Out of the Shadows

Episode 183 - Evilspeak

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim continue their journey into 1982 horror films with the Clint Howard feature Evilspeak, a story about an outcast who tries to use Satanism to get back at his bullies.

Episode 182 - The Beast Within

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim jump right back into the world of 80s horror, watching the first installment for the year 1982 - The Beast Within, written by Tom Holland, and surprisingly enough - not a werewolf film.

Episode 181 - Reddit Horror Movie Hot Takes

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim put off discussing In a Violent Nature to discuss some hot takes Chris found on the cesspool known as Reddit. Yes, this is an interesting one.

Episode 180 - The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim finish up their foray into listener recommended films and check out a Don Knotts classic that Chris insisted they watch, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.

Episode 179 - No One Will Save You

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim continue their interlude between 1981 and 1982 on their In Search of Darkness II journey to check out No One Will Save You, a sci-fi psychological horror film that presents a different take on alien invasion movies.

Episode 178 - Martin

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim continue their interlude as they pause on their journey through In Search of Darkness II to watch Martin, a film by horror master George A. Romero in which a young man believes himself to be a vampire, though not in the traditional sense.

Episode 177 - Death by Dialogue

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim kick off their interlude as they pause on their journey through In Search of Darkness II to watch a movie most people have never heard of - a little “gem” of a horror film Death By Dialogue.

Episode 176 - Saturday the 14th

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim finish their run through the films of 1981 featured on In Search of Darkness II with the comedy horror spoof Saturday the 14th, which surprisingly (or not surprising at all) has nothing to do with the Friday the 13th franchise.

Episode 175 - Nightmare

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim see the end in sight for 1981 as they watch Nightmare, a film that found itself among the movies on the UK’s notorious Video Nasties list.

Episode 174 - It Came From Tubi - Slay

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode of It Came From Tubi, Chris is joined by Dan Allen of The Movie Cellar podcast to discuss the 2024 Tubi original Slay, a film that’s sort of a cross between To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and From Dusk ‘Til Dawn.

Episode 173 - Dead and Buried

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim watch Dead & Buried, a horror film that follows the unsettling events in a seemingly idyllic coastal town, putting a new spin on the reanimated corpse genre.

Episode 172 - The Boogens

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim continue their foray into 1980s horror with the creature feature film The Boogens. Just what is a Boogen? They’re not sure they even know. Listen now and find out why.

Episode 171 - It Came From Tubi - Festival of the Living Dead

Episode 170 - Graduation Day

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim check out one of the lesser known horror films of the 1980s, and the next on their list as they watch through the movies featured on In Search of Darkness Part II, Graduation Day.

Episode 169 - The Dark Side of the 'Tube 3

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode of The Dark Side of the ‘Tube, Chris is back with four more short horror films to chill you to the bone. First, a woman awakens to find herself at the edge of an abyss with no help in sight. In the second film, two friends await an ominous event. The third short follow...

Episode 168 - The Dark Side of the 'Tube II

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. It’s a few days late, but another episode of The Dark Side of the ‘Tube is back with three short horror films to keep you up at night. First, a pervert gets what he deserves. Then, sometimes one man’s trash is another’s nightmare. And finally, a two sentence horror story comes to life.

Episode 167 - Friday the 13th Part II

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, the guys return to Camp Crystal Lake with Friday the 13th Part II, featuring the actual first appearance of the adult, more human Jason Voorhees.

Episode 166 - The Omen III The Final Conflict

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, the guys check out the third film in a series kicked off by The Omen, a movie considered to be one of the greatest classics in horror. The Omen III: The Final Conflict sees the end result of Damien’s rise to power and the final battle between good and evil.

Episode 165 - The Funhouse

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, the guys are diving right back into 80s horror as they continue their journey watching the films of In Search of Darkness II. To kick off 1981, they check out Tobe Hooper’s The Funhouse.

Episode 164 - The Dark Side of the 'Tube

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Jim is out of town, so Chris decides to check out some short horror films on YouTube to kick off his new mini-series, The Dark Side of the ‘Tube!

Episode 163 - A Chat with Robin Block

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim are joined by Robin Block, the CEO of CreatorVC and producer of the In Search of Darkness series (among others), to discuss plans for a project that will dive deep into John Carpenter’s The Thing.

Episode 162 - When Evil Lurks

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim watch the last movie in their break between the 1980 and 1981 films covered on In Search of Darkness Part II. To finish up their interlude, they watch When Evil Lurks, an Argentinian horror film that puts a new spin on the demon possession sub-genre.

Episode 161 - Smile

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim continue their break from 80s horror by checking out a movie that is considered another installment within the recent string of “elevated” horror films, Smile.

Episode 160 - A Haunting in Venice

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim continue their interlude before jumping back into 80s horror. For this installment, they checked out the third film in the Hercule Poirot murder mysteries - A Haunting in Venice.

Episode 159 - The Crow

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim start the interlude of films they chose to watch before diving back into the 80s horror of In Search of Darkness II. To kick it off, they are watching the 1994 cult classic The Crow.

Episode 158 - Altered States

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim finish their return to 1980 with Altered States, a film that explores the deepest parts of the human mind in search of an answer to the secrets of consciousness.

Episode 157 - Alligator

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim head into the sewers for a romp through the 80s horror classic Alligator, a film that surprised both hosts with its writing, directing, and acting.

Episode 156 - Terror Train

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim join Jamie Lee Curtis and the graduating class of 1980 for a New Year’s Eve costume party aboard the Terror Train, complete with a full on magic show performed by David Copperfield.

Episode 155 - Mother's Day

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim check out Mother’s Day, a Charlie Kaufman film about a group of women who are abducted, raped, and tortured by two backwoods brothers at the behest of their deranged mother.

Episode 154 - Humanoids From the Deep

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim continue their journey diving into the films of In Search of Darkness II with the sexploitation creature feature Humanoids From the Deep, a movie that looks to answer the age old question, “What happens when genetically modified mutant salmon take over a fishi...

Episode 153 - Inferno

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. This week, Chris and Jim kick off a whole new season of Out of the Shadows as they dive back into 80s horror by exploring the movies of In Search of Darkness II. First up, Dario Argento’s Inferno.

Episode 152 - Looking Back

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim take a look back at the movies that made up the first volume of In Search of Darkness. They discuss their personal 5 favorite 80s horror films covered in the series, their 5 favorite films covered during an interlude, and take a look to the future of the...

Episode 151 - Society

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim come to the end of the first installment of In Search of Darkness by closing out 1989 with the ultra-weird and horrifically goofy, Society.

Episode 150 - Stepfather 2

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim watch Stepfather 2, a film that explores the psyche of a man who just wants the American dream and the family to go with it. Is that so bad?

Episode 149 - Friday the 13th Part VIII Jason Takes Manhattan

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim dive into one of the more divisive installments in the Friday the 13th franchise, checking out Jason Takes Manhattan… that is, if Chris can muster up the energy.

Episode 148 - Pet Sematary

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim return to the imagination of Stephen King by checking out the first adaptation of his horror classic Pet Sematary, and learning a valuable lesson in the process - sometimes, dead is better.

Episode 147 - 976-EVIL

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim continue their journey through 1989 with Robert Englund’s directorial debut 976-EVIL, featuring the return of a familiar “evil” actor.

Episode 146 - The Burbs

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim kick off the final year of the In Search of Darkness 80s horror documentary with the 1989 Joe Dante cult classic The ‘Burbs, a film that brings a different kind of horror to Everytown, USA, starring Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher.

Episode 145 - Barbarian

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim watch and discuss the one film on their list that they didn’t get to actually talk about during the 31 Days of Halloween, the 2022 horror thriller Barbarian.

Episode 144 - 31 Days of Halloween 2023 Part V

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. The 31 Days of Halloween comes to an end as Chris and Jim dive into Enys Men, Candyman (2021), Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Creep, Dashcam, Huesera: The Bone Woman, and, or course, Hubie Halloween.

Episode 143 - 31 Days of Halloween 2023 Part IV

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. The 31 Days of Halloween rolls on as Chris and Jim watch and discuss The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976), It Follows, The Lighthouse, Last Shift, White Noise, Rosemary’s Baby, and The Midnight Hour.

Episode 142 - 31 Days of Halloween 2023 Part III

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. The 31 Days of Halloween continues as Chris and Jim watch and discuss A Classic Horror Story, Misery, Lake Mungo, The Wicker Man (1973), Club Dread, and Rubber.

Episode 141 - 31 Days of Halloween 2023 Part II

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. The 31 Days of Halloween rolls on as Chris and Jim check out The Midnight Meat Train, Phantoms, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, The Crazies (1973), House of 1,000 Corpses, Mad God, and The Little Vampire.

Episode 140 - 31 Days of Halloween 2023 Part I

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. It’s that time of year again! The 31 Days of Halloween are upon us and Chris and Jim jump headfirst into the first three days, checking out Bodies Bodies Bodies, Tusk, and Dawn of the Dead (1978).

Episode 139 - Rob Zombie's Halloween

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, to get ready for spooky season, Chris and Jim jump into Rob Zombie’s Halloween, a film that presented an alternate version of the classic horror icon.

Episode 138 - Hellbound - Hellraiser II

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim close out 1988 with a return to a franchise that Chris wasn’t too crazy about the first time, but Jim absolutely loved. Will Pinhead and the Cenobites change Chris’s mind this time around? Will another romp in Hell strengthen Jim’s love for the series? L...

Episode 137 - Child's Play

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim watch and discuss Child’s Play, a Tom Holland film that would launch Chucky into the new decade as a different kind of horror icon.

Episode 136 - They Live

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim get a chance to check out their next film in an actual movie theater. They Live celebrates its 35 year anniversary, and the guys decided to experience John Carpenter’s classic the way it was meant to be seen.

Episode 135 - Halloween IV The Return of Michael Myers

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim return to Haddonfield to discuss Halloween IV The Return of Michael Myers, starring Danielle Harris in the role that would immediately cement her as a horror icon.

Episode 134 - Pumpkinhead

Welcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of (mostly) 80s horror movies. Join Chris Chavez and Jim Clark as they explore the best and worst of what made the 80s the golden age of horror. On this episode, Chris and Jim watch Pumpkinhead, a film that has reached quite a cult status since its release, yet is rarely mentioned when discussing the horror movies of the 80s.