Probably always the hardest question you ask a horror fan: what is the best kill in a movie? Is it gorey? bloody? funny? suspenseful? The Dogs list their top three favorite horror movie deaths and chat about what makes a kill impactful. PLUS we have a HUGE announcement about the future of our show and what to expect. It's all positive, we promise. . Do you agree with our top picks? Let us know at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod . Send us your ...
Apr 07, 2022•36 min
In 1938, Orson Welles directed and narrated an adaptation of “War of the Worlds” for a radio broadcast. However, listeners did not understand what they were hearing, and believed aliens were actually attacking! Panic ensued. For this very special episode of Cadaver Dogs Pod, we will be talking about something else entirely. From Ed Wood to James Nguyen, it’s time we dig into the deep social and economic commentaries of PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1957) and BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR (2010). Though ...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr
Announcing next week's films: PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959, dir. Ed Wood) - available free on Amazon Prime, Pluto Tv, and Tubi. BIRDEMIC (2010, dir. James Nguyen) - available free on Tubi and Vudu. . . Humans the worst virus! Whether it's bringing us into nuclear war due to their narcissistic power-hungry attitudes or causing the end of the planet through greed and global warming, humans are here to destroy! The Dogs will cover the classic 1950s horror theme: the A-bomb through the lens of lege...
Mar 24, 2022•2 min
The 80s were more than just sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll… but let’s be honest, it was mostly that.. Rob and Devin are joined by guest Chris Guzzo (Pod From the Crypt) to talk metal-sploitation horror. (David is off directing a horror movie - send him some love!) In this episode, we dive into how both these films embrace the anti-establishment principle of horror movies and metal music. For BLACK ROSES, a Troma release, we discuss generational hypocrisy and the music censorship movement led by Ti...
Mar 17, 2022•45 min
Announcing next week's films: BLACK ROSES (1988, dir. John Fasano) - available free on Shudder or Tubi. WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS (2019, dir. Marc Meyers) - available free on Netflix. . . Metal music is making our children murderers! Horror movies and heavy metal found a way to fight back against parental censorship in the 1980s. With inspiration from the satanic panic and 80s counter culture, metalsploitation movies were created. Next week, the Cadaver Dogs take analyze two films that hit this top...
Mar 10, 2022•2 min
“Never believe what you publish, and never publish what you believe.” These are the words of wisdom echoed by tabloid journalists everywhere… and maybe even by “legitimate” reporters? In an age where fake news persists, by what skewered code does the media abide? What lines will journalists cross, and who might they hurt in the process? We’re talking bloodsuckers, airplanes, and the National Inquirer in our first movie THE NIGHT FLIER (1997), a Stephen King adaptation in which Miguel Ferrer find...
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Announcing next week's films: NIGHTCRAWLER (2014, dir. Dan Gilroy) - available free on Amazon or to rent anywhere. THE NIGHT FLIER (1997, dir. Mark Pavia) - available free on Youtube. . . Murder, sex, and scandal! Next week, the Cadaver Dogs talk the seedy world of tabloid journalism and its roots in capitalistic greed. . Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod . Send us your film suggestions at: cadaverdogspodcast@gmail.com . . Cover art...
Feb 24, 2022•2 min
Don't Drink That! Drop you glasses of Flavor Aid, leave your family, and stop listening to that raving mad man trying to save your soul! The Cadaver Dogs are your new community. Join the pack as we dig up some historically inspired cult films. Jim Jones and The People's Temple inspired this Ti West film, THE SACRAMENT, which changes only a few key details. Not for the faint of heart, nobody is safe in this found footage gore fest lead by a crew of Vice journalists looking for a crew member's sis...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 46 min
Announcing next week's films: THE INVITATION (2015, dir. Karyn Kusama) - available on Shudder and Tubi. THE SACRAMENT (2013, dir. Ti West) - available on Tubi, Vudu, and Pluto TV. . . Grab your cup-o-Flavor-Aid and follow the Cadaver Dogs down the dark path of cult analysis. Next week, David, Devin, and Rob will cover two films with ties to Marilyn Manson, NXIVM, and Jonestown - one a high-praised film with critical acclaim, the other a found footage fan favorite. We talk grief, depression, back...
Feb 10, 2022•2 min
Bad acting. Bad scripts. INCREDIBLE effects. The Cadaver Dogs take a schlock-tastic voyage during their analysis of two international cult classics. What makes these movies so bad they’re good? Or, so bad they’re… well, bad? By stripping down to the bare bones of Stuart Gordan’s DAGON (2001) and Umberto Lenzi’s NIGHTMARE CITY (1980), you see the necessities of a horror film. The Dogs analyze the creature design, film direction (what an odd approach to dubbing), and fear tactics that have made th...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Announcing next week's films: DAGON (2001, dir. Stuart Gordan) - available on Tubi, Vudu, and Roku NIGHTMARE CITY (1980, dir. Umberto Lenzi) - available on Apple and Amazon . . It's the end of the world and it's brought on by schlocky horror? Lol no, it's xenophobia! Next week, the Cadaver Dogs will break down two cult apocalypse films and try to figure out just what the filmmakers are trying to tell us. We're talking special effects makeup, H.P. Lovecraft, Italian horror cinema, and why it's so...
Jan 27, 2022•2 min
I want to play another game. It’s been a while since our last Cadaver Trivia, but we’re back! David once again leads the contest as Brucker Nourse from Autopsy of a Horror Movie competes with co-hosts Devin and Rob. We’ve got werewolves. We’ve got slashers. We’ve got Spanish surrealists. But unlike Mr. Ghostface, we won’t kill you if you get an answer wrong (or will we?). Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod . Listen to Autopsy of a Ho...
Jan 25, 2022•35 min
Want a date? But with whom? What are the ideals and standards of perfection that men hold women to in modern society? The Cadaver Dogs are pulling back the curtains on the unrealistic expectations we hold in relationships, and the destructive – sometimes explosive – consequences. There have been many interpretations of Takashi Miike’s AUDITION (1999) over the years, and oh boy do we have thoughts! On the total opposite of the spectrum lies FRANKENHOOKER (1990), the title and plot of which writer...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Announcing next week's films: AUDITION (1999, dir. Takashi Miike) FRANKENHOOKER (1990, dir. Frank Henenlotter) What's your ideal of the perfect woman? How bout one that cuts out your tongue? Or one that isn't even really alive but a reanimated corpse? These are the punishments that befall the protagonists in next week's episode. We'll be talking male gaze, the dangers of a narrow perspective, and how these movies successfully walk a thin line between feminism and misogyny. Follow us at: instagra...
Jan 13, 2022•2 min
Even with all the release push back, this year's produced some pretty incredible horror films. We've seen another resurgence of sequels and remakes of classics like Halloween, Candyman, Wrong Turn, Escape Room, The Quiet Place, Don't Breathe, The Purge, The Conjuring, Spiral... dear lord this list is long! But did any of these make the Cadaver Dogs' list of their top 3 horror films of 2021? . Do you agree with our top picks? Let us know at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod...
Jan 11, 2022•34 min
Praise films and silence the voice(s) speaking inside your head for the very first Cadaver Dogs episode of the New Year! Devin, David and Rob are getting spiritual with last year's SAINT MAUD, the first feature by promising new filmmaker Rose Glass. The film follows a young medical aid who believe she has direct communication with God himself, and it is her duty to share this gift. What's better than voices in one person's head you ask, why it's a union of voices born of a marriage gone awry upo...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Announcing next week's films: . SAINT MAUD (2019, dir. Rose Glass) HOUR OF THE WOLF (1968, dir. Ingmar Bergman) . 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. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License....
Jan 06, 2022•2 min
As filmmakers themselves, the Cadaver Dogs tend to get quite wrapped up in awards season, and although the Critics Choice Awards have been postponed due to COVID (uh-oh) and the Golden Globes will no longer be on the air, we are nonetheless in countdown mode toward the Academy Awards. Too bad the Oscars tend to ignore our favorite genre… David and Devin team with A.J. of Destination 180° Podcast to list our Top 3 favorite performances in horror! Which performances did we forget? Let us know at: ...
Dec 28, 2021•43 min
“They’re he-e-e-e-ere!!” Why is it that every possible line is a lot scarier when uttered by a child? There’s no one on this planet who was not a kid at some point, and most kiddos are perfectly innocent bundles of joy. And yet… Rob and David team up with guest star Brandon Christensen, writer/director of Shudder exclusive SUPERHOST, to countdown their top 3 children of horror! Which creepy kids would you send to foster care? Let us know at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspo...
Dec 21, 2021•27 min
Jingle Bells! Twilight smells! Brundle-Fly laid an egg! Patrick Bateman killed his date, and Luke Lerner got away! ’Tis the season, and whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or none of the above, the Cadaver Dogs are here for this final episode of the year to talk about psychopaths. (What’d you expect? Family and togetherness?) Psychopathy is a real illness, but what does it mean when someone lacks empathy? Does this excuse the terrible behavior of the men in these movies? Or are they just ...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Announcing next week's films: BETTER WATCH OUT (2017, dir. Zack Kahn) AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000, dir. Mary Harron) It's the Cadaver Dogs's first Holiday Special! And what better way to celebrate than with blood, gore, and a little psychosis. Next week, we'll talk through the twists and turns in these two thrillers. What's real? What's all in their head? What makes a psycho killer a psycho killer? And why is it always sexual? Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod faceb...
Dec 09, 2021•2 min
Get your test tubes, beakers, and radioactive chemicals ready, because this week we’re talking about ‘30s and ‘50s science-fiction! Einstein had only just published his theory of relativity, the atom was in the process of being split, and outer space had yet to be explored. Science was scary then, for it was unknown what dangers we’d uncover. Even looking back now, the question remains: Did we make a mistake? Should we continue to venture into infinity, or else when does science go too far? In V...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Announcing next week's films: THE TINGLER (1959, dir. William Castle) THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933, dir. James Whale) The mad scientist trope has been done again and again over horror history. (Starting, of course, with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein but then seen in favorites such as: Re-Animator, The Fly, Human Centipede...) But what makes this trope worth revisiting? We'll be looking back at these classic movies to see how the eras influenced changes in the trope and questioned the ethics of science....
Nov 25, 2021•2 min
Plug in your virtual headset and dust off the NES for some old school Clocktower horror hounds as you join Cadaver Dogs Devin, David and Rob in this episode, Video Game Violence as we strap down some old school tech for dissection. First up, it's 1994 where sweaters are only worn around one’s waist. We join Edward Furlong, best known for Terminator 2, as he slashes his way through a virtual nightmare controlled by a computer game master known as the Trickster, in Brainscan directed by John Flynn...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Announcing next week's films: BRAINSCAN (1994, dir. John Flynn) STAY ALIVE (2006, dir. William Brent Bell) Violence in video games has caused a moral panic throughout the decades - from Columbine to President Trump. Seems fitting that there were a few horror movies on the subject. Gearing up for the release of the new Resident Evil film, we're diving into some our favorite video game horror flicks and asking if violence in media really does make you a murderer. That's next Thursday on Cadaver Do...
Nov 11, 2021•2 min
The famous horror trope goes like this: you have sex you die (thank you Randy Meeks). But sometimes sex isn’t your choice, and the uncontrollable fear that you experience after the trauma will haunt you for the rest of your life… how doe final girls handle it? This week, the Cadaver Dogs dive into the repercussions of sex and sexual trauma with TEETH (2007) and IT FOLLOWS (2014). Devin, David, and Rob cover the irresponsibility of victim blaming, the evolution of rape culture, and sexual educati...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Announcing next week's films: TEETH (2007, dir. Mitchell Lichtenstein) IT FOLLOWS (2014, dir. David Robert Mitchell) We all know the trope. You have sex, you die. But in the new millennium, society had an updated perspective on sex and sexuality. Next week, we discuss two films that brought this sexual awakening to the horror genre. Follow us at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod Send us your film suggestions at: cadaverdogspodcast@gmail.com Cove...
Oct 28, 2021•2 min
Did you hear that? Oh, it's just the ghosts of our past traumas. Henry Chaisson (Antlers, Servant) joins Devin and David on our countdown of the top 3 haunted houses in horror films. We go deep into what defines the genre and question why Henry has chosen to live in a haunted house himself... What is your favorite haunted house movie? Let us know at: instagram.com/cadaverdogspod twitter.com/cadaverdogspod facebook.com/cadaverdogspod Watch the Antlers Trailer (dir. Scott Cooper, prod. Guillermo D...
Oct 26, 2021•43 min
What’s so scary about scary movies? In this special Halloween treat, the Dogs look to finally answer that tricky question, by turning to the ultimate masters of fear: John Carpenter and Wes Craven. First, the latest novel from a prolific horror writer - akin to Stephen King or H.P. Lovecraft - springs to life, driving fans to insanity and threatening the apocalypse. John Carpenter's IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994), a surrealist cosmic horror starring Sam Neill, explores what would happen if our c...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min
NO SPOILERS! Halloween Kills... and kills... and kills... David and Devin react to the latest installment of the rebooted reboot of Halloween. Featuring a special surprise guest... We also cover which film in the franchise is our favorite (counting all the John Carpenter, Rob Zombie, and David Gordon Green flicks) and what we're looking forward to in Halloween Ends. Stay tuned 'til at the end when we announce our upcoming episodes featuring exciting new guests! Happy Spook-tober, pups! Follow us...
Oct 19, 2021•24 min
