HANGING WITH TOBE HOOPER 06: POLTERGEIST

Patrick and Heather discuss Heather's favorite Tobe Hooper movie, missed Oscar opportunities, and the controversy around Tobe's biggest studio hit.

Notes on Film: So Long to the Midnight Movie

 by Anthony King

Too old for a midnight movie but not too old to remember what it was like.

FTM 486 - TOBE HOOPER TRIBUTE: POLTERGEIST & TOBE TV with Adam Riske and Heather Wixson

Here are the last two blocks of our RONDO NOMINATED Tobe Hooper tribute from August 2018, in which Patrick is joined by Heather Wixson and Adam Riske to talk Poltergeist and Tobe Hooper's television efforts. Be sure to vote for this special event in this year's Rondos!

Better Than This Summer: Summer '82

by Patrick Bromley

This one is probably unfair, because I don't know if any summer can compare to the summer of '82.

Review: Poltergeist (2015)

by Patrick Bromley

When people complain about soulless, pointless horror movie remakes, movies like Poltergeist are what they are talking about.

Riske Business: My Most Anticipated Summer 2015 Movies

by Adam Riske

And the ones I want to fail for one reason or another…

9 Movies That Literally Suck You In

by Doug Schultz

In these films, characters literally [LITERALLY!] enter a TV show (or movie [or chalk drawing]) to become a part of the action. In other words, welcome to prime time. Bitch.

12 Spooky Facts About Horror Movies

by Doug Schultz

Scary movies are the best. They're not only terrifying to watch, they're also fun to talk about (and review in exactly seven words). This is only a random sampling of some random horror trivia. Feel free to share yours in the comments below!

9 Evil Plants in Horror Movies

by Doug Schultz

There are lots of shitty killers in horror movies. Snow men (Jack Frost). Cookies (The Gingerdead Man). Babadooks (The Babadook). But none shittier than murderous flora.

Director Essentials: Tobe Hooper

by Patrick Bromley

Tobe Hooper is the best, and it's high time everyone start recognizing that fact.

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (Oct. 12)

It's quantity over quality this week as we look at trailers for old GHOST MOVIES! Ooooohhh-Ooooo! Oooh-oh-oOooOOoOoo! There sure are a lot of them, aren't there? What's your favorite? None of them? That's not a good answer. #ScaryMovieMonth

Our Favorite Movie Monsters

You can't have scary movies without the Something Scary. Here are some of our favorite movie monsters.

And don't forget to keep posting in the Scary Movie Challenge III! You guys are killing it so far.

F This Movie! - F The Music Box Massacre! (2011)

Patrick and JB. One theater. 13 horror movies. 24 hours. It's time again for the Music Box Massacre.



Correction: We claim on the podcast that Bob Clark is not the director of Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things. He is. That makes the movie even more baffling. We're sorry.

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Our Favorite Moments in Horror Movies

In celebration of #ScaryMovieMonth, we all confront the demons of our past and remember some of the scariest, funniest, most moving and most entertaining moments in horror movies, with special appearances by the clown from Poltergeist, Captain Howdy from The Exorcist and Don Knotts.

Don't forget to keep kicking ass with the F This Movie! F Scary Movies! Challenge II!

F This Movie! - Poltergeist

Patrick and Doug nail the coffin shut on Scary Movie Month at F This Movie! with a discussion about just who directed 1982's Poltergeist, whether or not ghosts are scary movie monsters, hamper clowns and space vampires.