Shows / Specter Cinema Club
Specter Cinema Club
The ghosts of your horror movie club explore a different sub-genre each month! Featuring creators from the spooky community, stoner filmmaker DeVaughn Taylor & film journalist Garrett McDowell discuss the recurring motifs of various sub-genres and what makes the best genre films work. New episodes every Tuesday! NOTE: We recommend starting at Season 2 (Ep60) as that's when Garrett joined and began our current format. Season 1 was the experimental phase and before DeVaughn got better at editing…
Episodes
- Specter Cinema Club
CHRONICLE (2012) ft. Stephen Foxworthy // Super-Powered Scares
Time to do some telekinesis with your homies as we discuss Chronicle directed by Josh Trank. Stephen Foxworthy (Pod and the Pendulum) joins the boys to discuss…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE BATMAN (2022) // Super-Powered Scares
The boys head back into Gotham City to discuss The Batman directed by Matt Reeves. We're talking the gothic noir aesthetic, Robert Pattinson's portrayal of the…
- Specter Cinema Club
DARKMAN (1990) ft. Mike Snoonian // Super-Powered Scares
It's time to swap faces as we discuss Darkman directed by Sam Raimi. Mike Snoonian (Pod and the Pendulum) joins the boys to discuss the juggling of tones, all…
- Specter Cinema Club
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (2008) // Super-Powered Scares
The boys sit down for Hellboy II: The Golden Army directed by Guillermo del Toro, the second entry in his trilogy that will surely get finished right...RIGHT!?…
- Specter Cinema Club
HELLBOY (2004) // Super-Powered Scares
Keeping the occult train rolling, the boys dive into Hellboy directed by Guillermo del Toro. We're discussing the unique comic book character, alternative…
- Specter Cinema Club
CONSTANTINE (2005) ft. Mae Shults // Super-Powered Scares
Grab a black cat and hop in the bathtub, we're talking Constantine directed by Francis Lawrence! Mae Shults (Pleasers & Punishers) is back to discuss a comic…
- Specter Cinema Club
BLADE: TRINITY (2004) // Super-Powered Scares
Closing the trilogy out on a low note, the boys are hootin & hollerin about Blade: Trinity directed by David S. Goyer. We're talking the loss of aesthetic…
- Specter Cinema Club
BLADE II (2002) // Super-Powered Scares
He has been their worst enemy, now there’s something worse on the streets... The boys sit down to discuss Blade II directed by Guillermo del Toro. We're…
- Specter Cinema Club
BLADE (1998) // Super-Powered Scares
Grab your leather trench coats, it's open season on all suck-heads! The boys kick off October with the Godfather of modern comic book adaptations, Blade…
- Specter Cinema Club
I AM FRANKELDA (2026) ft. Mikey Peralta Jr. // Animania!
New episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe so you don't miss out. Rate us 5 stars while you're at it! Enter The Phantom Zone to access all sorts of bonus…
- Specter Cinema Club
CORALINE (2009) // Animania
Oh hello there, we're your Other Podcast and it's time to finally discuss Coraline directed by Henry Selick. The boys are talking the wonders of stop-motion…
- Specter Cinema Club
PERFECT BLUE (1998) ft. Amber T // Animania!
Time to trade in our microphones for a TV script as we discuss Perfect Blue directed by Satoshi Kon. Amber T (Fangoria) returns to talk Japanese pop idols…
- Specter Cinema Club
AKIRA (1988) // Animania!
Just in time for its 4K IMAX re-release, the boys sit down to discuss Akira directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. We're talking the intricate animation process, the…
- Specter Cinema Club
SCOOBY DOO ON ZOMBIE ISLAND (1998) // Animania!
Ruh roh, boys have woken up in a world of animation this month! We're kicking things off talking Scooby Doo on Zombie Island directed by Jim Stenstrum. We're…
- Specter Cinema Club
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986) ft. William O. Tyler // 40th Anniversary
Leaving 1986 with a bang, the boys are singin about Little Shop of Horrors directed by Frank Oz. William O. Tyler (Tannis Comix) to discuss how the story…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986) // 40th Anniversary
Don't change that dial, we got another classic coming to ya as we discuss The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 directed by Tobe Hooper. We're talking the sequel's new…
- Specter Cinema Club
MANHUNTER (1986) ft. Steph McKenna // 40th Anniversary
It's time to enter the mind of a demented killer as we discuss Manhunter directed by Michael Mann. Steph McKenna (Evolution of Horror, The Writing Life) joins…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE FLY (1986) // 40th Anniversary
Hop in your telepod, I mean time machine and dial it up to 1986! We're kicking off a month of anniversaries with The Fly directed by David Cronenberg. The boys…
- Specter Cinema Club
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND (2025) // Giallo July
Caught ya with a giallo twist! The boys are closing out the month with a more recent gem Reflection in a Dead Diamond directed by Hélène Cattet & Bruno…
- Specter Cinema Club
OPERA (1987) // Giallo July
We're back at it with another giallo heavy-hitter as we discuss Opera directed by Dario Argento. We're talking the state of the sub-genre in the 80s, the…
- Specter Cinema Club
DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING (1972) ft. Chrishaun Baker // Giallo July
Week 2 of Giallo July has us back in folk horror territory as we discuss Don't Torture a Duckling directed by Lucio Fulci. Joining us is long-time listener…
- Specter Cinema Club
TORSO (1973) // Giallo July
Leather gloves, naked bodies, and kinky kills; get ready for a hot Hot Giallo Summer! The boys kick off their exploration of the Italian horror sub-genre…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE SERPENT'S SKIN (2026) ft. Mae Shults // Queer Directors
Time to unlock your psychic abilities! Mae Shults (Pleasers & Punishers) to discuss The Serpent's Skin directed by the prolific Alice Maio Mackay. We're…
- Specter Cinema Club
HELLBENT (2004) // Queer Directors
Time to throw on a jock-strap and head to WeHo as the boys discuss Hellbent directed by Paul Etheredge-Ouzts. We're talking queer friend group dynamics, the…
- Specter Cinema Club
BATMAN FOREVER (1995) // Queer Directors
Ope, DeVaughn did it again; we're another Jim Carrey movie that's not really horror! The boys head back to Gotham City to talk Batman Forever directed by Joel…
- Specter Cinema Club
FREAKY (2020) ft. Bee Delores // Queer Directors
Time to throw on that red, leather jacket as we discuss Freaky directed by Christopher Landon. Joining the boys is freelance write Bee Delores (B-Sides &…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) // Queer Directors
You already know what time of the year it is, Pride Month baby! We're kicking things off with The Invisible Man directed by queer godfather James Whale. We…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017) // Yorgos Lanthi-May
Time to close out the month celebrating DeVaughn and Colin Farrell's birthday as we discuss The Killing of a Sacred Deer directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Talking…
- Specter Cinema Club
BUGONIA (2025) ft. Alex A. Pagliuca // Yorgos Lanthi-May
The boys tackle Bugonia, the most recent film by Yorgos Lanthimos. Joining Garrett & DeVaughn is writer Alex A. Pagliuca to discuss Emma Stone & Jesse Plemons'…
- Specter Cinema Club
POOR THINGS (2023) ft. Mae Shults // Yorgos Lanthi-May
Y'all thought we were done with Frankenstein adaptations!? We had to circle back around to discuss Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Mae Shults returns…
- Specter Cinema Club
DOGTOOTH (2009) // Yorgos Lanthi-May
It's DeVaughn's birthday month and we're gettin real weird with Yorgos Lanthimos; kicking things off with his 3rd film Dogtooth. We're talking the director's…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE COLLECTOR (2009) & THE COLLECTION (2012) // Bloody April Showers
We got a double helping of carnage for our final installment of Bloody April Showers, discussing The Collector and The Collection directed my Marcus Dunstan…
- Specter Cinema Club
INSIDE (2007) ft. Ariel Powers-Schaub // Bloody April Showers
The boys are joined by Ariel Powers-Schaub (Millenial Nasties) to discuss the Christmas classic Inside directed by Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury. We're…
- Specter Cinema Club
I SAW THE DEVIL (2010) ft. Brad Hanson // Bloody April Showers
We're cranking up the blood another notch as we discuss the South Korean revenge thriller I Saw the Devil directed by Kim Jee-woon. Joining the carnage is Brad…
- Specter Cinema Club
Bram Stoker's DRACULA (1992) // Bloody April Showers
We're kicking off a bloody new theme with another gothic literary adaptation as we discuss Bram Stoker's Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The boys are…
- Specter Cinema Club
VAN HELSING (2004) ft. Mae Shults // Mary's Monsters
Last day of the month, we have one bonus Frankenstein's monster to talk in Van Helsing directed by Stephen Sommers. Mae Shults (Pleasers & Punishers) returns…
- Specter Cinema Club
FRANKENSTEIN (2025) // Mary's Monsters // Episode 300!
Our 300th episode is alive!!! The boys celebrate with the Academy Award-winning film Frankenstein directed by Guillermo Del Toro. We're discussing Del Toro's…
- Specter Cinema Club
FRANKENHOOKER (1990) ft. Brian Keiper // Mary's Monsters
The boys are hitting the streets of grimy New York (and Jersey) for Frankenhooker directed by Frank Hennenlotter. We're joined by Frankenstein historian Brian…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE BRIDE! (2026) ft. Sarah Stubbs // Mary's Monsters
It's time to put on The Ritz while we discuss The Bride! directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The boys are joined by Sarah Stubbs (Final Girls Feast) discuss what…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1951) // Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818)
The boys hit the books as they set the stage discussing Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, as we dive into its various…
- Specter Cinema Club
HEREDITARY (2018) // Runes & Rituals
The boys close out folk horror month with a modern classic, Hereditary directed by Ari Aster. We discuss the insane details, Toni Collette's stunning…
- Specter Cinema Club
PUPMKINHEAD (1988) // Runes & Rituals
The boys fly back to the states for a slice of southern fried folk horror as they discuss Pumpkinhead directed by Stan Winston. We're talkin revenge themes in…
- Specter Cinema Club
BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (1971) ft. James Rose // Runes & Rituals
Don't let the whimsical flute fool you, the games end real fast as we discuss Blood On Satan's Claw directed by Piers Haggard. The boys are joined by writer…
- Specter Cinema Club
THE WITCH (2016) ft. Mary Beth McAndrews // Runes & Rituals
Time to sign the black book as we kick off a month of folk horror talking The VVitch, the directorial debut of Robert Eggers. Mary Beth McAndrews (director of…
- Specter Cinema Club
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU (2025) ft. Kat Hughes // Favorites of '25
Taking a break from the infected, the boys are joined by Kat Hughes (Movies with Mummy) to discuss If I had Legs I'd Kick You directed by Mary Bronstein. We're…
- Specter Cinema Club
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (2026) // SCC #291
In our first new release episode of the year, we're tackling 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple directed by Nia DaCosta. The boys break down it's place in the…
- Specter Cinema Club
28 YEARS LATER (2025) ft. Amber T // Favorites of '25
Continuing through the "28 Rages Later" franchise, the boys are joined by Amber T (Fangoria) to discuss 28 Years Later directed by Danny Boyle. We talk the…
- Specter Cinema Club
28 WEEKS LATER (2007) // SCC #289
Happy New Year! Kicking things off by running for our lives as we discuss 28 Weeks Later directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. We discuss the sequel approach it…
Specter Cinema ClubBest Horror Films of 2025 ft. Ygranie Hackett-Cantabrana // SCC #287
Another year of horror movies is in the books! The boys are joined by Ygraine (What a Scream) for the annual Best Horror Films of 2025 countdown. We're each…
- Specter Cinema Club
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (2017) ft. Stephen Foxworthy // SCC #286
Tis time to take our final lap around The Red Room as the boys, joined by Stephen Foxworthy (Disenfranchised Pod, Pod and the Pendulum), discuss Twin Peaks…
- Specter Cinema Club
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992) // SCC #286
It's time to go back to when it all began as we cover Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me directed by David Lynch. The boys discuss the fallous of Season 2…
- Specter Cinema Club
TWIN PEAKS: Season 2 (1990-1991) // SCC #285
The boys are head into The Red Room to discuss Season 2 of Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch & Mark Frost. We dive further under the surface of Twin Peaks, as…
- Specter Cinema Club
TWIN PEAKS: Season 1 (1990) /// SCC #284
It's Garrett's birthday month and everyone is getting spoiled as we tackle everything Twin Peaks, created by the incomparable David Lynch. We discuss Lynch's…
- Specter Cinema Club
BATTLE ROYALE (2001) ft. Becci Sayce // Hunt or Be Hunted
Sharpen your blades...or pot lids! We're diving into the contraversial Japanese masterpiece Battle Royale directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The boys are joined by…
- Specter Cinema Club
ASSASSINATION NATION (2018) ft. Tori Potenza // Hunt or Be Hunted
Time to check out another eerily prophetic and politically charged film, Assassination Nation directed by Sam Levinson. Tori Potenza (Brooklyn Horror Fest)…
- Specter Cinema Club
PREDATOR: BADLANDS (2025) /// Hunt or Be Hunted
The boys discuss Predator: Badlands directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the second in two installments to the franchise this year. The boys break down the additional…
- Specter Cinema Club
PUNISHMENT PARK (1971) // Hunt or Be Hunted
Accidentally relevant as always, the boys kick off November discussing Punishment Park directed by the late Peter Watkins. We break down the many…
- Specter Cinema Club
FREDDY VS JASON (2003) + Franchise Rankings // A Nightmare at Camp Crystal Lake
We've come to the end of our month long journey through Crystal Lake and Elm Street, time to wrap things up with Freddy vs Jason directed by Ronny Yu. The boys…
- Specter Cinema Club
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010) // A Nightmare at Crystal Lake
The boys go up against Freddy once again with Nancy...Holbrook? It's time to talk A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) directed by Samuel Bayer. We discuss what…
- Specter Cinema Club
FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009) // A Nightmare at Crystal Lake
Let's take it back to Jason's first killing spree...again! The boys are discussing Friday the 13th (2009) directed by Marcus Nispel. We discuss the incredible…