Subterranean horror has long been a favorite sub-genre here at The Spooky Town Podcast. The mystery of what lies below our feet is rife with spooky possibilities. Enter Superdeep (2020), the Russian horror movie that takes the real-life Kola Superdeep Borehole and paints a truly terrifying picture of what lives in the depths of the Earth. Join Ashl…

Put on your spectral viewers and buckle up as The Spooky Town Podcast dives into the wonderfully over-the-top world of Thirteen Ghosts. In this episode, Ashley and Stephanie talk about their favorite moments from one of the 2000s most cherished horror movies, what kind of toast each of the ghosts would be, and our delight at discovering the actor w…

In this episode of The Spooky Town Podcast, Ashley and Stephanie feature four of their favorite, and most recent, short horror film discoveries. From an evil entity with a bit of a sleep problem to one of the toughest interviews you’ve ever seen, these short horror gems may be brief, but they are terrifying. Come with us as we review Beneath The Sk…

Atmospheric, nostalgic, and set in an apartment filled with nothing but synth music, The Djinn (2021) tells the story of a young boy trying to survive an hour with an entity bent on killing him before the clock strikes midnight. Listen in as Ashley and Stephanie dissect the story, talk about the dangers of summoning spirits while taking a nice bath…

In this week’s episode of The Spooky Town Podcast, Ashley and Stephanie do a dropkick into the wonderfully glitchy world of co-op horror video games. From a demonic lunch lady who attempts to thwack you with a frying pan to a goat demon chasing cult members around a farm, these horror video games are both terrifying and a blast to play alongside yo…

In this week’s episode of The Spooky Town Podcast, Ashley and Stephanie head into the murky waters of Lake Mungo. Centered on a family grappling with the events surrounding their daughter’s untimely death, Lake Mungo takes viewers on a terrifying journey into the secretive life of Alice Palmer — a teenager dealing with the harsh realities of both h…

Bloody, atmospheric, and totally … hair-raising? The Stylist is a brilliant and terrifying horror drama that positions the villain as its protagonist, allowing us to see her for the human she is. After the short film of the same name premiered on the festival circuit in 2016, director and writer, Jill Sixx Gevargizian, began work on the feature-len…

Blood, chainsaws, and Deadites, oh my! In this episode of The Spooky Town Podcast, Ashley and Stephanie explore the making of the wonderfully gruesome Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2. From its humble beginnings as a movie made by a few teenagers from Michigan, the Evil Dead series has grown to become one of the horror genre’s most prolific franchises. He…

Ashley and Stephanie sit down with Scott Benson, animator, illustrator, writer, and co-creator of Night in the Woods, to talk about how horror has influenced his creative work, what projects he’s working on now, and the wonderfully spooky world of folk horror. From Häxan (1922) to The Wicker Man (1973), Kill List (2011), Midsommar (2019), and more,…

If you thought we weren’t going to do two installments of The Lost 2000s in a row, you are dead wrong. This week, we take a look at the most blood-bag exploding, logging-truck colliding, eyeball-lasering movie franchise of them all, Final Destination. A pillar of the 2000s, Final Destination built a universe around the anxiety we all feel about our…

Hop on that Razor scooter and jack into your MP3 player because The Spooky Town Podcast is taking a look back at horror movies from the 2000s! In our first-ever series, we dive into the so-called dark ages of the horror film genre, smashing that stereotype through our reviews of the best movies to come out of the misunderstood decade. For our first…

In Episode 4 of The Spooky Town Podcast, Ashley and Stephanie explore the history of found-footage horror movies and dissect the best of what the sub-genre has to offer. From the rise of the epistolary horror novel hundreds of years ago to The Blair Witch Project and beyond, found-footage horror movies blur the lines between fantasy and reality in …

In our third episode of The Spooky Town Podcast, we dig into our most anticipated horror movies of 2021 before dissecting the best of what short horror films have to offer.Di The Spooky Town Podcast

In Spooky Town's last episode of 2020, we dig into our full list of best horror movies from the year and talk about why the genre is so important to us in times of turmoil.Di The Spooky Town Podcast

Hello, world! In our first-ever episode of the Spooky Town podcast, we introduce ourselves, talking about where our love of horror comes from, our favorite horror movies, and what iconic horror movies we actually hate. Then, we launch right into our recommendations for the best holiday horror out there.…