Midwest Monsters

Midwest Monsters

Midwest Monsters

  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Midwest Monsters Episode 280 – The Monster Mash 68

    Spring is returning and so are we with another installment of the Monster Mash. You fine listeners all know the format well by now, but you haven’t heard it get quite this weird before. Lend us your ears as we mash together chaos and sort it out in three very unusual films in “Sante Sangre” (1989 – Grizz), “Innocent Blood” (1992 – Professor) and “Altered States” (1980 – Vinny). Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and our blog. Thanks for listening!

    15 March 2026, 7:29 pm
  • 54 minutes 41 seconds
    Midwest Monsters Episode 279 – Horror Documentaries 8

    Dear listeners we’re back with a new episode for you recorded in the heart of Muncie Indiana. We jumped back into a favorite genre of ours in Documentaries and this time we are taking a look at fandom and what-ifs in “The Sci-Fi Boys” (2006 – Vinny), “George A. Romero’s Resident Evil” (2025 – Professor) and “Hail to the Deadites” (2020 – Grizz). Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and our blog. Thanks for listening!

    15 February 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Midwest Monsters Episode 278 – The Monster Mash 67

    Happy New Year! We return with our next mash and this time we are looking at “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” (1962 – Vinny), “Amsterdamned” – (1988 – Professor) and “The Substance” (2024 – Grizz). Available now on apple podcasts, Spotify and our blog. Thanks for listening!

    4 January 2026, 9:59 pm
  • 49 minutes 28 seconds
    Midwest Monsters Episode 277 – Dead End Sequels IV

    Season’s Greetings dear listeners! We hope you find yourself enjoying these final weeks of 2025 and we are delighted to be a small part of that with a new episode for your ears. On this episode we revisited dead-end sequels, which is exactly like what it sounds like. A sequel that was the quick end of a potential franchise. This series frequently delivers some rough watches but occasionally the diamond in the rough as well. Wonder which happens this episode? Listen in as we examine at “Teen Wolf Too” (1987 – Vinny), “Stir of Echoes:The Homecoming” (2007 – Professor) and “Don’t Breath 2” (2021 – Grizz). Available now on apple podcasts, Spotify and our blog. Thanks as always for sticking with us and Happy Holidays!

    7 December 2025, 7:50 pm
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Midwest Monsters Episode 276 - The Monster Mash 66

    We hope your October has been as great as ours so far and we hope to join your last stretch of it with this new episode. We are back with another mash and this time we are covering “The Primevals” (2023 – Vinny), “Haunt”(2019- Grizz) & “Teen Wolf”(1985-Professor). Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and our blog. Thanks as always for lending us your ears and stick with our unusual schedule this year. Happy Halloween!

    25 October 2025, 6:49 pm
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    Midwest Monsters Episode 275 - 31 for 31 - A Halloween Calendar Special

    Halloween season is back and so are we! Together in person after a busy summer, we are here with a new episode and this time we are talking Halloween calendars. We discuss our individual picks for a different category for each day of the month. Listen in to hear our picks and why we made them and in the process touch on 80+ movies. As always, thanks for sticking with us and listening. Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and our blog. Happy Halloween!

    1 October 2025, 5:24 am
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Midwest Monsters Episode 274 - The Beetlejuice Franchise

    Listeners, as we continue to navigate a busy year with challenging schedules, we appreciate you sticking with us! Today we are back and this time with familiar friends, as McRib and Brent Terhune join us to take a look at the Beetlejuice Franchise. We briefly touch on the cartoon and dig into the two movies and have plenty of fun along the way. Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and our blog. Thanks for listening!

    31 August 2025, 3:39 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Midwest Monsters Episode 273 – Creator Spotlight – An Interview with Brian Blair of Pumpkin Pulp

    Dear listeners, we hope you are enjoying your summer and we thank you for sticking with us as we navigate a busy chapter that has challenged our schedules! While we are not back on track yet, we do like to keep checking when possible and this time we have a discussion with Brian Blair. Brian runs Pumpkin Pulp where he makes incredible masks and an array of other fun items to scoop up in his store or online. Brian also runs a haunt and stays busy with plenty of other side projects as well, which often touch the film and music industries. Join us, as we discuss his history with horror movies, how he arrived at his profession, and lots more. Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and our blog. Thanks for listening!

    8 July 2025, 4:55 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Midwest Monsters Episode 272 – Horror Host Spotlight – An Interview with Dr. Gangrene

    Listeners we are back with a new episode and some fun company this time! Join in as Grizzly Abner and Venomous Vinny have a fun conversation with Tennessee-based horror host Dr Gangrene! Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and our blog. Thanks for listening!

    1 June 2025, 4:12 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Midwest Monsters Episode 271 - True Crime 20 - The Wonderland Murders

    Dear listeners, lend us your ears for another trip into real life horror with another true crime episode. We are looking at the seedy “Wonderland Murders” this time, aka “The Four on the Floor” and the movie “Wonderland” (2003). John Holmes at one time was a mega star of the golden age era of adult films but eventually found himself an addict and wrapped up in the underbelly of Los Angeles. Listen in as we discuss the film and this case of desperation, savagery, and the juxtaposition of the high society of Los Angeles against the street tough world of drugs and crime. Available now on spotify, apple podcasts and our blog. Thanks for listening!

    16 May 2025, 3:40 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Midwest Monsters Episode 270 - Top 10s - The 1970s

    We are back to rank our last decade and we saved arguably the toughest for last. The 1970s were a transformative decade for film, especially the horror genre. Whether big budget blockbusters or seminal indie terrors, the 1970s delivered copious amounts of memorable horror for moviegoers. Listen in as we have a great time digging into this fun topic. Available now on spotify, apple podcasts and our blog. Thanks for listening!

    1 May 2025, 5:42 am
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