This week we're joined by author Alma Katsu! We talk about her latest novel Fiend, which is out wherever you get your books on Tuesday, September 16th. We talk about her history working intelligence and the roundabout way she got into writing as well as her relationship to genre and how difficult it is to scare her as an adult. Then we go back to 1962 when Alma saw part of The Twilight Zone episode, "The Dummy" (Season 3, Episode 33). Ventriloquist dummies, stunning cinematography, a surprise Uncle Ben connection and ultimately why this episode is her Scarred for Life pick.

You can visit Alma's website to keep up with her latest writing as well as her Substack. You can also follow her on Bluesky.

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This week we chat with James DeMonaco about his latest film The Home, starring Pete Davidson. We chat about the absolutely haunted filming location, Pete's dramatic role and how much fun it was to film the third act. Then we discover James' horror history and why Helter Skelter terrified him as a child and made him obsessed with the Manson Family.

Go see The Home in theaters on Friday July 25th!

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This week we chat with Evan Marlowe about his latest film Abruptio. We chat about making life-sized puppets, working 10 years to bring the project the life, getting star power for voices (hello Jordan Peele!) and so much more before digging into Evan's horror history, the world's shared fear of Jaws and ultimately why The Amityville Horror terrified him growing up.

Check out Abruptio on VOD and Tubi. You can also get Evan's latest novel Surrender, Earth! on Amazon.

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This week we chat with author Valentina Rojas about her Ghoulish Books novel A Feast of Putrid Delights (available now on Ghoulish Books and Amazon. We chat about her inspirations, culinary horror, cosmic horror and Bloodborne. Then we learn Valentina's horror and game history before discovering why Silent Hill terrified her growing up!

You can follow Valentina on Instagram and Bluesky.

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Long time no see! On this week's Little Cuts, MB and Terry are discussing:

• Overcompensating (Prime Video)
• Balatro (all gaming platforms)
• Dangerous Animals (in theaters)
• Predator: Killer of Killers (Hulu)
• Clown in a Cornfield (VOD)

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This week we were so freaking excited to chat with Paul Etheredge about his latest film The Other. We talk about filming with children, working with icons in the horror industry like Jared Krichevsky and Jeffrey Reddick and more. Terry takes it back to seeing Hellbent for the first time and we talk about that for a little. Then we go back to his horror history, the first horror movie he remembers seeing, a movie that scared him as an adult and, finally, why Alien terrified him growing up and affected him for FOURTEEN YEARS! after seeing it.

You can follow Paul on Instagram and Bluesky.

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This week we chat with David and Brian, the writers and directors of the queer dark comedy I Don't Understand You! We chat about the film's personal origins, the fantastic Italian cast and more before diving into their childhoods and finding out why Pete's Dragon terrified David growing up. We talk about the musicalness of it, whether it has a moral, why the film is 2 hours long, the horrors of being an orphaned kid in this world and so much more.

You can follow David and Brian on Instagram. Check out I Don't Understand You in theaters!

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This week we chat with Julia Max about her debut feature film The Surrender, starring Colby Minifie and Kate Burton! We discuss the very personal inspiration for the movie, working with fantastic actors and tackling grief before hearing about how Return to Oz terrified her as a kid and Death Becomes Her created a fan for life. Iconic performances, Broadway musicals, queer text and Zemeckis' fantastic direction are discussed as well as our memories of the first time watching it.

Also, check out the episode we did with Julia's husband! It's Episode 248: Woman of the Hour Screenwriter Ian McDonald and Se7en (1995).

You can follow Julia on Instagram and you can also get updates on The Surrender on Instagram, as well. And make sure to check out The Surrender when it hits Shudder on May 23rd!

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