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Final Ghouls Of Horror Podcast
@finalghoulspod.bsky.social
Three horror lovers discuss the genre from their varying perspectives and very different levels of experience!
Featuring @jthomas411mania.bsky.social, @hollykulp.bsky.social, and L (https://kind.social/@Shards).
Links: https://linktr.ee/FinalGhoulsPod
Francis Ford Coppola's take on the most famous vampire of them all, Bram Stoker's Dracula, released 33 years ago today.

Starring Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder and more, it's become one of the more beloved cinematic versions of the story.

#Filmsky #BramStokersDracula #Horrorsky
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
One of the most curious slashers of the 1980s celebrates a birthday, as Slumber Party Massacre turns 43!

Originally written as a horror comedy that parodies slashers, it was filmed as a straightforward horror film instead.

#Filmsky #SlumberPartyMassacre #Horrorsky
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Happy birthday to Louis, Lestat and Claudia as Interview With the Vampire turns 31 years old today!

Controversial for its casting of Tom Cruise at the time, the Neil Jordan adaptation has since become a favorite vampire film of many.

#Filmsky #InterviewWithTheVampire #Horrorsky
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Happy 16th birthday to little Sam Hain, as Trick r' Treat released straight to video on this day in 2009!

You can hear all our thoughts on this one in an episode of the podcast coming in a couple of weeks...

#Filmsky #TrickRTreat #Horrorsky
October 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The most famous of reluctant TV vampires celebrates an anniversary, with Angel turning 26 years old today!

Controversial fourth season aside, the Buffy spinoff has proven to be just as much a favorite with fans as the original show.

#Filmsky #Angel #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #Horrorsky
October 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It's a gateway horror anniversary as The Halloween Tree premiered on ABC 32 years ago today.

We Final Ghouls owe a debt to this one, as it's a part of L's horror fandom origin story!

#Filmsky #TheHalloweenTree #Horrorsky
October 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Happy 15th birthday to Hatchet II, which hit theaters on this day in 2010!

Halloween alumna Danielle Harris took over the role of Marybeth Dunston for the second entry of the slasher series.

#Filmsky #Hatchet #HatchetII #Horrorsky
October 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Our hallowed queen of horror hosts celebrates an anniversary today as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark released 37 years ago!

"How's your head?" "Never had any complaints."

#Filmsky #Elvira #ElviraMistressOfTheDark #Horrorsky
September 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A big happy 30th birthday to Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, which hit theaters on this day in 1995.

The sixth film in the franchise concluded the Curse of Thorn arc and stars a young Paul Rudd as Tommy Doyle.

#Filmsky #Halloween #Halloween6 #Horrorsky
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Happy 53rd birthday to Dracula A.D. 1972, which released this day in -- well, 1972.

It's the grooviest of Dracula stories, to be sure.

#Filmsky #Dracula #HammerHorror #Horrorsky
September 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Happy anniversary to The Mummy's Hand, which released 85 years ago today!

Hailing from the second wave of the Universal Monsters films, this one has no direct connection to the Boris Karloff-starring classic.

#Filmsky #TheMummysHand #Horrorsky #TheMummy
September 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Happy 45th birthday to Mother's Day, which arrived in the US on this day in 1980!

The unhinged dark comedy came from Charles Kaufman and one of the more iconic Troma cult films.

#Filmsky #MothersDay #Horrorsky
September 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A slice of demonic elevator horror celebrates its 15th birthday today in Devil!

The John Erick Dowdle-directed film (marketed around producer M. Night Shyamalan) centers on five people trapped in with what may or may not be the Devil.

#Filmsky #DevilMovie #Horrorsky
September 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Happy 20th birthday to Supernatural, which premiered on The CW on this day in 2005!

Many of you are now thinking of "Carry On My Wayward Son" or, perhaps, "Eye of the Tiger." You're welcome.

#Supernatural #Horrorsky
September 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Eli Roth's gooey, gory directorial debut Cabin Fever celebrated its 22nd birthday today!

The flesh-eating bacteria film put Roth on the map, setting the stage for Hostel and much more.

#Filmsky #CabinFever #Horrorsky
September 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Happy 33rd birthday to Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth, which hit theaters on this day in 1992!

Pinhead goes full slasher villain in this film, which is infamous for its CD Cenobite among other things.

#Filmsky #Hellraiser #Horrorsky
September 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The ~other~ big ghost movie from 1999, Stir of Echoes, celebrates its 26th birthday today!

The Kevin Bacon starrer was overlooked against the juggernaut that was The Sixth Sense but has become a favorite of many horror fans since.

#Filmsky #StirOfEchoes #Horrorsky
September 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A big happy 20th birthday to the Exorcism of Emily Rose, which hit theaters today in 2005!

The mix of supernatural horror and legal drama was the breakout film for director Scott Derrickson of Sinister and The Black Phone fame.

#Filmsky #ExorcismOfEmilyRose #Horrorsky
September 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Keanu Reeves broke bad 25 years ago today in the serial killer thriller The Watcher!

It marked a rare turn to the dark side for Reeves opposite James Spader and Marisa Tomei.

#Filmsky #TheWatcher #Horrorsky
September 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A new slasher villain was born 18 years ago today when Hatchet arrived in theaters!

The rise of Victor Crowley from the swamps of New Orleans led to three sequels and shot Adam Green into prominence as a horror director.

#Filmsky #Hatchet #Horrorsky
September 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hellraiser: Hellworld, the seventh film in the franchise (and fourth STV one) celebrates its 20th birthday today!

Yes, that is indeed a young Henry Cavill that you're seeing in the picture.

#Filmsky #Hellraiser #Horrorsky
September 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A Hammer Films classic has a 65th anniversary as The Brides Of Dracula arrived in the US on this day in 1960.

Despite the name, Dracula does not actually appear in this film, and he is only mentioned twice.

#Filmsky #BridesOfDracula #HammerFilms #Horrorsky
September 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A brutal, unrelenting doozy of a film (to say the least) celebrates its 17th anniversary in Pascal Laugier's New French Extremity heavyweight Martyrs!

"Viewer discretion advised" doesn't even begin to cover this one, folks.

#Filmsky #Martyrs #Horrorsky
September 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The Prophecy celebrates a momentous birthday today as it turns the big 3-0!

This angelically-themed noiresque horror flick stars Christopher Walken in one of his most underrated performances and Viggo Mortensen as a truly terrifying iteration of Lucifer.

#Filmsky #TheProphecy #Horrorsky
September 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Happy birthday to Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween reboot, which turns 18 years old today!

Perhaps the most controversial of all the Halloween films, this as as many defenders as critics.

#Filmsky #Halloween #RobZombie #Horrorsky
September 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM