Honestly?! A Horrorcast

Honestly?! A Horrorcast is Zoë and Logan's running conversation about horror films, organized into numbered seasons, with season five closing on a finale. Episodes start on the word 'Honestly' and a quick roll call, and almost none go straight to the movie. Openers drift into bits of song: a Zoey 101 theme, a guess at whether a tune is Nickelback, a chant about Vans. Real-life interruptions get narrated too. A storm scrapped one recording, an illness hit what they call the Honestly household, and a holiday stretch left them admittedly inconsistent. A passing truck even gets promoted to third co-host. Once the film is on the table, the show turns into a trivia binge. Season five covered Videodrome, Re-Animator, Society, Tusk, The Substance and Together, and each gets its own stack of production lore. For Re-Animator, the effects department went through 24 gallons of fake blood, on a shoot where the makeup effects artist had never used more than two. Tusk brings casting and crew stories: Quentin Tarantino passing on a role, and Greg Nicotero turning down the walrus suit because of The Walking Dead before recommending Robert Kurtzman. For Together, the standout fact is that Dave Franco and Alison Brie spent hours in a prosthetic that merged their arms, bathroom breaks included. The Substance gets a references round, from the sleazy producer named after Harvey Weinstein to Demi Moore describing the film as a blend of Death Becomes Her, a Jane Fonda workout video and The Picture of Dorian Gray. The structure is loose but easy to recognize. Fun facts are sometimes sorted into categories such as special effects, alternate versions and foreshadowing. Goofs and gaffes get their own airing, and Society is held against a trope bingo card with squares like a gaslit character and someone calling out into the dark. The pair clearly prize practical effects, and their loudest praise goes to scenes that are proudly over the top. Teasing is part of the texture, down to one of them threatening to withhold the fun facts entirely. The finale wraps the season with a full ranking, The Substance first and Society last, and they point out that Re-Animator, their second film of the season, finished second. Past seasons come up in passing, with mentions of having covered Saw X and Final Destination Bloodlines. Sign-offs rarely vary: leave a written review, send a screenshot and get limited-edition, season-specific stickers in return, with merchandise on offer too. For a first listen, the finale works as a map, since it walks back through the whole season in ranked order.