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As the decade shifted and the 90s became the 2000s, my taste in movies was shifting too. I was in high school then, taking in movies every weekend and contributing to the box office...

Do you remember how you discovered your favorite TV show? I do. https://youtu.be/w7mefwmxkwQ Friday nights growing up were special. I would go with Dad into town to get groceries, which in and of itself was not...

Humans have the capacity for great evil. Oftentimes the public is complicit in this cruelty without their knowledge. One of the cruelest things we do as a species is cage animals and put them...

Kelly Warner is away on personal business for the time being, so Zack Long is joined by the wonderful Andrew Roebuck to talk about 1968's The Green Slime, a movie that isn't about Vietnam......

As a high school student in the late 90s and early 2000s who was only peripherally aware of horror, even I knew the name Kevin Williamson. Not only had he helped to usher in...

In this week's episode, Zack and Kelly are joined by one of Scritophobic's original writers, author and professor Chris Vander Kaay! Our guest chose the movie for discussion and he picked a good one:...

Getting accurate information and history for giant monster films is difficult. There are a lot of voices out there and many of those voices are spouting the same five facts reported on ages ago...

Welcome back to another session of Fear Academy. This time around is going to be a little different, in that the book we’re looking at today is quite similar to the last one we...

This week's episode concludes One Missed Pod's look at season one of Ju-On: Origins, a dense, dense show. Kelly and Zack discuss the last three episodes of the new Netflix series in depth and...

The story is over two thousand years old and important to people all over the world.  It is an integral part of several religions. Even non-believers can be fond of him. So of course...

The virus is for now here to stay and with that all of the common summer hobbies we’ve all grown to love have been completely altered. One of the biggest life changes for us...

Tune into a new episode of One Missed Pod and listen in as Zack Long and Kelly Warner take you on an in-depth, extra spoilery discussion of the first three episodes of the new...

A haze of red and purple light fades in and out of the blackness, their source becoming more and more distinct as the hues continue to retreat and then reappear from the originating void....

Much like the seemingly indestructible nature of their antagonists, the slasher sub-genre has a way of resurrecting itself every generation to terrorize a new batch of teenagers who just want to drink, have sex...

On this episode of One Missed Pod, Zack and Kelly discover the true meaning of "technical difficulties." Covering Zack's favorite Japanese horror movie, Onibaba, the podcast was recorded in three segments thanks to various...

The Lost World from 1925 is arguably the most important Dinosaur film of all time. While not as famous as say, King Kong (1933), all of the elements that make Kong so iconic were pioneered...

https://youtu.be/dvhL6Ujb37I Ugetsu (1953) is up this time around. A classic of Japanese cinema, Kelly and Zack dive into this masterpiece to explore both the film and the circumstances surrounding it in depth. Show notes: This episode contains...

I avoided the Jaws sequels for many years before I finally succumbed to the inevitable franchise marathon that lies in wait for all horror completists. Admittedly, my mindset was somewhat condemning from the start....

This week the topic of discussion is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse (2001, AKA Kairo), a movie that is equal parts about a ghost apocalypse and depression. Show notes: The red tape in Pulse is unique to the...

Sometimes we can discover fantastic resources for writing while just kicking back and relaxing. That's what happened to me when I can up with the idea for this article. I've been going through some...

This week's a Kelly pick and she's selected one of the craziest Japanese horror-comedies ever put to film: George Iida's Battle Heater, a movie about a killer table. That's right: a killer table. From...

I had this friend growing up who was known for his Dad’s VHS collection. His living room was lined with wooden cabinets containing every movie one could think of (and plenty more you’d scarcely...

You can tell this week was a Zack pick by the dark subject matter in Guilty of Romance (2011). This film by legendary director Sion Sono is based on a real crime that rocked...

From missed calls to Toho tokusatsu insanity, One Missed Pod is back with a new episode. This week Zack Long and Kelly Warner are looking at mostly forgotten 1960 film The Secret of the...

I was a nervous kid. I had a knack for finding ways of being afraid. If I rode a bike, I could fall off. If I climbed a tree, I could topple out. Dogs...