The Crow franchise deep-dive caw-caws its last caw-caw as we wrap up the series with the absolutely terrible fourth entry, WICKED PRAYER. This is the second straight-to-video sequel.Andrew Overbye of the Authorized Novelizations podcast returns to The New Flesh podcast (for his first ever appearance), and frankly, this episode acts great as a cross…

Brett and Jesse predicted the ending of SMILE 2 on the air a long time ago, on an episode with A.A. Dowd — does that mean they didn't like the movie?Di Brett Arnold

Edit: All Spotify issues appear resolved!It's Terrifier 3 week on the New Flesh podcast, and considering the historic box office take this weekend, we had to enlist the best of the best box office analysts to help us discuss it: Pat Stango of the B.O. Boys podcast! Brett will be guesting on the B.O. Boys live show in NYC on Tuesday 10/22 at Parksid…

It's a new-release double feature on this week's New Flesh podcast with Brett Arnold and Jesse Hassenger. Joker 2, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, out this weekend, and Azrael starring Samara Weaving, out last weekend.Before that, plenty of horror news, summarized below.Here is a list of recent horror titles that we haven't yet covered, but…

The 56-years-late ROSEMARY'S BABY sequel APARTMENT 7A is streaming now on Paramount Plus, but it simply wasn't good enough to justify making it the main-feed episode this week, so we're dropping the much-anticipated episode on THE CROW: SALVATION aka THE CROW 3 instead. Or did Jesse just not watch it yet, and we'll cover it later? Maybe! Regardless…

It's yet another new-release double feature on the New Flesh podcast, sorry to the Crow-heads who are desperately awaiting the CROW 3 episode. It's on Patreon now but still waiting for a lull for main feed. This week, Brett & Jesse take THE SUBSTANCE and NEVER LET GO of it! Two new movies out in theaters now; one of them is among the very best of t…

On this week's incredibly on-time New Flesh podcast, Brett & Jesse speak some evil about the now-in-theaters (very) Americanized U.S. remake of SPEAK NO EVIL, the 2022 original is now on Shudder and made Brett's best horror movies of the year list that year. Before the main event, some horror news! Summarized at bottom.THE CROW early releases conti…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, it's a new-release double-feature, baby! Tim Burton's 36-years-later sequel to BEETLEJUICE, aptly named BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE (ah shit, we summoned him!), is finally here as well as A24's latest "horror film" THE FRONT ROOM starring Brandy.Before that, plenty of news of the week! Check out the Patreon for early-r…

On this week's podcast, Brett has left the New Flesh headquarters to go on an all-too-rare vacation, which means THE CROW episodes that have been stranded in Patreon purgatory can finally fly! As promised, here is THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS aka THE CROW 2 episode with fan-favorite guest Scout Tafoya. Check out his writing and films at https://www.pat…

The second New Flesh episode of the week is here, as promised - a new-release double feature of Zoe Kravitz's debut film BLINK TWICE starring Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie and STRANGE DARLING from writer/director J.T. Mollner and starring Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgerald. No news. Enjoy your NF double-dip, don't forget to check the feed for THE C…

Programming Note: The Crow 3 episode will drop on Patreon for an early release any minute now. The Crow 2 episode is already there. Both will eventually be on the main feed.We'll have a second episode of the week on the main feed later this week with BLINK TWICE & SWEET DARLING. BUT, on this week's much-anticipated episode of The New Flesh podcast,…

Programming Note: The Crow 2 episode is out now on Patreon and will drop on the main feed whenever there's a dull moment. The Crow remake episode is next Monday, if you can believe it. Sorry for the hilariously bad scheduling and timing. On this week's podcast, first-time guest Joshua Rivera docks his ship at the New Flesh HQ to talk Fede Alvarez's…

PROGRAMMING NOTE: The CROW 2 episode will drop on Patreon this week ahead of its eventual main feed premiere. Early drops of banked episodes are another Patreon perk!On this week's New Flesh podcast, the longest-running horror podcast, the original horror podcast, and the best podcast about horror franchises & horror news, of course, Brett & Jesse …

On this week's New Flesh podcast, the longest-running horror podcast, the original horror podcast, and the best podcast about horror franchises & horror news, of course, Brett & Jesse welcome back fan-turned-friend-of-the-show Max Sloth to set a TRAP for the latest M. Night Shyamalan affair.Before that main event, horror news, of course! Summarized…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, a much-anticipated return to the franchise deep-dive format with Alex Proyas' iconic THE CROW starring Brandon Lee. Brett & Jesse welcome first-time guest Matt Singer, film critic, author, expert-taster-of-tie-in-movie-food, as they venture back to the mid-'90s to dissect the goth movement and THE CROW and which ca…

47:10 ODDITY01:04:20 TWISTERSOn this week's New Flesh podcast, the longest-running horror podcast, the original horror podcast, and the best podcast about horror franchises & horror news, of course, Brett & Jesse drive straight into TWISTERS and make it out in time to also discuss ODDITY, an actual horror movie out in theaters this weekend that wil…

45:40 LONGLEGS discussion begins (spoilers later, with a warning)On this week's New Flesh podcast, the longest-running horror podcast, the original horror podcast, and the best podcast about horror franchises & horror news, of course, Brett & Jesse invited now-frequent guest A.A. Dowd (formerly of The A.V. Club, currently freelancing at dozens of s…

20:55 MAXXXINEOn this week's New Flesh podcast, the longest-running horror podcast, the original horror podcast, and the best podcast about horror franchises & horror news, of course, Brett & Jesse tackle MaXXXine - not literally like Kevin Bacon does in the movie - but by covering the latest film by Ti West as the main event! What began with X and…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, hosts Brett Arnold and Jesse Hassenger tackle the third entry in the QUIET PLACE franchise, A QUIET PLACE DAY ONE, a prequel to the two John Krasinski-directed films. This one is written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, of PIG fame.Before that main event, plenty of horror news, which will be summarized at the bott…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, hosts Brett Arnold and Jesse Hassenger catch up on two weeks of horror and industry news as they tackle two new releases: THE EXORCISM starring Russell Crowe, written/directed by Joshua John Miller, son of actor/playwright Jason Miller, who played Father Karras in THE EXORCIST, and UNDER PARIS, which is currently o…

48:25 THE WATCHERSOn this week's New Flesh podcast with hosts Brett Arnold and Jesse Hassenger, New Flesh Patreon subscriber Max Sloth joins the conversation about Ishana Night Shyamalan's feature film debut THE WATCHERS. Yes, that's M. Night's daughter, and not some imitator cashing in on the name! Before that main event, plenty of horror news, wh…

42:40 IN A VIOLENT NATUREEdit: Brett mentioned that Chris Nash, director of In a Violent Nature, did the effects on Psycho Goreman but forgot to mention PG director Steven Kostanski did the effects on Violent Nature!On this week's regularly-scheduled and actually-released-on-time episode of the New Flesh podcast with Brett & Jesse, A.V. Club alum A…

58:40 THE STRANGERS1:24:39 FURIOSAOn this week's long-delayed New Flesh podcast, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror, Brett and Jesse return to catch up with Renny Harlin's THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1 as well as FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA aka George Miller's prequel to FURY ROAD.Before that mai…

32:45 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes discussion On this week's New Flesh podcast, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror, Brett and Jesse together strong! It's PLANET OF THE APES week as the storied franchise continues with ... another reboot, sort-of?Before that main event, plenty of hor…

28:45 TAROT45:30 I SAW THE TV GLOWOn this week's New Flesh podcast, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror, Brett and Jesse dissect A24's I SAW THE TV GLOW from writer/director Jane Schoenbrun and play a deck of cards with Sony/Screen Gems' TAROT.Before that main event, plenty of horror news…

37:53 Boy Kills World50:33 InfestedOn this week's New Flesh podcast, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror, Brett and Jesse take on a new release double-feature with BOY KILLS WORLD, now in theaters, and INFESTED, now on Shudder.Before that main event, plenty of horror news, which will be s…

29:17 Abigail The New Flesh podcast returns with Brett & Jesse taking on the latest mainstream wide-release horror movie ABIGAIL from Universal and Radio Silence, the filmmaker troupe behind the SCREAM reboot and SCREAM 6 as well as READY OR NOT. Before the main event, plenty of horror news, which will be summarized at the bottom of this descriptio…

51:15 Arcadian1:01:10 Civil WarThe New Flesh podcast returns with Brett & Jesse taking on a new release double feature with Alex Garland's CIVIL WAR, A24's most expensive movie at $50 million and also bearer of its largest opening weekend, and the lesser-known ARCADIAN, a new indie horror flick creature feature starring Nicolas Cage and some teeang…

43:20 The First OmenIt's a back-to-basics episode of The New Flesh podcast as Brett & Jesse tackle a mainstream new release prequel to an iconic horror movie, 20th Century/Disney's THE FIRST OMEN, starring Nell Tiger Free and written/directed by Arkasha Stevenson. Before the main event, plenty of horror news, which will be summarized at the bottom …

Audio troubles should be solved - if that's not true, email or tweet at me again! Thank you all so much for helping figure this issue out.On today's New Flesh podcast, Brett & Jesse welcome back film critic and writer A.A. Dowd, formerly of the A.V. Club, to host an intervention of sorts on GODZILLA X KONG THE NEW EMPIRE, a movie that is either fun…

UPDATE: Audio should be updated as of Tues March 26th AM please let Brett know if the sound quality improved. There was a wrong-button pressed during export this entire time! It should be solved now, but if the re-upload didn't work, next week will!On today's New Flesh podcast, it's a new-release horror double-feature, with another new-release doub…

Brett Arnold and Jesse Hassenger of The New Flesh, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror and the horror lifestyle, return with a new episode on a new limited-to-wide release horror-adjacent but really more of a lesbian neo-noir: LOVE LIES BLEEDING. Not to be confused with Ethan Coen's DRIVE…

BEWARE GENERAL SPOILERS FOR IMAGINARYBrett Arnold and Jesse Hassenger of The New Flesh, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror and the horror lifestyle, return with a new episode on a new wide-release mainstream horror movie: IMAGINARY from Blumhouse and Lionsgate, and of course, director Je…

Brett Arnold and Jesse Hassenger of The New Flesh, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror and the horror lifestyle, return with a new episode on one of, if not *the*, biggest movies of the year: DUNE 2! Before the main event, plenty of horror and industry news of the week, which is summarize…

1:17:54 TENET discussionThe New Flesh, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror and the horror lifestyle, returns with a new episode on the Warner Bros. 2024 reissue of Christopher Nolan's TENET. Brett and Jesse rolled out for it and may now see it in a new light post-OPPENHEIMER! But this epi…

36:27 MADAME WEBThe New Flesh, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror and the horror lifestyle, returns with a new episode on MADAME WEB, the new release Sony movie featuring Marvel characters that are tenuously connected to Spider-Man but do not feature Spider-Man. Skip to the bottom of the…

43:55 LISA FRANKENSTEINThe New Flesh, the best podcast about horror movies, horror news, and all things tangentially related to horror and the horror lifestyle, returns with a new episode on LISA FRANKENSTEIN, the new release horror-comedy from writer Diablo Cody and first-time director Zelda Williams.Apologies for the accidentally skipped episode,…

The New Flesh returns with another stacked episode that's an hour of pure, unadulterated horror news.Before summarizing the news below, over on Patreon, the boys talk about scream queen Jenna Ortega's latest indie movie MILLER'S GIRL, which is in limited release now. https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-124-jenna-97670609Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Jur…

*Deleted and reuploaded due to the editing error — sorry to all those who heard the ASMR behind-the-scenes cut*On this week's New Flesh podcast, the second new release horror film of the year, but is it a real movie? Hard to say! Brett and Jesse aim to get to the bottom of it.Tons of horror and industry news this week, including a new job for SCREA…

There's so much horror news this week, it takes up the whole damn episode! Brett and Jesse discuss all of it, some of it at great length!Before summarizing the news below, over on Patreon, the Oscars prediction episode is up. More bonus eps coming each week, including one on MEAN GIRLS the musical.https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-123-oscar-96505…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, the first major studio release of the year, the Blumhouse-Atomic Monster movie NIGHT SWIM, starring Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon. Plenty of horror and box-office news, including a Guillermo Del Toro Frankenstein update, Maika Monroe Nicolas Cage Neon horror flick, more Wolf Man casting and more.On this week's upc…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Hannah Berrelli. Hannah is a Marxist and feminist - she’s the editor of On the Woman Question and the co-host of the REDFEM podcast alongside Dr. Jen Izaakason. A wide ranging discussion with topics including; the "slut-walk" phenomenon, the negotiation (or lack o…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Graham Linehan. Graham is a bona fide comedy legend and an activist for the rights of women and girls. He is the creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd. Graham has won more BAFTAs than you’ve had hot dinners! His recent book titled TOUGH CROWD is a memoir of his t…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Stella O'Malley. Stella is a psychotherapist, best-selling author, public speaker and a parent with many years’ experience working in counseling and psychotherapy. In 2021 she founded Genspect, an international group that advocates for a wider range of treatment o…

On this week's year-end wrap-up episode of The New Flesh podcast, hosts Brett Arnold and Jesse Hassenger each share their personal top 5 horror movies of the year, and then break down a handful more recommendations that didn't quite make that list. They also ruminate on the overall state of the horror genre in the year 2023, and how mainstream stud…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview John Goddard. John is a Fast Fiction writer & polemicist. His short stories are dystopian vignettes of not-so-distant futures where citizens are taxed at 80%, state-mandated euthanasia is the leading cause of death, and Digital Dollars are designed to enslave the populace. Joh…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Misha Saul. Misha is an investor by day and an intrepid Substacker by night. On his Substack, Kvetch, he covers a broad array of topics - from history, culture and ruminations on movies, TV and the Talmud. Topics covered include; growing up in Adelaide, peak Eddie Murphy, why …

On this week's New Flesh podcast, Brett makes an indecent proposal to Jesse on air. Is this the future of the show, or a panicked moment? Stay tuned! The short version is this: this is just the news segment of the show, and the WONKA portion is currently on Patreon. We're experimenting with new format for 2024 so we can keep doing the show. Let you…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Jonathan Clarke. Jonathan is a contributing editor of City Journal, he’s a critic and essayist. A lawyer by training and profession, Jonathan has spent more than twenty years working in the New York offices of two large firms. He divides his time between Brooklyn …

On this week's New Flesh podcast, Jesse ventures out to the Times Square AMC to get exclusive reporting on THE CELLO, a mysterious new film from SAW sequels director Darren Lynn Bousman, but before that, he and Brett mildly disagree on Yorgos Lanthimos' new film POOR THINGS, starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe.Ahead of the main ev…