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Are you the one your friends turn to for horror recommendations? Do you have a running list of the best practical effects? Then you're one of us. The THING about Films is your weekly sanctuary for all things horror. We review the new, revere the classics, and unearth the hidden gems of the genre. From the goriest body horror to the quietest ghost story, no subgenre is off-limits. This is more than a podcast; it's a community for those who truly love to be scared.
Unknown Host hosts The THING about Films, a history show with 47 episodes published.
Send Us Your Scares! This week we're talking Obsession, the new Curry Barker horror movie that's blowing up on word of mouth. It's about a lonely guy who'd rather make a cursed wish than risk hearing the word "no" — and
Send Us Your Scares! We finally did it. After making everyone wait, we're cracking open Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1987) — and we're here to argue it was never actually the Pinhead show. This one's a nasty little story a
Send Us Your Scares! Scream 7 almost didn't exist. Fired leads, a resigned director, death threats, and an emergency nine-week rewrite later and Ghostface was back. This week, Ambrose and Jessica dig into whether the mov
Send Us Your Scares! Can horror comedy actually make a comeback? Or did the internet ruin the spoof movie forever? This week, Ambrose and Jessica go deep on five films — Scary Movie, Shaun of the Dead, Tucker & Dale vs E
Send Us Your Scares! This week, Ambrose and Jessica step into Cyrus Kriticos's glass house of horrors to break down Thir13en Ghosts (2001). They tackle the wild Black Zodiac lore, the practical effects masterclass behind
Send Us Your Scares! Ambrose and Jessica head into the woods for Dolly (2025), Rod Blackhurst's nasty backwoods nightmare about a giant masked woman who doesn't want to kill you — she wants to keep you. We break down the
Send Us Your Scares! This week we're breaking down Good Boy (2025), the seventy-thousand-dollar indie horror that out-grossed The Rock at the box office and won its golden retriever a real acting award against actual hum
Send Us Your Scares! What if watching a horror movie was the thing that got you killed? That's the question at the heart of Demons, the 1985 Italian splatter classic from Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento — and Ambrose and
Send Us Your Scares! What if the scariest thing in a horror movie wasn't a monster, it was a drug? This week, Ambrose and Jessica are covering The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Wes Craven's wildly underrated Haitian zo
Send Us Your Scares! It's 1979. A film crew rolls up to a Texas farmhouse to shoot an adult movie, and the ancient couple who owns the place has some... strong feelings about that. Ti West's X is a gonzo slasher wrapped
Send Us Your Scares! It's Halloween 1977, and a desperate late-night host named Jack Delroy has booked the worst possible lineup for a live special. A psychic, a smug debunker, a parapsychologist, and a possibly-possesse
Send Us Your Scares! Ambrose and Jessica climb into the irradiated wasteland of Alexandre Aja's 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, and come out the other side genuinely changed. From the Scottish cannibal legend that st
Send Us Your Scares! She's patient. She's possessive. And she remembers everyone who ever wronged her. This week Ambrose and Jessica take a wrench to John Carpenter's 1983 cult classic Christine — the story of a 1958 Ply
Send Us Your Scares! A Nun throws herself off a balcony. The Vatican scrambles. And somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains, a demon in a habit is waiting. This week Ambrose and Jessica descend into the fog-soaked chaos of
Send Us Your Scares! Your worst date. A remote cabin. An app that controls everything about your partner. And an electric wine opener that becomes the most satisfying kill in recent horror history. Ambrose and Jessica br
Send Us Your Scares! So, you bought a ticket for a fairy tale. But you got a bone chisel. This week Ambrose and Jessica (filling in for Kelly, who's recovering from surgery — get well soon!) crawl down into the Critic's
Send Us Your Scares! In this episode of The THING about Films , Ambrose is joined by Jessica (because Kelly lost her voice and is officially on vocal rest 💀) for a listener-requested trip straight into John Carpenter’s
Send Us Your Scares! In this episode of The THING about Films, Ambrose and Kelly head into the coal-dusted chaos of My Bloody Valentine (1981) and break down why it’s one of the most memorable slashers of the early 80s.
Send Us Your Scares! We just crawled back out of the morgue with our hair full of fake blood and our brain full of neon-green science choices. This week on The THING about Films, Ambrose and Kelly revisit Re-Animator (19
Send Us Your Scares! Nice suburban house. Cute family. Cozy living room TV. And then… the static talks back. In this episode of The THING about Films, Ambrose and Kelly go all-in on Poltergeist (1982) — the haunted-house
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