Touch that alien rock and film yourself doing *everything* because we are talking about Josh Trank's superhero (villain?) film, Chronicle (2012).

This found footage film features strong performances by Dane DeHaan and a charismatic Michael B. Jordan, as well as a clever explanation for the usual "why/how are they filming everything" issue.    

Plus: shitty teen boys, aborted sequels, and Trace's worst performance on a game to date!

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In this episode, we chat with writer/director Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me) about his feature directorial debut: the R-rated gateway horror film Dust Bunny. 

Topics include our bafflement at that R rating, discovering the origins of the project and diving into Fuller's maximalist style (which he attributes to his "untethered f****try").

But wait! There's more! We also get updates on his planned fourth season of Hannibal(!!!) and his planned third season of Pushing Daisies(!!!!!!!!!!!).

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Get ready for a bunch of all-star cameos (Christopher Walken! Jeff Goldblum! Beverly D'Angelo! John Carradine! Ava Gardner!) and one truly bonkers climax because we're discussing Michael Winner's 1977 chiller The Sentinel!

Join us as we go all in on this messy little film, albeit one with a lot of great ideas. It's one of the rare times you'll hear us say that a movie is too short, because it seems like there are full scenes missing from this thing. Still, it's got some great effects (that nose slice!), courtesy of industry vet Dick Smith (The Exorcist). 

Plus: defining "tasteful" masturbation, trying to figure out the logistics behind the Catholic church's grand master plan and the bizarre lack of consent it entails, and Trace not only learning what a sentinel is, but majorly flubbing Joe's game.

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Squirrel away those pills and burn that manuscript because we're talking about Rob Reiner's adaptation of Stephen King's Misery (1990).

Joining us for the discussion is comedian Roz Hernandez, who has begun (but maybe never finished?) every King novel.

We're talking Kathy Bates' Academy award winning performance as Annie Wilkes, a horny Sheriff & Deputy combo, and multiple fiery manuscripts.

Plus: toxic (queer) fandom, Lauren Bacall's smoker voice, the FX we do - and don't - see, and pranking Barnes & Noble employees 

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Wipe that shit-eating grin off your face and heed all of the content warnings (seriously), because we're discussing Pier Paolo Pasolini's notorious anti-fascist 1975 film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Tagging in for the conversation is Zoë Rose Smith, the co-host of the Tainted Love podcast!

Join us as we do a very deep dive into this controversial film, beginning with a Pasolini primer before parsing through the film's graphic depictions of sexual assault, torture, sadomasochism and coprophilia. This is an extremely challenging film, but dare we say we admire it?

Plus: debating the queer representation in the film (can it be both positive and negative?), comparisons to our current political climate and discussing whether or not the film qualifies as porn (it doesn't).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Dan Trachtenberg's third predator film Predator: Badlands (2025).

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Arachnophobes beware: we're discussing writer/director Mathieu Morel's 44 minute film Anapidae (Call Me), which is about an unusual graveyard caretaker who befriends the grieving widow of his dead lover.

Oh, and he also has a pet tarantula that appears to be growing larger (metaphor alert!)

Plus: what we like and dislike about this "novella", a Yann Gonzalez (Knife + Heart) connection, and making heads and tales of the dream-like sequences in the film.

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Lay down a line of protective brick dust and scream "I don't believe!" because we are discussing Iain Softley's 2005 Southern Gothic thriller, The Skeleton Key.

Starring Kate Hudson and Gena Rowlands, this Ehren Kruger joint has a great twist (or is it a reveal?) that may or may not have dicey racial implications.

Plus: not trusting Peter Sarsgaard, Black character exposition, the difference between hoodoo and voodoo, and the ending we still can't believe a studio signed off on!

Reference: Max Schiersner Caodaglio. "The Skeleton Key, Historical Erasure, and Cultural Appropriation." HCA Graduate Blog. 

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Tina Romero's debut feature film, Queens of the Dead (2025).

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Toss that girl in the pond and break out the good champagne because we're discussing James Whale's seminal horror film Frankenstein (1931) to celebrate the release of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025)!

Join us as we discuss how Frankenstein's success (along with that same year's Dracula), helped kickstart a series of Universal monster films. We also discuss what made this film so terrifying for audiences in 1931, despite the fact that the creature itself is one of the most sympathetic characters in horror history. 

Plus: another lesson in German Expressionism, lamenting the uselessness of Elizabeth (Mae Clarke), heaping all the praise on that dummy shot, and recounting a funny anecdote about....hard-boiled eggs??? 

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After contributing to The Pod and the Pendulum's 300th episode on the 25 best horror films of the 21st century, we decided to run through our individual lists for listeners.

How did we each approach the task? (hint: thank god for Letterboxd) Which film(s) appear on both lists? And what movies will top our individual lists?! Don't scroll if you don't wanna know!

Joe’s Top 25 Horror Films of the Century (Ranked)

1. The Invitation (2015)
2. Knife + Heart (2018)
3. Hereditary (2018)
4. Train To Busan (2016)
5. Relic (2020)
6. Saint Maud (2019)
7. The Descent (2005)
8. The Perfection (2018)
9. Inside/A L’Interieur (2007)
10. Raw (2016)
11. Better Watch Out (2016)
12. Under The Skin (2013)
13. Black Swan (2010)
14. Let The Right One In (2007)
15. Stoker (2013)
16. Femme (2023)
17. Annihilation (2018)
18. Blink Twice (2024)
19. The Skin I Live In (2011)
20. The Strangers (2008)
21. The Invisible Man (2020)
22. Hostel Part 2 (2007)
23. Ginger Snaps (2000)
24. The Substance (2024)
25. Midnight (2022)

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Trace’s Top 25 Horror Films of the Century (Ranked)

1. The Substance (2024)
2. The Descent (2005)
3. The Den (2013) - Listen to our guest spot on TGIF
4. Hereditary (2018)
5. The Invitation (2015)
6. Martyrs (2008)
7. The Perfection (2018)
8. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
9. It Follows (2014)
10. The Outwaters (2022)
11. Drag Me To Hell (2009)
12. Grindhouse (2007)
13. Trick 'r Treat (2007)
14. Insidious (2011)
15. The Witch (2018)
16. The Cabin In The Woods (2011)
17. Bug (2006)
18. The Mist (2007)
19. Evil Dead (2013)
20. Green Room (2008)
21. [Rec]² (2009)
22. Doctor Sleep (2019)
23. Don't Breathe (2016)
24. Detention (2011)
25. Zombeavers (2014)

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