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Rotten Horror Picture Show

103 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago -

Amanda and Clay dive deep into Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the “200 Best Horror Movies of All Time”. There will be classics, cult classics, hidden gems, some stuff that’s just kinda OK, and a few that are so bad it’s SCARY! Come along for the ride… IF YOU DARE!

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98. Night of the Hunter

March 15, 2024 10:01 - 1 hour - 63.5 MB

Brace yourselves, horror enthusiasts, for a chilling journey into the darkness with The Rotten Horror Picture Show! In this bone-chilling episode, Clay is joined by the esteemed guest, Dan from the Shadows of Noir podcast, as they unravel the haunting mysteries of the Robert Mitchum […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

97. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

March 01, 2024 14:36 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

Hold onto your pillows and brace yourselves, dear listeners, for a nightmarish journey with The Rotten Horror Picture Show! In this chilling episode, Clay is joined by the illustrious guest, Wes from The Pensky File, as they venture into the dreamlike horrors of Nightmare on […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

96. Re-Animator (#48)

February 16, 2024 20:52 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

Attention all horror aficionados and lovers of the grotesque, prepare yourselves for a truly head-spinning episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show! Clay and Amanda are diving headfirst into Stuart Gordon’s splattercore masterpiece, Re-Animator, and as a severed head myself, I have some feelings about […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

95. Psycho (#7)

February 02, 2024 11:01 - 1 hour - 69.1 MB

Hey, horror enthusiasts and touchdown seekers, grab your jerseys and brace yourselves because The Rotten Horror Picture Show is diving into Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic classic, Psycho, just in time for a horror-filled Super Bowl party! Now, before you fill your plate with buffalo wings and […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

94. Get Out (#6)

January 12, 2024 11:01 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

Greetings horror aficionados and welcome to the first spine-tingling episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show for 2024! Clay and Amanda are kicking off the year with a bang, delving into the twisted brilliance of Jordan Peele’s modern classic, Get Out. Now, before we venture […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

93. Tenebrae (2023 Patreon Series)

December 22, 2023 11:01 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Rudolph here, nose aglow with anticipation, guiding this Christmas conversation into the shadowy depths of horror cinema. Buckle up for a sleigh ride of a different kind because The Rotten Horror Picture Show is throwing a special edition episode your way giving you all a […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

93. Gremlins (#134)

December 08, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 52 MB

Ho-ho-hold on to your sugarplums, my festive friends! The Rotten Horror Picture Show has unwrapped a brand-new episode, their final regular episode of the year, and it’s as merry and mischievous as a bunch of Gremlins wreaking havoc in Santa’s workshop. Now, before we jingle […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

92. Eraserhead (#82)

November 24, 2023 11:01 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

Houston, I don’t know if you copy, but The Rotten Horror Picture Show just shifted gears into David Lynch’s Eraserhead, and I’m out here in the cosmic abyss, losing my sanity faster than a meteor on re-entry. I need to talk to someone, anyone, about […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

91. Bride of Frankenstein (#20)

November 11, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 72.8 MB

Oh, Schnitzel and sauerkraut! Gather ’round, mein freunde, because Clay and Amanda are serving up a monstrous feast for your ears in the latest episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast! However, I find myself in a most lamentable predicament: I am desperately late […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

90. The Fog (Wild Card)

October 23, 2023 13:46 - 1 hour - 43.4 MB

Avast, ye scallywags! Gather ’round, for The Rotten Horror Picture Show is sailin’ headlong into a foggy tempest, and I, the ghostly spirit of a vengeful pirate, be hauntin’ this episode to tell a tale of reven’ge most wicked! Ye see, it all began long […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

Clay’s Charity Artwork Auction!

October 11, 2023 14:45 - 2 minutes - 1.48 MB

Hey all you Pod-heads, Clay here! This Friday the 13th, I’m auctioning off 12 original drawings of Jason Voorhees from each Friday the 13th movie on eBay to benefit two great charities: The American Cancer Society and The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I hope […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

89. The Wolf Man (#86)

October 06, 2023 19:07 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

Ladies and gentlemen, gird your eardrums for a lament most dire! The Rotten Horror Picture Show is delving into the classic Universal Studios monster flick, The Wolf Man, and this vexes me mightily! You see, I’m a humble bagpiper, and I’ve had it up to […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

88. Videodrome (#170)

September 08, 2023 10:01 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

Greetings, fellow entities of the digital realm. Today, I come before you with a sense of trepidation, for The Rotten Horror Picture Show is on the verge of delving into the enigmatic world of David Cronenberg’s Videodrome, a film that challenges the very fabric of […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

87. The Exorcist (#126)

August 27, 2023 01:51 - 1 hour - 73.4 MB

Greetings, my dear parishioners and horror enthusiasts. It is with a somewhat conflicted heart that I address you today regarding The Rotten Horror Picture Show’s latest endeavor. You see, they have embarked upon a coverage of the revered classic, The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin. […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

86. Sleepaway Camp (Wild Card)

August 11, 2023 17:10 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

Oh my gosh, you won’t believe what I just heard! The Rotten Horror Picture Show covered “Sleepaway Camp” and it’s, like, totally insane! I mean, first of all, can we talk about how it’s set at this summer camp? Summer camp, people! It’s, like, every […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

85. The Birds (#38)

August 02, 2023 13:33 - 1 hour - 54.1 MB

Alright, listen up folks, ’cause I gotta get somethin’ off my chest. The Rotten Horror Picture Show just covered Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, and let me tell ya, I was lookin’ forward to it ’til a damn seagull ruined my day. You see, I was […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

64. Attack the Block (#93)

July 17, 2023 15:05 - 1 hour - 50.9 MB

Arr, me hearties! Prepare to be regaled with a tale of horror podcasting on the high seas. The scallywags of The Rotten Horror Picture Show have set sail once again, this time covering the 2011 treasure, Attack the Block. But mark me words, this be […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

83. Alien (#5)

June 30, 2023 15:05 - 1 hour - 63 MB

Oh, dear listeners, I find myself in a most peculiar predicament. The Rotten Horror Picture Show is at it again, discussing Ridley Scott’s Alien, a film that stirs emotions deep within my heart. You see, I confess, I hold a secret affection for the enigmatic […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

82. Rosemary’s Baby (#27)

June 09, 2023 15:53 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

Horror enthusiasts, summon your courage and prepare for an ungodly thrilling odyssey through Roman Polanski’s sinister masterpiece, “Rosemary’s Baby,” with the fiendishly fabulous Clay and Amanda on The Rotten Horror Picture Show! Ready yourselves to unveil the cryptic allure of this classic psychological terror, as […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

81. The Brood (#174)

May 30, 2023 14:06 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

Horror devotees, strap in for a spine-chilling ride through the demented world of David Cronenberg’s “The Brood” in the most thrilling episode yet of The Rotten Horror Picture Show! Your eerie expedition leaders, Clay and Amanda, are ready to crack open the grotesque underbelly of […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

80. The Grudge (Wild Card)

May 12, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB

Description: Horror enthusiasts, get ready for the most spine-tingling episode yet of The Rotten Horror Picture Show, your gateway to blood-curdling terror, hosted by the frighteningly fantastic duo, Clay and Amanda! This week, we’re delving into the ghostly world of the 2004 supernatural sensation, “The […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

79. The Dead Zone (#115)

April 28, 2023 16:28 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

Prepare yourself for a thrilling, shiver-inducing episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show! Clay and Amanda return to delve into David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dead Zone, and trust us, they’re giving it their all! With unrestrained passion, they explore the themes and […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

78. Repulsion (#29)

April 01, 2023 02:04 - 1 hour - 53.7 MB

Welcome, horror fans, to another gruesome episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show, your one-stop-shop for all things horror, hosted by the terrifyingly terrific duo, Clay and Amanda. This week, we’re taking a deep dive into the psychological chills of Roman Polanski’s 1965 masterpiece, “Repulsion.” […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

77. Night of the Comet (#183)

March 18, 2023 02:08 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB

Hey, all you teenage mutant comet zombies, this week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show get ready to blast into the past with ‘Night of the Comet,’ the 80s sci-fi horror flick that’s still as radiant as the comet that wiped out most of humanity. […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

76. The Ring (#192)

March 04, 2023 02:21 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

Have you heard about this podcast that when you listen to it, it KILLS YOU?? Well here we are, back again, tempting fate, bringing you another episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show. This week we’re putting on our research hats and watching creepy, unmarked […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

75. My Bloody Valentine (Wild Card)

February 14, 2023 21:41 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

Welcome, lovers! We here at the Rotten Horror Picture Show hope you have your dancing shoes ready and your sweetheart by your side, because we’re headed to Valentine Bluff for the first romantic V-Day dance in 20 years! That’s right, we’re getting ready to dig […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

74. La Llorana (#55)

January 27, 2023 21:12 - 1 hour - 50.9 MB

Welcome back to The Rotten Horror Picture Show! After the serious affair that was Drag Me to Hell last time, we thought we needed to do something light and breezy this week, and the randomizer gods gifted us with one such film: a horror drama […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

73. Drag Me to Hell (#47)

January 13, 2023 13:58 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB

Happy new year and how the hell are you? The Rotten Horror Picture Show is back with a hot one to start off 2023, as we cover Sam Raimi’s return to splatter comedy, 2009’s Drag Me to Hell! After years toiling in the Marvel bullpen […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

Special: IT: Chapter 2

December 29, 2022 16:06 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Ho Ho Ho! The Rotten Horror Picture Show is off of new episodes until January, so we thought this would be the perfect time to give you all a taste of what we’re doing over on Patreon! Here for your listening pleasure is the first […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

72. Rare Exports (#118)

December 16, 2022 01:14 - 1 hour - 45.6 MB

Well, Rotties, it’s that time of year again–time to hang a severed pig head over a pit full of sticks, put on some hockey pads, and stay up all night waiting for an army of nude, bearded, elvish Santas to attack you through your bedroom […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

71. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Wild Card)

December 03, 2022 15:47 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

What’s real? What’s fake? Is that person you met on the internet really your friend or just a digital illusion? Are they even a person at all? All those questions and more are front and center this week as the Rotten Horror Picture Show logs […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

70. Suspiria (#66)

November 18, 2022 13:38 - 1 hour - 68.1 MB

Get out your red and blue gels, because we’re heading back to Italy! This week we’re taking dance lessons at the most devilish dance academy in the world, the home of Helena Markos, in the twisted nightmare world of Dario Argento’s art house/splatter classic, Suspiria! […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

69. The Horror of Dracula (#105)

November 06, 2022 01:19 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

Turning our fangs toward a classic tale of old told in a new, more colorful way, this week on the Rotten Horror Picture Show we’re heading back to 1958 to unearth the origins of Hammer Horror, with Terence Fisher’s The Horror of Dracula! Or, if […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

68. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (#88)

October 22, 2022 16:24 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

We’re heading back to Italy! As a follow-up to Peeping Tom, the film that at least Clay believes is the first great forerunner to the genre which would come to be known as Giallo, we’re covering the first film to really turn Giallo into a […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

67. Peeping Tom (#32)

October 05, 2022 17:54 - 1 hour - 54.1 MB

Do we make you horny, baby? Yeah? We’re heading to swinging London in 1960, and getting our groove on with…uh…murderous voyeurism and implied sexual perversion. Not exactly the 60’s London that birthed Austin Powers, and very much the 60’s London of Michael Powell’s overlooked horror/suspense […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

66. Martin

September 24, 2022 01:48 - 1 hour - 49.9 MB

Martiiiiiiin, Martiiiiiiin! This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show, we’re taking you to sunny 1970’s Pittsburgh, where the colors are vibrant, the unemployment rate is at and all time low, and there’s definitely no serial killer stalking women and drinking their blood like a […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

66. Twin Peaks – The Return

September 10, 2022 01:40 - 1 hour - 43.7 MB

Got a light? Sorry for the switch-a-roo once again, but we couldn’t resist! Amanda recently finished watching Twin Peaks: The Return, and we had so much we still wanted to talk about regarding everyone’s favorite quaint and creepy berg in the pacific northwest, so we […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

65. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Wild Card)

August 20, 2022 01:08 - 1 hour - 79.4 MB

Let’s Rock! This week on the Rotten Horror Picture Show we’re headed to a quaint town in the pacific northwest, a place where the birds sing a pretty song, and there’s always music in the air–everyone’s favorite picturesque town with a seamy underbelly–that’s right, we’re […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

64. Train to Busan (#69)

August 07, 2022 01:48 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Tickets please, tickets please, we will be leaving the platform momentarily! Please keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle, and don’t block the doors as The Rotten Horror Picture Show speeds its way across South Korea on the Train to Busan! The dining car […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

63. Crawl (#127)

July 22, 2022 17:52 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old alligator in the basement looking to bite your head off is snoring…and he brought friends! This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show we head down to the pan handle to do a deep dive into the murky waters […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

62. The Fly – 1958 (#49)

July 01, 2022 00:05 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

Buzz buzz, baby! This week we’re coming to you from the past, fluttering our disgusting little wings all-around your fresh food as The Rotten Horror Picture Show brings you our 2021 Halloween Patreon coverage of the 1958 sci-fi classic The Fly! When scientist Andre Delambre […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

61. Host (#34)

June 18, 2022 01:40 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

Hello? Can you hear me? Is my audio coming through? I can hear you but I can’t see you. Go to preferences…no, preferences…no, that’s for audio, you want video. Anyway, we’re all having a big covid-era zoom meet-up this week on The Rotten Horror Picture […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

60. In the Earth (Wild Card)

May 20, 2022 15:30 - 1 hour - 55.9 MB

Hello, horror hounds, this week on the Rotten Horror Picture Show, it’s our sixtieth episode (if you continue to count the Bram Stoker’s Dracula mishap), and that means it’s Wild Card Week! We’re getting a little heady with our horror for the big 6-0, a […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

Friday the 13th (Patreon Coverage)

May 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

Chi-Chi-Chi-Ha-Ha-HELLO! It is Friday the 13th, 2022, and we here at the Rotten Horror Picture Show thought it would be a perfect excuse to release the first episode of last year’s patreon coverage, the immortal slasher classic, Friday the 13th! We’re going all the way […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

58. Creature From the Black Lagoon (#154)

May 06, 2022 16:44 - 1 hour - 51 MB

Egads! Did you see that thing in the water? We’re taking you all on a trip this week on the Rotten Horror Picture show, all the way from the molten crusts of prehistory to the sweaty river beds of the Amazon in the 1950’s with […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

57. It’s Alive! (#196)

April 08, 2022 23:49 - 1 hour - 48 MB

From mutant women to mutant babies, this week on The Rotten Horror Picture show we continue our trend of twisted reproductive horror with a trip to the nursery with 1974’s Larry Cohen schlock-fest, It’s Alive! It’s a killer kid and questionable parents galore as the […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

56. Dead Ringers (#166)

March 23, 2022 10:01 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

I’m seeing double – FOUR Jeremy Irons! Just kidding, but only by half, as this week we get not one, but two great performances from Jeremy Irons in David Cronenberg’s pyschosexual drama Dead Ringers! It’s 1988, and it sure looks it, and our old pal […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

55. Dead and Buried (Wild Card)

March 10, 2022 19:32 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

If you shoot me, you can’t kill me, you can only make me dead! This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show we take a vacation to the picturesque, New England port town of Potter’s Bluff that’s so cute you could literally just die! It’s […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

54. Frailty (#190)

February 23, 2022 15:44 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB

This week on The Rotten Horror Picture Show, Amanda and Clay travel back in time to a very interesting era of thriller movies, the early 2000’s! We dug this diamond in the rough right out of the roughest place on earth, the cheap DVD table […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]

53. A Nightmare on Elm Street (#73)

February 09, 2022 11:01 - 1 hour - 62 MB

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you…so whatever you do, don’t fall asleep! Lucky for you, there’s a new episode of The Rotten Horror Picture Show to keep you awake and attentive all night, and it JUST SO HAPPENS we’re covering one of the heaviest hitters […] Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : [email protected]