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HORROR 101 with Dr. AC
HORROR 101 with Dr. AC is a horror movie podcast that revisits classic horror films on milestone anniversaries (20, 30, 40, 50 years, and more). Each episode features a lively rotating panel of horror fans discussing the film's legacy, personal memories, cultural impact, and what makes it a lasting favorite. If you love deep dives into horror movies like The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or Frankenstein, this podcast is for you. Come celebrate horror history—one anniversary at a time.
Episodes
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 52 - MARIO BAVA'S BLACK SABBATH (1963) TURNS 60!!!
BLACK SABBATH (1963) d. Mario Bava (Italy) Following the success of Roger Corman's comic exploration of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven in 1963, Boris Karloff…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 51 - FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER (1984) 40TH ANNIVERSARY!!!
FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER (1984) d. Joseph Zito (USA) One of the most influential modern horror films, 1980's surprise hit from producer/director Sean…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 50 - GODZILLA REBORN (PT 2 of 2): GODZILLA (2014) / GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023)
GODZILLA (2014) d. Gareth Edwards (USA) GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) d. Takashi Yamazaki (Japan) Join AC and his awesome panel of guests (Dan Caffrey, Barry…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 49 - GODZILLA REBORN (PT 1 of 2): GOJIRA (1954) / SHIN GODZILLA (2016)
GOJIRA (aka GODZILLA) (1954) d. Ishiro Honda (Japan) SHIN GODZILLA (2016) d. Hideaki Anno (Japan) From his dark and imposing origins in 1954 to the…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 48 - THE BLOB (1958) / THE BLOB (1988) - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!
THE BLOB (1958) d. Irwin J. Yeaworth (USA) THE BLOB (1988) d. Chuck Russell (USA) By the 1950s, sci-fi had taken Hollywood by storm, with all manner of tales…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 47 - 40 YEARS OF THE TOXIC AVENGER (1984)!!!
THE TOXIC AVENGER (1984) d. Lloyd Kaufman/Michael Herz (USA) THE TOXIC AVENGER PART 2 (1989) d. Lloyd Kaufman/Michael Herz (USA) THE TOXIC AVENGER III: THE…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 46 - DOG SOLDIERS (2002) | ONE OF THE BEST WEREWOLF MOVIES?
DOG SOLDIERS (2002) d. Neil Marshall (UK) Dispatched to the Scottish Highlands, a half-dozen soldiers find their special training maneuver exercises…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 45 - HAMMER HORROR: THE GORGON (1964) / THE REPTILE (1966)
THE GORGON (1964) d. Terence Fisher (UK) THE REPTILE (1966) d. John Gilling (UK) By the mid-1960s, Hammer Studios had exhausted its supply of classic Universal…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 44 - THE SIXTH SENSE & STIR OF ECHOES: GHOST SUMMER OF 1999
THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) d. M. Night Shyamalan (USA) STIR OF ECHOES (1999) d. David Koepp (USA) With scores of classic ghost movies populating the silver screen…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 43 - THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1974) (aka DOUG AND THE DINOS!!!)
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1974) d. Kevin Connor (UK) AT THE EARTH'S CORE (1976) d. Kevin Connor (UK) THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT (1977) d. Kevin Connor (UK)…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 42 - ZOMBIE (1979) (aka ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS/ZOMBI 2) TURNS 45!!!
ZOMBIE (aka ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS/ZOMBI 2) (1979) d. Lucio Fulci (Italy) When George Romero's Dawn of the Dead became a major success worldwide, Italians had a…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 41 - COME FLY WITH ME: THE FLY (1958) / RETURN OF THE FLY (1959) / CURSE OF THE FLY (1965)
THE FLY (1958) d. Kurt Neumann (USA) RETURN OF THE FLY (1959) d. Edward Bernds (USA) CURSE OF THE FLY (1965) d. Don Sharp (UK) Veteran director Kurt Neumann…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 40 - THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999): 25 YEARS IN THE WOODS!!!
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) d. Daniel Myrick/Ed Sanchez (USA) BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2 (2000) d. Joe Berlinger (USA) BLAIR WITCH (2016) d. Adam…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 39 - THE ORIGINAL IRON MAN - TETSUO (1989) TURNS 35!!!
TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989) d. Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan) TETSUO II: BODY HAMMER (1992) d. Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan) TETSUO: THE BULLET MAN (2009) d. Shinya…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 38 - IT FOLLOWS / THE BABADOOK: THE CLASS OF 2014
IT FOLLOWS (2014) d. David Robert Mitchell (USA) THE BABADOOK (2014) d. Jennifer Kent (Australia) 10 years ago, a pair of horror films exploded onto the scene…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 37 - ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) TURNS 75!!!
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) d. Charles Barton (USA) By the late 1940s, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein's Monster, and Dracula had become more friends…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 36 - CORMAN, PRICE, & POE in '64: THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH/THE TOMB OF LIGEIA
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) d. Roger Corman (USA/UK) THE TOMB OF LIGEIA (1964) d. Roger Corman (USA/UK) On May 9, 2024, cinephiles everywhere bid adieu…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 35 - BRING ON THE BIG BUGS - THEM! (1954) TURNS 70!!!
THEM! (1954) d. Gordon Douglas (USA) Unleashed upon a hungry for sci-fi movie-going public in the summer of 1954, Them! was the first of the "big bug" movies…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 34 - GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) TURNS 40!!
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) d. Ivan Reitman (USA) GHOSTBUSTERS 2 (1989) d. Ivan Reitman (USA) GHOSTBUSTERS: ANSWER THE CALL (2016) d. Paul Feig (USA) GHOSTBUSTERS…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 33 - FREDDY VS. JASON (2003) 20TH ANNIVERSARY SMACKDOWN!
FREDDY VS. JASON (2003) d. Ronny Yu Since the closing shot of 1993's Jason Goes to Hell, fans had been clamoring for this "Slash of the Titans." A decade…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 32 - 50 YEARS OF VAMPYRES (1974)!!!
VAMPYRES (1974) d. Jose Ramon Larraz (UK/Spain) At a time when throwing extensive vampiric nudity on screen would have been enough, writer/director Jose Ramon…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 31 - SANTA SANGRE (1989): CULT FILM PERFECTION!!!
SANTA SANGRE (1989) d. Alejandro Jodorowsky (Mexico/Italy) Visionary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky cultivates one brilliant sequence after another, employing…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 30 - PETER CUSHING AND THE HAMMER FRANKENSTEINS!!! (1957 - 1974)
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) d. Terence Fisher (UK) THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1958) d. Terence Fisher (UK) THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (1964) d. Freddie…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 29 - ALIEN (1979) TURNS 45 | HONORING THE XENOMORPH!!
ALIEN (1979) d. Ridley Scott (USA/UK) ALIENS (1986) d. James Cameron (USA/UK) ALIEN 3 (1992) d. David Fincher (USA) ALIEN: RESURRECTION (1997) d. Jean-Pierre…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 28 - THE BLACK CAT (1934): A TRUE UNIVERSAL CLASSIC TURNS 90!!
THE BLACK CAT (1934) d. Edgar G. Ulmer (USA) Bearing no resemblance to the original story by Edgar Allan Poe, Universal's atmosphere-drenched 1934 offering…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 27 - I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978) TURNS 45!!!
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978) I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (2010) I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2 (2013) I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: VENGEANCE IS MINE (2015) I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: DEJA…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 26 - DAVID CRONENBERG'S THE BROOD (1979): ALIVE AT 45!!!
THE BROOD (1979) d. David Cronenberg (Canada) Canadian writer/director David Cronenberg has become so synonymous with the term "body-horror" that when a…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 25 - SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL!!!
SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) d. Edgar Wright (UK) When Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead, a romantic comedy with zombies (or zom-rom-com, as it was immediately…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 24 - GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (1973) 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!!
GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (1973) d. Jun Fukuda (Japan) A far cry from the anti-nuke statement that spawned the large lizard's origins, this entry (#13) serves up…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 23 - THE TERMINATOR (1984) 40TH ANNIVERSARY BLOW-OUT!!!
THE TERMINATOR (1984) d. James Cameron (USA) TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) d. James Cameron (USA) TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (2003) d. Jonathan…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 22 - KILLER SHREWS, GILA MONSTERS, & BEASTS FROM HAUNTED CAVES | LOW BUDGET QUICKIES!!
THE BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE (1959) d. Monte Hellman (USA) THE GIANT GILA MONSTER (1959) d. Ray Kellogg (USA) THE KILLER SHREWS (1959) d. Ray Kellogg (USA) The…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 21 - 1964 ITALIAN GOTHIC HORROR!! (CASTLE OF BLOOD & THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH)
CASTLE OF BLOOD (1964) d. Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony Dawson) (Italy) THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH (1964) d. Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony Dawson (Italy) Even if…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 20 - CURTAINS/PSYCHO II - 1983 SLASHER DOUBLE FEATURE!!!
CURTAINS (1983) d. Richard Ciupka/Peter Simpson (Canada) PSYCHO II (1983) d. Richard Franklin (USA) Tonight we're jetting back to 1983 to discuss a couple of…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 19 - BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964) / AMER (2009) GIALLO ROUND TABLE!!
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964) d. Mario Bava (Italy) AMER (2009) d. Bruno Forzani / Helene Cattet (Belgium/France) In 1963, director Mario Bava made The Girl Who…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 18 - KING KONG (and SON OF KONG) 90TH ANNIVERSARY JAMBOREE!!
KING KONG (1933) d. Merian C. Cooper / Ernest B. Schoedsack (USA) SON OF KONG (1933) d. Ernest B. Schoedsack (USA) It's almost impossible to overstate the…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 17 - PHANTASM (1979) TURNS 45!!!
PHANTASM (1979) d. Don Coscarelli (USA) PHANTASM II (1989) d. Don Coscarelli (USA) PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD (1994) d. Don Coscarelli (USA) PHANTASM IV…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 16 - IT CAME FROM 1953!! (WAR OF THE WORLDS, INVADERS FROM MARS, ROBOT MONSTER, IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE)
IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE d. Jack Arnold (1953) (USA) INVADERS FROM MARS d. William Cameron Menzies (1953) (USA) WAR OF THE WORLDS d. Byron Haskin (1953) (USA)…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 15 - I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE LEOPARD MAN, & THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943 VAL LEWTON SPECIAL)
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) d. Jacques Tourneur (USA) THE LEOPARD MAN (1943) d. Jacques Tourneur (USA) THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943) d. Mark Robson From 1942 to…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 14 - GODZILLA VS. GHIDORAH, MECHAGODZILLA, BIOLLANTE, SPACEGODZILLA, & FINAL WARS!!
GHIDORAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964) d. Ishiro Honda (Japan) GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (1974) d. Jun Fukuda (Japan) GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE (1989) d…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 13 - LEPRECHAUN FRANCHISE (1993- 2018) RETROSPECTIVE ROUND TABLE!!!
LEPRECHAUN (1993) d. Mark Jones (USA) LEPRECHAUN 2 (1994) d. Rodman Flender (USA) LEPRECHAUN 3 (1995) d. Brian Trenchard-Smith (USA) LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 12 - EYES OF FIRE (1983) - A FOLK HORROR GEM
EYES OF FIRE (1983) d. Avery Crounse (USA) When celebrated photographer Avery Crounse set out to make his feature film debut, he didn't opt for the simple…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 11 - AUGUST UNDERGROUND TRILOGY (AU, MORDUM, PENANCE) Round Table Discussion
AUGUST UNDERGROUND (2001) d. Fred Vogel (USA) AUGUST UNDERGROUND'S MORDUM (2003) d. Fred Vogel (USA) AUGUST UNDERGROUND'S PENANCE (2007) d. Fred Vogel (USA)…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 10 - CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) TURNS 70!!!
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) d. Jack Arnold (USA) REVENGE OF THE CREATURE (1955) d. Jack Arnold (USA) THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956) d. John…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 9 - DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE (aka CEMETERY MAN) (1994) 30TH ANNIVERSARY!!!
DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE (aka Cemetery Man) (1994) d. Michele Soavi (Italy) Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetery Man) is arguably the last great Italian horror movie…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 8 - NYC VS. GIANT MONSTERS (BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, GODZILLA '98, CLOVERFIELD)
THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) d. Eugene Lourie (USA) GODZILLA (1998) d. Roland Emmerich (USA) CLOVERFIELD (2008) d. Matt Reeves (USA) Ever since King…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 7 - MESSIAH OF EVIL (1974) TURNS 50!!!
MESSIAH OF EVIL (1974) d. Willard Huyck (USA) Clearly inspired by Night of the Living Dead and possessing the dreamlike, doom-laden tone of Let's Scare Jessica…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 6 - THE WICKER MAN (1973) 50TH ANNIVERSARY ROUND TABLE!!!
THE WICKER MAN (1973) d. Robin Hardy (UK) Released the same year as The Exorcist, The Wicker Man also wrestles with religious rituals and fading faith…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 5 - VAMPIRES IN 1979! (DRACULA, NOSFERATU, SALEM'S LOT, LOVE AT FIRST BITE, THIRST, VAMPIRE) Round Table
DRACULA (1979) d. John Badham (USA) NOSFERATU (1979) d. Werner Herzog (Germany) LOVE AT FIRST BITE (1979) d. Stan Dragoti (USA) THIRST (1979) d. Rod Hardy…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 4 - SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939) / YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL!!
SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939) d. Rowland V. Lee (USA) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) d. Mel Brooks (USA) From the moment the original Frankenstein from Universal…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 3 - THE TERROR (1963) / TARGETS (1968) BORIS KARLOFF DOUBLE FEATURE!!!
THE TERROR (1963) d. Roger Corman (and others) (USA) TARGETS (1968) d. Peter Bogdanovich (USA) 1963's THE TERROR, celebrating its 60th anniversary, is a…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 2 - WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ARI ASTER (HEREDITARY, MIDSOMMAR, BEAU IS AFRAID)
HEREDITARY (2018) d. Ari Aster (USA) MIDSOMMAR (2019) d. Ari Aster (USA) BEAU IS AFRAID (2023) d. Ari Aster (USA) From his Sundance smash debut, Ari Aster has…
HORROR 101 with Dr. ACEp 1 - GREMLINS (1984) / GHOULIES (1985) DOUBLE DOUBLE FEATURE!!
GREMLINS (1984) d. Joe Dante (USA) GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990) d. Joe Dante (USA) GHOULIES (1985) d. Luca Bercovici (USA) GHOULIES 2 (1987) d. Albert Band…