Horror reviews with friendly bite.
Horror Movie Club is a conversational review show built around weekly horror picks, from werewolf movies to zombie trains and franchise sequels. Episodes usually start spoiler-light, then shift into full plot discussion with ratings, comparisons, and stray jokes about craft, lore, and bad decisions.
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Horror Movie Club is built around a simple ritual: pick a horror movie, talk about it plainly, and decide what worked. The show’s recent run moves easily across eras and subgenres. One episode brings out a discussion of small-town ensemble storytelling, where bars, gas stations, troublemakers, and local rumors make the location feel like a character. Another leads to talk about game rules, devilish bargains, family power, and the specific kind of humor that stays light without becoming broad comedy. A parody episode gives the reviewers room to separate dated representation from jokes that still land through sheer dumb timing. A podcast-centered movie turns unexpectedly meta, with its story about podcasters prompting side notes on microphones, recording habits, and the strain of making audio under pressure. A haunting story adds a heavier register, using haunting as a way into trauma, refuge, and a difficult new life. A zombie film draws attention to scale, government distrust, station chaos, and the emotional force of strangers protecting each other. Franchise episodes make room for sequel rankings and head-to-head judgments. The format is listener-friendly. Episodes typically announce whether early discussion is spoiler-free, then shift after a break into plot details and final opinions. The tone is conversational rather than academic. The show notices writing, performance, lore, setting, and structure, but it is just as interested in strange choices, funny line readings, and the everyday logic of horror survival. That mix keeps the show accessible. It works for fans who want more than a recap but do not need a lecture. The conversations have a clubby continuity, with Patreon episodes, old coverage, listener communities, and franchise history often hovering in the background. Still, each episode stays anchored to the movie at hand. Horror Movie Club’s best quality is its proportion: enough detail to satisfy repeat viewers, enough warning for spoiler-sensitive listeners, and enough casual humor to make grim material feel discussable.
Made for: Best for horror fans who like spoiler-aware reviews, franchise comparisons, and relaxed conversations about what makes scares, gore, lore, and jokes work. It also suits casual viewers looking for a guide before or after watching a specific title.
What sets it apart: The show sits between fan hangout and structured review: spoiler-free setup first, full plot discussion later, with enough craft talk to be useful and enough side banter to feel human.
Two dudes, who are not quite nerds but not quite newbs, choose a horror movie each week to rate and review.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Brian and Ashvin make horror storytelling legible through close scene analysis and an easy, lightly comic exchange.
Brian and Ashvin treat each horror film as a story to be tested scene by scene. Horror Movie Club moves from the small-town werewolf tale of Silver Bullet to the contained zombie crisis of Train to Busan, while Scary Movie and Ready or Not 2: Here I Come bring comedy into the…
Brian and Ashvin give you a spoiler-free exit before zombie escalators and werewolf letters take over.
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A friendly werewolf-movie chat that leans into town texture, chemistry, and horror nostalgia.
Horror Movie Club treats Silver Bullet as a small-town werewolf hangout, and the show works because Brian and Ashwin stay close to the movie’s murder mystery, Stephen King roots, and the town’s lived-in feel.
A sequel chat that stays sharp on lore, rules, and the film's dry comic tone.
Horror Movie Club gives Ready or Not 2: Here I Come a clear, easy-to-follow run through, starting with Grace dropped back into hide-and-seek against a group of power-hungry devil worshippers.
A loose, spoiler-aware hangout for Scary Movie's dumbest and funniest bits.
This episode of Horror Movie Club brings a loose, good-natured pass at Scary Movie, the 2000 parody that pulls from Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
A meta horror conversation that keeps circling podcast gear, sound, and a supernatural story about suspicious audiophiles.
Horror Movie Club approaches Undertone as a self-aware conversation, with Ashvin and Brian tracing the 2026 Canadian film about a podcaster whose search around suspicious audiophiles opens onto supernatural forces.
A train-bound zombie discussion that sharpens once the station chaos arrives.
Horror Movie Club spends its time with Train to Busan, the 2016 South Korean film about a father escorting his daughter on a train ride through a zombie outbreak, and the episode gives that setup room before spoilers arrive.
Fast movie talk with critical bite.
Horror criticism with jokes, brackets, and blood memory.
Fast movie talk with teeth.
Nostalgia reviews with jokes and receipts.
Two hosts review the 1985 werewolf film Silver Bullet, discussing its plot, cast, and their thoughts on werewolf movies.
Two hosts discuss the 2026 horror sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, sharing their excitement and plans for a spoiler-free review.
Two hosts review the 2000 parody film Scary Movie, discussing its plot and spoilers after a spoiler-free segment.
Two hosts discuss the 2026 Canadian horror film Undertone, about a podcaster investigating suspicious audiophiles and encountering supernatural forces.
Horror Movie Club reviews Remi Weekes’s 2020 film His House, about South Sudanese refugees adjusting to life in London.
Horror Movie Club hosts Ashvin and Brian review the 2016 South Korean zombie film Train to Busan, discussing its $98.5 million box office on an $8 million budget and its number-two ranking on Rotten Tomatoes' 100 best zombie movies list, behind One Cut of the Dead.
The Blob (1988) cost $10 million and made $8.2 million, despite the hosts' praise for its practical creature effects.
Horror Movie Club hosts Ashvin and Brian revisit the 1980 original and 1981 sequel after nearly eight years of franchise coverage.
Brian and Oshvin review Sam Raimi’s Send Help, starring Rachel McAdams as accountant Linda Little and Dylan O’Brien as boss Bradley Preston.
The hosts argue that Annabelle: Creation’s sheet-covered scare works through restraint, summing it up as “the less you see the better.” Ashvin and Brian compare the 2017 prequel with 2014’s Annabelle, which they say they previously disliked.
Hosts Brian and Ashvin review Nia DaCosta's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, rated 93% by critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and Ashvin says he likes it.
Two hosts compare and contrast the fifth and sixth Nightmare on Elm Street films in a spoiler-free episode.
Brian and Ashvin of Horror Movie Club do a spoiler-free mid-year review of 2025 streaming and VOD horror films that may have been overlooked.
Two hosts discuss the 2025 horror sequel M3GAN 2.0, providing a spoiler-free overview before a detailed spoiler-filled review and rating.
Ashvin and Brian celebrate their seven-year podcast anniversary by reviewing the 2009 horror reboot Friday the 13th.