The Rants Macabre

Long overdue, we take on Torture Porn and analyze it's place in modern culture. Comparing notes and how they've aged, we... Read more

On to the mess that is American Horror Story: Coven. Ryan Murphy's messy blend of traditional New Orleans history with s... Read more

When your home isn't safe, what do you have left? We discuss the boundary-intruding films that force their way in: Wait ... Read more

We dive deep into the 80s for our grim laughs this week. Catching up with Haunted Honeymoon (1986), Once Bitten (1985), ... Read more

The Witch (2016) A New England Folktale... Written & Directed by Robert Eggers. Wide release February 19th with an e... Read more

Returning to the scene of the crime, we're back to talk about American Horror Story. This time we follow Ryan Murphy int... Read more

To celebrate summer, we cover the best of Summer Camp Horror movies! Also, the worst, because they're mostly bad. We sta... Read more

Covering the field of Found Footage Horror we tackle the idea of stories lost and found. With a cross section of the sub... Read more

On behalf of Norman Bates, we wish you a Happy Mother's Day! We spend some time at the Bates Motel loving and analyzing ... Read more

Merry Christmas all, and to all a bloody night! For our Christmas episode we cover sorority psychos, Crazy Santas, and F... Read more

When fact is stranger than fiction, and fear is something we all have in common, we bring you Documentary Horror. Coveri... Read more

Diving deep into the worlds imagined by Guillermo del Toro, Darren & Mindy explore The Devil's Backbone (2001), Pan'... Read more

In our last episode Mindy and I covered the history of Hammer Film Productions and their evolution from B-movie studio t... Read more

In 1996 Mindy's former residence in Queens was the setting of a brutal murder. Seriously, the case was never solved and... Read more

In our second installment of Home Invasion Horror we take aim at those without motive. From the hyper-verbal Michael Pit... Read more

We dig in to genre movies based on real Serial Killers. We end with Mindy's dad talking about his experience working one... Read more

Exploring the dynamics of alienation and community paranoia we discuss Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, and three small to... Read more

This week we geek out over science fiction flavored horror films! Appreciating the Vincenzo Natali films, we start with ... Read more

We take a look at the Netflix true-crime docuseries "The Staircase". Leaving spoilers for the second half of this episod... Read more

This first installment of our J HORROR series takes us to some weird places. We start with Japanese cultural aesthetics,... Read more