Don’t Open This Podcast

***Please Note: Tim will be taking a short hiatus from DOTP. Our dear friend Anthony from “Dread N Terror” will be filling in. Please excuse any slight audio issues in this episode as Mike & Ant had a few recording bugs to work out. -Thanks This week, Mike & Anthony tackle a terrifying topic that’s sure to get your creative gears turning! The boys delve into 6 staples of horror history they believe are “Ripe for a Remake” treatment! Now….before you scream BLASPHEMY! , hear us out! From the merely passable “Resident Evil”, the blood soaked glaciers of “30 Days of Night” & the bombastic perfection of “Lair of the White Worm”, there are plenty of uncharted corners yearning to be explored! Could “Audition” be remade with a fresh dose of nerve shredding insanity? Does “A Nightmare On Elm Street” demand a truly unique facelift? Would “Evil Speak” work its’ devilish charms on Artificial Intelligence? What actors could possibly fill the shoes of this epic roster of horror icons? What changes could be made to the original stories? Most importantly… who could be trusted to helm these brave new visions?? All of our concepts & reviews, fan castings & highest hopes…. await YOUR ears in episode 55 : “REQUIEM FOR A REMAKE”!

Get ready to take the leap...into terror as Tim & Mike walk you down the aisle with 6 films of matrimony mayhem on TIL DEATH DO US PART!

We'll begin with the unholy vows of BRIDES OF DRACULA, where love bites in the most literal sense. Then, enjoy a wedding bash turned slaughter fest in REC 3 GENESIS (just be sure to leave before the reception).

We’ll slice into A HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON, a tale of a bridal designer with a deadly obsession before exploring CRIMSON PEAK's ghostly romance that reminds us that the heart's desires can lead to dark places. Then we're on the road with THE HONEYMOON KILLERS to tell a true-crime tale of twisted love!

Finally we'll head into the afterparty with READY OR NOT where a bride’s game of hide and seek with her new in-laws turns into a horrifying fight for survival.

Prepare to say "I Do" because we vow to bring you 6 films of wedding terror on DON'T OPEN THIS PODCAST!

Mayday! Mayday! Gargantuan Gorilla sighted approaching DOTP Headquarters! Send reinforcements! Send EVERYTHING! There is only one King at Don't Open This Podcast & his name is KONG! This week Mike & Tim scour the dark caverns & lush jungles of Skull Island to bring you all things Kong! From his first climactic ascent up the Empire State Building and his legendary battles with Godzilla, the military & various Kaiju adversaries in between.... while exploring his lasting impact on the world of cinema through the ages on this towering episode, aptly titled "Hail To The King...KONG!

Get ready to break out those spiked leather gauntlets & throw those devil horns because we are turning this episode up to 11!

Metalheads and Horror Fans have never been strangers to parents rallying against them... especially during the "Satanic Panic" of the 70s and 80s so it's about time Mike and Tim sit down to bring you 6 blistering cuts of pure demonic mayhem: with thundering soundtracks to match! From undead metal gods & angst-ridden teens to satanic cults & riff-laden themes, it's time to party on DON'T OPEN THIS PODCAST METAL MASSACRE!

There has been a takeover at Don't Open This Podcast HQ! Get ready as Mark Falcigno takes the reigns and joins Mike and Tim for 6 (or 7?) non-horror movies in the first annual (maybe) April Fool's Day special! We'll give you some Clues as to what's covered to make sure you don't "just walk away", so we'll "call it" now and say this episode is gold. We're not giving you the high-hat; let off some steam and settle in for Don't Open This Podcast! Can you dig it?

Greetings dear listeners and THANK YOU for joining us on our milestone 50th episode!

To celebrate, Mike & Tim have prepared a delectable 6 course meal of depravity seared to perfection in the hottest fires of hell itself! Your opening course is a tenderized Turkish delight known as Baskin followed by the pallet cleansing, found footage fright of Sinister. The boys then present a heaping platter of Austrian dread with Goodnight Mommy only to fill your stomachs further with the continental Hong Kong shocker Dream Home, and the mouthwatering slasher fillet known as Maniac!

For the truly gluttonous among you, we take a final French Dip into the existential insanity that is Martyrs before sending you off with a doggie bag full of nightmare fuel…. So, polish your favorite cutlery & grab some extra napkins…. Don’t Open This Podcast is going UNDER OUR SKIN!

Editor's Note - Feel free to email your thoughts and questions to [email protected] even though I say [email protected]. I'm on too many shows, but I will read them wherever you send it under the network!

In this electrifying episode of Don't Open This Podcast, Tim and Mike dive deep into the spine-tingling world of horror films where technology takes a dark turn.

Join us on a journey through the circuitry of fear with "Techno Terror," where we explore the chilling implications of our increasingly digital existence. Get ready as we log into a world of cinematic nightmares: from the AI that dreams of dominance in DEMON SEED, to the mind-bending game of BRAINSCAN, and the cutting-edge dread of UPGRADE. Don't forget to brace yourself for the robotic revolt of DEADLY FRIEND, the mechanized malice in RUNAWAY, and the virtual vortex of EXISTENZ.

Each film showcasing the horrifying possibilities when technology goes awry, reflecting our deepest fears about the gadgets and systems intertwined with our lives so prepare your bioports because it's time to jack into Techno Terror on DON'T OPEN THIS PODCAST!

Greetings, Fellow Horror Seekers! This week Mike & Tim have broken out their pickaxes & shovels to dig deep for a heaping dose of macabre delights. We’ve covered sequels & remakes but now we ask the question “Is that a PREQUEL in your Pocket?” with Episode 48! Join us for a foray into Ouija mischief with “Origin of Evil” followed by a Deep South detour in “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning”. Your hosts then lead you by your freshly severed hands to the matriarchal madness of “Psycho 4”, then melt both your minds & bodies with a crash course in xenomorphic history that is “Prometheus“ before crash landing in the icy, CGI riddled overkill of “The Thing”. Still breathing? Well, you may wish you weren’t as our final stop lands you smack dab in the middle of “Amityville 2: The Possession”. Be sure to pop some extra popcorn because we're going on one wild, buttery romp through Prequel Territory!

Greetings Lonely Hearts & Lovers alike! Mike & Tim have cooked up an episode guaranteed to warm your hearts & tingle your spines! It’s the DOTP Valentine’s Day Special, aptly titled “Sweetheart Slaughter!" 6 cinematic morsels of twisted love, spanning every corner of the horror genre! From the homicidal killing spree of "Bride of Chucky" & criminal misadventures of "Villains" to the untamed love of "Return of the Living Dead 3" & "Let the Right One In". Heck! The boys even pull back the curtain on the explosive "Spontaneous" & bring it all home with the plot twisting potboiler that is " A Perfect Getaway". Episode 47 is a wonderful way for any horror fan to spend Valentine’s Day, proving in some cases that even “Till Death Do Us Part” is an understatement!

To kick off 2024, Mike and Tim are cracking open the crypt of cinematic treasures and breathing new life into those forgotten films that never got their sequel! From eerie autopsy rooms and otherworldly invasions to twisted small towns and superpowered nightmares, we're stitching together sequel plots that will make your skin crawl and your imagination soar. But beware, dear listeners, not all tales are meant to be retold! You hold the power to decide which sequels should be unleashed upon the world and which should be buried back in the depths of our twisted minds. So prepare to decide in PITCH IT OR DITCH IT on this week's DON'T OPEN THIS PODCAST!

Tis the season, dear listeners!

That time of year when the stockings are hung by the chimney with scare, and the slay bells are ringing! So naturally Mike and Tim return to their Anatomy Of A Franchise series with an extra dose of Ho! Ho! HOMICIDE! to delve into the whackiest Christmas horror franchise ever: "Silent Night Deadly Night!"

Is that not enough? Then you can open one gift early as Tim, Mike, and Kristen carve up a Spotlight On Fright for Eli Roth's Thanksgiving!

So, settle in a frightfully festive Don't Open This Podcast because not listening would be very naughty!

The Coffin Talk continues as Mike, Tim, and Adrian solider on into Part 2 of their freeform discussion on everything from modern objective horror criticism and effective visual storytelling scares to their favorite kills and some behind-the-scenes on your horror favorites.

Also, listen in as Mike and Tim pick Adrian's brain on anything he can share from his work as cinematographer for the closing chapter in the Rick/Michonne story in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live before it releases in February!

So tune in and prepare for triple the terror when Don't Open This Podcast brings you Coffin Talk Part 2!

October may be over, but the party hasn't stopped at Don't Open This Podcast!

Mike and Tim record live from Don't Open This Podcast HQ on Halloween night as they welcome on their dear friend and fellow horror-head, cinematographer Adrian Correia to wind down the party with some hair-raising roundtable discussion!

There is something for everyone as the crew tackle the anatomy of a good jump scare, what makes a great horror scene, Tobe Hooper's masterful handling of Texas Chainsaw 1 & 2, and an unplanned retrospective on the career of John Carpenter!

So turn down the lights and put on another pot of coffee in time to settle in for COFFIN TALK!

STEP RIGHT UP, BOILS & GHOULS! IT’S TIME FOR A SPINE-CHILLING CORNUCOPIA OF FRIGHT! It’s that special time of year, when your two devoted hosts push themselves into full blown horror overdrive! This week Mike and Tim unleash 10 rabid flicks tailored to each day of the week leading up to an extra special double feature on the night of Halloween! From Dunwich Horrors and Haunted Carnivals to Waterfront Slashers and Body Snatchers! So don your favorite latex mask & a fistful of candy corn! The boys present all this & a whole lot more in Episode 41: Don’t Open This Podcast’s Halloween Countdown!

Don't Open This Podcast is about to get a little bizarre as Mike and Tim dive headfirst into bonkers territory with 6 head-scratching, eyebrow raising oddities!

Stops along this crazy train include a devil child rigged basketball game in THE VISITOR, all the screaming gunfire you could want in HOWLING 2, the meta-horror clip-cinema massacre that is CAT IN THE BRAIN, a chimpanzee searching for supernatural vengeance in PHENOMENA, and a family that redefines being close in SOCIETY before we roll into the final station…unleashing multiple jabs of pure madness with PIERCING!

So, double check those seatbelts and settle in for 6 films that will leave you asking “WTF Did We Just Watch?!” on this episode of Don't Open This Podcast!

Greetings Boils & Ghouls! Your trusted horror hosts Mike & Tim return to tickle your funny bone this week…before ripping it from your tender flesh! That’s right kiddies, Episode #39 “A Comedy of Terrors” serves up 6 heaping platters of Giggles and Gore! Horror Comedies of such malignant magnitude that you’ll literally be splitting at your sides with maniacal laughter! The boys team up with TUCKER & DALE in a futile attempt to defeat Evil, sit in on a self-help group to aid RENFIELD in his plight to escape the overbearing clutches of Dracula, only to become entangled in a blood-soaked BOTCHED heist run amok before finding shelter in a HOUSE with a sordid supernatural past…then things get reallllly FREAKY! Fortunately, your hosts don’t scare easily so they delve deeper to uncover WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, discovering a secret doorway to the past that unlocks a 7th mystery romp into Horror Comedy History! So, grab some candles & a big fistful of garlic, because the new Don’t Open This Podcast is ALIVE!!!!!!!

The Summer of Fear is over! Mike and Tim have survived Camp Carnage and are back to bring you your regularly scheduled programming. This week they're resurrecting the fan-favorite Unsung Horror series with a King-Sized episode for you, Stephen King that is!

From high-flying vampires and incestuous felines to evil entities and malicious machines, this episode is jam-packed to keep you running during the graveyard shift! So dim the lights and tune in because we're gonna scare the hell out of you with Unsung Horror Vol 4: Stephen King Rules!

IT'S ALL LED UP TO THIS! The Summer of Fear culminates in the first annual MAILBAG OF DOOM! As Mike, Tim, and a newly-deprogrammed Kristen wait out the night at Camp Carnage, they return 20 of your most terrifying listener questions with their most horrifying answers! From final girls and hot takes to mystery callers and good old fashioned horror detective work, this one's got it all! So, park your rafts and settle in for the escape from Camp Carnage on DON'T OPEN THIS PODCAST!

THE SUMMER OF FEAR MARCHES ON! Your unflappable hosts continue their journey through the perilous waters of Camp Carnage as they raft towards danger in hopes of rescuing their resident fact girl, Kristen! Using their time wisely as they drift downstream, the guys get into a deep discussion of all the cult-y, devilish goodness that the Folk Horror genre has to offer. From demonic claws and deadly cults to skewed mythologies and harrowing hit men; this episode has it all! So, step FORTH my child, and question not our judgement for you must keep your appointment with Mike and Tim on Episode 35 of Don't Open This Podcast: That's All Folks Horror!

ATTENTION CAMPERS! With the sun setting on another day at "Camp Carnage", your fearless “Guides through the Ghastly”: Mike, Tim, & Kristen, invite you to dive into the chilling depths of our "Summer of Fear Marathon" with PART 2: "TIDES OF TERROR"! As the camp descends further into chaos, we're turning our gaze seaward to explore the murky world of Aquatic Horror from it’s very floor to just below the surface, plumbing the depths in search of brine-soaked denizens of doom! From the abyssal dread of "Leviathan" & sandy scares of "Blood Beach", to the monstrous mutations of “Humanoids From The Deep", relentless reptilian terror of "Crawl" & toothy turmoil of "Piranha"! Still hungry? Then brace yourselves for our rapid-fire "Feeding Frenzy", where we'll be chumming the waters with a speedy succession of shark-infested shockers to satisfy your bloodthirsty appetites. So, grab your life jackets & prepare to tread water as these films are sure to reel you in with their terrifying undertow! Remember, Campers, lights out at midnight... and whatever you do... DON'T OPEN THIS PODCAST!

Your days are numbered, dear listeners! Or at least these titles are because this week, Mike & Tim channel their inner morbid mathematicians, assembling an equation of fear that only the most daring of listeners should attempt to solve! Six films that span decades & mine terror from the deepest recess of the horror genre! Initiate yourself with the old fashioned chills that ONE DARK NIGHT has to offer before checking your shredded nerves into room 1408 at the infamous Dolphin Hotel. The guys then take you to Pittsburgh for a meet up with George Romero & Dario Argento as they dish up not one, but TWO EVIL EYES! Next, pick up your tickets & grab your bags for a flight to the Far East for a mystical showdown of epic proportions with the LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES! Then suit up for a spine-tingling foray into the bowels of Hell & asbestos removal with SESSION 9…. If you’ve gotten this far with your sanity intact, allow us to pummel your brain further with David Fincher’s tightly wound, powder keg of fright SEVEN! There is no safety in numbers when Don't Open This Podcast presents Episode 32: DEATH BY NUMBERS!

GREETINGS KIDDIES!!! You have stumbled upon a rare treat indeed. Join your ghoulish guides Morbid Michael and Terrible Timothy as they take you on a putridly pun filled journey into cinematic fear!

Brushing the cobwebs from their microphones, they peel back the bloody curtain, granting YOU full access to not ONE, not TWO, but THREE collections of horror to chill your marrow filled bones!

This week, Mike and Tim are tiptoeing into the decrepit crypts of 1972, as the guys exhume the ghoulishly gleeful TALES FROM THE CRYPT, unearthing horror tales that have been buried for decades!

From there, the duo diverts to the morgue, where they unzip the grimy BODY BAGS from 1990, plunging feet first into the vinyl-wrapped, murderous morsels within!

And to end the tour, they then finish you off with the nerve shredding yarns leaping off the pages of TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: The Movie.

It's an anthology of anthologies, a collection of collections, a compendium of the most fearsome tales you've ever dared to hear! So, we hope you’re hungry for “DOTP Episode 31: Anthology of Anthologies” as we serve up Three Loaves of Dread with more than 12 slices of pure terror to satiate your appetite for horror!

This week Mike and Tim take you on a pulse pounding tour up six flights of fear - into towering terror like you’ve never imagined! Grab your scarf as the guys head to Canada with an early Cronenberg offering guaranteed to give you SHIVERS, then it’s off to a bloodstained dystopia packed to the gills with action, murder, & DREDD. Attempting to catch their breath, your guides fly over to Germany for an Italian splatter-fest of epic proportions with DEMONS 2. Next stop is Barcelona, Spain to uncover some highly claustrophobic found footage in the form of [REC]. Narrowly escaping, the boys land in an infected office building in the grip of pure MAYHEM before finishing with the epic Kandarian crescendo that is EVIL DEAD RISE! So, check your Acrophobia at the door and prepare yourself for EPISODE 30: HIGH RISE HORROR!!!

This week Mike & Tim venture to strange, uncharted territory! Descending first down “Jacob’s Ladder”, the guys also attempt to deconstruct plans to a carnal “House that Jack Built”.

A quick diversion to the reality bending world of “Before I Wake” leads them to a meeting with Nic Cage as they set out to avenge the untimely death of his dearest “Mandy”.

Spiraling further down this rabbit hole, your hosts narrowly escape the darkness held at bay only by “The Sentinel” as they finally drift deeply into the psychedelic delights of “Dreamscape”.

We suggest you skip the melatonin & fire up a steaming pot of black coffee, because YOU are about to enter Don’t Open This Podcast Episode 29 : “Dream Worlds & Hellscapes”!

ATTENTION PODCAST LISTENERS!!! Welcome to EPISODE 28 : Mall Mayhem! Join Mike & Tim as they fire up Mom’s Station Wagon & take you on a blood soaked tour of that All American Institution- The Mall!!! Our first stop will be Los Angeles for some binge shopping with the “Night of the Comet” crew, then a pit stop in a small town plagued by “The Mist”. If we manage to make it out of there, it’s off to the food court to meet up with a lovelorn maniac in “Phantom of the Mall” before finishing our cinematic shopping spree at the infamous “ Chopping Mall”. So, grab your favorite fanny pack & your comfiest pair of Nike High Tops because we are gonna shop till you drop… DEAD

Tim and Mike serve up a five course feast of fear, including a couple "listener recommended" leftovers from 2022! The piping hot main course features some very recent 2023 releases that are still tearing up theaters along with several others currently haunting streaming sites. Just be sure to save some room for coffee, dessert, and bloodshed as the guys deliver a Spoiler Filled Extra segment on Scream 6 at the VERY END of this otherwise SPOILER FREE episode.

Mike & Tim return with an episode so epic, they enlisted a very special guest to tackle the task!  Kristen Plouffe (resident DOTP Fact Hunter) joins forces as the trio of hosts go on a cinematic journey overflowing with everything from gleaming Killer Orbs, Ornery Trolls, and Chinese Ghosts to Carnivorous Pale Men, Creepy Puppets, and Darkness himself.   

So grab your Six Demon Bags, plenty of fresh water, and all of your wits as Don’t Open This Podcast guides you through the strange dimension that rests in the grey area between fantasy and horror!

Tim and Mike rise from their graves to share what's on their brains this week, Zombies!

We return to our essentials series with ESSENTIAL ZOMBIE CINEMA PT 1 as we cover your full range of zombies, from resurrected slashers to the waterlogged undead to the most rock and roll zombies you will ever see. 

So settle in and get ready to take a bite out of Don't Open This Podcast! 

The one thing that fans from all genres agree on is their mutual disdain for remakes, but Mike and Tim are here to tell you that remake doesn't need to be a dirty word!

From alien invaders and sci-fi classics to slasher remixes and maniacal museums, there is no shortage of films that give a fresh take to the original concepts or bring loving homage to yesteryear.
So take a walk over the hill and see what's happening on Don't Open This Podcast!

Join Mike and Tim as they kick things off with a chat on The Menu and the release of The Last Of Us series on HBO Max, before they settle in to tackling tiny terrors in Bad Seeds: Kids Who Kill! Volume 1  

These 6 films cover everything short & deadly, from psychic children to pint-size slashers!  So, QUESTION US NOT and strap on those shin guards for the many diminutive dangers lurking within Don't Open This Podcast!

Thank you again to everyone for an amazing first season! Now Mike & Tim kick off 2023  with a brand-new selection of 6 under appreciated fright flicks!  

Ancient Albino Serpents! Nocturnal Slashers! Malevolent Goat Demons! Undead Mexican Executioners! Supernatural Cicadas! Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers! 

Yes, you read that right and it's all here and more packed into this episode!  So, hold your cups up high as we fill'em to the brim with the gory goodness that is : Unsung Horror Volume 3!

Join Mike and Tim as they down several large coffees & dive deep, serving up a massive helping of horror for all the loyal listeners!

The “Don’t Open This Podcast YEAR in FEAR 2022” has arrived & it’s a glorious 3 hour feast of popular frights, unsung gems, & genre bending oddities! 

From sequels to reboots, breakout hits to overhyped letdowns…. This episode covers all the twists, turns, & stomach churning thrills that this year in horror cinema had to offer!  So turn your notifications to silent & settle in for one MONSTER of an episode! 

Tis the Season…. For tinsel , hot chocolate, and blood soaked snow!

Join Mike and Tim as they serve up a Yeti-sized feast of frigid terror flicks with the 1st annual YULETIDE FRIGHT GUIDE!

A seasonal companion to their FALL FRIGHT GUIDE, the guys have now curated 20 films set in the winter months that span all the way from favorites like The Thing and Misery to some lesser known gems such as To All A Goodnight and The Changeling. 

This celebratory episode is sure to please with an eclectic mix of subjects, insights , opinions and some frightfully fun fireside facts! 

So, sharpen your candy canes and double up on the fuzzy socks- Don’t Open This Podcast is heading to the North Pole!

Happy Holidays to all!

Mike & Tim are elated to take curious genre fans on a tour through the new Netflix anthology series helmed by horror heavyweight Guillermo del Toro! 

In this episode the boys crack The Cabinet of Curiosities series wide open! Offering up their thoughts, insights, and rankings of all 8 episodes! A cornucopia of cantankerous beasties lurk in every corner this week, so many in fact… that you may want to leave the lights on! 

Spoiler Free (with a brief spoiler discussion at the end AFTER a clear warning) so come rummage through the cabinet with us on Don't Open This Podcast!

We're all out of tricks here at Don't Open This Podcast, so Mike and Tim have a treat for you this Halloween. After delving through the rest of the Halloween franchise, you may have noticed a recent installment missing. Rather than keep you waiting for our next episode, we're ending Halloween with a discussion on Halloween Ends to round out the series. 

So, settle in, check your candy, and have a happy Halloween as you prepare for this episode of Don't Open This Podcast!

Fall is the perfect season for the first installment of our Anatomy of a Franchise series!  

Why might that be?   

Well, Mike and Tim have mapped out a tour through Myers country, Haddonfield to be exact!   

Join them as they attempt to makes sense of the various timelines, sequels, one offs, reboots, remakes and retcons comprising the cinematic madness that is: The Halloween Franchise!   

From Loomis to Laurie, Silver Shamrock to Dangertainment and Jamie to Tommy, the gang’s all here and we are diving in headfirst….with fistfuls of love, hate…. And plenty of candy corn!

We know everyone pulls out all their old favorites for ritual rewatches during the Halloween season, but Mike and Tim are here to take a look into 3 recent releases for a triple shot of terror! 

Book a stay with Don't Open This Podcast as we descend into the depths of Barbarian, or head out to the farm for Ti West's technicolor terror that is Pearl before we take on Hulu's puzzling new Hellraiser.

We have such sights to show you on this episode of Don't Open This Podcast!

Mike and Tim look to kick October off right with The (First Annual?) Fall Fright Guide! 

From nostalgic news broadcasts to technological terror, we present 20 movies and shows to fill your nights throughout the Halloween season whether you need a movie for that upcoming Halloween party or want to settle in alone at home. Also keep an ear out for Fright Facts throughout the episode for the lowdown on some of our favorite seasonal customs and tidbits. 

And after all that, stay tuned after the episode to hear our out-of-this-world Spotlight on Fright as we discuss Jordan Peele's Nope!

Join Mike & Tim as they shine spotlights on 6 more of their favorite overlooked gems of fear! 

Diving headfirst UNDERWATER only to surface in the middle of THE RUINS. The boys then make an ill-fated pit stop in a possessed CHURCH, uncover something HIDDEN, then have a brush with death at the hands of a murderous ORPHAN… all while attempting to sidestep the blackened abyss that is…the VOID.

Terror lurks around every corner in this episode, so strap in and try to survive UNSUNG HORROR Volume 2! 

Sometimes we have things we really want to discuss that don't fit neatly into one of our themed episodes, so here is our Spotlight On Fright where we may discuss more recent films and shows because we're inpatient hosts. This time we discuss Prey (now on Hulu!) and where it lands in the Predator series as well as why we've been enjoying it.

We ain't got time to bleed, but there is more than enough time to check out Don't Open This Podcast!

Mild spoilers for the original Predator but spoiler-free for Prey!

Mike and Tim finally return to your regularly scheduled wolfy program as they get back into Essential Werewolf Cinema Pt 2!

They continue discussing the films throughout the 80's that shaped the werewolf subgenre and the overall battle of the transformations throughout the decade. Settle in for a howling good time on Don't Open This Podcast!

It all ends here! Our Stranger Things Summer mini-series, that is. Join Mike and Tim as they finish discussing the movies that make up the DNA of Season 4 as well as the real-life events that the season touches on like the Satanic Panic.  

A very big thank you also to our dear listeners who joined us to provide your own thoughts and memories of the series so far while we picked your brain on where Season 5 may be going (along with some STRANGER FACTS)!

In the penultimate episode of Don't Open This Podcast's Stranger Things mini-series, Mike and Tim discuss the eclectic films that make up our favorite Hawkins lifeguard, Billy, as well as the descent into the more sinister side of the Mindflayer's takeover. 

This one is covering a lot of territory so settle in for Don't Open This Podcast!

Mike and Tim return to the Upside Down in part 2 to their Stranger Things mini-series as they delve into Season 2 where gates will be closed, children will be possessed, and hair tips will be given! 

This month at Don't Open This Podcast, things are getting a bit stranger. For the next 4 weeks, Mike and Tim are delving one season at a time into the films that are ingrained in the DNA of Stranger Things. 

In this first part of the ongoing special, they discuss that overall Amblin nostalgia, the various lab escapee films/books that birthed Eleven, the beginning evolution of Hopper, and the rest of Season 1, so hop on your bikes and ride along as we investigate the films that shaped Stranger Things!

June is Pride Month and Don’t Open This Podcast returns with a very special episode: The Importance Of Queer Horror!

Mike and Tim are joined by their friend and guest horror aficionado, Spencer, as they take a thoroughly entertaining trip down the rainbow road of queer voices in the Horror Genre. From Dracula’s Daughter and The Haunting, to Ed Wood, Child’s Play and beyond! 

Listeners will be served up an eclectic celebration of some of the most important names the genre has to offer while also being reminded to ALWAYS be kind to one another!

Things get hairy this week as Mike and Tim delve into the first of their Essentials Series: Werewolves! Join them as they cover the high points and important films contributing to werewolves in cinema and then tune in next time for Essential Werewolves Part 2 to carry you from 1981 and beyond!

As an added bonus, Mike and Tim discuss Ti West's X before diving into this week's topic!

In the words of Stu Macher, "These days, you gotta have a sequel", so Mike and Tim are back from the dead this week to bring you part 2 in horror sequels that don't suck!

There is a little something for everyone this week, from avenging vampires to killer animals to the walking dead, so recite the sacred words and prepare for Don't Open This Podcast!

This week on Don't Open This Podcast, Mike and Tim take a break from the Reel Slashers series to delve into the horror sequels that are well-loved as well as the ones that may not get the attention they deserve within the series. So, oil up your chainsaw and prepare for horror sequels that don't suck on DON'T OPEN THIS PODCAST!

Like every good slasher franchise, Mike and Tim are back with a Part 2 to the Reel Slasher series! They continue making their way through some of the major contributions to the development of the slasher genre as the 70's continue building up to the 80's boom. 

Get ready to hear some of your old favorites and maybe some new watchlist additions on Don't Open This Podcast!

Everything has to begin somewhere (even us; remember way back to our pilot episode?) and horror is no exception. Join Mike and Tim as they take a look back at a time when masked killers were just entering the social consciousness, and the slasher genre was only beginning to take form. Enjoy this tour through the 60's and 70's to get a better idea of what loose rules create a slasher, and what was happening at the time that helped this boom, then meet us back here for Part 2 where the tour concludes in closing out the 70's next time!

There are countless famous (and infamous) horror films that you see appearing on lists daily, but what about those movies that might slip through the cracks or miss out on the same fanfare? Mike and Tim roll right from the pilot into Unsung Horror as they discuss their picks of some films that are worth some love and attention. 

Prepare for your guided tour into terror with an introduction to your hosts, Mike and Tim, as well as what to expect from Don't Open This Podcast!

Join them as they discuss why horror is so appealing as a genre, their favorite horror memories, and some things they have planned for the show.