146. Prey
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Can't handle scary movies? Neither can legal influencer, sometimes rapper and general scaredy-cat Peach. To help him overcome his horror aversion, his best friend Shag is talking him through the plots, the kills, the blood and the thrills of iconic video nasties, one Wikipedia synopsis at a time.
This is a recap podcast for anyone interested in scary movies, especially if you can only watch them through your fingers. Join the Feel Bad Club!

Predator x Indigenous history x Legally Blonde See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Only in horror, and only from a24. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
John Carpenter's earnest and under appreciated masterpiece is the Top Gun: Maverick of genre cinema. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Spooko history lesson: do you know where gore in horror began? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To be fair, no film could live up to the promise of the greatest horror poster in years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After 141 episodes, Peach breaks down the Spooko films he reckons the horror averse could safely watch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Horror films need great titles. Titles that immediately unsettle you. Titles that hint at the unsettling antagonists and excessive gore that awaits you if you dare press play... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Look up any "top 10 most disturbing Korean films" list and you'll find this revenge slasher hovering around number one. It's time you found out why. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If this episode doesn't scare you, you're already dead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The twist in M. Night Shyamalan's Old is that it's actually really good (and super chilling). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you watch enough horror, you'll eventually find a film that will make you wish you didn't. This week we're joined by visual FX legend Will Reichelt to discuss one of the goriest films of the millennium thus far (we're sorry!) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's a Spooko whodunnit! Join us (and an annoyingly unhelpful .pdf cheat sheet) to unmask the identity of the latest Ghostface(s). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to this episode and tell me you don't want to be a coroner afterwards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is a dark, shocking, bleak film – but I think we all deserve it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The A24-ification of horror continues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Horror movie sequels are like a box of chocolates. And in this particular case, you REALLY have no idea what you're gonna get. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We're drunk on holiday, so fuck it: Human Centipede 3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No spoilers for this incredible film, except that whoever you are and whatever it is that you're worried you haven't completed or achieved yet, remember: you are enough. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cannibals can also be fussy eaters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mariama Diallo, the director of 2022's 'Master' describes the horror genre as "fun, sincere and truthful'. Now, in no way could you describe this week's oppressively dark film as "fun", but you'll rarely experience a story that illuminates truth as well as this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hold on to your butts! No seriously, hold on to your butts. We return with another example of why horror is the most creative genre (and a dance sequence that with knock your butt off). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Note: this is another voice note Peach sent me. New episode next week! Thanks as always for listening and sticking with us, it means the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We're taking the week off because Peach just turned 40, but... because Peach doesn't take time off, we've recorded a quick intermission for you guys. Vale Shane Warne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A party bus massacre? Check. Gentle anti-capilalist message? Check check. a run time of 73 minutes? This Netflix-only sequel to the original classic proves once again why horror is the greatest genre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
There is nothing more compelling than a horror villain that has a point. That you don't agree with necessarily, but you get why they'd – for example – lure, trap and butcher an entire extended family on a cross-country holiday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Serious Q that the horror genre often overlooks: If your ARE going to harvest, prepare and sell human meat, what's the best way to cultivate it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Magical realism. Vengeful zombies. Infanticide. This enchanting indie is HEAVY, but is it horror? Film maker Megan Riakos returns to the pod to help us play the genre-categorisation game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This episode we're joined by Will Reichelt, one of Australia's most accomplished special effects identities to chat an insane film that's chock full of them: James Wan's 'Malignant'! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A deceptively disgusting 'Ozploitation' film from 2009 has Peach feeling like the early days of Spooko (when he wasn't so jaded). Huge content warning, these kills are creative and disturbing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A truly disturbing episode, featuring a film based on one of the most horrific events in Australia's history. Follow us on TikTok! (IYKYK) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.