Halloweenies: A Michael Myers Podcast

Feel that breeze? The dust? The grime? We're still here in Fury 161, alright. Join the Halloweenies as they continue their extensive coverage on David Fincher's Alien 3. In the second of three episodes dedicated to the 1992 anti-blockbuster, they finish the production notes by diving into Fincher's career pre-Alien 3, the differences between the theatrical and the assembly cut, and Elliot Goldenthal's ambitious score. Stay tuned for Pt. 3 next Monday! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Fury 161, where we’ve got no entertainment center, no climate control, no video system, no surveillance, no freezers, no fucking ice cream, no rubbers, no guns, but we do have the Halloweenies. Join the gang as they begin their sprawling coverage of David Fincher’s Alien 3. Of course, it wasn’t always going to be Fincher’s film, and in the first of three episodes dedicated to the 1992 anti-blockbuster, they explain why as they chart the film’s long road in and out of development hell. Stay tuned for Pt. 2 next Monday! Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, a bonus episode this week: Halloweenies co-host and executive producer Michael Roffman sits down with director Michael Mohan to discuss his first horror film, Immaculate, starring Sydney Sweeney. Together, the two chat about the effects of religious horror in 2024, Sweeney's Scream Queen magic, the ending everyone's going to be talking about, and why Horror needs zero rules. He also offers some choice Horror recommendations. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's St. Russell's Day! To celebrate Kurt Russell's big birthday, the Halloweenies are unlocking their 2020 episode on Bone Tomahawk. Join the Magnificent Four -- McKenzie Gerber, Dan Caffrey, Randall Colburn, and Dan Pfleegor -- as they hit the dusty trail and discuss S. Craig Zahler's 2015 Western horror film. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a roundtable review on something new and something old in horror. This month, they discuss Lisa Frankenstein, Out of Darkness, I Am Chanel, Rope, The Manitou, and A Stranger Is Watching. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second and final episode dedicated to James Cameron's 1986 all-timer sequel Aliens, the team heads deeper into LV-426 as they synch up with James Horner's score, take tags off the marines and crew, debate the scariest scene, and marvel once again at all those stellar special effects. Music by Billy Yost and The Kickback. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a preview of our all-new Patreon exclusive episode that finds the Halloweenies decoding Don Coscarelli's Phantasm ahead of its 45th anniversary. Want to hear the full thing? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Skeleton Patron for more exclusive bonus content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Halloweenies! A day in the Halloweenies is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every episode a parade! I *love* the Halloweenies! And hopefully you do too, because this time it's war, and we're looking for fellow marines. Join us as we begin our sprawling coverage of James Cameron's all-timer sequel Aliens. In the first of two episodes, the gang discusses the long road to production, the likes of which see a Hollywood King get crowned early in his career. Stay tuned for part two next Monday! Music by Billy Yost and The Kickback. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest episode of The Rental, the Halloweenies go spelunking and discuss Neil Marshall's 2005 claustrophobic monster movie The Descent. As is Halloweenies tradition, nothing is left untouched in this cave. Note: This episode was recorded in 2021. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Tricks and Treats, the Halloweenies answer your questions. In this installment -- their first in nearly a year, mind you -- the gang shares their favorite Xenomorph designs, sidecasts they'd want to record, hot takes on past franchises we've covered, and much much more. To kick it off, they discuss the then-recent news surrounding Universal's Dark Universe expansion. Music by Billy Yost and The Kickback. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The commercial space tug Halloweenies is scheduled for detonation, but not until they're done discussing Ridley Scott's Alien. In the third and final episode dedicated to the 1979 sci-fi horror, the team prepares for evac by taking inventory on its one-of-a-kind cast of blue-collar shipmates, the scariest scene, all those stellar special effects, and more. Music by Billy Yost and The Kickback. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The commercial space tug Halloweenies is in quarantine. After inspecting a transmission from a nearby moon, the crew returns with a perfect organism: Ridley Scott's Alien. In the second of three episodes dedicated to the 1979 sci-fi horror, the team moves to the lab to discuss Jerry Goldsmith's score and the titular creature itself. Music by Billy Yost and The Kickback. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The commercial space tug Halloweenies is returning to Earth with a four-member crew in statis: McKenzie Gerber, Dan Caffrey, Michael Roffman, and Rachel Reeves. Detecting a transmission from a nearby moon, the ship's computer, Mother, awakens the crew to pod. Together, they gather around the table to begin their dissection of Ridley Scott's Alien. In the first of three episodes dedicated to the 1979 sci-fi horror, the team discusses the chaotic production history that turned madness into a masterpiece. Music by Billy Yost and The Kickback. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a preview of our all-new Patreon exclusive episode that finds the Halloweenies discussing John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China. Want to hear the full thing? Head on over to www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod and become a Skeleton Patron for more exclusive bonus content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Halloweenies take a quick post-holidays vacay to Raven's Fair to discuss James Wan's 2007 supernatural horror film, Dead Silence. Together, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Michael Roffman, and Justin Gerber discuss Wan's bleached out style, the muddled mythology, Donnie Wahlberg's scene-stealing performance, and, naturally, 2010's Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. Somewhere in there they also share polarizing thoughts on Malignant. Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 and is being dropped in the wake of Night Swim. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Belated New Year! To kick things off, the Halloweenies assemble and offer a preview of what's to come in 2024. Beyond that, they also share the 10 most anticipated horror movies from now until December. It's gonna be a good year. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All good things come to an end, and so has 2023. To ring in the New Year, the Halloweenies revisit the past year and list their 10 best horror movies. Note: This list is definitive and not at all subjective. Music by Billy Yost and The Kickback. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Halloweenies answer the call from the San Francisco Health Department, where they are to study Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers for its 45th anniversary. Together, they discuss the history of the Invasion story, Kaufman's docustyle eye, the film's commentary on '70s counterculture and consumerism, and all the chaos within every frame of this 1978 gem. Note: This installment of The Rental is from our Patreon and was recorded in January 2023. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Friedkin's The Exorcist turns 50 this month. To celebrate, the Halloweenies head to Georgetown to spend 50 minutes talking about how the film -- the greatest horror film of all time? -- has influenced culture over the past 50 years. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Halloweenies (Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, Rachel Reeves, Michael Roffman, and Justin Gerber) reach the end, friends. As per tradition, they cap off another year-long season with a good ol' ranking. From Child's Play (1988) to all two-and-a-half seasons of Chucky, they leave no Good Guy behind.  Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices