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We're excited to chat with Nat Segaloff about his new release, The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear. If you're interested in The Exorcist (in any version), you owe it to yourself to pick up this book. It's a delight for any movie fan!Find Nat:WebsiteFacebookBuy the bookLearn about his other booksNOTE: There are spoilers in this episode. Follow us: Twitter: https://

Josh Bermont has written his first horror novel (Paperback Beasts) and you can read it right now! He and Kelly discuss his process, how it differs from his day job as a ghostwriter (with a sidebar discussion of ghostwriting etiquette) and what he's got coming up next!If you want something creepy and fun, this is the book you need.Buy Paperback BeastsOur episode on book horrorT

Did you know we still have a podcast? We do! And we broke our accidental hiatus with a fantastic episode. We had a great time chatting about the amazing and completely over the top bonkers Evil Dead Rise with franchise superfan FinalGirlHannah. Things mentioned in the episode:Hannah's awesome Evil Dead 2 chainsawFollow Hannah:TwitterTikTokNOTE: There are spoilers in this episo

We head to Manhattan this week to spend time with some of our old friends from Woodsboro. How does this stack up with the other five? We'll discuss. (Also on the table: where else should Ghostface travel? What are the best cold opens? Have we ever correctly identified any of the killers?)NOTE: Episode title is taken from Scream 6 dialogue. We actually love the franchise; don&a

We had an absolute blast discussing Se7en with Troy and Jason, the men behind the documentary Millennium After the Millennium! (Obviously their fantastic documentary and the TV show Millennium came up, as well.) The subject matter is grim but the conversation is not. LINKS:Millennium After the MillenniumSpeakeasy Noir CastMillennium Group Sessions ReduxPop Culture PrincipleNOTE: Th

We're joined by our friend Cooper S. Beckett to discuss the Psycho franchise (but primarily II and III). It's a rare franchise that keeps getting...we'll go with "weirder."Cooper S. Beckett:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CooperSBeckett Website: https://coopersbeckett.com/ Podcast: https://linktr.ee/ThePikeCast Buy his books: https://coopersbeckett.com/books/

K3nd3ll and Racha3l join us to talk about M3GAN. (We love her and she is friendship goals.)NOTE: There are spoilers in this episode. Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressPlayScream Website: https://pressplayandscream.buzzsprout.com/

Happy 2023 and welcome back! We're joined by author Gae Polisner to discuss The Exorcist. As you know, it's a theory of ours that everyone has that one horror movie they love and Gae (noted exact opposite of a horror enthusiast) picked The Exorcist! If you're only going to choose one, that's a great? Nonsensical? Terrifying? option. Either way, we have a blast d

Josh and Kelly are joined by fellow horror enthusiast Kendell to discuss the recent release Barbarian! It's currently streaming on HBO Max and, if you haven't seen it, go in knowing as little as possible. NOTE: There are spoilers in this episode. Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressPlayScream Website: https://pressplayandscream.buzzsprout.com/

Josh and Kelly discuss the 1988 movie Maniac Cop. Conversation centers around the prescient nature of the movie, vigilante justice, an upcoming reboot and the absolute amazingness of Tom Atkins. CORRECTION: The reboot by Nicolas Winding Refn is going to be a TV series on HBO and not a movie. NOTE: There are spoilers in this episode. Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressPla