189: Hot Sexy Death Summer in 3-D -Tourist Trap (1979)
Hot Sexy Death Summer concludes! A group of friends!Roadside museum! Telekinetic powers! This week the boys go out of town only to get a flat tire and get stuck at the TOURIST TRAP!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check CHUCKY Season 2 episode 2!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
52m Jul 11, 2024
52m
188: Hot Sexy Death Summer in 3-D - The House on Sorority Row (1982)
Hot Sexy Death Summer Continues!! A graduation party!  A group of sorority sisters!  Innocent prank! This week the boys help a sorority hide a body in THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check CHUCKY Season 2 episode 1!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
56m Jul 04, 2024
56m
187: Hot Sexy Death Summer in 3-D - Wicker Man (1973)
Hot Sexy Death Summer Continues!! Our Annual Summer Spooky Special!!  A Scottish island village! A missing girl! A police sergeant! This week, the boys fly to Summerisle island, hoping to participate in some pagan shenanigans as they meet THE WICKER MAN!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check CHUCKY episode 8!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram...
54m Jun 27, 2024
54m
186: Hot Sexy Death Summer in 3-D - Summer of 84 (2018)
Hot Sexy Death Summer is here!! Our Annual Summer Spooky Special!! A serial killer! A group of teenage friends! Dangerous summer! This week the boys go back to the  past to gather evidence and relive the SUMMER OF 84!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check CHUCKY episode 7!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.c...
50m Jun 20, 2024
50m
185: Moon Garden (2022)
Comatose five-year-old! Fever dream! Unconscious mind! This week the boys journey through a little girls mind, again, looking for the MOON GARDEN!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check CHUCKY episode 6!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
1hr Jun 13, 2024
1hr
184: Knife + Heart (2018)
Paris, summer 1979!  A strange investigation! Cheap gay porn! This week boys travel back in time to solve a string of murders that involved KNIFE + HEART!! (Happy Pride Month!) Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check CHUCKY episode 5!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
55m Jun 06, 2024
55m
183: Night Swim
A new home! backyard pool!  deep secret surface! This week the boys unleash a malevolent force that will drag them into the inescapable depths of terror! All they wanted to do was take a NIGHT SWIM!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check CHUCKY episode 4!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
52m May 30, 2024
52m
182: Infested
Arachnophobia!  French apartment building! Creepy crawlies! This week the boys squash them, stomp them, crush the ugly little eight-legged beast! This apartment is INFESTED!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check Chucky episode 3!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
56m May 23, 2024
56m
181: Late Night with the Devil
Syndicated talk show! A Halloween special!  Unleashed evil! This week the boys, hit the late night circuit only to spend LATE NIGHT WITHT THE DEVIL!!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check Chucky episode 2!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
55m May 16, 2024
55m
180: Baghead
Run-down pub! Lost loved ones! A shape-shifting creature! This week the boys discover a dark secret at a bar and run into BAGHEAD!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check Chucky episode 1!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
59m May 09, 2024
59m
179: Lisa Frankenstein
Awkward high school senior! A corpse! Missing body parts! This week the boys suffer an unspeakable tragedy and accidentally reanimates a corpse with the help of LISA FRANKENSTEIN!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check John Carpenter's Suburban Screams episode 6!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeleton...
54m May 02, 2024
54m
178: You'll Never Find Me
A mobile home!  A mysterious young woman! A strange and lonely resident! This week the boys seek shelter only to question their own grip on reality because YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check John Carpenter's Suburban Screams episode 5!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonbo...
52m Apr 25, 2024
52m
177: Cure (1997)
 Gruesome murders!  A frustrated detective! An odd young man! This week the boys help investigate bizarre murders in Japan only to find a CURE!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check John Carpenter's Suburban Screams episode 4!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
56m Apr 18, 2024
56m
176: Cat Person
Flirting over texts! A college sophomore! The horrors of dating! This week the boys enter the dating pool only to find a CAT PERSON!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check John Carpenter's Suburban Screams episode 3!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
55m Apr 11, 2024
55m
175: Crash Course: 4 by Cronenberg - Videodrome (1983)
This month we are looking at 4 movies by the King of Venereal Horror, David Cronenberg. This is our Crash Course!! Sleazy cable TV station! Pirate broadcast! Hallucinatory journey! This week the boys meet up with James Woods and Deborah Harry to bare witness to the new flesh! Long live the new flesh! VIDEODROME!!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check John Carpenter's Suburban Screams episo...
57m Apr 04, 2024
57m
174: Crash Course: 4 by Cronenberg - Shivers (1975)
This month we are looking at 4 movies by the King of Venereal Horror, David Cronenberg. This is our Crash Course!! Parasites! High-rise apartment! Sex-crazed fiends! This week the boys are scientist doing experiments that will genetically engineer parasites, for the use of organ transplants...that sentence should give you SHIVERS!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagr...
46m Mar 28, 2024
46m
173: Crash Course: 4 by Cronenberg - The Brood (1979)
This month we are looking at 4 movies by the King of Venereal Horror, David Cronenberg. This is our Crash Course!! Unconventional psychologist! Strange children! Child-custody battle! This week the boys join psychotherapy cult run by Oliver Reed and manifest their suppressed anger, only to become THE BROOD!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check John Carpenter's Suburban Screams episode 1!! ...
53m Mar 21, 2024
53m
172: Crash Course: 4 by Cronenberg - Stereo (1969)
This month we are looking at 4 movies by the King of Venereal Horror, David Cronenberg. This is our Crash Course!! Psychological experiment! Telepaths! Incapable of speech! This week the boys go to Canadian for erotic inquiry, things get weird, folks! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check out Ju-on: Origins episode 5!! And so much more!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com ...
50m Mar 14, 2024
50m
171: Somewhere Quiet
A kidnapping! Deteriorating reality! Husband's summer home! This week the boys deal with PTSD and want to go SOMEWHERE QUIET!! Writer/Director Olivia West Lloyd’s feature debut is self-assured, genre-bending debut that plunges its heroine into a paranoid nightmare. The story examines the psychological toll of surviving a kidnapping. Somewhere Quiet defies easy categorization but does it succee...
49m Mar 07, 2024
49m
170: Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
Horrific violence! A gang of orphans!  3 wishes! This week the boys go to Mexico, meet some cartels and ghost only to find TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID!! Tigers Are Not Afraid merges fantasy and supernatural elements with real-life horrors. Issa Lopez has crafted a current story, especially given how much the drug war on the border of Mexico and the state of immigration dominates our political discou...
53m Feb 29, 2024
53m
169: Relic (2020)
Decaying home! Dementia! Insidious presence! This week the boys meet a daughter and grand daughter, who are looking for an elderly mother who vanished. Only to find the RELIC!! Relic is a remarkable debut, by Natalie Erika James. The movie takes on the theme of dementia in a new and eerie way.  haunted house story but the failure of our own minds and bodies. But does Relic tighten new screws o...
1hr 2m Feb 22, 2024
1hr 2m
168: Return of the Living Dead III (1993)-The Skeleton Boys Podcast Present: Doomed Romance
*FOR SPIKE Motorcycle accident! Top secret experiment! Ill fated love! This week the boys celebrate Valentine Days with a tale of Doomed Romance. As they take a bite out of Return of the Living Dead III!! Love and gore-what more do you need? Return of the Living Dead III is a gore flick with a love story at the core. The Return of the Living Dead took many more chances than the other Dead ser...
55m Feb 15, 2024
55m
167: Destroy All Neighbors
 Prog-rock musician! Decapitation! Undead corpses! This week the boys get new neighbors and commit serial manslaughter! It's time to DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS!! Destroy all Neighbors is a neurotic horror-comedy. It's a very plot-light movie. Jonah Ray Rodrigues stars and has popped up recently in many movies and is a welcome talent. NEIGHBORS to me is like junk food. But is it empty calories or sa...
50m Feb 08, 2024
50m
166: In My Mother's Skin (2023)
A young girl! Philippines during World War II!  Flesh-eating fairy! This week the boys  have stolen Japanese gold and want to hide it IN MY MOTHERS SKIN!!? (gross!) I appreciate the creative takes on horror from the Southern Asia. Asian horror movies from Japan and South Korea are pretty common. I rarely see horror flicks made from the Philippines. In My Mothers Skin is very unique but is this...
50m Feb 01, 2024
50m
165: Suitable Flesh (2023)
Ancient curse! A psychiatrist!  H.P. Lovecraft! This week the boys body swap to find some SUITABLE FLESH!!  Stuart Gordon was one of my favorite filmmakers. This movie feels dedicated to him. Director,Joe Lynch, mixes camp, grotesque horror, and black comedy. But does Suitable Flesh pay tribute to one of the masters in the genre or is this an uneasy H.P. Lovecraft adaptation!  Plus, we go back...
57m Jan 25, 2024
57m
164: Terrified (2017)
Paranormal phenomena! Neighborhood in Buenos Aires! Researchers! This week the boys move into a affected house and together, try not to get TERRIFIED!! Terrified, is an Argentinean horror movie, the storyline focuses on detectives who investigate some strange occurrences at neighboring houses. But does it live up to the title or complete rubbish? Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check out Blo...
53m Jan 18, 2024
53m
163: Satanic Hispanics (2022)
Anthology horror!  "El Viajero"! Vengeful Paraguayan wraith! This week the boys become SATANIC HISPANICS!! SATANIC HISPANICS is 5 stories loosely tied together. Many top hispanic filmmakers showcase their talents both on and off screen but is this movie class above the rest or mixed bag!! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check out Bloodride episode 2!! And so much more!!! You can always emai...
1hr 12m Jan 11, 2024
1hr 12m
162: V/H/S/85 (2023)
Found footage horror! The 1980s! Terrifying journey! This week the boys can't look way at another anthology series set in the 80s. Be kind and rewind V/H/S/85! V/H/S is the horror anthology set in different decades. The latest is set in the 1980s and uses early cam corder style to tell its five installments.  Co-directed by David Bruckner (The Ritual), Scott Derrickson (The Black Phone) and Na...
1hr 9m Jan 04, 2024
1hr 9m
161: The Top 5 Horror Movies of 2023
BONUS episode! This is an excerpt from our last episode of the year, where John and Rolando count down their top 5 horror movies of 2023. Tune in to find out what movies took the top spots. Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeleton-boys/id1543999012 You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboyspod/
10m Dec 29, 2023
10m
160: The Advent Calendar
An ex-dancer! Strange advent calendar! Bloody aftermath! This week the boys go to France to celebrate Christmas and must obey THE ADVENT CALENDAR!! The Advent Calendar follows a time-honored trope: be-careful-what-you-wish-for. A Monkey paw tale, if you will. writer/director Patrick Ridremont tries to come up with a few variations on this familiar narrative. But does The Advent Calendar become...
1hr 4m Dec 28, 2023
1hr 4m
159: It's a Wonderful Knife -The Skeleton Boys Podcast Present: Our Yule Time Christmas Show!!
Parallel universe! Town misfits! Killer on the  loose! This week the boys visit Angel Falls ,where they witness a angel get it's KILL! IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE!! Horror Christmas is one of the longest running traditions for the Skeleton Boys. This year we are watching It's a Wonderful Knife that blends both comedy and horror. The movie is a spin on "It's a Wonderful Life". Many liberties were ta...
53m Dec 21, 2023
53m
158: Birth/Rebirth
A nurse! reanimation! Morgue technician! This week the boys decide to play god and encounter BIRTH/REBIRTH!!  Mary Shelley would be proud. Finally, a riff on the Frankenstein story written, directed and starring women. Plus, plenty of gore and a gratifying amount of real terror. But in Birth/Rebirth did the monsters come alive or was it dull? Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check out THE FAL...
1hr Dec 14, 2023
1hr
157: When Evil Lurks
Two brothers! Remote village! Malevolent force! This week the boys witness a "birth" and rot follows them, WHEN EVIL LURKS!! "Evil loves children and children love evil." A truly haunting quote from Demián Rugna's WHEN EVIL LURKS. Not an easy movie to watch but something really important is being said. But is When Evil Lurks Brilliant or doesn't end up going anywhere. Plus, we go back to TV Co...
52m Dec 07, 2023
52m
156: Slotherhouse
An election! Sorority murders! A new mascot! This week, the boys get involved an a sorority election. A sloth. A house. Fatalities. SLOTHERHOUSE!! Pun intended. If a movie called Slotherhouse sounds good to you...by all means. It's a wild review! Plus, we go back to TV Corner and check out THE FALL OF THE HOUSE USHER season 1 episode 4! And so much more!! You can always email us: skeletonboys...
53m Nov 30, 2023
53m
155: The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
A brutal murder! A brilliant teenager! Curable death! This week, the boys mess around and find out not to get in the way of THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL and HER MONSTER!! Bomani J. Story, crafts a thrilling tale about a family dealing with death. Inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Vicaria, believes death can be cured. It weaves many themes into its narrative. But can THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER...
1hr Nov 23, 2023
1hr
154: No One Will Save You
Home invasion! Unearthly visitors! traumatic incident! This week the boys live a solitary and withdrawn life, only to be met by aliens...And believe me NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU!! Brian Duffield's No One Will Save You can be described a sci fi thriller, something more in line with Invasion of the Body Snatchers or Signs. There is true inspiration in telling a home invasion story. You never know whe...
1hr 1m Nov 16, 2023
1hr 1m
153: Cemetery Man (1994)
Macabre violence! Corpses rise! A guardian! This week, the boys head to north Italy and learn what  Dellamorte dellamore means, when they tangle with the CEMETERY MAN!! Cemetery man intertwines zombies rising from the crypt and a misfit man who has the lonely mission to kill them. it's very European. But is it horror or underrated, highly atmosphere horror-comedy? Plus, we go back to TV Corner...
57m Nov 09, 2023
57m
152: The Boogeyman
 Sadistic presence!  Grieving family! Flashlights! This week the boys, become trapped in a closet only to meet THE BOOGEYMAN!! The Boogeyman is a adaptation of a short story, written by Stephen King. The name is not original but is not a franchise or a remake. It's a standalone movie with atmosphere and consequences. But is The Boogeyman creepy fun or should hide in the dark? Plus, we go back ...
56m Nov 02, 2023
56m
151: Dreaming With Freddy (A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984)
Our Spooky Special, Dreaming With Freddy, concludes! This week, the boys watch A Nightmare on Elm Street!! (Stay til the end for a BONUS) A real horror classic and the debut of movie icon...Freddy Kreuger! A simple concept, what if you die in your sleep? Wes Craven perfectly weaves shocking imagery and grounded terror. Nightmare on Elm Street is a 80s classic but does it still hold up? Plus, w...
1hr 6m Oct 26, 2023
1hr 6m
150: Dreaming With Freddy (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987) & (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 1985)
Our Spooky Special, Dreaming With Freddy continues! This week, the boys watch A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge!! Two very different sequels, both less dark than the original, but both are favorites among series fans. Freddy's Revenge was overlooked in contrast of Dream Warriors which has been favorite since its release. I've always a...
1hr 5m Oct 19, 2023
1hr 5m
149: Dreaming With Freddy(A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child 1989) & (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 1988)
Our Spooky Special, Dreaming With Freddy continues! This week, the boys watch (A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child 1989) & (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 1988) untenable. It's the best way I can describe the next series of movies in the nightmare series. A lot of ideas, some new, some old but it's one constant... Freddy, can't be overlooked. So much focus is turned on i...
1hr 8m Oct 12, 2023
1hr 8m
148: Dreaming with Freddy (New Nightmare 1994) & (Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991)
This week, the boys began Dreaming with Freddy as they review every Nightmare on Elm Street in reverse! First up,  New Nightmare and Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare!! Nightmare is a beloved franchise with an iconic villain. So join us all month long, as we look back at Nightmare on Elm Street!!! You can always email us: skeletonboyspod@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: https://www.instagram...
59m Oct 05, 2023
59m
147: Special Spooky Announcement (Trailer)
Every October, the boys look at one franchise for the entire month! In the past we took a journey through the Halloween series and Paranormal Activity. This year we take a look at legendary series Nightmare on Elm Street! Our program is titled "Dreaming with Freddy"!!  But a new added wrinkle, is we will watch the nightmare series in reverse order! So please join us for our annual spooky specia...
1m Oct 01, 2023
1m
146: Jethica (2022) and The Deadly Spawn (1983) - The Double Feature
For the first time the boys are covering two wildly different movies on one show! The Double Feature!! Two movies picked by John and Rolando! Jethica is a movie that deals with heavy themes like obsession but director Pete ohs distills these themes with dark sense humor. It’s a movie that you never see coming. The Deadly Spawn is an inspired invasion movie. It’s a low budget movie that is gory...
1hr Sep 28, 2023
1hr
145: The Communion Girl
First communion! A conservative town! An old doll! This week the boys take some drugs at a nightclub only to be haunted by THE COMMUNION GIRL!! The Communion Girl is a ghost story set in the 80s. It draws inspiration from many other horror, suspense movies. Set in Spain, it was refreshing to see horror movies set outside of the United Sates. But is The Communion Girl successful or filled with ...
54m Sep 21, 2023
54m
144: Cobweb (2023)
Sinister parents! Knocking on the wall! Dark secrets! This week the boys meet a eight year old boy and his pumpkin patch loving parents only to get caught up in a COBWEB!! Samuel Bodin's COBWEB is built to be strange and unusual and its thanks to ominous cinematography. The mystery of Cobweb could be considered a misdirection and waits until the last act to show its hand. Is COBWEB a sound spo...
56m Sep 14, 2023
56m
143: Children of the Corn (2020)
A small town in Nebraska! Ruined crops! irresponsible adults! This week the boys join a bunch of kids massacring adults only to become CHILDREN OF CORN!! This is the 11th entry in the Children of the Corn franchise. Again, this is a reboot by Kurt Wimmer and is a brisk 90 minutes. GMOs is the new take on this franchise and is relevant now to middle America. So is Children of the Corn a fresh t...
1hr 3m Sep 07, 2023
1hr 3m
142: Talk to Me
Embalmed hand! Group of teens! Contacting the dead! This week, the boys open a door to the spirit world, only for it to want to TALK TO ME!! The plausibility of TALK TO ME, is something that sets this movie apart. A story that is built on trauma and a familiar coming of age tale. But is TALK TO ME all concept or an example of successful genre ingenuity? Plus in TV CORNER we talk about episode ...
1hr 9m Aug 31, 2023
1hr 9m
141: The Pope's Exorcist
Possessed child! The Vatican's chief exorcist! centuries-old conspiracy! This week the boys head to Italy and help Russell Crowe become THE POPE'S EXORCIST!! I must say, I'm here for when popular actors get into genre movies. The idea of seeing Russell Crowe read rites, in a poor Italian accent, to a levitating kid, is very exciting. Him roaming the streets of Italy in a Vespa looking for espr...
55m Aug 24, 2023
55m
140: A Classic Horror Story (2021)
Traveling strangers! Southern Italy! Middle of nowhere! This week the boys head to Italy for food and fun, but only to experience A Classic Horror Story!! Meta horror is built into the plot of A Classic Horror Story. This genre can be brutal and claustrophobic but this movie is trying to subvert expectations while trying to follow its laid out formula. A Classic Horror Story wants to be a smar...
49m Aug 17, 2023
49m