Dry horror reviews with sequel scars.
Screams After Midnight follows Peter and Tim through recent horror releases, sequels, adaptations, reinventions, and franchise turns. The format starts plainly, then lets the review sharpen through jokes, comparisons, spoilers, and specific complaints about what works onscreen.
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Screams After Midnight is built around two recurring voices talking through horror movies with the ease of people who have watched enough of them to be both affectionate and impatient. The show does not treat a review as a tidy verdict dropped from above. It works its way there. Peter and Tim usually open with the premise, a release note, or a franchise reminder, then ease into spoiler-free reactions before warning listeners that the detailed discussion is about to begin. That structure matters because the best parts often come once they can name the exact plot turn, character choice, or visual cue that changed their reaction. A film like Influencer gives them room to talk about identity tricks, digital disguise, loneliness, and the way a small clue can pay off later. Shelby Oaks sends them into mockumentary form, missing-person mystery, and the frustration of a movie that seems more interesting in outline than execution. Franchise entries bring out their sharper side. Ready or Not 2, Scream 7, and The Strangers Chapter 2 become arguments about sequel logic, continuity, repeated gimmicks, and the strange feeling of watching a series chase itself around the room. The show can be very funny, but the jokes usually come from impatience with a detail rather than from random riffing. A title gets misheard. A character name gets questioned. A trailer comparison keeps bothering them. Then the conversation circles back to the film's actual choices. The tone is casual, dry, and sometimes gleefully annoyed, especially when a movie gives them an easy target. Still, the criticism is rarely abstract. They talk about performances, scripts, production context, horror iconography, and how a movie handles tension or fails to. New releases sit beside adaptations and reinventions, including Frankenstein and The Bride. That gives the show a useful mix of current horror chatter and long-running genre reference points. The result is a review podcast for listeners who want clear reactions, spoiler boundaries, and enough personality that even a disappointing movie can make for a lively discussion.
Made for: For horror fans who follow new releases, franchise sequels, adaptations, reinventions, and genre oddities, and who like reviews that get specific after the spoiler warning. It best suits listeners who enjoy casual argument more than formal criticism.
What sets it apart: The show stands out through its blunt but amiable back-and-forth: jokes, nitpicks, release-context detours, and practical questions about why a movie works or falls apart. It feels conversational without losing the review thread.
A horror movie discussion podcast with Peter and Tim of Mild Fuzz Movies.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Peter and Tim turn horror-film disagreements into sharp, funny examinations of plot logic, character choices and visual storytelling.
Peter and Tim treat horror films as stories whose machinery should withstand inspection. Their conversations begin without spoilers, then move into detailed discussion after a clear warning, giving Screams After Midnight a dependable critical shape.
Peter and Tim turn horror-movie plot choices into arguments you will happily referee.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A loose horror chat that lands hardest on the small visual details that make Influencer uneasy.
Screams After Midnight spends this episode on Influencer, and the best part is not the setup so much as the way Peter and Tim keep worrying at it while steering around the early twists.
A skeptical, banter-heavy look at Shelby Oaks and the odd shapes its story takes.
Screams After Midnight spends this episode on Shelby Oaks, following a paranormal YouTuber who has gone missing and a sister drawn back into an investigation the police long since set aside.
A spoiler-free look at The Bride that stays with identity, betrayal, and choice.
Screams After Midnight spends this round on Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride, a reinvention of The Bride of Frankenstein with an impressive cast, a modern attitude, and a clear sense of style.
A skeptical, conversational take that weighs franchise baggage against whether the movie still hangs together.
Scream 7 gives Peter and Tim plenty to chew on, from the 30-year jump after the original film to the awkward business of saying goodbye to the leads from 5 and 6.
A skeptical Frankenstein review tests del Toro's familiar visual power against the thin emotional writing around Victor and the creature.
Guillermo del Toro's 2025 Frankenstein comes to this horror movie podcast as a question of whether a much-reanimated story can still draw fresh blood.
A loose but specific discussion of face-stealing horror that makes its doctor harder to forgive than Frankenstein.
Eyes Without a Face treats the 1960 French horror classic as a story about cruelty hiding behind the promise of a miracle. Its sharpest thread is the comparison between the doctor and Dr Frankenstein: Frankenstein feels remorse after creating his monster, while this doctor can…
A brisk horror discussion that keeps testing Shelby Oaks against its hybrid setup.
Screams After Midnight uses Shelby Oaks to frame a horror story about a paranormal YouTuber who goes missing, pulling her sister into an investigation the police have already set aside.
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
Peter and Tim of Screams After Midnight review Shelby Oaks, a 2024 horror film directed by YouTuber Chris Stuckman.
The hosts discuss the 2007 film Resident Evil: Extinction, comparing it to Mad Max and expressing mixed enthusiasm while planning to cover the franchise before a new release.
This episode of Screams After Midnight features hosts Peter and Tim discussing the 2025 reboot of the Christmas horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night, starting with spoiler-free impressions and their expectations for the movie.
This episode of Screams After Midnight is a horror movie podcast where hosts Peter and Tim discuss the 2025 supernatural horror film 'The Woman in the Yard', focusing on its premise about a mysterious veiled woman appearing at a secluded farmhouse.
This episode introduces a horror movie podcast's October series covering the Return of the Living Dead franchise, focusing on the first three films with humorous commentary.
Peter and Tim of 'Screams After Midnight' discuss the 1960 French horror film 'Eyes Without a Face,' a patron-voted episode.
Peter and Tim open by riffing a bit before settling in to talk about Influencer from 2022.
Peter and Tim open on Shelby Oaks, the 2025 horror film about a paranormal YouTuber who disappears and a sister who gets pulled back into the abandoned case.
This episode of Screams After Midnight discusses the new horror film 'They Will Kill You', comparing it to 'Ready or Not' and analyzing its premise and similarities.
This horror movie podcast episode reviews the 2026 sequel 'Ready or Not 2: Here I Come', discussing its plot, connection to the 2019 original, and initial impressions.
The hosts of Screams After Midnight review The Strangers Chapter 2, comparing it to the poorly received first film and discussing its place in the Cursed Trilogy.
Peter and Tim open spoiler-free on The Bride, Maggie Gyllenhaal's new take on Bride of Frankenstein, and quickly land on its modern attitude, its sense of style, and the fact that reactions to it are all over the place.
Peter and Tim review Scream 7, now set 30 years after the original Scream and centered on Cindy Prescott with her 17-year-old daughter.
["Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025) gets a spoiler-light review as the hosts weigh Netflix's limited release and the film's pacing.", "Tim likes the film overall but says the 2.5-hour runtime, the fake-looking exterior shots, and the creature design keep it from joining Del Toro's strongest work.", "Oscar Isaac and Jacob Iolardi draw the best notices, while Mia Goth's Elizabeth and the movie's heavy early Victor backstory get the sharpest criticism.", "The spoiler section turns to Mary Shelley's novel, the changed bride material, and why the film's later emotional beats feel rushed rather than earned."]
This episode of Screams After Midnight features Tim as a guest to discuss the 2024 horror film The Strangers: Chapter 1, which is part of a reboot trilogy and was one of the worst-reviewed horror movies of that year.