The Corpse Cast Horror Podcast
Join Mike Cadaver, and the Magnificent Meat-Castle: Matt Wall, as they discuss Horror in all its incarnations. Episodes may include lists, reviews, etc… fun for the whole family!* *Not recommended for the whole family.
Episodes
Join your undead hosts Mike Cadaver and Matt Wall as we dig deep into the shadowy roots of Eastern European folk horror, where ancient superstitions, rural dread, and nightmarish creatures lurk just beyond the village lights.
This time we're exhuming two pioneering classics from behind the Iron Curtain:
Then we cross into Yugoslavian territory with **Leptirica (1973)** (aka *The She-Butterfly*), a made-for-TV Serbian gem ...
Ditch the eggnog and chug the hemoglobin—it's time to unwrap a holiday bloodbath on The Corpse Cast! We're slashing through the cozy cheer with two viscera-vomiting Christmas anti-classics that turn tinsel into tourniquets and mistletoe into murder weapons. Kick off with Dead End (2003) then we carve open Inside (2007).
Get some...
Join your horror hosts Mike Cadaver and Matt Wall on The Corpse Cast as we dive into one of the wildest coincidences in ’90s horror: Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty and David Nutter’s Disturbing Behavior – both released in 1998, both about parasites/robots turning high school kids into perfect little monsters… and they’re scary similar!
We’re breaking down the casts (Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Famke Janssen vs James Marsden, Kat...
Dive into the shadowy depths of cinematic vengeance with your undead hosts, Mike Cadaver and Matt Wall, on this bone-chilling episode of The Corpse Cast. We're pitting Ingmar Bergman's austere masterpiece The Virgin Spring (1960)—a stark, medieval meditation on faith, sin, and divine retribution—against Wes Craven's raw, unflinching shocker The Last House on the Left (1972), the godfather of grindhouse gut-punch that re...
The Corpse Cast hosts Mike Cadaver and Matt Wall return for round two of Lovecraftian horrors, diving into Dagon (2001) and The Lighthouse (2019). We're talking a Lovecraft adaptation, and a Lovecraftian film, in theme only... What's the difference between the two? You're about to find out. Join us for fish-monster and farts! Come and get it...
The Corpse Cast hosts Mike Cadaver and Matt Wall return for round two of Lovecraftian horrors, diving into Dagon (2001) and The Lighthouse (2019). We're talking a Lovecraft adaptation, and a Lovecraftian film, in theme only... What's the difference between the two? You're about to find out. Join us for fish-monster and farts! Come and get it...
Dive into the shadowy, psychedelic underbelly of Euro-horror with your host Mike Cadaver and his electrifying co-host Matt Wall in this spine-tingling episode of The Corpse Cast! For the first time on the show, Matt Wall—cult film aficionado and self-proclaimed "Franco fanatic"—joins Mike to dissect the enigmatic genius of Jess Franco, the prolific Spanish auteur whose boundary-pushing films blurred the lines between eroticism, sur...
The days are getting shorter, mornings are getting just a little more crisp, and best of all it's back to school time! We all remember the horrors of high school in our own lives, so The Corpse Cast thought... what a better time to talk about the horrors of other people's high school experiences! This episode we're talking: Return to Horror High (1987), Battle Royale (2000) and Prom Night (1980). Come and get it!
This week The Corpse Cast is getting into your brains (or is it getting into ours?) with three terrifying psycholocial horror films. All different in their own way, but all very disturbing. Join us as we chat about Altered States from 1980, Jacob's Ladder from 1990, and Heretic from 2024.
In this episode, Mike and Steve dive into the 1950s giant bug craze, focusing on The Deadly Mantis (1957), Tarantula (1955), and Them! (1954). They explore the era’s atomic fears that spawned these monster flicks, mixing humor and horror nostalgia. Mike recaps The Deadly Mantis’s arctic-born, city-smashing insect, poking fun at its clunky effects. Steve covers Tarantula’s desert rampage, praising its creepy vibe and chuckling a...
The Corpse Cast is back after a long holiday hiatus! We're coming back talking about Lamberto Bava's work. Son of horror maestro Mario Bava, but no slouch himself, Lamberto Bava has carved out a little Italian film Niche for himself! So join us as we talk about three of his best... er... um... three of his movies!
Strap in, fans of The Corpse Cast—Mike and Steve are back with a beach-themed bloodbath! In this sun-scorched episode, the guys dive headfirst into the murky waters of seaside horror, where vacation vibes quickly give way to cosmic dread, body mutilation, and sand-sucking death.
First up is The Beach House (2019), a moody slow-burner that takes an intimate getaway and twists it into a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection and despair....
In this chillingly chucklesome episode of The Corpse Cast, Mike and Steve dive face-first into the greasepainted madness of clowns in horror. Why are these carnival icons so unsettling? Is it the permanent smile, the unpredictable behavior, or the sheer absurdity of their existence? The boys tackle these questions with a blend of blood-soaked insight and dark humor.
They kick things off with a breakdown of Clown (2014), the body-hor...
On this squirm-inducing episode of The Corpse Cast, Mike and Steve dig deep into the dark, damp underworld of killer bug horror. First up: the Spanish-American cult classic Slugs (1988), where flesh-eating mollusks make suburban life a literal hellhole. Then, the guys crawl back to 1976’s Squirm, where a downed power line turns innocent earthworms into writhing, toothy death machines. Finally, they wrap up with The Nest (1987), a d...
In this deep-dive horror episode, Mike and Steve take a blood-soaked trip through the chilling, surreal world of Dario Argento’s Three Mothers Trilogy. They kick things off with 1977’s Suspiria, praising its dreamlike atmosphere, Goblin’s iconic score, and the technicolor nightmare that introduced audiences to Mater Suspiriorum, the Mother of Sighs. Then they plunge into 1980’s Inferno, where Argento dials up the visual storytellin...
What's with 80's horror movies and their love affair with Toxic Waste? Well, we get into that on this episode, as well as listing our top 5 80's horror movies involving Toxic Waste. All that's left is for you to get on it!
After a bit of a hiatus, The Corpse Cast is back in full swing with a brand new episode! This episode Mike and Steve will be talking about Horror movies directed by Rock Stars... and 2/3rds of them starring Devin Sawa. How's that for a niche genre, huh?
In this chilling episode of The Corpse Cast, your gruesome hosts dive into a terrifying trio of supernatural nightmares! First up, they unravel the flesh-ripping terror of The Queen of Black Magic (2019), discussing its brutal reimagining of the classic Indonesian horror and the film’s nightmarish blend of witchcraft and body horror. Then, they sink their teeth into Sumala (2024), a spine-tingling descent into Southeast Asia's ...
It's been quite a while since we've had a proper episode of The Corpse Cast due to wanting our wives to like us and Steve playing in a sweet band. So, I decided to make sure you didn't forget about us and put together a bonus episode! I talk about Vampyr from 1932. A film that I'd shamefully not seen until now. Come and get it!
Join Mike Cadaver and Steven Rex as we discuss Hammer's Karnstein Trilogy which includes The Vampire Lovers, Lust for a Vampire and Twins of Evil! Yeah, we know that so far in 2025 The Corpse Cast has been talking about nothing but vampires... but trust us... these vampires are very different than those featured in episode 367. These ones are sexy! So, ready yourself for some Hammer Glamour and join us with Episode 368
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