The Deadlights

A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."

Directed by Larry Cohen

Written by Larry Cohen

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A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break.

Directed by Jordan Downey

Written by Jordan Downey, Brad Schulz, Kevin Stewart, Anthony Wilson & Grant Yaffee

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A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Directed by Pascal Laugier

Written by Pascal Laugier

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After a mad genius inventor of killer robots and cyborgs at Chaank Armaments Corp. kills execs, he unleashes his ultimate death machine on the new cute CEO firing him.

Directed by Stephen Norrington

Written by Stephen Norrington

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A family takes a weekend trip with longtime friends and their two young children, but they suspect something supernatural when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight.

Directed by Roxanne Benjamin

Written by T.J. Cimfel & David White

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Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.

Directed by James Cameron

Written by James Cameron, David Giler (story), Walter Hill (story), Dan O'Bannon (based on characters created by) & Ronald Shusett (based on characters created by)

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A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.

Directed by Claire Denis

Written by Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Geoff Cox, Andrew Litvack & Nick Laird

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In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Written by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

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A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.

Directed by Peter Jackson

Written by Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh

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Sinister characters converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a postwar backwoods town teeming with corruption and brutality.

Directed by Antonio Campos

Written by Antonio Campos, Paulo Campos & Donald Ray Pollock

Guest: Zach Strohman (@_stupid.fingers_)

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Angela Baker, a shy, traumatized young girl, is sent to summer camp with her cousin. Shortly after her arrival, anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions toward her gets their comeuppance.

Directed by Robert Hiltzik

Written by Robert Hiltzik

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Juliet Mills plays a young pregnant woman in San Francisco who is going to have the devil's baby during her strange possession. Richard Johnson shows up to help her... but what does he really want?

Directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis (O. Hellman) & Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli (R. Barrett)

Written by Ovidio G. Assonitis (O. Hellman), Antonio Troiso, Giorgio Marini, Aldo Crudo, Alex Rebar, Christopher Cruise, Sonia Molteni & Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli (R. Barrett)

GUEST: Mae Shults (@eversonpoe / @theladykillerspod)

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After a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.

Directed by William Malone

Written by William Malone & Alan Reed

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Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

Directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead

Written by Justin Benson

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A group of camp counselors trying to reopen a summer camp called Crystal Lake, which has a grim past, are stalked by a mysterious killer.

Directed by Sean S. Cunningham

Written by Victor Miller & Ron Kurz

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Alex Browning is among a group of high school students readying themselves for a trip to Europe. When he suddenly has a premonition that their airplane will crash, he screams to warn the others but instead he is thrown off of the plane.

Directed by James Wong

Written by Glen Morgan, James Wong & Jeffrey Reddick

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Leslie and Sam reflect on the second season and try their best to rank their favorite films…

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Leslie and Sam show their appreciation for films made outside the states…

French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.

Directed by Gaspar Noé

Written by Gaspar Noé

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Leslie and Sam chat with Zach Strohman (Stupid Fingers) about his music style, influences, and recent releases…

Guest: Zach Strohman (@_stupid.fingers_)

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Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Directed by George A. Romero

Written by George A. Romero

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Leslie and Sam talk about the recent news about the existence of our friends from out of this world…

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A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Directed by Adrian Lyne

Written by James Dearden

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Leslie and Sam share some of their favorite holiday memories…

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Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an Angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.

Directed by David Steiman

Written by David Steiman

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Leslie and Sam try their best to rank the previous 10 movies reviewed on the podcast…

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A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.

Directed by Andrew Fleming

Written by Andrew Fleming

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Sam puts Connor’s horror movie knowledge to the test…

GUEST: Connor Dadey

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A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.

Directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Written by Chiho Katsura

GUEST: Connor Dadey

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Sam chats with Nicole Johnston of Coley Photography about black & white photos, where she draws inspiration, and her upcoming projects…

GUEST: Nicole Johnston (@coley__photography)

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A detective and his team must rescue 8 people trapped in a factory by the twisted serial killer known as Jigsaw.

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman

Written by Darren Lynn Bousman & Leigh Whannell

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Leslie and Sam share stories of places that give them the creeps…

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A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

Directed by James Wan

Written by Leigh Whannell

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Leslie and Sam’s wishes have been answered by the Deadlights’ bucket…

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A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.

Directed by Tobe Hooper

Written by Steven Speilberg, Michael Grais & Mark Victor

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Leslie and Sam pull from the bottomless movie bucket just for fun…

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Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Directed by John Boorman

Written by James Dickey & John Boorman

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Leslie and Sam do some mini-reviews for the movies that have come out this year…

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A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.

Directed by Jonathan Glazer

Written by Walter Campbell & Jonathan Glazer

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Leslie and Sam chat about their monthly horror movie trivia night at Hexe Coffee Co. in Chicago, IL.

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As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.

Directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead

Written by Justin Benson

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Leslie and Sam update the fans on what’s going on outside of the Deadlights space…

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A radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.

Directed by Bruce McDonald

Written by Tony Burgess

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Leslie and Sam take a walk down memory lane and talk about where and how they met…

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The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Directed by Bernard Rose

Written by Bernard Rose

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Leslie reacts to the loglines with her trademarked phrase…

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Leslie and Sam try their best to rank the previous 10 movies reviewed on the podcast…

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A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.

Directed by Scott Cooper

Written by Scott Cooper

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Leslie and Sam reflect on the movies that left their mark…

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American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.

Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

Written by Peter Ruric

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