Photo Flo: Terror In The Smiles

Eric and Jake revisit a favorite slasher directed by Amy Holden Jones. They make the case for Slumber Party Massacre getting the respect of other classics in the subgenre. ***this week and next week’s episode contain some artifacts in the audio track that were present on the original recording. We apologize and have corrected the issue going forward, we appreciate you listening to Photo-Flo!

In 1984, Wes Craven changed the Horror genre forever, giving us an iconic monster named Freddy Krueger. A demonic child killer that made audiences afraid to go to sleep. A Nightmare On Elm Street launched careers, a franchise, and a film studio. Jake and Eric discuss Elm Street and what its legacy has meant to them over the years.

Eric and Jake take a trip to Morningside Mortuary and come face to face with The Tall Man in Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. This was Eric’s first time watching the cult classic! Originally recorded the day after Thanksgiving 2022.

Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960) / Stuart Gordon’s RE-ANIMATOR (1985) - This week’s double feature discussion begins with a proto-slasher masterpiece and ends with a transgressive undead classic, which Eric has watched for the first time! The only things both movies have in common are psychopaths and music.

Eric and Jake give their lists of essential slashics! Thank you for listening. Tune in on June 16th for our double feature discussion of Phantasm and A Nightmare On Elm Street!

DC vs Marvel! Swamp monsters vs vampires! Welcome to Photo-Flo!!! We’re back! We’ll be discussing two pioneering comic book movies that did it before it was cool. Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing and Stephen Norrington’s Blade!

Eric and Jake dig deep into the horror genre with The Last House On The Left (1972) and The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

We don’t want to be buried in a Pet Sematary, but we don’t mind a visit now and again. Tonight Eric and Jake discuss the 1989 adaptation directed by Mary Lambert from a screenplay by Stephen King. We follow that up with Alfred Hitchcock’s follow-up to Psycho, the 1963 shocker, The Birds.

We had a triple feature Halloween Special planned, but life and technology got in the way, causing a severe audio hiccup. We lost our host Eric Jones’ side of the conversation. However you still get to hear Jake and special guest Heather Almond discuss the immortal classic, Halloween (1978). We hope you enjoy!

Join Jake and Heather Almond for a special bonus episode of Photo-Flo. A discussion of the David Gordon Green Halloween films, including the final film in the trilogy (franchise ?) Halloween Ends.

Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the moon is full and bright… Join Eric and Jake for a double feature of werewolves and vampires. In Silver Bullet (1985) Corey Haim, Anne Of Green Gables (Megan Follows), and Mr. Joshua (Gary Busey) have to stop a werewolf from murdering their town. After that Corey Haim takes a trip to Santa Carla, California and meets an unusual cast of monster mashers (including Jason Voorhees slayer, Corey Feldman) to face off against Kiefer Sutherland and the coolest vampire gang ever, in Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys (1987)

Eric briefly talks about Breakdown, the seventh episode of the first season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Join us this week for a double feature of familial horror. First, an early Hitchcock masterpiece (Shadow Of A Doubt) followed by an 80’s cult classic, The Stepfather.

In the second Photo-Flo TV, Eric talks about his favorite episode of the original Twilight Zone series.

In the debut minisode of Photo-Flo TV, Eric talks about the debut episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Revenge.

A brief introduction into the Photo-Flo TV mini episodes.

Join us for a night at the grindhouse. A double feature of b-movies that Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino handpicked for lovers of sleaze, blood, fast cars, fast women, zombies, and Michael Biehn.

“Cause I'm the high plains drifter the best that you can get, a strapped shoplifter, a pirate on cassette! Bust a Travis Bickle when I feel that I'm getting pushed, don't step to me 'cause you could be gettin' mushed!” Join Eric and Jake for a genre hop. We watched a double feature of supernatural Westerns. High Plains Drifter (1973) is Clint Eastwood’s first Western in the director’s chair. He’s lean and mean as he’s ever been, turning a town into hell on earth, and its citizens against each other as an avenging ghost with no name. Pale Rider (1985) is a quasi remake with a kinder heart, some throwbacks to a pre-revisionist era of the genre, a stronger script, and a hell of a payoff.

Eric and Jake talk about their experiences with two of Universal’s classic cinematic monsters, along with special guest, Heather Almond.

You clicked the link, we came… join us for a double feature from the minds of Clive Barker and Bernard Rose. Innocent blood will be shed, but after all, what’s blood for, if not for shedding? Well, probably to keep your organs alive. You’ll see plenty of those with these two genre classics. No tears please- sorry I’ll stop. Enjoy the show!

Sam Raimi and Wes Craven provided us with two unique visions of a Horror/Comedy. Raimi and friends put their spin on possession and zombie movies. Craven makes his attempt at social commentary, bringing the weirdness of his earlier films like The Last House On The Left and The Hills Have Eyes to the 1990’s.

Join us on this lovely Star Wars Day for a different kind of space movie and an early masterpiece from a director who has made several movies about space creatures. First up is John Carpenter’s student film Dark Star, working from a earlier draft of what would ultimately become Dan O'Bannon’s script for Alien. John Carpenter directs this weirder, sillier space tale. After that we rediscover Steven Spielberg’s first masterpiece. A white knuckle thriller that still holds up 51 years later.

Friend of the pod, Stuart Bannerman discusses his experiences with The Terminator and Child’s Play. Please follow him on Twitter as he is a lovely person, a good friend, and supporter of filmmakers and filmmaking. Find him @FromPage2Screen

They can't be reasoned with, can't be bargained with...they don’t feel pity or remorse or fear...and they absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until you are dead. Join Eric and Jake to talk two 1980’s genre-bending classics from the minds of Don Mancini, Tom Holland, and James Cameron!

Join us for some psychological turmoil, some supernatural terror, and everything else that comes along with Jake losing his sanity in the midst of a whole house remodel. Also join us for a discussion of Kubrick’s classic horror film and an underrated sequel from Mike Flanagan. This week we are discussing The Shining (1980) and Doctor Sleep (2019)

The podcast which you are about to hear is an account of the tragedy which befell two hosts, in particular Eric Jones and his hyperverbal co-host, Jake Almond. They could not have expected, but they were absolutely thrilled, to see that much of the mad and macabre that day.

Eric and Jake discuss George A. Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead (1968) their NOTLD origin stories, and whether or not the film holds up against the popular horror sub-genre it created.

There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time… Eric, Jake, and special guest, John Foutz talk their first experiences and ongoing fascination with two 1970’s classics. Would you rather be chased by a monster in the water, or in space?

Sometimes we are so wrapped up in talking movies, the discussion continues after the show…

Who goes there? Why it’s The Thing or Things from another world or worlds… Jake and Eric discuss a couple of unofficial trilogies related to The Thing and gush, perhaps predictably, over John Carpenter’s classic 1982 monster film. We also discuss the original 1951 film and the prequel from 2011.

James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931)/ William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) Eric, Jake, and special guest Stuart Bannerman (former video store owner/filmmaker/publicist) to ask some of Horror’s greatest questions…. Who is the real monster? What does it feel like to be God? Is the Exorcist cursed? Did Pazuzu take Jake? -note- we are dropping new episodes on Tuesday now. So ignore all the Friday talk PLOT TWIST!

Fred Walton's When A Stranger Calls (1979) / Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948)
Eric and Jake give their history and thoughts about both titles. They try to answer a few of Horror's greatest questions... How long was the killer in the house? Can you rip a child apart with your bare hands? Would Hannibal Lecter eat Brandon Shaw from Rope?

Jake and Eric discuss what made them Horror fans, and what listeners can look forward to every Friday on Photo-Flo…