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Cultists, 5 years after the previous entry in the series, Universal convinced Karloff to return for 1 last outing as the monster. Minus Whale’s subversive edge but with star Bela Lugosi & future star Basil Rathbone, Son Of Frankenstein marked a turning point in the Universal Horror Series.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cultists, 5 years after the previous entry in the series, Universal convinced Karloff to return for 1 last outing as the monster. Minus Whale’s subversive edge but with star Bela Lugosi & future star Basil Rathbone, Son Of Frankenstein marked a turning point in the Universal Horror Series.
Cultists, whenever 1 of our favorite franchises comes out with a new instalment, your Horror Hosts like to look back at the original. So this ep John McTiernan's Predator will be going on the Exam Table, in anticipation of Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands. Please join us for the Dissection.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Cultists, whenever 1 of our favorite franchises comes out with a new instalment, your Horror Hosts like to look back at the original. So this ep John McTiernan's Predator will be going on the Exam Table, in anticipation of Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands. Please join us for the Dissection.
Cultists, The Monster Demands a Mate! Coming four years after the original, Bride Of Frankenstein arrived in a very different cinematic landscape than its predecessor. Karloff was now a Star, James Whale had more creative control, and there was the Hays Code to contend with.
#brideoffrankenstein
#brideoffrankenstein
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October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Cultists, The Monster Demands a Mate! Coming four years after the original, Bride Of Frankenstein arrived in a very different cinematic landscape than its predecessor. Karloff was now a Star, James Whale had more creative control, and there was the Hays Code to contend with.
#brideoffrankenstein
#brideoffrankenstein
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October 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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#HorrOregon #Hallowzine #pdxzines
#fanzine #horror #brideoffrankenstein
#HorrOregon #Hallowzine #pdxzines
#fanzine #horror #brideoffrankenstein
Cultists, it's the 25th anniversary of Canadian Cult Classic Teen Werewolf movie Ginger Snaps! Seems like a perfect excuse for your Horror Hosts to finally put it on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection.
#gingersnaps #gingersnaps2000 #gingersnaps2unleashed #gingersnapsback
#gingersnaps #gingersnaps2000 #gingersnaps2unleashed #gingersnapsback
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October 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Cultists, it's the 25th anniversary of Canadian Cult Classic Teen Werewolf movie Ginger Snaps! Seems like a perfect excuse for your Horror Hosts to finally put it on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection.
#gingersnaps #gingersnaps2000 #gingersnaps2unleashed #gingersnapsback
#gingersnaps #gingersnaps2000 #gingersnaps2unleashed #gingersnapsback
Cultists, as promised we're bringing you Bonus Episodes for Spooky Season! In anticipation of del Toro’s new adaptation, your Horror Hosts are putting the Universal Studios Frankenstein films on the Exam Table. Starting with Whale’s 1931 Gothic Horror masterpiece. Please join us for the Dissection.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Cultists, as promised we're bringing you Bonus Episodes for Spooky Season! In anticipation of del Toro’s new adaptation, your Horror Hosts are putting the Universal Studios Frankenstein films on the Exam Table. Starting with Whale’s 1931 Gothic Horror masterpiece. Please join us for the Dissection.
Cultists, your Horror Hosts are kicking off Spooky Season by putting Toyoo Ashida's Cult Classic anime, Vampire Hunter D on the Exam Table. Adapting the 1st vol of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s popular novel series, the seminal OVA is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Please join us for the Dissection
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October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Cultists, your Horror Hosts are kicking off Spooky Season by putting Toyoo Ashida's Cult Classic anime, Vampire Hunter D on the Exam Table. Adapting the 1st vol of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s popular novel series, the seminal OVA is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Please join us for the Dissection
Cultists, it's been 30 years since David Fincher's Se7en first shocked and disturbed audiences. Blurring the line between crime thriller and psychological horror, the film remains incredibly influential to this day. Please join us for the Dissection.
#se7en #seven #se7enmovie #davidfincher
#se7en #seven #se7enmovie #davidfincher
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September 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Cultists, it's been 30 years since David Fincher's Se7en first shocked and disturbed audiences. Blurring the line between crime thriller and psychological horror, the film remains incredibly influential to this day. Please join us for the Dissection.
#se7en #seven #se7enmovie #davidfincher
#se7en #seven #se7enmovie #davidfincher
Cultists, despite being underwhelmed on their 1st visit, we are returning to Salem’s Lot. This ep the '24 adaptation of King’s novel will be going on the Exam Table. Released on Max & preceding Nosferatu by only 2 months this film may have slipped by you. Please join us for the Dissection
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September 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Cultists, despite being underwhelmed on their 1st visit, we are returning to Salem’s Lot. This ep the '24 adaptation of King’s novel will be going on the Exam Table. Released on Max & preceding Nosferatu by only 2 months this film may have slipped by you. Please join us for the Dissection
Cultists, continuing the Sinners theme. Another of the film’s oft cited influences is Salem's Lot. Adapted as a TV movie by Tobe Hooper, this Gothic Horror scarred the kids that grew up with it on tv, and gave us one of the ‘70s most iconic vampires Kurt Barlow. Please join us for the Dissection
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August 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Cultists, continuing the Sinners theme. Another of the film’s oft cited influences is Salem's Lot. Adapted as a TV movie by Tobe Hooper, this Gothic Horror scarred the kids that grew up with it on tv, and gave us one of the ‘70s most iconic vampires Kurt Barlow. Please join us for the Dissection
Cultists, Sinners is a film that wore its influences on its sleeve. One obvious influence was 90s Cult Classic From Dusk Till Dawn. The film kicked off a series of collaborations between directors Rodriguez & Tarantino, but does it have more than superficial similarities to Sinners?
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August 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Cultists, Sinners is a film that wore its influences on its sleeve. One obvious influence was 90s Cult Classic From Dusk Till Dawn. The film kicked off a series of collaborations between directors Rodriguez & Tarantino, but does it have more than superficial similarities to Sinners?
Cultists, because you demanded it your Horror Hosts are finally putting Ryan Coogler's Sinners on the exam table. This genre defying Vampire film has held online film discourse by the jugular since its release in April & continues to do so. Please join us for the Dissection.
#sinners #ryancoogler
#sinners #ryancoogler
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July 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Cultists, because you demanded it your Horror Hosts are finally putting Ryan Coogler's Sinners on the exam table. This genre defying Vampire film has held online film discourse by the jugular since its release in April & continues to do so. Please join us for the Dissection.
#sinners #ryancoogler
#sinners #ryancoogler
Cultists, your Hosts have opted to skip 28 Weeks, & jump directly to Boyle return to the franchise: 28 Years Later. Nearly three decades after the og, it's an ambitious follow-up with big tonal shifts & big thematic swings so it will be an interesting discussion. Please join us for the dissection.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Cultists, your Hosts have opted to skip 28 Weeks, & jump directly to Boyle return to the franchise: 28 Years Later. Nearly three decades after the og, it's an ambitious follow-up with big tonal shifts & big thematic swings so it will be an interesting discussion. Please join us for the dissection.
Cultists, in '02 Danny Boyle and Alex Garland dropped 28 Days Later & ignited a new Zombie craze that's still ongoing. This month they're returning to that world they created so your Horror Hosts are going back to where the Rage Virus Infection first began. Please join us for the Dissection.
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June 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Cultists, in '02 Danny Boyle and Alex Garland dropped 28 Days Later & ignited a new Zombie craze that's still ongoing. This month they're returning to that world they created so your Horror Hosts are going back to where the Rage Virus Infection first began. Please join us for the Dissection.
Cultists, we hope you didn't think it'd be safe to go back in the water. Because it's the 50th anniversary of Jaws. This ep, we’re putting Steven Spielberg's OG Blockbuster on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection.
#jaws #stevenspielberg #spielberg #royscheider #robertshaw
#jaws #stevenspielberg #spielberg #royscheider #robertshaw
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June 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Cultists, we hope you didn't think it'd be safe to go back in the water. Because it's the 50th anniversary of Jaws. This ep, we’re putting Steven Spielberg's OG Blockbuster on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection.
#jaws #stevenspielberg #spielberg #royscheider #robertshaw
#jaws #stevenspielberg #spielberg #royscheider #robertshaw
Friday The 13th? A hulking hockey masked machete wielding ghoul stalking teens around a summer camp, right? Wrong, in Cunningham’s original '80 Slasher, very little of that iconography was in place yet. For its 45th anniversary we're putting Friday The 13th on the Exam Table. Please join us
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May 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Friday The 13th? A hulking hockey masked machete wielding ghoul stalking teens around a summer camp, right? Wrong, in Cunningham’s original '80 Slasher, very little of that iconography was in place yet. For its 45th anniversary we're putting Friday The 13th on the Exam Table. Please join us
Cultists, your Horror Hosts are finally putting an Alfred Hitchcock film on the Exam Table, his Proto-Slasher, Psycho. The boundary pushing film is celebrating its 65th anniversary and it continues to be influential to this day. Please join us for the Dissection.
#psycho #alfredhitchcock
#psycho #alfredhitchcock
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May 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Cultists, your Horror Hosts are finally putting an Alfred Hitchcock film on the Exam Table, his Proto-Slasher, Psycho. The boundary pushing film is celebrating its 65th anniversary and it continues to be influential to this day. Please join us for the Dissection.
#psycho #alfredhitchcock
#psycho #alfredhitchcock
Cultists, this ep your Horror Hosts are again returning to Y2K for another Cult Classic celebrating its 25th anniversary, American Psycho. The Neo-Noir Quasi-Slasher that generated countless memes, and propelled Christian Bale into Superstardom. Please join us for the Dissection.
#americanpsycho
#americanpsycho
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April 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Cultists, this ep your Horror Hosts are again returning to Y2K for another Cult Classic celebrating its 25th anniversary, American Psycho. The Neo-Noir Quasi-Slasher that generated countless memes, and propelled Christian Bale into Superstardom. Please join us for the Dissection.
#americanpsycho
#americanpsycho
Cultists, a number of films are celebrating anniversaries in '25 So we are using that as an excuse to revisit some. 1st up the film that introduced most of the world to Chris Nolan, Memento. The Neo-Noir was an instant Cult Classic and has become a Classic Classic. Please join us for the Dissection
April 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cultists, a number of films are celebrating anniversaries in '25 So we are using that as an excuse to revisit some. 1st up the film that introduced most of the world to Chris Nolan, Memento. The Neo-Noir was an instant Cult Classic and has become a Classic Classic. Please join us for the Dissection
Cultists, N&D have escaped from the Black Lodge just in time to bring you the fourth and final instalment of our series Dissecting Twin Peaks. This episode your Horror Hosts are putting the 2017 Limited Event Series, Twin Peaks: The Return on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection.
March 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Cultists, N&D have escaped from the Black Lodge just in time to bring you the fourth and final instalment of our series Dissecting Twin Peaks. This episode your Horror Hosts are putting the 2017 Limited Event Series, Twin Peaks: The Return on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection.
Cultists, we're back with the 3rd in our Twin Peaks series. This ep your Hosts will be putting Lynch's controversial film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, on the exam table. A critical & commercial disappointment upon release, it has been reappraised in recent years but remains a challenging film.
March 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Cultists, we're back with the 3rd in our Twin Peaks series. This ep your Hosts will be putting Lynch's controversial film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, on the exam table. A critical & commercial disappointment upon release, it has been reappraised in recent years but remains a challenging film.
We're back with the 2nd of our Dissections of Twin Peaks. This ep we're looking at S2. Notoriously the 2nd season struggled, with studio interference, friction between the creators, plus a ballooning cast and ep count. & yet still S2 produced some of the series most iconic moments. Please join us
February 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We're back with the 2nd of our Dissections of Twin Peaks. This ep we're looking at S2. Notoriously the 2nd season struggled, with studio interference, friction between the creators, plus a ballooning cast and ep count. & yet still S2 produced some of the series most iconic moments. Please join us
Cultists, on 1/20/25 just 5 days short of his birthday the world lost David Lynch. A true auteur, Lynch was someone we held in high esteem at NSC. In response we will be putting the show that was the gateway to Lynch for so many, #TwinPeaks on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection
February 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Cultists, on 1/20/25 just 5 days short of his birthday the world lost David Lynch. A true auteur, Lynch was someone we held in high esteem at NSC. In response we will be putting the show that was the gateway to Lynch for so many, #TwinPeaks on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection
Cultists, there's a new Wolf Man releasing this weekend. So it's time for your Horror Host’s to put george waGGner's '41 classic on the Exam Table. This was not Universal’s 1st Werewolf film but it is their most iconic. Please join us for the Dissection
#thewolfman #wolfman #wolfmanmovie
#thewolfman #wolfman #wolfmanmovie
January 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Cultists, there's a new Wolf Man releasing this weekend. So it's time for your Horror Host’s to put george waGGner's '41 classic on the Exam Table. This was not Universal’s 1st Werewolf film but it is their most iconic. Please join us for the Dissection
#thewolfman #wolfman #wolfmanmovie
#thewolfman #wolfman #wolfmanmovie
Happy New Year, Cultists. We're doing things a little differently this year. Because you demanded it, your Horror Hosts are going to deliver their Hot Takes on Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu before they get into the annual rundown of their Year End Faves. Please join us for the dissection…dissections?
January 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy New Year, Cultists. We're doing things a little differently this year. Because you demanded it, your Horror Hosts are going to deliver their Hot Takes on Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu before they get into the annual rundown of their Year End Faves. Please join us for the dissection…dissections?