Announcing next week's films: WES CRAVEN's NEW NIGHTMARE (1994, dir. Wes Craven) IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994, dir. John Carpenter) As Billy Loomis in Scream said, "Don't you blame the movies. Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative !" Next week we'll get a little meta by looking at horror movies that give commentary on horror movies. Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod Send us your film suggestions at: cadaver...
Oct 14, 2021•2 min
Children’s plaything turned into childhood trauma. David and Devin are joined by guest star Ygraine, host of the What A Scream podcast, to countdown their top 3 terrifying dolls! We also discuss who would win in a fight: Annabelle, Chucky or Tiffany? What do you think is the creepiest doll in the horror genre? Any we missed? Let us know at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod Listen to What A Scream Podcast: https://linktr.ee/whatascreampodcast Sen...
Oct 12, 2021•24 min
Runners or walkers? Which decade of the mall zombie genre do you prefer? Join Rob, Devin, and David as Zack Snyder faces off against the original Zombie master, George A. Romero in this latest episode from the worm riddled minds of the horror hounds on Cadaver Dogs: Zombie economics 101. Consumerism, the American dream and a whole bucket of brains are discussed in this weeks episode. TENEBRION by James H. Longmore https://www.amazon.com/Tenebrion-James-H-Longmore/dp/1946874035/ Follow us at: Ins...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Announcing next week's films: DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978, dir. George A. Romero) DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004, dir. Zack Snyder) Pencils up, class! Next week, the Cadaver Dogs study consumerism in the form of the classic horror monsters: zombies. It's Zombie Economics 101. Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod Send us your film suggestions at: cadaverdogspodcast@gmail.com Cover art by Omri Kadim. Music featured in this episode: 80s Synth by White...
Sep 30, 2021•2 min
Sin was born in the Garden of Eden. But whether it was Adam or Eve who brought about sin is still an argument we are hearing today. This week, the Cadaver Dogs look at two films that delve into the origins of man versus woman against the backdrop of the apocalypse: THE SCREWFLY SOLUTION (2006), Joe Dante’s Masters of Horror TV movie, and ANTICHRIST (2009), a Lars Von Trier Cannes winner. Devin, David, and Rob cover the evolution of gender inequality, sexploitation, grief, and their varying under...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 21 min
Announcing next week's films: THE SCREWFLY SOLUTION (2006, dir. Joe Dante, Masters of Horror S2E7) ANTICHRIST (2009, dir. Lars Von Trier) Sometimes Mother Nature can be a real b****. Next week, the Cadaver Dogs discuss gender in the apocalypse with two films that explore the fear of women. (Or of men?) Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod Send us your film suggestions at: cadaverdogspodcast@gmail.com Cover art by Omri Kadim. Music feat...
Sep 16, 2021•2 min
History is horror. Greedy men fight for land, for power. Those who step out of line are often executed. War robs children of their parents. Freedom loses to fascism. What can we do to persevere? What use is our religion but as a tool of our oppressors? Can we fight totalitarianism with disobedience? Can even our fairy tales find light in the darkest of times? The Cadaver Dogs dive into some of their favorite flicks! First is Academy Award winner Guillermo Del Toro’s dark fantasy, PAN’S LABYRINTH...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Announcing next week's films: PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006, dir. Guillermo del Toro) UNDER THE SHADOW (2016, dir. Babak Anvari) The terrors of war stay with us, they haunt us, bleeding into our work and our art. Next week, the Cadaver Dogs discuss war's affect on genre films by comparing two films on the edge of horror and fantasy. Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod Send us your film suggestions at: cadaverdogspodcast@gmail.com Cover art by...
Sep 02, 2021•1 min
NO SPOILERS! Halloween comes early this year with Nia DaCosta's (not Jordan Peele's) Candyman! David, Devin, and Rob discuss the pros and cons of the sequel... remake? reboot? of the classic 90s film. We also cover how the story's messaging has been updated thirty years later to reflect a modern world and the bees. Oh, the bees! Also (BIG ANNOUNCEMENT) we are now officially just a Tony Todd fan-cast. Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspo...
Aug 31, 2021•20 min
If you were given the opportunity to control your fate, would you? Or do humans have that power already? This week’s dive into FINAL DESTINATION (2000) and the Stephen King / David Cronenberg THE DEAD ZONE (1983) explores the ramifications of playing God and taking death into your own hands. Devin, David, and Rob get into heated ethical and moral debates before eventually finding themselves discussing quantum theory and alternate realities. (This is the darkest timeline.) Though the Dogs also re...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Announcing next week's films: FINAL DESTINATION (2000, dir. James Wong) THE DEAD ZONE (1983, dir. David Cronenberg) Do we control our own fate? Or are we puppets to death's design? That's what the Cadaver Dogs will sniff out on next week's episode. Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod Send us your film suggestions at: cadaverdogspodcast@gmail.com Cover art by Omri Kadim. Music featured in this episode: 80s Synth by White Bat Audio. Lic...
Aug 19, 2021•2 min
We all have thoughts that we’d rather not acknowledge, but what if these thoughts were full-blown evil forces with a desire to be real? Enter DANIEL ISN’T REAL (2019) and THE EVIL WITHIN (2017) - two bizarre and surreal psychological horrors, tackling these questions and more. Throughout this week’s episode, Devin, David, and Rob will ask what it means when a movie asks us to sympathize with toxic and violent protagonists. We’ll also examine how these films use their characters’ mental health, d...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Announcing next week's films: DANIEL ISN'T REAL (2019, dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer) THE EVIL WITHIN (2017, dir. Andrew Getty) The Cadaver Dogs tackle mental disabilities depictions in horror with two films that toe the line between art and controversial diagnoses. Psychological horror is all fun and games until we realize... they're not. Both films are currently available on Amazon Prime. While you watch, tweet us your thoughts at @cadaverdogspod Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.c...
Aug 05, 2021•2 min
What is the mental price of an image? Can a visual format carry the weight of a curse from one generation to the next? Covering RINGU (1998), the instant J-horror classic, and SINISTER (2012), a film some have claimed is the scariest film of all time! Devin, David, and Rob discuss the transcendence of terror through cursed images in episode seven of Cadaver Dogs. All horror hounds welcome. "Okiku's Ghost: The True Scary Story That Inspired 'The Ring'," by John Squires (Bloody Disgusting) bloody-...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 12 min
NO SPOILERS! We're celebrating our summer at the beach that makes you old, with M. Night Shyamalan's new release, OLD! This is a spoiler-free review, but be warned: our opinions are split (no pun intended). David, Devin, and Rob will talk about existential dread and body horror, and what makes them interesting. We also discuss where Old stands among Shyamalan's other films, and which ones are our favorites. Here's a plot twist: one of us actually likes The Happening! Let us know what you think o...
Jul 27, 2021•18 min
What is a Frankenstein movie? Is it only those with “Frankenstein” in the title, Boris Karloff in the cast? Is it anything with a mad scientist and a monster of their own creation? But what even is a monster? Devin and Rob are joined by guest star Nora Unkel, director of the surreal Mary Shelley film A Nightmare Wakes (now streaming on Shudder and VOD), to countdown their Top 3 movies of the genre! We’ll also go over the themes of the novel to see how these relate to the adaptations and reinterp...
Jul 22, 2021•33 min
When society silenced voices out of fear, horror films became a vessel for the queer community to speak out. This week, Cadaver Dogs look at FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) and THE LOST BOYS (1987) through the lens of queer culture in the 80s and the effects the AIDS epidemic. How do these films rebel against the typical nuclear family? Why was queerness suddenly pushed to subtext? And how were vampires the perfect monster to personify LGBTQIA+ people during a time when they were threatened and powerless ag...
Jul 15, 2021•1 hr 5 min
I want to play a game. For the past month, you’ve been programming heavy content pondering themes of abuse and the ethics of filmmaking. Now we’ll see if you have the knowledge it takes to compete in a fun trivia competition instead! Because game shows don’t have enough horror. We’ll be covering everything from Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street to It Follows and Get Out; from Stephen King to John Carpenter; from Dracula and Frankenstein to Re-Animator. David leads this contest as co-...
Jun 24, 2021•34 min
We know you’re listening to this episode through some sort of device, and, in a way, is that not a vicarious means of entering our conversation, a voyeuristic connection to other humans? Devin, David and Rob discuss the nature of technology and human connection through the lens of two technohorror films this week in Episode 5 of Cadaver Dogs. First, the hounds explore the dark underbelly of webcam lifestyle in the doppelganger fueled thriller Cam. Released in 2018, directed by Daniel Goldhaber a...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 6 min
In 1981, Arne Cheyenne Johnson was tried for murder. He entered a plea of “Not Guilty,” on the basis of demonic possession. Ed and Lorraine Warren claimed to have proof. David and Rob chat the new Conjuring movie (directed by Michael Chaves, starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson), in this bonus minisode! The first section is NON-SPOILER, and we’ll give our bone reviews before moving onto more in-depth spoiler discussion and analysis. Stick around till the end, and Devin will announce our film...
Jun 10, 2021•34 min
Filmmakers are often inspired by true events, but THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979) and THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976) are advertised to be dreadfully close to the gruesome tales they’re based on. What ethical obligation does the storyteller have when adapting real life horror? What justifies the art? And is any of this even moral? We go deep into the paranormal conspiracy of the Lutz family with The Amityville Horror directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Margot Kidder and James Brolin. The...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Announcing next week's films: THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976, dir. Charles B. Pierce) THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979, dir. Stuart Rosenberg) We'll be taking a look at two horror films that were inspired by true crime events. The Town that Dreaded Sundown was based on the Texarkana Moonlight Murders while Amityville Horror was based on the Lutz family murders (investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren of the Conjuring franchise). We encourage you to watch these films with us before listening to th...
May 27, 2021•2 min
There have been three adaptations of John Campbell’s short story: THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951), THE THING (1982), and THE THING (2011). Just like their monster, these movies shapeshift with their era: Is the alien a metaphor for the atom bomb, or Communism? Masculinity or feminism? Across these decades, each movie showcases wildly different special and visual effects, while tackling the themes of their era. We discuss how the classic 50s sci-fi, directed by Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks...
May 20, 2021•53 min
Ireland’s rich history has spawned an expansive mythology, inspiring both THE HALLOW (2015) and LEPRECHAUN (1993). Devin, David, and Rob want to know how these films incorporate their fairy tale origins: Aren’t these stories meant for children? Or was there always something dark and terrifying lurking behind the magic? We discuss how director Corin Hardy uses fairies and changelings as a parallel for British imperialism and nature’s battle against technology in his indie starring Joseph Mawle an...
May 20, 2021•44 min
In our first episode, the Cadaver Dogs (Devin, David, and Rob) compare the classist themes in READY OR NOT (2019) and SOCIETY (1989). Demonic devotion or trans-species relation: what is the source of our class struggles? Do the rich really feed upon the poor? And how does our political era affect the horror genre? We explore the flawed belief systems of the wealthy and the fear of Trumpism when digging into Radio Silence’s film starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody and Andie MacDowell. Then, we go...
May 20, 2021•52 min
Cadaver Dogs, a horror film analysis podcast, is coming soon! First up, we'll be discussing classism and politics in Brian Yuzna's 1989 film, SOCIETY, and Radio Silence's 2019 film, READY OR NOT. Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod Send us your film suggestions at: cadaverdogspodcast@gmail.com Cover art by Omri Kadim. Music featured in this episode: Distress Signal by Karl Casey and Something Wicked by Ross Bugden....
May 04, 2021•1 min
