Cult of Horror

Cult of Horror

Cult of Horror is a weekly horror podcast consisting of three men defending their terrible tastes in film as they discuss genre news, review new releases and classics, and tell campfire stories. New episodes every Thursday!

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August 26, 2021 100 mins

At this week's gathering of the Cult of Horror, the delectable duo (plus Hunter) discuss their ongoing lives of melodrama. Elliott is still carless and grieving. Hunter discovered the HATCHET series a decade late. And Eric tries to pump some life into the podcast with a poor-man's morning-zoo soundboard. This week's main review is Shudder's newly released vampiric horror, JAKOB'S WIFE, starring THE Barbara ...

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This week's episode is the second part and conclusion of the CULT OF HORROR FEAR STREET SPECIAL. Much in line with the review of the this trilogy, Eric reveals that he is straight out of fucks to give at work and is on an office mean streak. Here's to hoping he's still employed. 🍻

No new news this week. Just a cut to the chase (literally in this case.) The gang continues their plummet into Netflix&apos...

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August 12, 2021 95 mins

This week's episode finds the spooky boys on a special FEAR STREET edition of the podcast. But first, the gang wish Elliott's dad a speedy recovery in the hospital. Hunter finds his new hobby as a digital artist as he casts Elliott in his "BASSIST INSTINCT" glamour pic. And Eric turns a new page in his book of incessant trolling by turning his sights on anti-maskers. No one is safe. Literally.  Then, the gang fa...

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Back once again, this week the fellas are more fear than fright as the Covid-Delta variant is clouding over their spooky boy summer. To add to this morose mood is Hunter and Elliott's privileged car problem woes. Meanwhile, Eric is a capable adult man who can mend his own machinery. Post pity-party, Elliott big-shoots the latest in horror news and releases, as per usual. This week's review is Netflix's Italian camper...

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Back to the horror after a historical holiday hiatus, the boys are full-bore into hot mess summer. Eric suffers through Karens in the workplace. Hunter claims to be taking a road trip soon. And Elliott thinks the Mandela Effect theory is dumb. But then there's actual news.
This week the boys rate the brand new psychological horror, video nasty themed film, CENSOR. Is it worth a rewind or a fast forward?
Finally Hunte...

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July 1, 2021 92 mins

This week's episode is jam-packed! The boys discuss the Golden Age of wrestling. Eric and Elliott dish on the new season of Netflix's BLACK SUMMER, leading to the gang hashing out their survival plans for the, at this point, inevitable apocalypse. And as per usual they bring up and defend GILMORE GIRLS.
On a special news segment, the guys weigh in with their thoughts on the new trailer drops for CANDYMAN (2021) and H...

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June 17, 2021 86 mins

NEW EPISODE
On this week's episode, the spookiest boys find themselves in the moodiest of moods. Hunter's out of meds, Eric's sleep deprived, and Elliott's caught in the middle of a toxic household. After kicking things off proper with some exciting news that's "too big to fail" as well as the latest in headline-horror, the gang gleefully hops into a review for the 2020 film, CAVEAT (2020)! Th...

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On this week's episode, the boys come back from a short break and kick things off with some shit talking, strangling, Yu-Gi-Oh, sex work, and a dense backlog of horror news. Next, they flawlessly segway into the latest installment of the only active horror franchise: THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT.  Will Eric continue singing the franchise's praises? Will this bring an end to Elliott's decade long quest to de...

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May 6, 2021 87 mins

This week, the boys discuss work (or lack thereof), Texas' stormy weather, "beef-meats" Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale. You know, old man shit. Then Elliott upsets himself again by speculating about upcoming horror films and series.
The gang then takes a chance on the latest ROSEMARY'S BABY knockoff that is eloquently titled SON (2021). Will this be another trite and aimless waste of time or a diamo...

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April 22, 2021 104 mins

On this week’s installment, Eric’s goes off the rails, Hunter gets Schlit-faced, and Elliott has a bone to pick with Hunter. After a grand altercation, the boys breakdown a slew of horrific news, including a depressing update on the Collector series. They meander into a review of the latest Shudder original THE BANISHING (2021), directed by Christopher Smith of TRIANGLE fame. Will this installment live up to the legacy Smith starte...

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This week's episode finds the boys in a slow news week and really phoning it in. Instead they have discussions about aliens and road trip piss break visits to this truck stop planet. Elliott goes on a rant about his disdain of white people, his frustration over the recent racist attacks and Mark Wahlberg's history of violent hate crimes. (Look it up!)
Eventually the conversation turns to the main topic review of 2020&...

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This week's friggin' episode finds the boys back on schedule and off topic, as per usual. Elliott tells the guys about his Spring Break vacation with the kid, including graveyards, urban exploration and a road trip fail.
After a quick update on some upcoming horror movies, the fellas finally dissect the popular new film PSYCHO GOREMAN. there's a lot of balls in the air on this one and it's pretty crazy. Is ...

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March 18, 2021 105 mins

This week the boys return after Catfish's birthday hiatus and are delighted over the hopes of getting vaccinated. Yet the many voices of Texas' red, white and bigoted and the "no mask, no problem" gubernatorial decision have them truly fearful. After a mixed-bag of news the guys hike into a conversation on the much anticipated WRONG TURN (2021) reboot. Did the filmmakers right the wrongs of the 2003 original or ...

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This week's episode finds the gang finally thawed out from Texas' winter storm of the century. We find out who survived and what was left of them. It was tough times for the Cult over the past weeks. (Elliott might actually be dead.) But now they're back and lukewarm as ever.
The big show kicks off with the usual news segment chock-full of announcements for upcoming new movies and unnecessary reboots.
Movin...

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February 18, 2021 105 mins

This week's episode was recorded at the beginning of the 2021 Texas snow-mageddon. Kicking off with a 100 car, multiple fatality, pile up and eventually ending with a complete breakdown of all modern amenities. But before that the spooky boys discuss simpler times including Elliott's very embarrassing, celebrity fueled birthday presents. The guys are celebrating Valentine's Day (or the lack there of) as well as their...

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February 11, 2021 138 mins

Finally the boys have returned from their nightmarish January to bring you a double feature, extended episode! But first they dish about their lives, liberties and their pursuits of neither. They also bring you up to speed on the latest horror news, including jaw-dropping insights into Univeral Studios and their monstrous missteps. In addition to their thoughts on Netflix's popular NIGHT STALKER docu-series and the two sides o...

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This new year, the boys find themselves more solemn than celebratory after a low-key end to a high-strung year. But moving forward, they discuss the latest in horror news full of big-shoots making bad decisions and Elliott goes on a highly discouraged rant about a highly offendable demographic... (The views expressed in this episode are not the views of the Cult Of Horror or it's memebers.)
January brings the Cult it'...

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This week the boys reign in the holidays with a lot of talk about SUPERNATURAL. For some reason... again...But eventually they find their way to a review of Shudder's new satanic, prego-horror original, ANYTHING FOR JACKSON. ...Or Patrick? Or was it Kevin? (Eric can't seem to remember.) They wrap up their month of "Holiday Tubi Roulette" with ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE. Thus putting a bow on this year's Santa sl...

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On this week's episode the fellas are deep in tangent territory as Eric and Hunter pit SUPER NATURAL and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER against one another for cult TV series supremacy. But thankfully all three can agree on their warm fondness for THE GILMORE GIRLS as well as Catfish's and Elliott's deep, bitter hatred for the film RED CHRISTMAS.
Back on track, we're gifted with an immersive review of the Cronenb...

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This week, the spooky boyz try their best to get into the holiday spirit by donning creepy fucking masks,  complete their quarterly forecast of the theater industry, and kick around experiences with embarrassingly disturbing films. They then  creep into a review of writer/director Bryan Bertino's (THE STRANGERS) newest nail-biter THE DARK AND THE WICKED (2020)! They wrap with the first round of holiday Tubi recommendations! Th...

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