Out of the Shadows
183 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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.
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Episode 83 - Nope
September 09, 2022 13:17 - 88.3 MBWelcome 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 conclude their foray into the film’s of Jordan Peele with his third and most recent offering NOPE. What will the guys think of Peele’s latest spectacle? You’ll have to listen to find out.
Episode 82 - Us
August 27, 2022 00:45 - 140 MBWelcome 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 dive into the films of Jordan Peele with the director’s sophomore outing Us, a film that tells the story of a family that is terrorized by mysterious doppelgangers while on holiday on the West coast.
Episode 81 - Get Out
August 18, 2022 11:40 - 107 MBWelcome 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 begin their journey into the films of Jordan Peele with Get Out, a movie about a young black man who finds himself in a nightmare when he visits his white girlfriend’s family.
Episode 80 - Creepy Key and Peele Sketches
August 06, 2022 16:22 - 64.3 MBWelcome 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 begin their foray into the mind of Jordan Peele by checking a few Key and Peele sketches that tread on the darker and creepier side of comedy.
Episode 79 - Re-Animator
August 01, 2022 20:14 - 102 MBWelcome 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 out 1985 with the cult-classic Re-Animator, a movie about a mad scientist hellbent on cheating death.
Episode 78 - Silver Bullet
July 22, 2022 16:35 - 100 MBWelcome 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 back into another Stephen King film, this time written by the man himself. Silver Bullet tells the story of a tiny town terrorized by a werewolf and the kid who tries to stop it.
Episode 77 - Howling II You're Sister is a Werewolf
July 15, 2022 19:10 - 77.7 MBWelcome 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 find themselves watching another werewolf film in Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf, the follow-up to the Joe Dante cult classic.
Episode 76 - Top 5 Horror Movie Remakes
July 12, 2022 21:57 - 81.1 MBWelcome 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 are pausing their romp through the 80s horror flicks to discuss their top 5 horror movie remakes.
Episode 75 - The Return of the Living Dead
July 04, 2022 15:33 - 97 MBWelcome 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 the 80s zombie cult classic The Return of the Living Dead.
Episode 74 - Fright Night
June 24, 2022 19:25 - 98.3 MBWelcome 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 check out the 80s vampire classic Fright Night, the story of a teenage boy who has to deal with the fact that a bloodsucker has moved in next door.
Episode 73 - Day of the Dead
June 17, 2022 20:24 - 71.4 MBWelcome 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 revisit the world of George A. Romero’s zombies in his 1985 cult classic Day of the Dead, a film that examines the breakdown of civility between scientists and the military within an underground bunker.
Episode 72 - The Stuff
June 11, 2022 15:25 - 91.8 MBWelcome 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 Larry Cohen’s cult classic The Stuff, starring the great Michael Moriarty as a corporate spy hired to find out the secret behind the world’s newest dessert craze.
Episode 71 - The Company of Wolves
June 03, 2022 17:03 - 81.6 MBWelcome 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, Jim returns from the dark recesses of Alaska to join Chris in jumping back into 1980s horror with the 1985 werewolf fantasy film The Company of Wolves.
Episode 70 - A Few Horror Themed TV Shows to Check Out
May 27, 2022 17:32 - 39 MBWelcome 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 talks about a few horror-themed TV shows, including Archive 81, What We Do in the Shadows, Truth Seekers, Channel Zero, The Haunting of Hill House, and Brand New Cherry Flavor.
Episode 69 - Five Underrated Horror Films of the 90s
May 26, 2022 00:56 - 43.2 MBWelcome 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, while Jim loses himself in the wilderness of Alaska, Chris flies solo and discusses five underrated horror films of the 90s.
Episode 68 - Studio 666
May 12, 2022 15:59 - 59.6 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 check out Studio 666, a film produced by and starring the American rock band Foo Fighters. Aside from their music, the band is well known for their humorous music videos. How will their acting chops translate to a feature length horror film? Listen and find out w...
Episode 67 - Bingo Hell
May 05, 2022 17:14 - 92.2 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 are joined by Courtney, the co-host of Chris’s other podcast Tube Time. The three of them discuss Bingo Hell, a film that is part of the Welcome to the Blumhouse series.
Episode 66 - Antichrist
April 28, 2022 20:21 - 89.5 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 one of Lars von Trier’s more controversial films, Antichrist. Full of nightmarishly haunting and unflinchingly raw visuals, Antichrist is a film that leaves viewers wondering what exactly they just experienced.
Episode 65 - Willy's Wonderland
April 21, 2022 20:07 - 64.9 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 check out the wild rollercoaster of a ride that is Willy’s Wonderland, starring Nicholas Cage.
Episode 64 - X
April 18, 2022 14:15 - 101 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 break from the 80s to check out some newer horror films, starting with the latest offering from A24 and Ti West - X.
Episode 63 - Night of the Comet
April 06, 2022 17:06 - 75 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 finish off 1984 with the cult classic Night of the Comet, a film that explores what happens when a celestial event causes the extinction of most of Earth’s population.
Episode 62 - A Nightmare on Elm Street
April 01, 2022 16:14 - 112 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 start the show by discussing the “Slap Heard Round the World” before diving into the Wes Craven classic A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Episode 61 - Gremlins
March 25, 2022 18:16 - 87.7 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 in the holiday spirit with a horror comedy many consider to be a Christmas film - Gremlins.
Episode 60 - Firestarter
March 17, 2022 17:32 - 65.5 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 once again check out a film based on a Stephen King novel. Starring a very young Drew Barrymore, Firestarter tells the story of a girl and her father who are on the run from a government agency determined to catch them in order to exploit there supernatural powers.
Episode 59 - Friday the 13th IV The Final Chapter
March 10, 2022 19:32 - 74.2 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 Friday the 13th franchise with the supposed final installment - Part IV The Final Chapter, introducing Tommy Jarvis to the series that features one of the titans of horror movie slashers, Jason Voorhees.
Episode 58 - Children of the Corn
March 03, 2022 16:49 - 73.5 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 back into 1984 horror with a look at the Stephen King classic - Children of the Corn. What happens when religious zealots murder all the adults in a small midwestern town? And what if those religious zealots were children?
Episode 57 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre
February 23, 2022 21:58 - 98.4 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 Lone Star state as they explore the all new Texas Chainsaw Massacre from Netflix. Will this sequel live up to the original? Listen to hear what the guys thought.
Episode 56 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
February 18, 2022 19:23 - 101 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 trip back to 1974 to watch the Tobe Hooper classic, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Considered by many to be an influential film in horror, Texas Chain Saw laid the blueprint for other slasher movies to come.
Episode 55 - Christine
February 10, 2022 21:26 - 85.2 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 check out another John Carpenter classic written by Stephen King. Christine tells the story of a boy who finds the car of his dreams in a 1958 Plymouth Fury. Unfortunately, the car proves to be a nightmare for everyone else in his life.
Episode 54 - Sleepaway Camp
February 04, 2022 14:57 - 55.7 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 go back to camp with the cult classic Sleepaway Camp, a film that explores the dark side of this rite of passage, as well as the dark side of the human psyche.
Episode 53 - Cujo
January 27, 2022 18:10 - 55.6 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 1983 to discuss the Stephen King classic Cujo, a film that is more than just a rabid dog trying to kill everyone.
Episode 52 - Scream 2022
January 20, 2022 21:47 - 120 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 put a pause on their jaunt into the horror films of 1983 so that they can discuss the recently released return to one of Wes Craven’s most beloved franchises - Scream (2022). This is a SPOILER-FILLED episode, so if you haven’t seen the movie yet, STAY AWAY!
Episode 51 - Psycho II
January 12, 2022 23:42 - 77.7 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 check out Psycho II, the sequel to the 1960s game changing, and some would claim original slasher film, from Alfred Hitchcock. Anthony Perkins reprises the iconic roll of Norman Bates in a movie that dares to ask, what happens when a psychopathic killer is “rehab...
Episode 50 - The Hunger
January 05, 2022 18:39 - 50.8 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 trek in the horror films of 1983 with Tony Scott’s erotic vampire horror The Hunger, starring David Bowie and Susan Sarandon.
Episode 49 - Videodrome
December 29, 2021 16:35 - 59.8 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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, the guys return to the 80s with David Cronenberg’s 1983 classic sci-fi body horror film Videodrome. Starring James Woods and Blondie’s Deborah Harry, the film takes a hard look at the effects that sex and violence on television has on society.
Episode 48 - The Return of Halloween
December 23, 2021 21:08 - 97.2 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 returns from the brink of death (?) to join Jim in discussing the 2018 follow up to Halloween and the sequel Halloween Kills.
Episode 47 - Creepshow Holiday Special
December 15, 2021 23:21 - 32.5 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 is out sick, so Jim decides to check out and give his thoughts on the Creepshow Holiday Special.
Episode 46 - Creepshow
December 10, 2021 20:59 - 81.7 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 finish up 1982 with a classic horror anthology Creepshow written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero.
Episode 45 - Q The Winged Serpent
December 02, 2021 21:18 - 61.2 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 check out Larry Cohen’s Q: The Winged Serpent. Probably one of the cheesiest films they’ve seen yet, Q has become a cult favorite of late night monster movie aficionados. What did the guys think? Listen and find out.
Episode 44 - Halloween III Season of the Witch
November 24, 2021 21:34 - 78.4 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 begin winding down 1982 with a film that was first considered a flop but has since gained cult status within the horror community - Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
Episode 43 - Interlude with Erin Chavez
November 22, 2021 15:27 - 43.7 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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, Jim is out sick so Chris is joined by his wife Erin to discuss her top 5 favorite horror movies. Though not as hardcore a fan of horror as Chris, Erin knows what she likes and her list proves to be some of the best horror movies to hit the big screens in the past fifty years. ...
Episode 42 - The Thing
November 11, 2021 00:38 - 49.9 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 1982 with the John Carpenter classic The Thing, a film about scientists stationed at a remote US research facility in Antarctica fighting to keep their sanity while fighting to stay alive after unknowingly harboring an alien creature that can clone humans.
Episode 41 - 31 Days of Halloween V
November 05, 2021 16:16 - 69.7 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 finish up the last week of the Out of the Shadows 31 Days of Halloween by watching and talking about Host, Ghostbusters, The Return of the Living Dead, Hatchet, Halloween III - Season of the Witch, and Hubie Halloween.
Episode 40 - 31 Days of Halloween 2021 Part IV
October 27, 2021 22:03 - 65.5 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 the Out of the Shadows 31 Days of Halloween by watching and talking about High Tension, Session 9, Trick ‘R Treat, Stir of Echoes, Summer of ‘84, Hocus Pocus, and A Nightmare on Elm Street III: The Dream Warriors.
Episode 39 - 31 Days of Halloween 2021 Part III
October 21, 2021 19:32 - 63.6 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 the Out of the Shadows 31 Days of Halloween by watching and talking about Jennifer’s Body, Final Destination, The VVitch, Halloweentown, Shaun of the Dead, Stephen King’s IT, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Episode 38 - 31 Days of Halloween 2021 Part II
October 17, 2021 23:14 - 63.6 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 the Out of the Shadows 31 Days of Halloween by watching and talking about the 2012 Elijah Wood remake Maniac, The Blair Witch Project, Sleepaway Camp, The Evil Dead, Goosebumps, Slumber Party Massacre, and Scream.
Episode 37 - A Chat with David Weiner
October 09, 2021 23:09 - 77.7 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 special episode, Chris and Jim have the honor of sitting down to speak with David Weiner, the writer and director of the In Search of Darkness documentary series - the very ones that serve as the inspiration for this podcast! David talks to the guys about his history in the entertainme...
Episode 36 - 31 Days of Halloween 2021 Part I
October 06, 2021 11:01 - 51.3 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 pause their foray into the horror movies of 1982 to take part in the Out of the Shadows 31 Days of Halloween. Each week for the month of October, the guys will watch movies they’ve assigned to each day and then discuss their overall thoughts on the films, only di...
Episode 35 - Poltergeist
September 29, 2021 23:49 - 90.8 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 the Steven Spielberg (or Tobe Hooper) classic Poltergeist. A family experiences harrowing paranormal activity, including the abduction of the youngest daughter by unseen entities that keep her trapped within an alternate realm. Enlisting the help of paranor...
Episode 34 - Basket Case
September 22, 2021 15:45 - 52.8 MBWelcome to Out of the Shadows, a series that dives into the world of 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 check out Basket Case. One of the more bizarre films they’ve watched yet, Basket Case tells the story of a young man who, along with a deformed conjoined twin he keeps in a wicker basket, hunt down the surgeons responsible for separating the two.