13 Degrees of Screams: A Horror Movie Podcast

This week, we break into someone’s home in The Strangers!
 
In this 2008 American psychological horror film, a couple's vacation home is disturbingly disrupted by three masked intruders. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we delve into one of the most infamous break ins of all time, the Tate Murders.
 
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This week, we stay in a haunted hotel in The Shining!
 
In this 1980 horror film, based on Stephen King's 1977 novel, Jack Torrance, a writer and recovering alcoholic becomes the off-season caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, moving his family there with him to live out the winter season. As the family becomes snowbound in the Colorado Rockies, Jack's sanity deteriorates under the influence of the hotel, posing mortal danger to his son Danny and his wife Wendy. In our end of episode discussion, we learn about the eerie atmosphere and paranormal history of The Stanley Hotel that inspired King to create his third and most popular novel, "The Shining".
 
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This week, we hide in a British pub to avoid some zombies in Shaun of the Dead!
In this 2004 British romantic zombie comedy film, a disheartened salesman from London  finds himself entangled with his loved ones in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we share tips to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, or a natural disaster if you'd prefer to be a realist, and what we'd each do in a world ending scenario.
 
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This week, we swap out some children in The Changeling!
In this 1980 Canadian supernatural horror film, the story revolves around a renowned composer from New York City who moves to Seattle, Washington, and resides in a mansion that he believes to be haunted. Additionally, stick around for after the plot as we discuss the the history of the Denver house that inspired this horror movie!
 
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This week, we chop off some heads in Sleepy Hollow!
In this 1999 gothic supernatural horror film, the storyline revolves around police constable Ichabod Crane, who is dispatched from New York City to investigate a series of murders in the village of Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious Headless Horseman. Additionally, in our end of episode discussion, we go over the book this film is based on and even make comparisons to Disney's version known as "The Adventures of Ichabod."
 
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Hey everyone! Alex here! For my third episode of Terror Talk, I sat down with Blake best. Blake is an accomplished musician, actor, and author who has traveled across the country, whether it performing music, or attending horror conventions and meeting fans. He was inducted into the Hall of Horror in Las Vegas in 2016 and was presented with a plaque for "Notable Contributions to Horror". In our interview, we discuss all things horror movies and talk all about Blake's projects and accomplishments. 
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This week, we hunt a shark in Jaws!
In this 1975 American thriller, we follow police chief Martin Brody, a marine biologist and a shark hunter as they attempt to hunt down a man-eating great white shark terrorizing a summer resort town. Plus, in our end of episode discussion, we go over infamous shark attacks and their recent statistics.
 
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This week we stab some teenagers in Scream!
In this 1996 American slasher film set in the small town of Woodsboro, we follow high school student Sidney Prescott and her friends, who become the targets of a costumed serial killer known as Ghostface on the anniversary of her mother's murder. Also, in our end of episode discussion, we delve into the true story of Danny Rollings, the Gainesville Ripper who inspired this film and read some listener submissions on scary phone calls.
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In our fourth episode, we drive out some demons in The Exorcist!
This 1973 American supernatural horror film, tells the story of a young girl who becomes possessed by a demonic entity, and her mother's desperate attempt to save her through an exorcism performed by two Catholic priests. In our end of episode discussion, we dive into the Exorcism of Roland Doe, which subsequent supernatural claims surrounding the events were used as elements in William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel The Exorcist.
 
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In our third episode, we join the Harga in Midsommar!
In this 2019 horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, starring Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor,  a troubled couple join their friends on a trip to a remote Swedish village for a midsummer festival. However, they soon find themselves entangled in the sinister practices of a pagan cult. Also stay tuned for our after episode discussion where we discuss the differences between cults and communes with some life examples. 
 
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This week, we fall into the sunken place in Get Out
This 2017 American psychological horror film, Jordan Peel's first directorial debut, follows a young black man named Chris, played by Daniel Kaluuya, who discovers disturbing secrets when he meets the family of his white girlfriend. Additionally, in our after plot discussion, we talk about the actual benefits of hypnotherapy and read Reddit users real life experiences with the treatment.
 
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This season, we watched movies that you suggested!
We kick off our first episode with Skinamarink, requested by actor Jaime Hill, who happens to play the role of the mother in this movie. In this 2022 supernatural horror film, two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father missing, and strange things happening in their house, such as objects disappearing. Since this movie leads a lot of it's plot up to interpretation, we have plenty of theories and questions to discuss. However, in our end of episode discussion, we share some Reddit users real life scary stories from childhood!
 
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In our season recap, we reminisce on all the mistaken identities, twin swapping and clones that we experienced as we reviewed all things doppelgänger! From the more intricate plots and theories to the weirdest damn things we ever did see, listen along to find out how all 13 movies stacked up in this quintessential evil twin season!
 
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This week, we impersonate our twin brother in She’s the Man!
Follow along as we go through the plot of this 2006 movie about a teenage girl, after her soccer team is cut at school, who poses as her twin brother at his school to join their team. Additionally, stick around for the end of episode discussion, where we discuss posts found on an online forum about twins switching places in real life.
 
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In our twelfth episode, we go to a really depressing world that's kind of like ours but not really in the Double! 
Listen along as we discuss the movie, based on the 1846 novella The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, about a man driven to the point of a mental breakdown when his life is usurped by an unexplained doppelgänger. Additionally, stick around for the end of the episode where we discuss cases of mistaken identity!
 
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This week, we get dizzy in Vertigo! 
In our eleventh episode, we follow a San Francisco detective, who recently quit due to intense vertigo, as he’s asked to investigate a former classmate’s wife. A woman, who’s exhibiting odd behaviors and her husband fears she may harm herself. Also stay tuned for our after movie discussion on the television show Catfish!
 
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This week, we impersonate a puppet in Muppets Most Wanted
In our tenth episode, we join Kermit, Miss Piggy and company on their world tour! When Kermit is mistaken as wanted criminal Constantine, he’s imprisoned, while Constantine takes his place in the show in order to pull off a jewel heist with his dastardly sidekick. Also, make sure to stick around for our end of episode discussion as we delve into some of the most infamous cases of identity fraud!
 
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In our ninth episode, we go to the doctors in Dead Ringers!
In this 1988 psychological thriller, listen along as we follow identical twin gynecologists as their relationship deteriorates over a woman. Also, stick around for the end of the episode where we discuss the real life story this film is based on, the mysterious deaths of twin gynecologists Stewart and Cyril Marcus.
 
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In our eighth episode, we grow some giant pods in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
In this 1978 American science-fiction horror film, we follow Elizabeth Driscoll and Matthew Bennel from the San Francisco health department as they discover over the course of a few days that humans are being replaced by alien duplicates.
Also, stay tuned for the end of the episode when we discuss the qualities of Hive Minds!
 
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In our seventh episode, we get stuck in the mirror world in Look Away!
 
In this 2018 Canadian psychological horror drama film, we follow the alienated high school girl Maria whose life is turned upside down when she switches places with her sinister mirror image. Plus, make sure to stick around for our end of episode discussion, where we do a deep dive into mirror lore and all of the morbid superstitions associated with them.
 
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