“You opened it. We came. Now you must come with us, listen to our podcasts.” The Halloweenies are heading to Hell for 202666. In the main feed, they’re covering the Hellraiser franchise. For their patrons, they’re opening the floor for The Omen series. The latter coverage has already begun — and you can stream the first […]
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Et cetera… After kicking off the new year with a deep dive into Alex Garland’s directorial debut Ex Machina (listen) and revisiting our Patreon discussion of 28 Weeks Later (listen), we’re wrapping up January with a discussion of M. Night Shyamalan‘s 2016 box office juggernaut Split. In Split, a man (James McAvoy) with 23 distinct personalities due […]
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On July 13, 1966, Richard Speck broke into a Chicago student nurse’s dormitory and murdered eight of the women who lived inside. Only Corazon Amurao managed to survive the ordeal by hiding under a bed long enough for the intruder to forget about her. Speck was arrested several days later and eventually given the death […]
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Throughout January, Murder Made Fiction podcast is examining the killers that are being interviewed on season one of David Fincher‘s Mindhunter. This ties into our Patreon episode-by-episode discussions, while also allowing us to cover a few of the killers that we haven’t discussed in detail, such as Edmund Kemper. Kemper is obviously one of the […]
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David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) and Dylan Baker (Trick ‘r Treat) are joining the horror anthology podcast Petrified. Deadline reports that the actors will guest star in the fourth season of the Irish audio drama series, which launches next month. Created by writer-director Peter Dunne and producer Liam Geraghty, the show explores the […]
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Six years ago, following the lack of recognition at the Oscars for horror films, Trace Thurman and I created “The Hereditaries“ (named after Toni Collette’s Hereditary omission), a series of horror awards to acknowledge all of the great work being done in the genre. We’re now up to the sixth annual Hereditaries (click here to vote), […]
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The Halloweenies officially bolt the door and lock the windows on 2025 by listing the 10 best horror films of the year. Stream the episode below. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil […]
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2025 was a banner year for Murder Made Fiction: in addition to celebrating our anniversary, it was the first full year of the podcast. This gave Jenn and I the excuse to consider the diverse range of fictionalized true crime titles that debuted last year. With that in mind, we wanted to celebrate a few […]
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“Oh, Finney. You of all people know that “dead” is just a word.” What’s scarier than a sinister magician/serial child from the Stranger Danger 70s driving through town in a windowless van filled with a bunch of black balloons? Nothing. Except perhaps the same sinister magician as a rotting corpse seeking vengeance in the realm […]
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The old “head-in-the-fish-tank” routine… After celebrating the holidays with a look at one of my favorite gateway horror films Jumanji (listen) and the underseen holiday thriller P2 (listen), we’re wrapping up 2025 with a look at Ken Hughes‘ (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) forgotten 1981 slasher Night School. In Night School, a motorcycle helmet-clad serial killer is decapitating a […]
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The Losers head to the tropics for Stephen King‘s You Like It Darker. Join Losers Michael Roffman, Jenn Adams, Justin Gerber, and Dan Caffrey as they rank all 12 stories within King’s 2024 collection — from the hard-hitting novella Two Talented Bastids to the harrowing Cujo sequel “Rattlesnakes” to the soul searching sendoff “The Answer […]
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All good things come to an end… To close out the first quarter of this century, the Halloweenies have hit the archives to revisit all the horror movies released between 2000 to 2025. After careful consideration, they’ve made their lists, checked them twice, and given them to Santa Gerber to collate them all into a […]
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“You followed a step-by-step plan that killed nine people. What did you think was going to happen?” Never underestimate a hyperfixation. That obscure historical event or random theory that takes up space in our brains and keeps us from focusing on more important things. But sometimes those hyperfixations spin out of control and put our […]
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The end of 2025 is nigh. To close out the first quarter of this century, the Halloweenies hit the archives and revisit all the horror movies released between 2000 to 2025. After careful consideration, the gang has made their lists, checked them twice, and given them to Santa Gerber to collate them all into a […]
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She went to a party with eight dead murderers… After wrapping up November with a look at one of the most controversial films ever made in Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (listen) and delving back into the world of Stephen King with Misery (listen), we’re kicking off December with an oft-requested pick from our […]
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