Hallow-Holics Anonymous Podcast
103 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHosted by Maddy and Corey, we discuss weekly/bi-weekly all the many fascinating aspects of Horror and Halloween. Film, books, art, you name it!
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Episodes
Episode 101 - Insidiounister: I Know That's Not a Word
June 02, 2021 00:12 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBIn this episode, Corey breaks down the good and the bad of the first 3 'Insidious' films, Maddy talks about 'Sinister' and Corey can't resist mentioning that questionable sequel as well.
Episode 100 - Night of the Living Dead Dawn Bread
May 09, 2021 19:08 - 52 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this 100th episode special - - we've finally done it. We've watched and evaluated the film you've all been waiting for, 'Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating Subhumanoid Zombified Living Dead'. We also touch on the much lesser known piece 'Night of the Living Dead' and dinner staple 'Night of the Living Bread'. Join us as Maddy begins to regret ever allowing Corey to pick ...
Episode 99 - Breaking the Hungry Habit
April 23, 2021 01:38 - 47 minutes - 19.5 MBDo you like Bauhaus? Do you like New York? Do you like crippling alcoholism and the inevitable crushing depression of death creeping up behind you while you watch yourself aging by the second? Then do we have the episode for you! This week, Corey and Maddy explore two unusual vampire classics, Larry Fessenden's first major feature 'Habit, and the ode to Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie's new wave gothic beauty, 'The Hunger'.
Episode 98 - What Dreams may Kill is Kiss
April 10, 2021 13:50 - 56 minutes - 22.7 MBThis week, only a few months late, we explore the works of Stephen McHattie and Bruce McDonald, a dark speaking horror flick, "Pontypool", and what may or may not be a spiritual sequel, "Dreamland".
Episode 97 - Oh, the Non-Horror!
March 07, 2021 19:49 - 1 hour - 29.6 MBTaking a shortcut to movies we just felt like watching, we took a bit of a break this week and only mildly regretted our choices. In this episode, Corey and Maddy discuss the Weird Al masterpiece, 'UHF' and the Seth Green's magnum opus, 'Can't Hardly Wait'.
Episode 96 - Deadly Splits
February 13, 2021 15:03 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBThis week we explore the delightful world of childhood best friends, from robot girls next door to - - robots in costumes, to nothing else because we're only reviewing two movies. First is Wes Craven's cult classic 'Deadly Friend' and the long awaited gritty adaptation of 'Banana Splits' none of us realized we were waiting for.
Episode 95 - It Couldn’t Happen Here
January 16, 2021 16:35 - 54 minutes - 21.7 MBStarting off the New Year with some metal and mayhem. A good cop goes bionic in the 1980s satirical sci-fi classic, Robocop, while Soviet soldiers head to Germany during World War 2 to discover the true limits of medicine and madness in Frankenstein's Army.
Episode 94 - Found Footage-’Tober’: Blair Witchin’
December 04, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 28 MBOnly four weeks behind, Found Footage-Tober finally meets its end with the mother of all found footage films: Blair Witch, and her sister sequels. Viral marketing, shaky cameras, creepy forests. Everything you need for a low budget masterpiece.
Episode 93 - Found Footage-Tober: Behind the News Station: The Rise of Serial Killing Nutcases
November 07, 2020 16:22 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBAs October stretches into November, we continue our found footage journey with a couple of favorites, 'Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon', and 'WNUF Halloween Special'. This is also a horror pack featured episode.
Episode 92 - Found Footage-Tober : The Ghost and the Host
October 31, 2020 14:33 - 58 minutes - 23.7 MBAt absolutely the last minute and into November, we've finally done it. We've begun releasing our 'Found Footage-Tober' event. Three episodes in which we discuss iconic and otherwise found footage films. This week we tackle 'Ghostwatch' and 'Host'.
Episode 91 - Alan Came a Smithee
September 19, 2020 13:33 - 48 minutes - 32.5 MBThese are dark times. Corey and Maddy have dived into the pits of depravity that horror has to offer, films so heinous that they were callously disowned by the monsters who created them. This week we discuss 'Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh' and 'Raging Angels'
Episode 90 - Sucker for a Sequel
August 29, 2020 16:03 - 1 hour - 50 MBI think we all know sequels are 100% better 100% of the time than the movies before them. Who can forget the groundbreaking cinematography of Nightmare on Elm Street 2, the pathos of LL Cool J in Halloween H2O, or the sheer talent of Tommy Wiseau in the long anticipated follow up to Samurai Cop, Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance? So it only made sense for Maddy and Corey to finally approach the Fright Night 2 and House 2 Legacies, because after all - - they're, um, I guess they're both great.
Episode 89 - Melt Movies
July 24, 2020 14:46 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBAs 2020 oozes a few months closer to its end, we're just struggling not to dissolve in our desk chairs as we review two classics of the melt movie sub-genre, 1987's 'Street Trash', and 1988's 'Slime City': schlocky, gross, and surprisingly colorful. Just--try not to eat anything while you watch them, and definitely don't touch that bottle in the back of the cupboard. You never know what could be inside...
Episode 88 - Odd and Spooky Music Videos
April 12, 2020 14:42 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBThis week we're going to take it easy and just chat a bit about weird music videos and sequences in cheesy horror movies. From Fish Heads to vampire Jim Carrey, it's all a little strange.
Episode 87 - Of Fish People and Space
March 29, 2020 16:28 - 38 minutes - 27.7 MBWhile we're all stuck inside, it's absolutely imperative that you avoid any unnameable colors emitted from intergalactic meteorites, and under no circumstances should you have contact with your fish-like neighbors. To pass the time, why don't you listen to this week's episode of us discussing 'Dagon' and 'Color out of Space'?
Episode 86 - Disastrous Days
March 23, 2020 20:47 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBThis isn't your grandma's disaster movie episode. Only half of it is. The other half is either your mom's or your disaster movie episode - - probably. This week Corey and Maddy discuss the original 'Poseidon Adventure' and 'Armageddon'. Yeah, that movie we all forget Owen Wilson was in.
Episode 85 - Corny Creeps
March 02, 2020 03:43 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBNo stale movie treats here. The popcorn is fresh, and I, a madman am ready to bring you the latest episode of Hallow-Holics Anonymous, in which I make a poor attempt to reference the films we discuss this week, 'Popcorn' and 'I, Madman', a trip down memory lane about b movie horror and cheesy pulp novels.
Episode 84 - The Final(girl) Countdown
February 23, 2020 18:48 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBIn this week's (and maybe month's) episode we discuss two very different movies released the same year with very similar titles and one of the same lead actors, Final Girl, and The Final Girls. We also talk about the latest Horror Pack and plans for the new 'season'.
Episode 83 - A Not-So-Special TV Episode
February 02, 2020 17:27 - 51 minutes - 34.9 MBWith our unofficial season premiere, we delve into the joys of tv in the last decade of horror. No, there's no 'top 10' here, folks, just a random assortment, because as you well know - - neither Corey nor Maddy can count.
Episode 82 - Christmas Gifts: Nazis and Vampires
January 06, 2020 23:03 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBIn this our final episode of season 3, we reflect on the last decade and the horrific (but amazing) films it brought us, and then we dive right into our final gift-pisode. 'Vampires in Havana' and 'Iron Sky', two movies with absolutely nothing in common are the subject of this season finale.
Episode 81 - Christmas Gifts: Tongue-Tastic
December 29, 2019 15:33 - 53 minutes - 37.4 MBChristmas has gone and went, and while we recorded this special episode on boxing day, we were delighted to discuss the only virgin slasher 'Cherry Falls' and accompanying bizarre tongue terror, 'Killer Tongue'.
Episode 80 - Christmas Gifts: Devils and Faeries
December 21, 2019 15:30 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBJust shy of Christmas, our second gift of the holiday season - - Maddy and Corey ineptly bring you the beginning of their charming Christmas songwriting, and discuss the wonders and merriment of 'Mister Frost' as well as 'Thale'.
Episode 79 - Christmas Gifts: Are you a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?
December 04, 2019 02:04 - 45 minutes - 34 MBJust click your heels together, my dear, and say 'there's no podcast like this' three times, and you'll find your way home. In the first of our 'Christmas gift exchange' episodes, Corey reviews girl power witch epic 'Practical Magic', while Maddy explores the demented psyche of an evil ancient coven in 'Lords of Salem'.
Episode 78 - Bad Pets
December 01, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBIt isn't easy house-training a house-pet; especially when you know they're smarter than you. In this episode we tackle the challenges of caring for monkeys and dogs, whilst simultaneously dodging evil government projects and Michael Ironsides. With a quick chat about November's 'Horror Pack', we also explore the enigma of 'Monkey Shines' and 'Watchers'.
Episode 77 - In Like Jaramusch
November 24, 2019 17:01 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBA cup of coffee, a pack of stale cigarettes, and a run-down diner. That's all you need when you're hanging out with Corey and Maddy tonight as they discuss some of Jim Jaramusch's latest classics, including 'Only Lovers Left Alive' and 'The Dead Don't Die'. Maybe when it's all over Tom Waits will finally know the answer to the question--what's he building in there?
Episode 76 - Poppin' and Warlockin'
November 19, 2019 11:12 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBGrab your rune stones, hide the satanic grimoire pages from Satan, it's time for a Warlock retrospective! In this episode, we discuss the brilliance that is Julian Sands, alongside Warlock 1 and 2 - - and yes, even part 3.
Episode 75 - The Babysitters Club
November 09, 2019 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBKids. Can't live with them. Can't--I don't know, perform some weird satanic ritual without getting an HOA complaint these days. Thank god for babysitters, right? The good. The bad. It doesn't really matter as long as you have one this Saturday night. Join Maddy and Corey this week as we discuss the creepy tension and loving 80s send-up of 'The House of the Devil', and a somehow more light-hearted murderous adventure in 'The Babysitter'.
Episode 74 - Breaking Up is Hard to Do
November 07, 2019 19:51 - 54 minutes - 36.3 MBThey say that breaking up is hard to do. Who says it? I don't know, people in the 60s, Neil Sadaka, The Carpenters. The point is, this episode is all about the inevitable heartbreak and murder that happens every time a relationship ends. We discuss the pitfalls of allowing Glenn Close to be sexy in 'Fatal Attraction' and the unfortunate love of a girl and some hands in 'May'.
Episode 73 - Rocktober IV: One Book to Rule Them All
October 26, 2019 14:17 - 46 minutes - 30.9 MBThe month is winding down, Rocktober's candle in the wind is fading in its rotten Jack-o-Lantern, and we've got one last guitar solo - - Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, the series, and the movie, 'The End of the End'. Happy Halloween, kids.
Episode 72 - Rocktober III: The Quickening
October 19, 2019 13:36 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThis week we're bringing you three metal horror movies and featuring a special guest, James from the Popcultnet podcast! Will Corey and Maddy finally escape the clutches of Coyote Guy Jake? No! But they will talk about 'Zombie Nightmare', 'Rocktober Blood' and 'Slaughterhouse Rock'! It's a week of zombies, slashers, and ghosts with sweet dance moves this week on Hallow-Holics Anonymous!
Episode 71 - Rocktober II: Electric Boogaloo
October 14, 2019 11:35 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBRocking back at you with our second course of Rocktober, this week Maddy and Corey are still trapped by a demented Radio jockey in his studio - - and this time, rock is the villain in 'Black Roses' from 1988, as well as the epic rock opera 'Phantom of the Paradise' from 1974.
Episode 70 - Rocktober I : First Blood
October 05, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBCorey and Maddy are trapped in a demented radio DJ's lair/studio, and they want you to know just how epic this Rocktober month is going to be. Starting now and ending at '???', but probably right around Halloween, it's all rock horror all month. This episode features the dubious sweaty rock nightmare 'Rock n Roll Nightmare' featuring John Mikl Thor, and the trippy Japanese punk epic 'Wild Zero' featuring Guitar Wolf. Also featuring a short comedic ad performed by James of the Pop Cult Net po...
Episode 69 - Off Topic Chatter
September 30, 2019 23:17 - 35 minutes - 22.6 MBGetting warmed up for Rock-tober, Corey and Maddy discuss random horror adjacent topics today, including Youtube epic 'The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inneficient Weapon' and accompanying 'Ginosaji' series, alongside some fun fan films and music videos.
Episode 68 - All Monsters, Big and Small
September 27, 2019 00:54 - 1 hour - 53 MBWhether you're defending a crystal that embodies all things good from Dracula, the Wolfman, Gillman, and the Mummy, making friends with Frankenstein's monster, or fighting miniature versions of all of them while a mad scientist tears a hole through reality - the Hallow-Holics are here to coach you through it. This week we discuss the 80s kids horror classic 'Monster Squad' and the 90s trashic 'Creeps'.
Episode 67 - Tokyo Ghoul
September 18, 2019 23:31 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBNow hear me out. I know you've got a grudge spirit living in your bathroom, and yes maybe I'll admit it's super annoying to have hair pouring out of the spouts every time you try to wash dishes in your kitchen or turn the sprinklers on. Maybe this episode will help distract you in which we discuss the wonders of Maddy's trip to Japan, the epic classic love story to teen drama 'Akira' and a video game/film/anime powerhouse of violence called 'Corpse Party'.
Episode 66 - Incelne in the Membrelne
August 04, 2019 14:57 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBI think it's time we address a serious problem. Women. The life-sucking alien monsters that know nothing but the desire to destroy mankind, and the poor insane men who innocently kill them to protect the human race. So what if they like wearing pumps and lipstick in the process? In this episode we discuss two iconic films that perfectly encapsulate the red pill movement in all its glory: 'Maniac' and 'Lifeforce'.
Episode 65 - Wheels on Fire III
August 02, 2019 15:29 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBRounding up this, our final journey down the road for biker summer, we decide to explore the two promised beacons of awesome and horrific biker horror 'The Lost Boys' and 'Werewolves on Wheels', with an additional bonus film for no good reason other than the fact that Buddy Holly is a god, 'Six String Samurai'. Corey also discusses his latest horror pack, and Maddy gets a little off topic preaching about Lost Boys fan fiction.
Episode 64 - Wheels on Fire II
June 29, 2019 15:29 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWhat could be more magical than touring the wild roads of America, riding as free as the wind and huffing horse like there's no tomorrow? I think we can all agree that we gotta be free, man. So grab your chopper, grab your girl, grab your best huffing rag, and enjoy the view with this episode's horror pack, 'Wild Angels' and 'Hell Ride'
Episode 63 - Wheels on Fire
May 31, 2019 15:55 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBIt's time to hit the road this summer. Feel the wind in your hair. Get into a fist fight with a couple of toughs with your girlfriend at your side singing rock ballads just before you drive off a cliff and return from the dead. Or you could just join Corey and Maddy as they discuss infamous biker films 'Psychomania' and 'Streets of Fire' in the first of two biker movie episodes this summer.
Episode 62 - Digging up Dirt
May 25, 2019 14:31 - 1 hour - 40 MBThere is nothing I love more than a mint julep, a warm summer night, and a pretentious theatre troupe digging up the dead. Why, I do declare it is the most lovely evening one can imagine. So why don't we just all relax upon the back patio and enjoy ourselves a long, slow review with Corey and Maddy of the 1972 cult classics 'Dear Dead Delilah' and 'Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things'?
Episode 61 - Rotten Justice
May 10, 2019 17:10 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBCorruption and violence stalk the streets of New York, and only one undead but sometimes living man can deliver justice equally to the good and the bad, indiscriminately killing each and every one of them who stand in his way. In this episode, we discuss just how far that Maniac Cop will go in our Maniac Cop trilogy retrospective.
Episode 60 - For the Love of Pet (...Semataries)
April 30, 2019 23:37 - 58 minutes - 62 MBI don't want to be buried--ever, I want to live forever, but this isn't about my issues. It's about our issues with the new Pet Sematary. It's also about the original. In this episode Corey and Maddy compare the two. The good. The bad. The dead and ugly.
Episode 59 - Vacations
April 26, 2019 02:41 - 1 hour - 45 MBSummer is coming. I think we all know what that means--vacations. Whether it's to a mundane motel on a stretch of beach far from civilization, a run-down mental hospital in Romania, or a charming Irish castle packed to the brim with cranky ghosts, everybody needs to unwind. This week, that's just what Corey and Maddy do as they discuss the latest horror pack, 'High Spirits' and 'Transylvania 6-5000'.
Episode 58 - Love and Marriage
April 17, 2019 00:45 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBAll around the world, it's the same song - - weddings and honeymoons are nothing but trouble. Don't take it from us, take it from Gene Wilder and Chevy Chase. They only ever end up in zany mayhem, mutant babies, and crazy capers with werewolves and drunken butlers. Join us in this episode as we discuss 'Haunted Honeymoon' and 'Nothing but Trouble'. Also, help us bid good-bye to Coffin Box one last time.
Episode 57 - I Dream of Corey
April 03, 2019 23:02 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBI hope you've got a license to drive. Don't want to get lost, boys. After all, you can't kill gremlins or goonies with a silver bullet. Now that we've got all the references to movies we're not talking about out of the way, this is our belated April Fools special in which Corey finally gets his way, the horror is shoved in the closet for a moment, and we discuss Dream a Little Dream 1 and 2.
Episode 56 - School is Hell 2: Finals
March 30, 2019 03:32 - 58 minutes - 41.6 MBSchool is back in session. I've always wanted to say that. With the Spring semester heating up, it's time to go back to a simpler time for all of you ex-high schoolers out there, and a miserable torture session for the current high schoolers. In this episode Corey's got a new horror pack, and we discuss the heartwarming classics 'Final Exam' and 'Return to Horror High'.
Episode 55 - Scalpels and Screams
March 20, 2019 00:33 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBKeep your scalpels handy, the Hallow-Holics are back for yet another stab-tastic episode. Don't you just hate when you have to get your face replaced? What about when you're reduced to just a pretty stump in a flower box? In this episode, we explore two movies that show you just how to handle those tricky situations with the 1960 French classic 'Eyes Without a Face' and Crispin--I mean Julian Sand's brilliant romantic comedy 'Boxing Helena'
Episode 54 - Deadly Art
March 08, 2019 18:40 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBArt is [obligatory avant garde pose] SUBJECTIVE. Velvet Buzzsaw, however, was terrible. Journey with us into the art world as we explore this, Bucket of Blood, Corey's monthly horror pack, and the pretentious critics within us all.
Episode 53 - Ghosts and Monsters
February 22, 2019 15:37 - 40 minutes - 25.7 MBNo movies today folks, just some good old traumatizing monster history and ghostly discussion. Iceland, the Phillipines, China, England--we're traveling the world and hoping if we're lucky Spring-Heeled Jack won't catch up to us.
Episode 52 - The Valentine Special
February 14, 2019 12:28 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBIn this, our first 'Valentine's Day' special, we celebrate a day dedicated to love. Love of Scott Valentine. Deadtime Stories and The Unborn 2 feature in this episode, reminding us that it's the dosage that makes the poison - - and both movies are sadly very lacking in the recommended daily dosage of Scott Valentine.