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Season 1

  • S01E01 Halloween Special

    • October 26, 2017
    • Shudder

    Even if you've never seen the films: you know the mask, and you know what those haunting piano notes portend. Why? Who better to explain than heir-apparent Halloween child star Danielle Harris.

  • S01E02 Steve Ellison AKA Flying Lotus

    • November 16, 2017
    • Shudder

    How'd Steven Ellison follow up his diverse, Grammy-nominated music career? By prompting walkouts with his controversial debut film Kuso. Plus, SFX expert Jim Ojala shows us how to look pretty in puke.

  • S01E03 Simon Barrett

    • November 23, 2017
    • Shudder

    Simon Barrett (writer of You're Next, The Guest, Blair Witch) talks tension and what's so great about a blender - as an instrument of death.

  • S01E04 The Soska Sisters

    • November 30, 2017
    • Shudder

    The Soska Sisters show how they achieve their films' practical body horrors without CG.

  • S01E05 Mary Harron

    • December 7, 2017
    • Shudder

    Wanna hear from an American master? Good. We've got iconic director Mary Harron to talk holding audiences in the palm of her hand. Plus, a mentalist shows how to execute a psyche out.

  • S01E06 Leigh Whannell

    • December 14, 2017
    • Shudder

    Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious) created not one but two massive horror franchises that radically shifted the direction of the genre. The reigning king of delicious, masterful, utterly surprising jump scares tells us how to get audiences involuntarily elevated out of their chairs. Hold on to that popcorn. Plus, we'll push the boundaries of haunted houses with an examination of the extreme, surreal vision of H E R E T I C.

  • S01E07 Rodney Ascher

    • December 21, 2017
    • Shudder

    The Nightmare's Rodney Ascher shows us how he turns his vivid childhood traumas into adulthood art. Then, a sleep specialist gets into the science of sleep paralysis, hallucinatory demons and all.

  • S01E08 Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, Josh Waller, AKA SpectreVision

    • December 28, 2017
    • Shudder

    Elijah Wood's acclaimed company SpectreVision rips into the heart at the core of even the most provocative genre films. Plus, a doctor has her patients strap on VR glasses to confront their fears.

  • S01E09 Tribute to Tobe Hooper and George A. Romero

    • January 4, 2018
    • Shudder

    The Core pays tribute to George A. Romero and Tobe Hooper with Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Daniel Pearl (DP, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Gabriel Bartalos (FX, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2).

  • S01E10 Danzig

    • June 21, 2018
    • Shudder

    Punk and metal icon Glenn Danzig discusses the genre films that have influenced his work, including his favorite on-screen bloodbaths.