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Half Price Horror

A deep dive into the half-price horror rack of the local used bookstore, coming away with classics, cult treasures, and the strangest stories the genre has to offer.

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00:26:40

The Reef (2010)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/03/09

"Shark attack". Is there any phrase more thrilling to the horror fan's spirit? There's a never-ending bonanza of shark movies out there, but this one is notorious for its use of real sharks and the real-life Australian incident that inspired it. So join HPH for a deep dive--no pun intended--into crafty no-budget thriller 'The Reef'!(Not to be confused with 'The Ref'. Denis Leary does not appear in this movie.)

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01:07:14

Nope (2022)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/03/02

When audiences found out they were going to get a movie about aliens from Jordan Peele, a lot of people jumped to a lot of conclusions about what they were going to get--but nobody imagined a heady, action-horror-Western that serves as a meditation on the exploitative nature of Hollywood and a joyous celebration of the power of cinema. Join HPH as we do our level best to dig into all the messages of Peele's most ambitious work, and join the celebration, too!

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00:53:25

The Nun II (2023)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/02/23

It's time to finish our tour of the Conjuring Universe, as we return to Valak the demonic nun and her sworn enemies Frenchie and Irene! Get ready for Wan and Safran's version of 'The DaVinci Code', with a lost relic and an ancient mystery and a third act surprise demon goat, as we put this franchise to bed once and for all.

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00:43:15

Diabolique (1955)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/02/16

It may not get as much discussion as it did seventy years ago when it first premiered, but 'Les Diaboliques' (or as it was known in America, 'Diabolique') is one of the most profoundly influential thrillers in cinematic history. So let's dig in for a discussion of the plot twist you've probably seen a dozen times the way it was done originally, by Hitchcock's French rival Henri-Georges Clouzot, and discuss a classic tale of the perfect crime gone wrong.

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00:51:26

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/02/09

It's the final installment of the main Conjuring franchise (for now) and a case that tests the very limits... of Peter Safran and James Wan's ability to spin the Warrens' nonsense into a supernatural horror story. Can they take the tale of a guy who got drunk and committed manslaughter into a courtroom drama about demonic possession? Or will they have to cut away before the judge gets a single line? Find out in this installment of Half Price Horror!

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00:39:15

The Hunger (1983)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/02/02

What do you get when you take the gothic, queer romance sensibilities of Anne Rice and filter them through hit-making director Tony Scott and arthouse actors like Susan Sarandon, Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie? You get a unique vampire movie that blends beauty and horror in equal measures, with bold and experimental stylistic choices, and you get a whole episode of HPH discussing it! Let's dive in.

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00:54:56

Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/01/26

We’re in the home stretch now for the Conjuring Universe, with just one film from each franchise left to go! But it turns out Annabelle the haunted doll doesn’t want to be put away for good—so let’s see whether the third time’s the charm for this spinoff franchise with 2019’s “Annabelle Comes Home”!

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00:36:53

Frankie Freako (2024)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/01/19

When Steven Kostanski announced a follow-up to 'Psycho Goreman' that promised more of that same weird, day-glo 90s aesthetic combined with the outrageous prank-filled attitude of the 80s "little monster" subgenre, it was almost a foregone conclusion that his film was going to wind up on this podcast as soon as possible. And that's today! So lucky you, you get to hear about all the shotgun traps, dials of doom, and gun colleges in 2024's future cult classic 'Frankie

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00:42:35

The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/01/12

What do you get when you take an authentic Mexican folk legend and give it a thick coat of whitewash? You get the latest "unofficial" Conjuring spin-off, complete with lots of jumpscares, plenty of tracking shots, and all the cultural appropriation you could ever want and then some! Join HPH for a deep dive into everything that makes this film so problematic.

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00:37:19

Planet of the Vampires (1965)

Half Price Horror ·

2025/01/05

Mario Bava is a legend, an icon both as a director and as a special effects artist, but he didn't work in science fiction very often. So when he did, is it any real surprise that he made a movie that put its stamp on everything from 'Alien' to 'Event Horizon'? Join HPH for a deep dive into his cult classic, the low-budget but immensely clever movie 'Planet of the Vampires'!(We'll even explain why it has that title.)

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00:47:18

The Nun (2018)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/12/29

And nun too soon, we arrive at a movie that is second to nun! If nun of you have seen it before, then you'll be familiar with nun of the scares and nun of the surprises - but is there even a single part of this latest Conjuring spin-off that's any good? I'm not going to say there's absolutely nun, but let's take a look and find out where they could have made a few improvements.

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00:31:19

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/12/22

Why 'Terror of Mechagodzilla'? Why not 'Terror of Mechagodzilla'? It's the last film in the Showa era, the last film made by Ishiro Honda, it's got one of Godzilla's most iconic foes, and all Godzilla is good Godzilla. So let's dig in and see how kaiju were living in the Me Decade!

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00:41:59

Annabelle: Creation (2017)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/12/15

Sadly, there's no warm and comforting narration to explain how this toy is made - but there are orphans in danger, killer scarecrows, and yet another movie about the origins of Annabelle the haunted doll! Let's dig into it together and see how the next installment in the Conjuring Universe fares.

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00:41:42

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/12/09

Long before 'The Crying Game' and 'Interview With the Vampire', Neil Jordan made a splash with a dark, sumptuous retelling of Little Red Riding Hood based on Angela Carter's feminist interpretation of the text. It's been a cult classic ever since... but what is it saying about werewolves, and what is it saying about people for that matter? Time to dig in and find out!

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00:36:06

Wolves at the Door (2016)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/12/01

Almost buried in the footnotes to the Conjuring Universe is this little non-supernatural spin-off of a spin-off that retells the Manson killings, albeit with a lot of historical liberties and a cameo appearance from one of the characters in 2014's 'Annabelle'. Is it worth digging this deep into the strata of intellectual property exploitation to find that last little nugget of Conjuring content? Listen and find out!

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00:35:41

The Children (1980)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/11/24

Radioactive kids hug their parents to death with lethal microwaves that blast from their gothy black fingernails. That's all you need to know, really. Or possibly there's just no point in knowing anything at all.

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01:04:17

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/11/17

Hoo boy. If you thought I was rough on James Wan's 2013 hit 'The Conjuring', you're probably not going to love this episode as I look at the even less true "true story" of the Warrens and their involvement with the Enfield poltergeist. But if you're someone who's thoroughly sick of Ed and Lorraine, this might be just the tonic you need.

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00:47:40

The Amityville Horror (2005)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/11/10

It's deja vu all over again, as Half Price Horror returns to Amityville for another look at the "true story" of the Lutz family and their haunted house. But this time we've got Ryan Reynolds, shirtless and jacked, delivering campy one-liners to an audience of CGI specters. Is it an improvement on the original? Let's find out!

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00:53:27

Annabelle (2014)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/11/03

Horror fans all know that Annabelle the doll is really just a Raggedy Anne that Hollywood zhushed up a little with some creepy Victorian aesthetic. But does that mean that a movie about her can't be good? Does that mean a film spun off from 'The Conjuring' is just going to be a collection of generic supernatural tropes mushed up and spoon-fed to an audience it assumes to be undiscerning and devoid of judgment? Does it mean that they won't even bother researching the setting because they're scared of

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00:56:28

Elvira's Movie Macabre: Blue Sunshine (1983)

Half Price Horror ·

2024/10/27

Time to spend another Halloween with Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, as she brings us a quirky conspiracy thriller classic from the 1970s! People are turning into homicidal maniacs as their hair falls out, ticking time bombs ready to explode into violent rage. It's all connected to something called "Blue Sunshine"... and if Jerry Zipkin can't uncover its secret, he'll go to prison for a murder he didn't commit.

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