Tonight, Passenger, the latest from master of horror director André Øvredal, hits theaters nationwide. The hype has been heating up all month long as Øvredal calls the film his scariest yet. Hell of a statement given his creepy catalogue: The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and The Last Voyage […]
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With Lee Cronin‘s The Mummy trotting into theaters this weekend, the Halloweenies revisit Stephen Sommers‘ 1999 blockbuster hit The Mummy. Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah, the action-adventure film opted for humor over horror, drawing audiences back into the theaters for the rare successful Universal Monsters reboot. Join Rachel Reeves, Justin Gerber, and […]
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Americans in London. It’s been a month of Jack the Ripper texts on Murder Made Fiction podcast and while the quality has been consistent, the approach to arguably one of the most famous unsolved murders in true crime history has varied widely. Naturally made-for-TV movies like 1997’s The Ripper (listen here) and the Michael Caine-led Jack […]
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Americans in London. It’s been a month of Jack the Ripper texts on Murder Made Fiction podcast and while the quality has been consistent, the approach to arguably one of the most famous unsolved murders in true crime history has varied widely. Naturally made-for-TV movies like 1997’s The Ripper (listen here) and the Michael Caine-led Jack […]
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Good for her…? After kicking off February with a look at one of the lesser-loved Michael Crichton film adaptations in Sphere (listen) and being introduced to the batshit insanity that is the Drew Barrymore-starring Doppelganger (listen), we’re continuing our February coverage with a look at Robert Eggers‘ debut film The Witch (2015). Set in early […]
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Good for her…? After kicking off February with a look at one of the lesser-loved Michael Crichton film adaptations in Sphere (listen) and being introduced to the batshit insanity that is the Drew Barrymore-starring Doppelganger (listen), we’re continuing our February coverage with a look at Robert Eggers‘ debut film The Witch (2015). Set in early […]
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“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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