, if you like. Pick your favorite spooky comedies or hilarious horrors and laugh and scream all the livelong day! RECOMMENDATIONS Young Frankenstein One Cut of the Dead The Toxic Avenger Freaky Dr. Giggles Jennifer's Body Shaun of the Dead Juan of the Dead The Good Exorcist Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein Army of Darkness Glorious Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDs, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation This Book is Full of Spiders by David Wong

Today we celebrate all the wonderful anthology horror movies. Whether they're all by one filmmaker or a collaboration of many, we love our anthologies here at Vundacast! RECOMMENDATIONS Kwaidan Southbound V/H/S/85 The Company of Wolves Three... Extremes HeBGB TV V/H/S/2 Tales of Terror (1962) Creepshow Tales From the Hood Twilight Zone: The Movie The Mortuary Collection All Hallows' Eve Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things" by Lafcadio Hearn

Today is a creature-rific celebration of all things creepy crawly. From cryptids to insects to kaiju to microscopic parasites and everything in between, today we honor our favorite "creature features." RECOMMENDATIONS Humanoids From the Deep Dagon Monsturd Frogman Good Manners Monstrum Dog Soldiers An American Werewolf in London Teen Wolf (1985) Van Helsing  Tahoe Joe 2 Infested Arcadian Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Today we celebrate horror movies that are either directed by women and/or feature empowered or even just fully human, complex women (even unlikable women because we stan them too!). RECOMMENDATIONS You'll Never Find Me Fresh Always Shine Alone With You Watcher Censor Black Swan The Ugly Stepsister The Rage: Carrie 2 Alien Alien: Resurrection  Rosemary's Baby The Witch Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDs, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Feed by Mira Grant

Hosts: D-rock, Dani, & Stephen We loved this Rob Savage movie during the pandemic. Let's reminisce and retraumatize ourselves for Vundahlloweenathon day 5 Domestic Dysfunction!  Beware this movie does make us scream so be careful wearing with earphones.    Follow the show on Bluesky  and  Tiktok Please support  D-rock's Patreon  to support their musical endeavors. Also show some love this holiday  to the Ringing Rocks Roller Rink and their fundraiser  to improve a vital part of their community.  More information at our home base Vundablog.com  

Today is a day for murder boyfriends, bloodthirsty girlfriends, and all manner of (gendered and non-gendered) f*cked up relationship dynamics in horror and home invasion scare. Because sometimes the most horrifying things are the people  that get closest to us... RECOMMENDATIONS Combat Shock The Devil's Candy Found It Comes at Night The Clovehitch Killer Somewhere Quiet Beau is Afraid The Exorcist Rosemary's Baby You're Next Hush The Others Piggy Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDs, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin 

Today we celebrate all drinkers of that delicious deep red beverage. Great day for vampire flicks but don't forget about the other bloodsuckers of the world... RECOMMENDATIONS Bit Abigail Sinners Malatesta's Carnival of Blood Slash/Back The Hunger Bram Stoker's Dracula Lost Boys Nosferatu A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Fright Night What We Do in the Shadows Cronos Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Dracula by Bram Stoker

Does social commentary have a place in horror films? You bet your pumpkins it does. Throughout the history of horror, films have always had something to say. Today is a day to ponder and explore the bigger ideas and what-if's in the way we most prefer--with a side of kills, screams, and blood! RECOMMENDATIONS Dead of Night (aka Deathdream) Slaxx Sick Holy Shit! Overlord They Live The Stuff The Oath Parasite American Psycho The Invisible Man US The Crazies Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDS, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Today we celebrate our favorite final girls. These amazing women go through so much and somehow come out on the other side, against all odds. We salute them! RECOMMENDATIONS The Stylist Heathers The Brood Cold Hell Mute Witness May the Devil Take You Scream Halloween Ends The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Nightmare on Elm Street Happy Death Day Midsommar MaXXXine  Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDs, audiobooks, ebooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Hoopla or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card.  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

Hosts: Stephen, D-Rock, Dani, & Mr. J  Celebrate the start of 2025's VundaHalloweenathon and the podcast's 250th Episode by doing a video commentary track from Goosebumps the Haunted Mask special fox premiere straight out of 1995. We wax poetic and nostalgic on this crown jewel in RL Stine's spooky crown. Follow the show on Bluesky  and  Tiktok Please support  D-rock's Patreon  to support their musical endeavors. Also show some love this holiday  to the Ringing Rocks Roller Rink and their fundraiser  to improve a vital part of their community.  Hear this up!!!

Bust out all your Halloween favorites whether they be movies from the Halloween franchise, movies that take place on Halloween, movies that celebrate Halloween, or just anything that gets you in the Halloween spirit. Cuz that's what it's all about today! RECOMMENDATIONS Terrifier Terrifier 2 Halloween (2007) Halloween II (2009) UNRATED Ginger Snaps Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed Late Night With the Devil Haunt The Halloween Tree Trick 'r Treat Primal Rage House II: The Second Story Halloween Ends Remember to support your local library this Halloween! Your library has more than just books, but DVDs, audiobooks, eBooks and even movies and TV shows to stream through apps like Kanopy, Hoopla, or Libby! And it's all available for free with a library card (which is also free!).  A Spooktacular Book Recommendation The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury