Hosts: D-rock, Dani, and Stephen We conclude the 6th Annual VundaHalloweenathon and celebrate This is Halloween today. This #VundaHalloweenathon we do a commentary track for Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 from way back in 2009. Derrick guides us through his admiration for Rob Zombie's Halloween timeline. We discuss the controversies of the movie and have a few laughs, even though it's bleak.    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

  Hosts: D-rock, Dani, and Stephen Continue the 6th Annual VundaHalloweenathon and celebrate musical scares today. This #VundaHalloweenathon we do a commentary track for a controversial cult classic Michael Jackson's Ghosts directed by Stan Winston. The Vundacast crew try to track how many times Michael screams, and bask in the classic 90's Halloween aesthetics. Hee Hee! Episode 255   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

 Hosts: D-rock, Dani, and Stephen Continue the 6th Annual VundaHalloweenathon and celebrate cosmic horror movies today. This #VundaHalloweenathon we do a commentary track for one of Stephen's favorite films about consumerism and culture John Crpenter's They Live. The Vundacast crew came here to chew bubblegum and kick podcast ass and they're all out of bubblegum.  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

Hosts: D-rock, Dani, and Stephen Our 6th Annual VundaHalloweenathon is underway and we celebrate cold horror movies today with our theme Coolest Chills This #VundaHalloweenathon we do a commentary track for one of our all time favorite horror movies John Carpenter's The Thing. The masterful effects work by Rob Bottin leaves us in awe. We study the crls of Kurt Russel's glorious mane, and Dani answers all the burning questions we have like do artic research stations really have flamethrowers.  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

It's finally here! Vundacast presents our 6th annual... VUNDAHALLOWEENATHON!!!!! Our very special 31 day horror movie challenge is BACK ! This year, we're once again doing a LETTERBOXD CHALLENGE so make those lists now and tag them 'VundaHalloweenathon' (also tag your reviews!) We're also bringing back BLUESKY WATCH PARTIES 👈 so check out the link to the schedule and mark your calendars--or just join us on Bluesky @vundacast.bsky.social every night in October at 10:31 PM Eastern! As for recommendations, we're doing things a little differently this year to streamline for efficiency's sake. Instead of creating a blog post for every day of the month with a handful of recommendations, we now have these handy-dandy Letterboxd lists for each daily theme, chock full of every movie we've ever recommended for that theme and then some! Day 1: Freaky Favorites Day 2: If You D.A.R.E. Day 3: Coolest Chills Day 4: 2020s Visions Day 5: Scare the Kids Day 6: Feminist...

It's New Year's Eve! Which means it's time to celebrate the death of this foul year of our Lord. So here's a list of our favorite movies that sync up to ring in the new year with a big, epic moment and what time you should start watching them on New Year's Eve.  For the best results, we suggest starting the movie, pausing it, setting it to 0:00:00 and unpausing at the time suggested. We also suggest watching these movies on DVD or BluRay if possible because even the most insignificant streaming blips can throw off the timing completely. Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out - 11:00:00 If you want to kick off the new year with Nana vomiting all over Christmas dinner, oddly enough it happens EXACTLY one hour into the film so all you have to do is start the movie at exactly 11:00:00 Cabin in the Woods - 10:30:07 PM If you want to ring in the new year with the Old Gods rising again, hit play on Drew Goddard's modern classic Cabin in the Woods at 10:30:07 PM (10:3...

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