31 for 31

Episode Thirty-ENDS

October 31, 2022 19:42 - 53 minutes

Coming in at the deadline, we have a special episode to revisit Haddonfield one more time (if we believe that) and discuss the finale David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy. Happy Halloween! Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Thirty-Fun: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

December 24, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes

Halloween or Christmas? Why not both!? Join us discussing the soul of Halloween and heart of Christmas in Tim Burton and Henry Selick’s 1993 holiday classic. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Post Mortem: All Saints’ Day Bonus

November 01, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes

The list is complete! Join us as we look back on our daily drops in October, some favorite recording moments, and what almost made the list before shifting your focus to Turkey Day. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 31: Halloween

October 31, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour

The day has arrived! We’re all in for All Hallow’s Eve with a special double episode discussing the John Carpenter 1978 original, sequels, and most recent installment of the Halloween franchise. Whether or not evil dies tonight, we are living for our love of all things Michael Myers. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 30: The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Special Guest Andrew Stieglitz

October 30, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour

Halloweekend rocks on! Andrew Stieglitz of The Lyric Boys Podcast is here to discuss the cult classic to end all cult classics: Richard O’Brien’s 1975 horror musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Make this episode a “Science Fiction/Double Feature” by checking out their pod, as well! Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 29: The Return of the Living Dead

October 29, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes

Kicking off Halloweekend with a banger! Punk may be dead, but it is here to stay in Dan O'Bannon’s 1985 zombie flick The Return of the Living Dead. We are dead and loving it discussing this absolute party of a living dead movie. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 28: House

October 28, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes

The weirdest haunted house you’ll ever enter! Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 1977 Japanese supernatural film House is a fever dream, or nightmare, of childlike imagination. We try to make since of this purposefully tangled, confusing, and bonkers ride while finding out what about its bizarre and often funny plot leaves such a lasting, discomforting impression. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 27: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

October 27, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes

Back to your nightmares, but at least you aren’t paralyzed! Freddy strikes his best balance of camp and actual scares in Chuck Russell’s 1987 creeper A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Hear our thoughts on how creative practicals elevates this pick–another third entry of a frightful franchise. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 26: The Exorcist III

October 26, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes

George C. Scott is back, and so is the devil. William Peter Blatty’s third entry in the Exorcist series from 1990 is an underrated, contemplative, and overwhelming horror experience. Check out our thoughts on the theological themes and standout scares of this possession threequel. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 25: Sinister

October 25, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutes

We’ve seen some home movies on this list, but these have me feeling far less nostalgic. Open our box of tapes to see why Scott Derrickson’s 2012 film Sinister is a great example of Blumhouse horror done right. We spend some time even discussing the scares, performances, and plot after we finish our deep dive on Ethan Hawke’s sweater. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 24: The Changeling

October 24, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes

A much more classic ghost story for you! Peter Medak’s The Changeling may have been released in 1980, but it carries the tradition of textured, character-driven, creaky floorboard horror of the 1970s. Check out our conversation of this elevated meat-and-potatoes dish of murder mystery, seances, and ghostly revelations. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 23: Lake Mungo

October 23, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes

Our second pseudo-documentary! Joel Anderson’s 2008 dreadfest Lake Mungo will have you checking the back corners of your home videos. Check out our episode detailing the sadness, grief, and looming anxiety expressed so well in this unique ghost story. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 22: It Follows with Special Guest Weston Auburn

October 22, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour

We’d love you to follow us…on Instagram! But anything like David Robert Mitchell’s 2015 supernatural thriller It Follows is a bit much for us and special guest Weston Auburn of Art School Athletics. Listen as we discuss the impact this film had on stylized horror throughout the rest of its decade. And how we would try to escape the Follower! Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 22: It Follows

October 22, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour

We’d love you to follow us…on Instagram! But anything like David Robert Mitchell’s 2015 supernatural thriller It Follows is a bit much for us and special guest Weston Auburn of Art School Athletics. Listen as we discuss the impact this film had on stylized horror throughout the rest of its decade. And how we would try to escape the Follower! Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 21: The House of the Devil

October 21, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes

Well, one thing leads to another on this list. We invite you to come on into Ti West’s 2009 homage film The House of the Devil to explore this satanic panic throwback. Hear us chat about its great ratcheting of tension, stellar performances, and disrespect for Greta Gerwig’s noggin. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 20: Hellraiser

October 20, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes

What’s in the [puzzle] box?! You’re in for a world of pleasure and maybe pain as we take a Ceno-bite out of Clive Barker’s 1987 original Hellraiser. With a remake on the way, let’s go back to our first time tearing our souls apart, shall we? Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 19: The Ritual with Special Guest Nicholas Payne Santos

October 19, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes

Are we out of the woods yet? If you liked The Night House this year, try out David Bruckner’s 2017 underseen first feature The Ritual. Hear us chat about this folk horror must-watch that will having you turning down invites for hikes all fall long. Joining us off-trail is writer, director, producer Nick Payne Santos, whose directorial debut It Cuts Deep is streaming on Shudder and Showtime. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your a...

Day 18: The Witch

October 18, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes

Is it two Vs or a W? Either way, we’re adding the poor-luck puritans Robert Eggers’s 2015 The Witch to our book. Hope our delicious conversation will make you feel like you’re floating on air with our pal Black Phillip. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 17: An American Werewolf in London with Special Guest Pat Davet

October 17, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes

We’re barking mad for John Landis’s 1981 werewolf classic An American Werewolf in London, and so is our special guest and exceptional movie trailer editor Pat Davet. Listen as we dive in as we make our pod trio a quarter…something we will do every once in a blue moon. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 16: The Nightmare

October 16, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes

Maybe don’t keep one eye open tonight. Listen as we hallucinate about Rodney Ascher’s terrifying 2015 documentary on sleep paralysis The Nightmare. Horror that can stay with you after the credits roll and you turn in? It’s like Room 237 in your own bedroom! Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 15: Mulholland Dr.

October 15, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes

Don’t look behind Winkie’s! David Lynch’s 2001 mindbender Mulholland Dr. is a masterclass in building dread and atmospheric horror beyond explanation. Whether we understand it fully or not, hear us discuss how the film is an unlikely but ideal pick for the middle of our list. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 14: The Love Witch

October 14, 2021 09:00 - 56 minutes

If this is camp, then Bear Grylls is setting up the tent. Anna Biller’s meticulously crafted 2016 homage to ’70s genre film The Love Witch will certain cast a spell on you. Hear us chat about its beautiful production design, perfectly heightened performances, and piercing feminist dissections of genre conventions. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 13: The Evil Dead II

October 13, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes

Even groovier the second time! Sam Raimi’s classic 1987 cabin-in-the-woods rehash The Evil Dead II offers chainsaws, possessions, and a flood of blood. Hope you’re alive by dawn so you can listen in to our discussion of the first movie we got to watch together in-person this year! Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 12: Tales from the Hood

October 12, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes

Don’t let a silly poster fool you! Rusty Cundieff brings funny, biting social commentary on the Black experience to horror decades before Jordan Peele would break through in his 1995 anthology Tales from the Hood. Listen in as we, and the devilish Mr. Simms, guide you through some thrilling and thought-provoking stories. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 11: Bram Stoker’s Dracula

October 11, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes

Sometimes sticking more to the book makes for an extra wild ride. Listen as we sink our teeth into Coppola’s maximalist epic 1992 adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. We get over silly hairstyles and bad accents to appreciate the singular vision that makes this our go-to Halloween vampire watch. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 10: Crimson Peak

October 10, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes

Gothic romance or chilling ghost story? We’ll be the judge as we revisit the haunted Allerdale Hall in Guillermo Del Toro’s 2015 film Crimson Peak. Come join us to hear about this homage piece’s splendidly crafted specters, dialed-in genre performances, and strikingly melancholic tone. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 09: Candyman

October 09, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes

With the remake leaving theaters, time to go back to the original. Listen five times, if you dare, as we buzz with excitement building a horror fan hivemind around Bernard Rose’s 1992 horror classic Candyman. At least, it will serve as a not-so-gentle reminder to check your sweets for razor blades this season. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 08: The Lure

October 08, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes

We usually do deep dives, but this is ridiculous! Going off the beaten stream with Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s Polish horror musical The Lure. No Ariels here, just wild love triangles, over-the-top musical numbers, and flesh-eating sirens. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 07: The Faculty

October 07, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes

School’s out for Halloween! Our hosts form a study group to dissect Robert Rodriguez’s 1998 teenage bodysnatcher flick The Faculty. A rocking young cast, led by Josh Harnett’s hair winglets and wild special effects makes this the top of the class of the remixed pod-people genre. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 06: Sleepy Hollow

October 06, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes

Don’t sleep on this pick! Tim Burton’s gory, goofy, gothic 1999 slashfest Sleepy Hollow isn’t too big of a swing to make our Halloween list. Protect your neck as you tune in to hear us discuss this beautifully shot, spookily crafted, and heavily plotted blood bath. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 05: Pumpkinhead

October 05, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes

If you’re looking for that David S. Pumpkins conversation podcast, you’re in the wrong place. Stan Winston’s classic practical effects monster is coming from the West Virginia holler right to your ears as we discuss the craftsmanship, humor, and underrated performances of his 1988 film, Pumpkinhead. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 04: Donnie Darko

October 04, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour

Whether you’re throwing on a stupid bunny suit or stupid man suit, get yourself ready for the original October countdown, Donnie Darko. Listen in to hear us discuss Richard Kelly’s 2001 eerie, mind-bending thriller and how it will make you want to tell your junior high class your older brother showed you the wildest movie ever made all over again. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 03: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

October 03, 2021 07:00 - 57 minutes

We expecto our patrons to look at the third entry of the Harry Potter franchise, and our playlist, with fresh eyes. Alfonso Cuarón’s beautiful, twisted, dark fantasy Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban from 2004 brings ghoulish specters, howling werewolves, and looming dread to spare, making it a Halloween must-watch. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 02: The Guest

October 02, 2021 07:00 - 43 minutes

You’re cordially invited to the most violent Halloween dance in history! Adam Wingard’s 2014 thriller The Guest is coming in as our number 2 watch this October. Sleek, stylish, and full of 80’s genre nostalgia, you’ll want to invite Dan Stevens’s psychotic main character back into your living room year after year after our deep dive. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 01: Trick 'r Treat

October 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour

Billy Wilkins! The first entry of our Halloween playlist is Michael Dougherty’s 2007 cult anthology film Trick 'r Treat. With hungry werewolves, pumpkin smashers, and zombie schoolkids all coming out to play on Halloween night, it is no stretch of the imagination why we picked this slasher to start off. Hope you fall in love with our banter as much as the adorable, pint-sized killer of the film, Sam. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more abo...

Episode 00: The List

September 24, 2021 14:41 - 12 minutes

Chris, Jamie, and Cody discuss their master plan for 31 episodes of spooky movie goodness—along with their villain origin stories in the word of horror fandom. Dive in to hear their fiendish October scheme before the Halloween season begins in earnest. Be sure to follow @31for31podcast on Instagram for updates and the full list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing 31 for 31

September 15, 2021 16:20 - 1 minute

Move over Nick and Norah, 31 for 31 is a curated playlist of films to satiate your hunger for horror throughout the month of October. Each day, our three hosts will discuss their selections’ merits among similar films in the genre, how the picks match their definition of an ideal Halloween story, and, most importantly, how they fit into the flow of their curated movie mixtape. Join Chris, Jamie, and Cody as they present their mixtape of B-sides and classics in a countdown trying to capture th...

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