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Fast horror talk with bite.
The Film Flamers is a rapid, joke-laced horror movie review show built around Chris and Robert’s back-and-forth. It moves from plot recap to production trivia, critical reputation, awards talk, fandom reactions, and very specific personal grudges without losing the movie at the center.
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The Film Flamers is a horror movie review show built on speed, chemistry, and a high tolerance for cinematic bad decisions. Chris and Robert talk like longtime horror obsessives who have notes, rankings, and grudges ready before the opening credits finish. The format is loose, but not empty. Episodes often begin with a recap, then slide into production history, reception, awards eligibility, festival reputation, soundtrack comparisons, practical effects, remakes, and the odd rabbit trail that somehow loops back to the film. It is funny first, until it suddenly gets serious. Audition becomes a conversation about gender performance, male entitlement, and how the movie’s violence has been read by critics. Christine becomes an appreciation of in-camera physical effects and how hard-surface destruction differs from the usual horror mess. MadS gives them a chance to talk about real-time structure, French extremity, 28 Days Later echoes, and why new zombie films need an angle. Wild Zero opens the door to Japanese video-market context, Thai production details, Toronto Midnight Madness, Guitar Wolf, and the strange routes a cult movie can take to international life. The Vanishing lets them linger on obsession, disappearance, and the nightmare logic of its ending image. New-release hot takes keep the feed current. So do year-end rankings, festival anticipation, Oscar talk, and quarterly catch-up episodes that fold horror news into personal watchlists. The show’s humor is blunt and frequently irreverent, but the movie knowledge underneath it is real. It does not sound like a lecture. It sounds like two people racing each other through a shared horror memory palace, correcting names, pushing opinions, and pausing just long enough to admire a score cue or a good monster effect. The strongest episodes balance plot detail with context. The weakest movies still become useful material. Fans of slashers, zombie cycles, cult imports, Stephen King adaptations, and modern festival horror will find plenty to grab onto. The Film Flamers is for horror listeners who want criticism with personality, not polish sanded flat.
Made for: For horror fans who want detailed film talk without a classroom tone. It especially fits listeners who follow cult movies, zombie seasons, Stephen King adaptations, new releases, rankings, and messy genre debates.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is the mix of long-form recap, sharp duo banter, and surprisingly deep context. It can joke through a fake-blood gag, then pivot into practical effects, festival history, gender readings, or awards politics without changing shows.
The Film Flamers is a horror movie podcast for fans of slashers, scream queens, and sarcastic deep dives. Hosts Chris & Robert explore the bloody best (and worst) of horror cinema—from cult classics to new releases—with history, hot takes, and a dash of dark comedy. Expect film reviews, top ten lists, horror news, and episodes that’ll have you screaming… with laughter. Follow us and leave a 5-star review to help us haunt more ears!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Chris and Robert make horror-film criticism lively and legible by pairing scene-level attention with candid disagreement and sharp comic timing.
Chris and Robert treat horror movies as arguments worth continuing after the credits. Their conversational reviews combine close attention to individual scenes with production context, then test each film's choices against the hosts' own reactions.
Chris and Robert turn a haunted Plymouth's practical effects into your next horror-film group chat.
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A quarterly horror catch-up that folds Oscars chatter, rewatches, and monster talk into a loose hangout.
Film Flamers uses its quarterly Shooting the Flames check-in to take stock of how horror has already marked 2026, opening on the Oscars' horror haul and the first win of the night tied to Aunt Gladys in Weapons before circling Amy Madigan's long-awaited recognition.
A real-time French zombie thriller discussion with camera, score, and homage talk.
This discussion treats Mads as a modern French zombie horror thriller and stays locked on its real-time structure, continuous-shot presentation, and the story of Julia, Anais, and Romain.
A focused Audition discussion finds male entitlement beneath the film's most unsettling performance.
The Film Flamers treat Audition as a love story with a trapdoor, following the widower's staged search for a wife into the darker history of the woman he selects and the film's famously severe tonal turn.
A lively Christine discussion that leans hardest on its practical effects and horror-fandom banter.
Christine gets the hosts talking about a Stephen King adaptation with a few neat geographic twists, since they point out that the novel is set in Pennsylvania while the film is set in California.
A candid horror year-end roundup with rankings that feel genuinely watched.
Chris and Robert close out 2025 with a horror roundup that feels lived-in rather than assembled, moving through favorites, misses, and the awards that give the year some shape.
A talkative, funny look at The Omen that lets the dread build instead of sprinting past it.
Chris and Robert open with franchise housekeeping before settling into a talky, comic discussion of Richard Donner's 1976 supernatural horror film.
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
Chris and Robert share their hot take on the movie '28 Years Later' after seeing it in theaters.
The hosts of Shooting the Flames discuss their recent travels and return from a hiatus to kick off spooky season.
Hosts Chris and Robert of The Film Flamers podcast dissect the 1976 horror classic 'The Omen'.
Hosts Chris and Robert review the best and worst horror movies of 2025, counting down their top 10 list.
Chris and Robert open The Film Flamers’ quarterly Shooting the Flames for Q2 2026 by joking that Q1 felt like “15 years ago” and moving straight into the Oscars.
The Film Flamers cover Wild Zero, a 1999 Japanese comedy horror film directed by Tetsuro Takuchi and built around the real rock trio Guitar Wolf.
The Film Flamers cover Mads, a 2024 French zombie horror thriller by David Moreau that follows Romain, Anna, and Julia through a city-wide outbreak presented in real time.
Two hosts share their hot take on Scream 7, discussing the franchise's continuity and their theater experience.
Chris and Robert discuss the 1988 Dutch-French psychological thriller 'The Vanishing', focusing on its plot about a man's obsessive search for his missing girlfriend and its critical success.
Takashi Miike shot Audition in three weeks, and he usually worked in two.
Chris and Robert cover John Carpenter’s Christine, the 1983 Stephen King adaptation about a 1958 Plymouth Fury in California and a bullied teenager named Arnie Cunningham.
Chris and Robert from The Film Climbers review the best and worst horror movies of 2025, sharing their top ten favorites and discussing the year's standout horror films.
The hosts of The Film Flamers podcast introduce and discuss the 1981 slasher film Friday the 13th Part 2, noting its production details and the debut of Jason Voorhees as the main antagonist.
The hosts of The Film Flamers podcast discuss their top ten horror films of 2024, starting with 'Heretic'.