The Horror Agenda

Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia Jr.

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Fast horror talk with sharp teeth.

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The Horror Agenda follows Victor and Carlos through horror films and adjacent oddities with jokes, spoilers, and sharp scene work. The appeal is in the way a gag about a demon, diner, or toad suddenly becomes a serious read on character, survival, power, or exploitation.

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About The Horror Agenda

The Horror Agenda is a horror-review show built around momentum. Victor and Carlos talk through movies, short films, comic books, games, and other horror properties with a rhythm that feels casual but attentive. The episodes usually begin in banter. Then the recap takes over, and the recap rarely stays simple for long. A cursed goblet, a slasher checklist, a mysterious toad experiment, or a Jason Voorhees riff becomes a route into why a story works or falls apart. The show likes details. It notices clocks, masks, bedroom staging, smartphone-era setting clues, and the practical question of how two teenagers would actually survive a runaway plan. That eye for texture gives the comedy something to push against. Victor and Carlos can joke through a scene, then pivot into censorship history, queer social spaces, friendship, economic precarity, or the ethics of exploitation. The result is talky in the best sense. It sounds like two horror fans testing each other’s readings as the conversation happens. Short films get real attention here, not just a quick plot summary. The hosts linger on structure, twists, production notes, and the internal rules that make a monster, curse, or killer feel coherent. They are also willing to say when the writing does not land. That bluntness keeps the enthusiasm from becoming automatic. The show’s politics are present in the closing rhythms and in the way the hosts read power, vulnerability, and community through genre setups. It is not a formal lecture. It is a lively horror table read, with spoilers, digressions, corrections, and sudden serious points. The best episodes turn rough edges into part of the fun. For listeners who want horror criticism that still sounds like people laughing, interrupting themselves, and chasing a thought to its stranger end, The Horror Agenda has a clear lane.

Made for: For horror fans who want spoiler-heavy conversation that moves from scene recap to theme without losing its loose, funny energy. It especially suits viewers interested in short horror films, franchise oddities, queer readings, and practical story logic.

What sets it apart: Victor and Carlos give short-form horror the same room usually reserved for other horror properties, mixing granular scene commentary with social and character analysis. The show stands out because its digressions keep producing better readings instead of drifting away from the movie.

In their own words

The Horror Agenda is a podcast from Carlos M. Camacho and Victor M. Garcia Jr. where we discuss OUR horror agenda. We dive into horror movies, horror short films and other horror properties from our perspectives as a recovering PhD and two aspiring filmmakers who have loved horror our whole lives. Tune in and BEWARE spoilers ahead.

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A slasher's severed head grows back; Victor and Carlos make sure you notice the production logic.

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Victor and Carlos to keep pulling at a short film's logic after the blood dries
your killer-revival rules debated as seriously as the kill itself

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Every Part of You (2023)Mar 25, 2026

A horror chat that moves from genre callbacks to family history with real feeling.

The Horror Agenda moves through a horror-adjacent film and keeps circling back to The Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, and a bit of AIM and America Online nostalgia.

Backstroke (2017)Mar 18, 2026

A swimming lesson leads into a funny, uneasy look at what Backstroke leaves unresolved.

Backstroke turns a swimming lesson into a surprisingly grounded horror conversation. The Horror Agenda starts with doggy paddle and a frog-like stroke, then drifts toward the more unsettling image of skinny-dipping in nature while creepers watch.

Toad Boy (2023)Feb 25, 2026

A toad-centered horror discussion turns a monster mystery into questions about family, bullying, and transformation.

Toad Boy gives The Horror Agenda space to sit with monster-story logic and a family crisis that refuses a settled explanation. Victor and Carlos begin with a toad joke, then follow the short film's stranger questions: whether a frog-man hybrid could restore or heal parents, why…

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Diabla (2019) (Rerelease)

The Omen (1976) with Caitlin Durante

Sleep Talker (2021)

Mikey (1992)

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Scream (1996)

Stay Alive (2006)

Idle Hands (1999)

The Craft (1996)

Human Form (2014)

My House Walk-Through (2016)

Battle Royale (2000)

Diabla (2019)

To Hell With You (2024)

Full Moon Glory Hole (2024)

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Satranic Panic (2023)

Every Part of You (2023)

Backstroke (2017)

Leprechaun (1993)

Curve (2016)

Toad Boy (2023)

The Black Hole (2008)

Queens of the Dead (2025)

Night Crawl (2019)

The Final Girls (2015)

Milk Teeth (2020)

The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Gremlins (1984) and Wrapping 2025

Dear Santa (2022)

Thir13en Ghosts [Thirteen Ghosts] (2001)

The Creep Tapes - Joseph (Season 2, Episode 1)

Remnants (2025)

The Mummy (1999)

FruitHead (2025)

VelociPastor (2018)

Trial 22 (2023)

Hell of a Summer (2023)

Bakemono (2019)

Night Shift (2023)

Still Life (2005)

Atrophy (2021)

Tonight It's You (2016)

Sweet Revenge (2025)

Soul Casket (2022)

Heart Eyes (2025)

Carnivore (2020)

The Things We Do When We're Alone (2021)

Basketful of Heads Pt 2 (2019-2020)

Baby Fever (2022)

Basketful of Heads (2019-2020)

Ayuda (2018)

Best Friend (2018)

EPISODE 100 - Child's Play (1988)

Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017)

7 Minutes in Hell (2022)

Smiling Woman (2019)

Couple's Therapy (2019)

Friday the 13th (1980)

In a Violent Nature (2024)

Prom Car '91 (2022)

Wet Willy (2020)

Oscar's Bell (2018)

PYOTR495 (2016)

Final Destination (2000)

Hell House LLC (2015/2020)

The Faculty (1998)

The Mages of Rage and the Desecration of the House of Mimicry (2022)

Are You Awake? (2023)

The Creep Tapes episode 6 'Mom (and Albert)'

Heavy Lies the Crone: Tale of La Lechuza (From the podcast: Nocturno: Tales from the Shadow)

Ten of Swords (2023)